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BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
卷 2018, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
HINDAWI LTD
DOI: 10.1155/2018/7210783
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- Funds for Statutory Activity of Medical University of Lublin, Poland [DS38]
Chronic exposure to stress factors contributes to the development of depression by generating excess of reactive oxygen species which leads to oxidative stress and inflammatory processes. The aim of the study was to assess the potential protective properties of alpha-tocopherol supplementation on the rats exposed to chronic variable stress (CVS). Male Wistar rats (50-55 days old, weighing 200-250 g) were divided into three groups (n = 10): control, stressed, and stressed and receiving (+)-alpha-tocopherol solution in a dose of 100 mg/kg/day. Rats in the stressed groups were exposed to CVS for 40 days. Markers of redox disorders (glutathione reduced and oxidized levels, GSH/GSSG ratio, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase activities, total antioxidant status, and lipid peroxidation) and inflammatory response (IL-1 beta, IL6, and TNF-alpha) were determined in the blood. Additionally, molecular biomarkers of depression (expression of Fkbp5 and Tph2) were studied in hippocampus. The biochemical analysis was inconclusive about the presence of oxidative stress in the blood of rats exposed to CVS. However, changes in all parameters suggest presence of redox equilibrium disorders. Similarly, activation of inflammatory processes was observed as a result of CVS. Molecular effects of environmental stress in hippocampus were also observed. Generally, alpha-tocopherol ameliorated redox equilibrium disorders, tempered inflammatory response, and protected from changes in determined molecular markers of depression.
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