title: Protective effects of eicosapentaenoic acid on genotoxicity and oxidative stress of cyclophosphamide in mice.
abstract: The aim of this article is to elucidate the mechanism by which eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) acts against cyclophosphamide (CP)-induced effects. The prevalence of micronuclei, the extent of lipid peroxidation, and the status of the antioxidant enzymes, superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPX) in both liver and serum of mice were used as intermediate biomarkers of chemoprotection. Lipid peroxidation and associated compromised antioxidant defenses (CAT and GPX) in CP treated mice were observed in the liver, serum, and were accompanied by increased prevalence of micronuclei in bone marrow. The number of MN was significantly different (p < 0.01) between the groups treated with CP (group III, IV, V, VI) and the solvent control (group II) (3.2 ± 0.7‰). There was a dose-dependent reduction in formation CP induced micronuclei by treatment with 100, 200, or 300 mg EPA/kg BW mice. Activities of SOD, CAT, and extent of lipid peroxidation were statistically different in liver cells of mice exposed to EPA only with CP compared with the CP group (group III). The present findings imply that EPA may be a potential antigenotoxic, antioxidant and chemopreventive agent and could be used as an adjuvant in chemotherapeutic applications.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Changwei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Giesy
authors.forename: Zhiming
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Yibin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity*; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity*; D004249:DNA Damage; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D015118:Eicosapentaenoic Acid / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D048629:Micronuclei, Chromosome-Defective / Q000139:chemically induced; D009153:Mutagens / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity*; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; D000975:Antioxidants; D009153:Mutagens; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D015118:Eicosapentaenoic Acid; D002374:Catalase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase