title: Effects of taurine on oxidative stress parameters and chromium levels altered by acute hexavalent chromium exposure in mice kidney tissue.
abstract: The kidney has been regarded as a critical organ of toxicity induced by acute exposure to hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] compounds. Reactive intermediates and free radicals generated during reduction process might be responsible for Cr(VI) toxicity. In this study, the effects of pretreatment or posttreatment of taurine on Cr(VI)-induced oxidative stress and chromium accumulation in kidney tissue of Swiss albino mice were investigated. Single intraperitoneal (ip) potassium dichromate treatment (20 mgCr/kg), as Cr(VI) compound, significantly elevated the level of lipid peroxidation as compared with the control group (p<0.05). This was accompanied by significant decreases in nonprotein sulfhydryls (NPSH) level, superoxide dismutase (SOD), and catalase (CAT) enzyme activities as well as a significant chromium accumulation (p<0.05). Taurine administration (1 g/kg, ip) before or after Cr(VI) exposure resulted in reduction of lipid peroxidation levels and improvement in SOD enzyme activity (p<0.05). On the other hand, administration of the antioxidant before Cr(VI) exposure restored the NPSH level and CAT enzyme activity and also reduced tissue chromium levels (p<0.05), whereas posttreatment had only slight effects on these parameters. In view of the results, taurine seems to exert some beneficial effects against Cr(VI)-induced oxidative stress and chromium accumulation in mice kidney tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara University, Tandogan, 06100, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: I Ipek
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Boşgelmez
authors.forename: Gülin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Güvendik
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D002857:Chromium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity*; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*; D011192:Potassium Dichromate / Q000633:toxicity*; D011897:Random Allocation; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism; D013654:Taurine / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D002857:Chromium; C074702:chromium hexavalent ion; D013654:Taurine; D002374:Catalase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D011192:Potassium Dichromate