title: Effect of nicotine on 3-nitropropionic acid-induced oxidative stress in synaptosomes.
abstract: In this paper, the effect of nicotine on the oxidative changes produced by 3-nitropropionic acid (20 mg/kg i.p./day for 4 days) in striatal and cortical synaptosomes of Wistar rats was studied. The effects of 3-nitropropionic acid were evaluated as changes in the quantity of protein carbonyl groups, lipid peroxidation products, superoxide distumase activity and reduced succinate dehydrogenase activity. All changes were prevented by the pre-injection of nicotine (1.5 mg/kg i.p./day), beginning 4 days before and continuing for 4 days after the first injection of 3-nitropropionic acid. These findings indicate that: (i) 3-nitropropionic acid induces a state of oxidative stress in cortical and striatal synaptosomes and (ii) nicotine prevents oxidative stress induced by 3-nitropropinonic acid. In conclusion, the results show the ability of nicotine to modify neural response to 3-nitropropionic acid with the protective mechanism likely involving the antioxidative processes of nicotine.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquimica y Biologia Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cordoba, Avda. Menendez Pidal s/n, 14004-Cordoba, Spain.
authors.forename: Isaac
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Túnez
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Montilla
authors.forename: M Carmen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Drucker-Colín
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D017072:Neostriatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009538:Nicotine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018722:Nicotinic Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009574:Nitro Compounds; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*; D011422:Propionates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013385:Succinate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D018722:Nicotinic Agonists; D009574:Nitro Compounds; D011422:Propionates; D009538:Nicotine; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D013385:Succinate Dehydrogenase; C015392:3-nitropropionic acid