title: Modification of oxidative stress by pioglitazone in the heart of alloxan-induced diabetic rabbits.
abstract: The study was undertaken to analyze the effect of pioglitazone on superoxide dismutase (Cu, Zn-SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), glutathione reductase (GSSG-R), glutathione (GSH), ascorbic acid (AA), lipid peroxidation products (LPO) and protein carbonyl groups (PCG) in the heart of alloxan-induced diabetic rabbits after 4 and 8 weeks of pioglitazone treatment. In diabetic animals, Cu, Zn-SOD and CAT were elevated by 60 and 55%, and 90 and 77% as compared to controls at 4 and 8 weeks, respectively. GSH-Px, GSSG-R and GSH were diminished by 11, 14 and 33% as compared to controls at 4 or 8 weeks. AA was diminished by 52 and 41%. At P <0.05, pioglitazone normalized the activities of Cu, Zn-SOD, GSH-Px and GSSG-R. The activity of CAT was modified as compared to diabetic non-treated rabbits. After pioglitazone treatment, GSH and AA were increased as compared to diabetic non-treated animals. In diabetic rabbits, LPO was elevated by 52 and 111% and normalized by pioglitazone treatment. PCG was elevated by 72 and 133% and diminished as compared to diabetic non-treated animals at 8 weeks. The study shows that pioglitazone reduces oxidative stress in the heart of diabetic rabbits. In therapy, similar action can improve the cardiovascular system of diabetic patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Medical University of Lublin, Chodźki Str. 6, 20-093, Lublin, Poland. anna.gumieniczek@am.lublin.pl
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gumieniczek
mesh_terms: D000496:Alloxan / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D005980:Glutathione Reductase / Q000378:metabolism; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D000077205:Pioglitazone; D011817:Rabbits; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism; D045162:Thiazolidinediones / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D045162:Thiazolidinediones; D000496:Alloxan; D002374:Catalase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D005980:Glutathione Reductase; D001205:Ascorbic Acid; D000077205:Pioglitazone