title: Protective effects of erdosteine on rotenone-induced oxidant injury in liver tissue.
abstract: Rotenone, an insecticide of botanical origin, causes toxicity through inhibition of complex I of the respiratory chain in mitochondria. This study was undertaken to determine whether rotenone-induced liver oxidant injury is prevented by erdosteine, a mucolytic agent showing antioxidant properties. There were four groups of Male Wistar Albino rats: group one was untreated as control; the other groups were treated with erdosteine (50 mg/kg per day, orally), rotenone (2.5 mg/mL once and 1 mL/kg per day for 60 days, i.p.) or rotenone plus erdosteine, respectively. Rotenone treatment without erdosteine increased xanthine oxidase (XO) enzyme activity and also increased lipid peroxidation in liver tissue (P < 0.05). The rats treated with rotenone plus erdosteine produced a significant decrease in lipid peroxidation and XO activities in comparison with rotenone group (P < 0.05). Erdosteine treatment with rotenone led to an increase in catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities in comparison with the rotenone group (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in nitric oxide (NO) level between groups. There were negative correlations between CAT activity and malondialdehyde (MDA) level (r = -0.934, P < 0.05) with between CAT and SOD activities (r = -0.714, P < 0.05), and a positive correlation between SOD activity and MDA level (r = 0.828, P < 0.05) in rotenone group. In the rotenone plus erdosteine group, there was a negative correlation between XO activity and NO level in liver tissue (r = -0.833, P < 0.05). In the light of these findings, erdosteine may be a protective agent for rotenone-induced liver oxidative injury in rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Medical Faculty of Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alpaslan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Terzi
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iraz
authors.forename: Semsettin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: Atilla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ilhan
authors.forename: Nuri
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Idiz
authors.forename: Ersin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fadillioglu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007306:Insecticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012402:Rotenone / Q000633:toxicity*; D013864:Thioglycolates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D007306:Insecticides; D013864:Thioglycolates; D013876:Thiophenes; D012402:Rotenone; C048498:erdosteine