Abstract：
:The purpose of our study was to assess the effects of experimental dicroceliosis on the antioxidant defense capability of the liver in hamsters. Studies were carried out at 80 and 120 days after infection with an oral dose of 40 metacercariae of Dicrocoelium dendriticum. The parasitic pathology was ascertained by the presence of fluke eggs in feces, increased serum ALT and AST activities, and histological findings. The concentration of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) and the ratio of oxidized to reduced glutathione (GSSG/GSH), measured as markers of oxidative stress, were significantly increased [TBARS: +40% and +84% at 80 and 120 days postinfection (p.i.), respectively; GSSG/GSH: +200% and +117%]. Dicroceliosis increased Se-dependent glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity in both cytosol (+24% and +46%) and mitochondria (+73% and +41%). Superoxide dismutase activity was significantly reduced in cytosol (-19% and -38%) and mitochondria (-20% and -39%). No significant change was found in the activity of Se-independent GPx or catalase. The ratio of glutathione peroxidase/glutathione reductase at 80 and 120 days p.i. was increased by 25% and 63%, respectively. Gamma-glutamyl cysteinyl synthetase activity was increased by 27% and 20%, respectively. Our data indicate that although dicroceliosis courses with activation of antioxidant enzymes and glutathione synthesis, inefficient scavenging of reactive oxygen species takes place, resulting in oxidative liver damage.
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Parasitol Resjournal_title
Parasitology researchauthors
Sánchez-Campos S,Tuñón MJ,González P,González-Gallego Jdoi
10.1007/s004360050579subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-06-01 00:00:00pages
468-74issue
6eissn
0932-0113issn
1432-1955journal_volume
85pub_type
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