title: Dose-dependent effect of nutritional sulfite intake on visual evoked potentials and lipid peroxidation.
abstract: The aim of this study was to clarify the dose-dependent effect of sulfite (SO₃²⁻) ingestion on brain and retina by means of electrophysiological and biochemical parameters. Fifty two male Wistar rats, aged 3 months, were randomized into four experimental groups of 13 rats as follows; control (C), sulfite treated groups (S(1); 10 mg/kg/day, S₂; 100mg/kg/day, S₃; 260 mg/kg/day). Control rats were administered distilled water, while the other three groups were given sodium metabisulfite (Na₂S₂O₅) of amounts mentioned above, via gavage for a period of 35 days. All components of visual evoked potential (VEP) were prolonged in S₂ and S₃ groups compared with S₁ and C groups. Plasma-S-sulfonate levels, which are an indicator of sulfur dioxide (SO₂) exposure, were increased in Na₂S₂O₅ treated groups in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, the significant increments in thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (4-HNE) levels occurred with increasing intake of Na₂S₂O₅. Though not significant, glutathione (GSH) and oxidized glutathione (GSSG) levels were observed to decrease with increasing doses of Na₂S₂O₅. In conclusion, Na₂S₂O₅ treatment in rats caused a dose-dependent increase in lipid peroxidation and all VEP latencies. The data indicate that lipid peroxidation could play an important role in sulfite toxicity.
authors.affiliation: Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biophysics, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nihal
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozturk
authors.forename: Piraye
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yargicoglu
authors.forename: Narin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Derin
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Akpinar
authors.forename: Aysel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agar
authors.forename: Mutay
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aslan
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000447:Aldehydes / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual / Q000187:drug effects*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis; D019803:Glutathione Disulfide / Q000378:metabolism; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012160:Retina / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D013447:Sulfites / Q000633:toxicity*; D013451:Sulfonic Acids / Q000097:blood; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D013447:Sulfites; D013451:Sulfonic Acids; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; C005200:sodium metabisulfite; C027576:4-hydroxy-2-nonenal; D019803:Glutathione Disulfide