title: Effect of leptin on peroxidation and antioxidant defense in ethanol-supplemented Mus musculus heart.
abstract: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of exogenous mouse leptin on ethanol-induced cardiac toxicity in mice. Administering ethanol (6.32 g/kg body weight p.o.) to 4-week-old healthy mice for 45 days resulted in significantly elevated plasma levels of leptin, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), cardiac lipid hydroperoxides (LOOH) and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and significantly decreased cardiac superoxide dismutase, catalase, vitamin C, vitamin E, reduced glutathione and glutathione-dependent enzyme levels (glutathione peroxidase and glutathione S-transferase). Subsequent to the experimental induction of toxicity (i.e., after the initial period of 30 days) exogenous leptin was administered (230 microg/kg body weight i.p.) every alternate day for 15 days along with the daily dose of ethanol. Leptin administration to ethanol-treated mice significantly elevated the levels of plasma leptin, LDH and cardiac LOOH, TBARS, whereas the activity of antioxidant enzymes and the concentrations of vitamins C and E were further decreased significantly. These findings were consistent with our histological observations, confirming that leptin enhances cardiac toxicity in ethanol-supplemented mice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar 608002, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Balasubramaniyan
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nalini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants / Q000494:pharmacology; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood; D020738:Leptin / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000378:metabolism; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants; D020738:Leptin; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; D014810:Vitamin E; D000431:Ethanol; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D002374:Catalase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D005978:Glutathione; D001205:Ascorbic Acid