title: Modulation of selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase by perfluorodecanoic acid in rats: effect of dietary selenium.
abstract: Forty-eight male Sprague-Dawley rats fed a diet containing 0.4, 0.2 or 1.0 mg of selenium (Se)/kg of diet were injected with a single dose (35 mg/kg) of perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA) in corn oil and killed 2 wk later. Control animals were pair-fed and treated with an equal volume of vehicle. PFDA treatment significantly increased Se-dependent glutathione peroxidase (Se-GSHPx) activity in liver cytosol of rats fed the 0.04 mg of Se/kg of diet but not in rats fed the other diets. The increase in liver cytosolic Se-GSHPx activity in rats fed 0.04 mg of Se/kg of diet paralleled increases in Se content and serum Se-GSHPx activity. Determination of Se-GSHPx by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay showed that PFDA caused a decrease in Se-GSHPx protein in rats fed 0.2 or 1.0 mg of Se/kg of diet but not in rats fed 0.04 mg of Se/kg of diet. Further analysis revealed that the ratio of Se-GSHPx activity to antibody-reactive protein was increased by PFDA in all three groups. The in vitro addition of PFDA directly to the assay mixture for Se-GSHPx activity did not produce any effect. Reduced glutathione was significantly increased by PFDA treatment in all three groups. These data show that PFDA affects the Se content, Se-GSHPx activity and Se-GSHPx protein in rat liver and that the effect is dependent on the dietary/hepatic Se level.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Center for Toxicology, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40506-0054.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Glauert
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Sunde
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schramm
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Oesch
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Robertson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D003652:Decanoic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004032:Diet; D005466:Fluorocarbons / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012643:Selenium / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D003652:Decanoic Acids; D005466:Fluorocarbons; C036567:perfluorodecanoic acid; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D005978:Glutathione; D012643:Selenium