[A study on the activity of three antioxidant enzymes in the brain of experimental acute cerebral ischemia].
The activities of Superoxide Dismutase (SOD), Glutathione Peroxidase (GSH-Px) and Catalase (CAT) in the ischemic cerebral tissue following the unilateral middle cerebral artery occlusion of rats were assessed. In comparison with the sham-operated rats, both SOD and GSH-Px activity in the ischemic area (striatum and fronto-parietal cortex) were significantly reduced by 30 min. of ischemia, GSH-Px activity in the peri-ischemic area (parieto-parasagittal) was significantly reduced as well. It was shown that in the striatum the GSH-Px activity was much higher than that in the cortex. According to our data, it was suggested that in the ischemic condition, cerebral Superoxide (O2-) and Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) were accumulated, and thus the polyunsaturated fatty acids in the neuronal membrane were trapped by these free radical. And such a process resulted in neuronal damage. It implicated that the oxygen free radical might be involved in the neuronal damage induced by Dopamine, since the O2- and H2O2 were excessively generated during the oxidative deamination of Dopamine and the free radical scavengers, SOD and GSH-Px were decreased concomitantly in the cerebral ischemic tissue.
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Lab of Neurochemistry, Tianjin Neurological Institute.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000209:etiology; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
D002374:Catalase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase