title: Antioxidative effects of novel synthetic organoselenium compound in rat lung and kidney.
abstract: The effects of environmental chemicals, drugs, and physical agents on the developing lung and kidney are influenced by the state of development and maturation. Selenium is an essential element with physiological nonenzymatic antioxidant properties. Therefore, we undertook the present study to evaluate the antioxidant potential of the novel synthetic organoselenium compounds (Se I and Se II). In this study, adult female Wistar rats were treated with DMBA and the novel organoselenium compounds [1-isopropyl-3-methylbenzimidazole-2-selenone (Se I) and 1,3-di-p-methoxybenzylpyrimidine-2-selenone (Se II)] in the determined doses. The protective effects of novel synthetic organoselenium compounds (Se I and Se II) against DMBA-induced changes in levels of some [superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and glutathione reductase (GR) activities and total glutathione (GSH), malonedialdehyde (MDA)] parameters in rat lung and kidney were investigated. As a result, it was found that both Se I and Se II had provided the antioxidant effects against DMBA-induced oxidative stress in rat lung and kidney and lipid peroxidation had also been decreased by these organoselenium compounds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, Nigde University, Nigde 51200, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zeliha Selamoglu
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Talas
authors.forename: Ilknur
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.forename: Ismet
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Yetkin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gok
mesh_terms: D015127:9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene / Q000633:toxicity; D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D005980:Glutathione Reductase / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects*; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects*; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C526938:1,3-di-p-methoxybenzylpyrimidine-2-selenone; C526937:1-isopropyl-3-methylbenzimidazole-2-selenone; D000975:Antioxidants; D001562:Benzimidazoles; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds; D011743:Pyrimidines; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D015127:9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene; D002374:Catalase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D005980:Glutathione Reductase; D005978:Glutathione