Journal
CHEMICO-BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS
Volume 127, Issue 2, Pages 139-150Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2797(00)00177-0
Keywords
lipid peroxidation; antioxidant enzymes; benzo[a]pyrene-quinones
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The lipid peroxidation (as malondialdehyde, MDA), activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT), and benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) metabolites were investigated in sera and erythrocytes of male Sprague-Dawley rats treated with BaP (20 mg per rat). MDA levels were significantly increased in sera (16.98 +/- 3.29 nmol/ml serum, P < 0.05) 12 h after BaP treatment and persisted up to 96 h (13.80 +/- 1.65 nmol/ml serum, P < 0.05), but no significant change in NIDA levels was observed in erythrocytes. SOD and CAT activities were significantly increased in erythrocytes shortly after BaP exposure, and they were slightly decreased in sera, indicating an inverse correlation between lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzyme activity. BaP and BaP-quinones (BaP-1,6-quinone and BaP-3,6-quinone) were measured in sera during the study period. A rapid increase of unmetabolized BaP was observed in sera (41.27 +/- 4.14 pmol/ml serum) 3 h after BaP treatment, reaching a peak at 6 h (48.56 +/- 4.62 pmol/ml serum) followed by a sharp decrease. Formation of the BaP-1,6-quinone and BaP-3,6-quinone started in sera 3 h after BaP treatment, reached a peak at 24 h (7.23 +/- 1.02 pmol/ml serum) and 12 h (9.20 +/- 0.98 pmol/ml serum), respectively, and then decreased gradually. The time-dependent pattern of serum lipid peroxidation and the level of erythrocyte antioxidant enzymes were shown to be related to the concentrations of the BaP-quinone metabolites. These results suggest that BaP treatment, probably via the formation of BaP-quinones, oxidatively altered lipids and antioxidant enzymes in the blood, and might be associated with BaP-related vascular toxicity including carcinogenesis. (C) 2127 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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