Lead-induced increase in antioxidant enzymes and lipid peroxidation products in developing rat brain |
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Authors: | Kiran Kumar Bokara Erika Brown Rashidi McCormick Prabhakara Rao Yallapragada Sharada Rajanna Rajanna Bettaiya |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Zoology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, 530 003, India;(2) Department of Biological Sciences, Alcorn State University, Lorman, MS, USA |
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Abstract: | Pregnant rats were treated with 0.4% lead acetate through drinking water from 6th day of gestation and this treatment was
continued till 21 post natal days (PND). Four regions of the brain namely hippocampus, cerebellum, frontal cortex and brain
stem were dissected at 10, 20, 30 and 40 PND for estimation of lipid peroxidation products (LPP), catalase (CAT) and superoxide
dismutase (SOD). The results indicate that there was a significant (P < 0.05) increase of LPP in exposed rats than their corresponding control at 10, 20 and 30 PND both in hippocampus and cerebellum.
At PND 40, the LPP of control and exposed were found to be almost same in both the tissues indicating recovery from lead toxicity.
CAT activity was significantly (P < 0.05) high in hippocampus of exposed rats up to PND 30 but up to PND 20 in cerebellum and frontal cortex. However, in brain
stem, a significant (P < 0.05) increase in CAT activity was observed only at PND 10. A significant (P < 0.05) increase in SOD activity was observed up to PND 30 both in hippocampus and cerebellum on lead exposure. Frontal cortex
exhibited a similar significant (P < 0.05) increase of SOD activity up to PND 20 and for brain stem up to PND 10. There was no significant change in the activity
of antioxidant enzymes (CAT and SOD) and LPP in all the four brain tissues of control and exposed rats at PND 40 indicating
recovery from lead-induced oxidative stress.
This research work was presented as a poster in Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) at Dallas,
Texas, USA, during November 10–13, 2004 and the abstract was printed on page 231 of the Conference Proceedings |
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Keywords: | Lead toxicity Developing brain Neurotoxicity Antioxidant enzymes |
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