title: Antioxidant activity of fluoxetine: studies in mice melanoma model.
abstract: In vivo effects of the antidepressant fluoxetine on spleen antioxidant status of C57BL/6 mice were studied using a melanoma experimental model. After a 14-day treatment with fluoxetine (10 mg kg(-1) day(-1), i.p.), the endogenous antioxidant non-enzyme (glutathione) and enzyme (superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx)) defense systems in spleen of healthy animals were not changed; the lipid peroxidation (LP) was also unchanged. When B16F10 melanoma cells were introduced in C57BL/6 mice 2 h before fluoxetine treatment, a drug-protective effect against the melanoma-induced oxidative changes (increased LP and decreased total glutathione (GSH)-level, as well as antioxidant enzyme activities) in spleen was observed. Fluoxetine dose-dependently reduced the amounts of free oxygen radicals (hydroxyl and superoxide anion radicals), generated in chemical systems. Taken together, the present results suggest that fluoxetine, acting as antioxidant, prevents from melanoma-induced oxidative changes in mice spleen.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurobiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria. kirkova@bio.bas.bg
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kirkova
authors.forename: Elina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tzvetanova
authors.forename: Stefani
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vircheva
authors.forename: Rositsa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zamfirova
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grygier
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kubera
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005473:Fluoxetine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D013154:Spleen / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D000975:Antioxidants; D005473:Fluoxetine; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D005978:Glutathione