title: Resveratrol, a red wine polyphenol, attenuates lipopolysaccharide-induced oxidative stress in rat liver.
abstract: Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a glycolipid component of the cell wall of gram-negative bacteria inducing deleterious effects on several organs including the liver and eventually leading to septic shock and death. Endotoxemia-induced hepatotoxicity is characterized by disturbed intracellular redox balance, excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation inducing DNA, proteins and membrane lipid damages. Resveratrol (trans-3,5,4' trihydroxystilbene) is a phytoalexin polyphenol exhibiting antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. In this study, we investigated the effect of subacute pre-treatment with this natural compound on LPS-induced hepatotoxicity in rat. Resveratrol counteracted LPS-induced lipoperoxidation and depletion of antioxidant enzyme activities as superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) but slightly glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity. The polyphenol also abrogated LPS-induced liver and plasma nitric oxide (NO) elevation and attenuated endotoxemia-induced hepatic tissue injury. Importantly resveratrol treatment abolished LPS-induced iron sequestration from plasma to liver compartment. Our data suggest that resveratrol is capable of alleviating LPS-induced hepatotoxicity and that its mode of action may involve differential iron compartmentalization via iron shuttling proteins.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biosurveillance de l'Environnement, Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte, 7021 Zarzouna, Tunisie. sebaihichem@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Hichem
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sebai
authors.forename: Mamane
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sani
authors.forename: Mohamed Tahar
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Yacoubi
authors.forename: Ezzedine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aouani
authors.forename: Néziha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ghanem-Boughanmi
authors.forename: Mossadok
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben-Attia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000633:toxicity*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D000077185:Resveratrol; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D013267:Stilbenes; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D007501:Iron; D000077185:Resveratrol