title: Lipoperoxidation in hepatic subcellular compartments of diabetic rats.
abstract: It is known that an accumulation of lipoperoxidative aldehydes malondialdehyde (MDA) and 4-hydroxynonenal (HNE) takes place in liver mitochondria during aging. The existence and role of an increased extra- and intra-cellular oxidative stress in diabetes, an aging-accelerating disease, is currently under discussion. This report offers evidence that lipoperoxidative aldehydes accumulate in liver microsomes and mitochondria at a higher rate in spontaneously diabetic BB/WOR rats than in control non-diabetic animals (HNE content, diabetes vs. control: microsomes 80.6+/-19.9 vs. 25.75+/-3.6 pmol/mg prot, p = .024; mitochondria 77.4+/-15.4 vs. 26.5+/-3.5 pmol/mg prot, p = .0103). Liver subcellular fractions from diabetic rats, when exposed to the peroxidative stimulus ADP/Fe, developed more lipoperoxidative aldehydes than those from non diabetic rats (HNE amount, diabetes vs. control: microsomes 3.60+/-0.37 vs. 2.33+/-0.22 nmol/mg prot, p = .014; mitochondria 3.62+/-0.26 vs. 2.30+/-0.17 nmol/mg prot, p = .0009). Liver subcellular fractions of diabetic rats developed more fluorescent chromolipids related to HNE-phospholipid adducts, either after in vitro peroxidation (microsomes: p = .0045; mitochondria: p = .0023) or by exposure to exogenous HNE (microsomes: p = .049; mitochondria: p = .0338). This higher susceptibility of diabetic liver membranes to the non-enzymatic attack of HNE may be due to an altered phospholipid composition. Moreover, a decreased activity of the HNE-metabolizing systems can be involved: diabetic liver mitochondria and microsomes were unable to consume exogenous HNE at the same rate as non-diabetic membranes; the difference was already significant after 5' incubation (microsomes p<.001; mitochondria p<.001). These data show an increased oxidative stress inside the hepatocytes of diabetic rats; the impairment of the HNE-metabolizing systems can play a key role in the maintenance and propagation of the damage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Italy. ntravers@medicina.unige.it
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Traverso
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Menini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Odetti
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pronzato
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cottalasso
authors.forename: U M
authors.initials: UM
authors.lastname: Marinari
mesh_terms: D000447:Aldehydes / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D008297:Male; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011913:Rats, Inbred BB; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors; D010743:Phospholipids; D008315:Malondialdehyde; C027576:4-hydroxy-2-nonenal