title: Oxidative stress parameters in bitches with mammary gland tumours.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to describe some of the oxidative stress parameters in bitches suffering from spontaneously occurring mammary gland tumours. The experiment involved 28 bitches which had mammary gland tumours removed surgically (15 bitches with malignant tumour and 13 with benign tumour) as well as 10 clinically healthy bitches. The activities of glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) were determined in haemolysates of erythrocytes derived from the animals. The concentrations of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), as well as -SH groups, were determined in blood plasma. GSH-Px activity was significantly higher in the malignant tumour group than in healthy animals. SOD activity was significantly higher in animals with tumours compared with the control group. Activities of both enzymes were higher in animals with malignant tumours than in benign groups, but the differences were not statistically significant. The concentrations of TBARS and -SH groups were similar in all examined groups. The increase of antioxidative enzyme activities in these animals may suggest the activation of antioxidative defence mechanisms in mammary gland carcinogenesis. Moreover, it might indicate the participation of oxidative stress in malignancies. Further experiments involving more animals, with more frequent sample collection and the use of other oxidative stress markers are necessary.
authors.affiliation: Department and Clinic of Animal Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Agricultural University, 20-612 Lublin, Geboka 30, Poland. marszcz@hortus.ar.lublin.pl
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szczubiał
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kankofer
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Łopuszyński
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dabrowski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lipko
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000201:enzymology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D008321:Mammary Glands, Animal / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D015674:Mammary Neoplasms, Animal / Q000201:enzymology*; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism*; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase