title: Effect of different vitamin E levels on lipid peroxidation in streptozotocin-diabetic rats.
abstract: Administration of streptozotocin is used to induce diabetes in experimental models, causing a selective destruction of pancreatic beta islet cells associated with generation of free radicals. Supplementation with antioxidant vitamins such as vitamin E is a protective factor against free radicals. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of administration of a diet supplemented with, or deficient in vitamin E to streptozotocin diabetic rats, controlled or not with insulin, on plasma glucose, hepatic vitamin E and hepatic thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) levels before streptozotocin and 24 hours and one and two weeks after drug administration. Deficiency of vitamin E alone increased TBARS levels, and streptozotocin elevated TBARS two times in deficient groups, regardless of insulin control. In rats supplemented with vitamin E, a reduction of plasma glucose and liver vitamin E was observed two weeks after streptozotocin administration (p < 0.05). In conclusion, vitamin E supplementation probably protected against lipoperoxidation and contributed to the absence of elevation of plasma glucose levels, and vitamin E deficiency produced an increase in hepatic TBARS levels in streptozotocin diabetic rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vannucchi
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Araujo
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Bernardes
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Jordão Júnior
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000378:metabolism; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; D014810:Vitamin E