Abstract Title:

Effect of sodium fluoride ingestion on malondialdehyde concentration and the activity of antioxidant enzymes in rat erythrocytes.

Abstract Source:

Int J Mol Sci. 2010;11(6):2443-52. Epub 2010 Jun 11. PMID: 20640162

Abstract Author(s):

José A Morales-González, José Gutiérrez-Salinas, Liliana García-Ortiz, María Del Carmen Chima-Galán, Eduardo Madrigal-Santillán, Jaime Esquivel-Soto, César Esquivel-Chirino, Manuel García-Luna Y González-Rubio

Article Affiliation:

Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Ex-Hacienda de la Concepción, Tilcuautla, 42080 Pachuca de Soto, Hgo, Mexico; E-Mail: [email protected] (E.M.-S.).

Abstract:

Fluoride intoxication has been shown to produce diverse deleterious metabolic alterations within the cell. To determine the effects of sodium fluoride (NaF) treatment on malondialdehyde (MDA) levels and on the activity of antioxidant enzymes in rat erythrocytes, Male Wistar rats were treated with 50 ppm of NaF or were untreated as controls. Erythrocytes were obtained from rats sacrificed weekly for up to eight weeks and the concentration of MDA in erythrocyte membrane was determined. In addition, the activity of the enzymes superoxide, dismutase, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase were determined. Treatment with NaF produces an increase in the concentration of malondialdehyde in the erythrocyte membrane only after the eight weeks of treatment. On the other hand, antioxidant enzyme activity was observed to increase after the fourth week of NaF treatment. In conclusion, intake of NaF produces alterations in the erythrocyte of the male rat, which indicates induction of oxidative stress.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Adverse Pharmacological Actions : Oxidant : CK(645) : AC(245)

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