title: Acrylamide-induced oxidative stress in human erythrocytes.
abstract: Acrylamide (AA), a widely used industrial chemical, is shown to be neurotoxic, mutagenic and carcinogenic. This study was carried out to investigate the effects of different doses of AA on lipid peroxidation (LPO), haemolysis, methaemoglobin (MetHb) and antioxidant system in human erythrocytes in vitro. Erythrocyte solutions were incubated with 0.10, 0.25, 0.50 and 1.00 mM of AA at 37 degrees C for 1 hour. At the end of the incubation, malondialdehyde (MDA), an end product of LPO, was determined by liquid chromatography (LC) while total glutathione, reduced glutathione (GSH) levels, activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) enzymes and the rates of haemolysis and MetHb were determined by spectrophotometric methods. All of the studied concentrations of AA increased MetHb formation and SOD activity, and induced MDA formation and haemolysis due to the destruction of erythrocyte cell membrane. AA caused a decrease in the activities of GSH-Px, CAT and GSH levels. However, these effects of AA were seen only at higher concentrations than AA intake estimated for populations in many countries. We suggest that LPO process may not be involved in the toxic effects of AA in low concentrations, although the present results showed that the studied concentrations of AA exert deteriorating effects on antioxidant enzyme activities, LPO process and haemolysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Toxicology, Istanbul University, Turkey.
authors.forename: Betul
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Catalgol
authors.forename: Gül
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ozhan
authors.forename: Buket
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Alpertunga
mesh_terms: D020106:Acrylamide / Q000633:toxicity*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D006461:Hemolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D008706:Methemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D020106:Acrylamide; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D008706:Methemoglobin; D005978:Glutathione