title: Comparative effects of selenite and selenite on the glutathione-related enzymes activity in pig blood platelets.
abstract: The effects of inorganic selenium (Se) compounds (sodium selenite and selenate) on the activities of glutathione-related enzymes (glutathione peroxidase, glutathione-S-transferase [GST] and glutathione reductase [GR]) in pig blood platelets were investigated in vitro. GST activity in blood platelets treated with 10(-4)M of selenite was reduced to 50%, whereas no decrease GST activity was observed after the treatment of platelets with the same dose of selenate. In platelets incubated with physiological doses (10(-7) and 10(-6)M) of Se compounds, the activity of glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) was enhanced (about 20%). GR activity after the exposure of platelets to tested Se compounds was unaffected.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Biochemistry, University of Lódź, Poland.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Zbikowska
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wachowicz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Krajewski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism*; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D005980:Glutathione Reductase / Q000378:metabolism; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D064586:Selenic Acid; D018036:Selenium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018038:Sodium Selenite / Q000494:pharmacology; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D018036:Selenium Compounds; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D005980:Glutathione Reductase; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D005978:Glutathione; D018038:Sodium Selenite; D064586:Selenic Acid