title: [Intensity of lipid peroxidation processes and activity of antioxidant enzymes in erythrocytes during anemia in pregnancy].
abstract: The given report deals with investigation of the level of spontaneous lipid peroxidation (LPO) (as judged by the accumulation of MDA) and activity of antioxidative enzymes (GSH-peroxidase, GSH-reductase) in red blood cells of pregnant women (24-26 weeks) suffering from minor (blood Hb is 95 g/l) and medium (blood Hb is 85-90 g/l) anemias. We have found that as the anemia becomes deeper, the red blood cells of pregnant women demonstrate a linear increase in the level of spontaneous LPO, which rises by 54% during anemia of moderate severity (p < 0.02) as compared with control. At the same time, simultaneously with LPO, the activity of the above glutathione-containing enzymes increases as the anemia progresses, which, apparently, is of the compensatory nature, aimed at the maintenance of the reduced glutathione pool, the latter being an important component of the cell antioxidative system during LPO activation. The authors think the increased activity of the physiological antioxidative system and intensification of the LPO processes to be a natural adaptive process, since lipid hydroperoxides are the activators of synthesis of prostaglandins, which are required in delivery.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Riazantsev
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Grishchenko
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Pereĭra
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Belous
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000097:blood / Q000201:enzymology*; D000975:Antioxidants; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D005260:Female; D005978:Glutathione / Q000097:blood; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000097:blood*; D005980:Glutathione Reductase / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000097:blood / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D005980:Glutathione Reductase; D005978:Glutathione