title: Effect of melatonin on cadmium-induced hepatotoxicity in male Sprague-Dawley rats.
abstract: Effect of melatonin on toxicity of cadmium (Cd) was studied in male SD rats co-administered daily Cd (1 mg/kg b.w., s.c.) with melatonin (10 mg/kg b.w., i.p.) for 15 days. Cd alone injection decreased GSH concentrations in the liver and RBC by 35% and 43% compared with those in saline-treatment group, but not in the kidney and whole brain. The activity of GSSG-reductase was significantly decreased in the liver of Cd alone injected rats, while melatonin given in combination with Cd failed to prevent the Cd-induced decreased activity of hepatic GSSG-reductase. However, the hepatic GSH concentration decreased by Cd alone was restored by melatonin treatment, and the melatonin also ameliorated Cd-induced histopathological changes in the liver. Therefore, data indicate that melatonin restores the reduction of hepatic GSH level induced with Cd regardless of GSSG-reductase activity, and suggests that melatonin may ameliorate Cd-induced hepatotoxicity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine and ARRC, Kon-Kuk University, Seoul, Korea. eykim@mail.cc.tohoku.ac.jp
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D019256:Cadmium Chloride / Q000633:toxicity*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D005980:Glutathione Reductase / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008550:Melatonin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005980:Glutathione Reductase; D005978:Glutathione; D019256:Cadmium Chloride; D008550:Melatonin