title: Acute liver damage induced by 2-nitropropane in rats: effect of diphenyl diselenide on antioxidant defenses.
abstract: The effect of post-treatment with diphenyl diselenide on liver damage induced by 2-nitropropane (2-NP) was examined in male rats. Rats were pre-treated with a single dose of 2-NP (100 mg/kg body weight dissolved in canola oil). Afterward, the animals were post-treated with a dose of diphenyl diselenide (10, 50 or 100 micromol/kg). The parameters that indicate tissue damage such as liver histopathology, plasma aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), urea and creatinine were determined. Since the liver damage induced by 2-NP is related to oxidative damage, lipid peroxidation, superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and ascorbic acid level were also evaluated. Diphenyl diselenide (50 and 100 micromol/kg) effectively restored the increase of ALT and AST activities and urea level when compared to the 2-NP group. At the higher dose, diphenyl diselenide decreased GGT activity. Treatment with diphenyl diselenide, at all doses, effectively ameliorated the increase of hepatic and renal lipid peroxidation when compared to 2-NP group. 2-NP reduced CAT activity and neither alter SOD activity nor ascorbic acid level. This study points out the involvement of CAT activity in 2-NP-induced acute liver damage and suggests that the post-treatment with diphenyl diselenide was effective in restoring the hepatic damage induced by 2-NP.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lysandro P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.forename: Cristina Wayne
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.forename: Rodrigo B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Panatieri
authors.forename: João Batista Teixeira
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.forename: Gilson
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zeni
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001555:Benzene Derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004798:Enzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D009595:Nitroparaffins / Q000633:toxicity*; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011407:Propane / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000633:toxicity; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D012997:Solvents / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D001555:Benzene Derivatives; D004798:Enzymes; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D009595:Nitroparaffins; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D012997:Solvents; C061132:diphenyldiselenide; C016617:2-nitropropane; D011407:Propane