title: Selenium deficiency-induced alterations in the vascular system of the rat.
abstract: To enunciate the mechanisms whereby Se protects against cardiovascular diseases, weanling male Wistar rats were fed deficient (0.022 mg/kg diet) and adequate (0.159 mg/kg diet) Se diets for 14 and/or 39 wk. As the Se content and glutathione peroxidase activity were decreased and the lipid peroxide level was increased, the plasma 6-keto-PGF1alpha concentration of the Se-deficient group was markedly decreased in blood and tissues of the Se-deficient rats, as compared with the Se-adequate animals. Furthermore, the Se-deficient group had significantly lower plasma nitric oxide content and vascular nitric oxide synthase activity, higher erythrocyte sedimentation equation K value and aggregation index, and lower erythrocyte deformability than the Se-adequate group. Experimental Se deficiency also resulted in significant increases in serum total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and a significant decrease in serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level. These results give some experimental supports to the hypothesis that low Se status and lipid peroxidation are involved in the etiology of cardiovascular diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001809:Blood Viscosity / Q000187:drug effects; D002320:Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D004032:Diet; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000097:blood; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000097:blood; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000097:blood; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000097:blood; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012643:Selenium / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000378:metabolism; D013928:Thromboxane A2 / Q000097:blood; D013929:Thromboxane B2 / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D008055:Lipids; D008074:Lipoproteins; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D013929:Thromboxane B2; D013928:Thromboxane A2; D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; D011464:Epoprostenol; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; C496316:Nos3 protein, rat; D012643:Selenium