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The effect of sulfite and chronic restraint stress on brain lipid peroxidation and anti-oxidant enzyme activities

Department of Biophysics, Akdeniz University Medical School, Antalya, Turkey

Piraye Yargiçolu

Department of Biophysics, Akdeniz University Medical School, Antalya, Turkey, pakkiraz{at}akdeniz.edu.tr

Mutay Aslan

Department of Biochemistry, Akdeniz University Medical School, Antalya, Turkey

Ouz Elmas

Department of Biochemistry, Akdeniz University Medical School, Antalya, Turkey

Aysel Agar

Department of Physiology, Akdeniz University Medical School, Antalya, Turkey

Yakup Aicigüzel

Department of Biochemistry, Akdeniz University Medical School, Antalya, Turkey

Sulfites are used as anti-microbial and anti-oxidant agents in a variety of drugs, and function as a preservative in many food preparations. In addition to these effects, sulfites oxidize to sulfite radicals initiating lipid peroxidation. The objective of our study was to investigate the effect of restraint stress and sulfite on brain lipid peroxidation and anti-oxidant enzyme activities. Forty male Wistar rats, aged three months, were randomized to one of the following groups: control, restraint stress, sulfite-treated and restraint stress-/sulfite-treated. Chronic restraint stress was applied for 21 days (1 h/day) and sodium metabisulfite (520 mg/kg per day) was given by gavage for the same period. Lipid peroxidation was measured using the thiobarbituric acid (TBA) fluorometric assay. TBA-reactive substances (TBARS) were found increased in all treatment groups when compared to the control group. Spectrophotometric measurement of copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn SOD) and catalase (CAT) revealed decreased enzyme activities in rats exposed to restraint stress compared to control and sulfite-treated rats. GSH-Px activities were significantly decreased in the restraint stress and sulfite-treated rats compared with the control rats. GSH-Px activity measured in restraint stress-/sulfite-treated rats was significantly lower than in the other groups. The presented data confirms the pro-oxidant activity of restraint stress and establishes that decreased anti-oxidant enzyme activities in restraint stress-treated rats enhances brain lipid peroxidation caused via the ingestion of sulfites.

Key Words: anti-oxidant enzymes • lipid peroxidation • restraint stress • sulfite

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