title: Effect of chronic copper loading on the activity of rat liver antioxidative enzymes.
abstract: The activity of antioxidative enzymes SOD, catalase, glutathione peroxidase and the related glutathione reductase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and NADPH-isocitrate dehydrogenase was examined in liver cytosol and large granule fraction (mitochondria) from control and copper-loaded rats. An increase of SOD activity (more than 100%) and a decrease of both catalase (by 60%) and glutathione peroxidase activity (by 30%) in large granule fraction were observed after copper loading. The cytosolic glutathione peroxidase activity was also markedly decreased: glutathione peroxidase I (EC 1.11.1.9)--by 35% and glutathione peroxidase II (EC 2.5.1.18)--by 75%. Cytosolic catalase activity and the glutathione reductase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and NADPH-isocitrate dehydrogenase activities in cytosol and in mitochondria of copper-loaded rats were unchanged. It is concluded that under chronic copper loading the primary mechanisms of copper toxicity are accompanied by disturbances of the antioxidative enzyme function.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D003300:Copper / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D005980:Glutathione Reductase / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D009252:NADPH Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013347:Subcellular Fractions; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003300:Copper; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase; D002374:Catalase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D009252:NADPH Dehydrogenase; D005980:Glutathione Reductase