title: Effect of gold nanoparticles on glutathione and malondialdehyde levels in liver, lung and heart of rats.
abstract: We studied the effect of gold nanoparticles (NPs) on oxidative stress markers including reduced glutathione (GSH) and malondialdehyde (MDA) in different organs of rats. Adult male Wistar-Kyoto rats were randomly divided into 3 groups of 5 animals each. One group served as control and received vehicle only. The remaining two groups were treated with 50 μl of 10 nm sized gold NPs, daily for 3 and 7 days, respectively. The rats were sacrificed 24 h after the last injection of NPs. Administration of gold NPs did not cause any significant change in GSH levels in liver, lung and heart on day 3 or day 7. There was no significant effect of gold NPs on MDA levels in lung and heart whereas significant increases in MDA levels were found in the liver of rats treated with gold nanoparticles on both 3 and 7 days post-dosing (ANOVA F = 7.113, P = 0.010). In conclusion, the findings of this preliminary study suggest that gold NPs of 10 nm diameter produce significant lipid peroxidation in rat liver however lungs and heart do not show any oxidative stress. Further studies are warranted to examine the effects of a broader dose range of gold NPs on the levels of free radical indices in different organs of rats.
authors: Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors: Haseeb A
authors: HA
authors: Khan
authors: Mohamed Anwar K
authors: MA
authors: Abdelhalim
authors: Mohammed S
authors: MS
authors: Al-Ayed
authors: Abdullah S
authors: AS
authors: Alhomida
keywords: Glutathione; Gold nanoparticles; Malondialdehyde; Oxidative stress; Rats
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