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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY
卷 36, 期 10, 页码 1919-1932出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2004.01.028
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homocysteinemia; oxidative stress; rat aorta; prostacyclin; vitamin C; vitamin B-6
We hypothesize that homocysteinemia causes oxidative stress, decreases the aortic ability to generate prostacyclin and that antioxidants have a protective role. Four groups of eight rats each were fed for 8 weeks the control diet (group A), control diet with folic acid omitted and excess methionine (Me) added to drinking water (group B), diet B + 500 mg/kg of Vitamin C (group C) or diet B + 60 mg/kg Vitamin B-6 (group D). The three groups of rats fed folic acid deficient (FD) diets (groups B, C and D) were homocysteinemic as indicated by the significant increase in their serum homocysteine (HC) concentration. Rats fed diet B had oxidative stress as indicated by an increase in serum thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and advanced oxidation protein products (AOPP) and urinary isoprostanes and had a decreased ability of their aortas to generate prostacyclin. Homocysteinemic rats fed a FD diet + Vitamin C (group C) or Vitamin 136 (group D) also had high levels of serum homocysteine but the oxidative stress markers and the ability of their aortas to generate prostacyclin returned to normal. This indicates that the homocysteinemic effect is through an oxidative mechanism and that Vitamin C as a free radical scavenger prevents these effects. Serum Vitamin C and liver glutathione concentrations significantly increased in rats fed excess Vitamin B-6 compared to the control or FD rats. This may explain why Vitamin B-6 has an antioxidative effect. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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