title: Streptozotocin may provide protection against subsequent oxidative stress of endotoxin or streptozotocin in rats.
abstract: Endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and streptozotocin-induced diabetes are known to cause oxidative stress in vivo. There is some evidence that a sublethal dose of LPS provides protection against subsequent oxidative stress. Because of its wide use as a diabetogenic agent, this study was undertaken to determine if streptozotocin can likewise provide a protective effect against further oxidative stress in rats. Female Sprague-Dawley rats were given streptozotocin (50 mg/kg intraperitoneally once) prior to exposure to either bacterial endotoxin from Salmonella abortus equii (5 mg/kg intraperitoneally) or three additional daily doses of streptozotocin (50 mg/kg intraperitoneally). One week after LPS or streptozotocin treatments, oxidative stress was determined by measuring changes in antioxidant activity (glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione S-transferase, and gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase) and in concentrations of glutathione, nitrite, and thiobarbituric acid reactants in liver, kidney, intestine, and spleen. High levels of some antioxidants in the LPS-control and streptozotocin-control rats, in contrast to normal levels found in diabetes + LPS and multidose-streptozotocin rats, suggest that streptozotocin, like LPS, may confer a protective effect against subsequent oxidative stress.
authors.affiliation: Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Omar
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Rosenblum
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Watkins
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000633:toxicity*; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000633:toxicity*; D005260:Female; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D005980:Glutathione Reductase / Q000378:metabolism; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control; D013311:Streptozocin / Q000633:toxicity*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004731:Endotoxins; D013311:Streptozocin; D002374:Catalase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D005980:Glutathione Reductase