title: Role of dietary vitamin E in cadmium-induced oxidative damage in rabbit's blood, liver and kidneys.
abstract: The aim of this work was to determine the effect of dietary vitamin E intake on lipid peroxidation (LPO) by measuring thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), vitamin E and reduced glutathione (GSH) levels, and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px: EC 1.11.1.9) activity in plasma, red blood cells (RBC), livers, and kidneys of rabbits dosed with cadmium (Cd). Six-month-old clinically healthy New Zealand White rabbits (8 in each group) were given tap water only, containing 1 g CdCl2/L, or tap water with CdCl2 plus vitamin E (100 mg dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate in 0.2 mL corn oil) daily for 30 days. The vitamin E level in the plasma, liver, and kidneys was significantly higher in the control than in the Cd-only group, and TBARS levels were significantly lower. There were no statistical differences between the control and Cd-only groups GSH-Px activities and GSH levels in RBC, liver, and kidneys. Vitamin E levels in plasma, liver, and kidneys and GSH-Px activity in RBC were higher in the vitamin E group than in both control and Cd-only groups. However, the TBARS levels of RBC, liver, and kidneys in vitamin E administered group were decreased. Therefore, the present study demonstrates the effectiveness of vitamin E in reducing oxidative stress in Cd-treated rabbits and suggests that reductions in increased TBARS due to Cd toxicity may be an important factor in the action of vitamin E.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Veterinary Faculty of Kaskas University, Kars/Turkey. ebrubeytut@hotmail.com
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Beytut
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yuce
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Kamiloglu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aksakal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000502:physiology*; D002104:Cadmium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005978:Glutathione / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D011817:Rabbits; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000378:metabolism; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; D002104:Cadmium; D014810:Vitamin E; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D005978:Glutathione