title: Antioxidant effect of diphenyl diselenide on oxidative damage induced by smoke in rats: involvement of glutathione.
abstract: In the present study, the involvement of glutathione system in the restorative effect of diphenyl diselenide (PhSe)(2) on damage induced by cigarette smoke was investigated. Rat pups were progressively exposed to four, five, and six cigarettes for exposure periods of 15 min during their first, second, and third weeks of life. Thiobarbituric acid reactive species (TBARS) levels, components of the enzymatic antioxidant defenses (superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione reductase (GR) and glutathione S-transferase (GST) activities), and non-enzymatic antioxidant defenses (vitamin C and non-protein thiol (NPSH) levels) were examined in lungs of pups. The results demonstrated an increase in lipid peroxidation and the alteration in non-enzymatic and enzymatic antioxidant defenses induced by cigarette smoke exposure in lung of pups. Administration of (PhSe)(2) (0.5mg/kg) restored TBARS levels and antioxidant defenses in lungs of rat pups exposed to cigarette smoke. (PhSe)(2) treatment increased NPSH levels and GST activity per se in lungs of rat pups. Together these results indicate that (PhSe)(2) restored oxidative damage induced by cigarette smoke exposure in lungs of rat pups. The glutathione system is involved in antioxidant effect of this compound.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cristiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Luchese
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eluza C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Stangherlin
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bibiana M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Gay
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, RS, Brazil. Electronic address: criswn@quimica.ufsm.br.
authors.forename: Cristina W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Nogueira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D001555:Benzene Derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism*; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D000074262:Rapeseed Oil; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012906:Smoke / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000378:metabolism; D015430:Weight Gain / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D001555:Benzene Derivatives; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds; D000074262:Rapeseed Oil; D012906:Smoke; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; C061132:diphenyldiselenide; D002374:Catalase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D005978:Glutathione; D001205:Ascorbic Acid