硒对小鼠柯萨奇性病毒性心肌炎脂质过氧化反应的影响

目的：探讨硒对小鼠病毒性心肌炎发生中脂质过氧化反应的影响。方法：昆明种小鼠分为常规饲料喂养和适量补硒喂养4周后,腹腔接种柯萨奇B3病毒建立小鼠心肌炎模型,测定小鼠谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶（GSH-Px）、超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）、丙二醛（MDA）含量及心肌病变情况。结果：光镜下补硒组小鼠的心肌病理变化轻,其病理积分明显低于常规喂养组（P〈0.05）。补硒组小鼠GSH-Px、SOD明显高于正常喂养组;MDA明显低于常规喂养组（P〈0.05）。结论：补硒能提高脂质过氧化酶的活性、减少脂质过氧化产物的产生,减轻病毒感染引起的心肌细胞损伤。     

哺乳动物硒蛋白的研究进展

硒是哺乳动物和人必需的微是元素。硒的生物学功能主要是以硒蛋白的形式表现的。到目前为止,已经克隆并测定ｃＤＮＡ顺序的哺乳动物硒蛋白有９种停,它们是细胞内谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶、细胞外谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶、磷脂氢谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶、胃肠谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶、Ｉ型碘化甲状腺原氨酸５′脱碘酶、Ⅱ型碘化甲状腺原氨酸５′脱磺酶、Ⅲ型碘化甲状腺原氨酸５′脱碘酶、硒蛋白Ｐ和硒蛋白Ｗ。这些硒蛋白中硒参入到蛋白分子是通过硒半     

SD大鼠母体低硒对子代哺乳期生长发育的影响

目的:探讨母体长期处于低硒状态下是否对子代哺乳期生长发育影响.方法:将正常成年雌性SD大鼠随机分为低硒实验组(SR)和正常对照组(NC),分别使用常硒和自制低硒饲料喂养,4周后,确定低硒动物模型建立成功后并分别进行合笼.从子代出生开始,通过记录两组子代大鼠哺乳期的各项生长发育指标并检测子代体内硒含量,探讨母体低硒对子代哺乳期生长发育的影响.结果:低硒实验组子代SD大鼠体长及体重均低于正常对照组,并且低硒实验组子代SD大鼠的死亡率较正常对照组高;低硒实验组子代SD大鼠肝脏、心脏、肾脏以及血液中的硒含量均明显低于正常对照组;低硒实验组子代SD大鼠的心脏、肝脏及肾脏重量,均低于正常对照组.结论:母体长期处于低硒状态下,将对子代哺乳期的生长发育造成严重影响.     

锰,硒对离体大鼠工作心脏心肌收缩功能的影响

我们曾通过对比观察证明,饲喂低硒饲料两个月与注射黄嘌呤-黄嘌呤氧化酶3d对大鼠的影响相似,均能使心肌收缩功能减弱、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GSH-Px)活性降低、脂质过氧化物(LPO)含量增多、电子自旋共振谱线面积增大。本实验沿用相同的低硒饲料与硒、锰添加量,在离体鼠心肌上,观     

低硒心肌损伤与钾离子通道蛋白的关系研究

目的:心肌上的离子通道蛋白与心肌损伤有很大的关系,本研究通过低硒喂养对C57BL/6小鼠心肌组织损伤的影响及其对钾通道蛋白的改变。方法:将实验小鼠分为4组:对照组,低硒30天组,低硒90天组和低硒180天组。采用低硒饲料(硒含量0.0045μg/g)喂养的方法建立低硒小鼠模型,对照组给予正常饲料(硒含量0.256μg/g),与低硒组同时喂养;硒含量的测定和HE染色方法观察心肌损伤情况,Western Blotting方法检测其钾通道蛋白的表达。结果:低硒饲料喂养小鼠的心脏硒含量与正常饲料喂养的硒含量相比明显降低(P0.01);并出现轻微的心肌损伤,钾通道蛋白的表达量在低硒30天组,低硒90天组和低硒180天组下调(P0.01)。结论:成功建立低硒小鼠模型,低硒能引起小鼠心肌损伤,这种改变可能有心脏的钾通道蛋白的表达水平有关。     

低硒小鼠模型的建立及低硒对心肌的影响

目的建立低硒实验动物模型,观察低硒对心肌的影响。方法利用黑龙江地产酵母配制低硒小鼠饲料,使用配制的小鼠饲料喂养BALB/c幼鼠,经过4个月的喂养,测定血清、肝脏、心肌细胞的硒含量,观察心肌超微结构的变化,测定血清心肌酶的变化。结果利用黑龙江地产酵母配制的低硒饲料,硒含量为0.016 mg/kg,符合低硒标准。BALB/c鼠用该饲料喂养4个月,心肌、肝脏、血清硒含量分别为0.187 mg/kg、0.219 mg/kg、0.241mg/kg,符合低硒诊断标准。观察低硒鼠心肌超微结构,可见心肌细胞线粒体肿胀,细胞核出现了异型性,血清心肌酶较常硒鼠升高。结论利用黑龙江地产酵母成功配制了低硒饲料。经过低硒饲料饲养可建立低硒鼠模型。低硒可以引起BALB/c鼠心肌细胞损伤。     

抗白内障药物滴眼对亚硒酸钠性白内障的预防作用

 观察了三种化合物(抗氧化剂与自由基清除剂)对大鼠亚硒酸钠性白内障的滴眼预防作用。实验分为正常对照组、亚硒酸钠组及滴眼预防组。亚硒酸钠组及滴眼预防组系给12─13日龄的大鼠皮下注射亚硒酸钠,首次剂量为6μmol/kg体重,间日一次,逐次递增1μmol/kg体重,连续六次。预防组则为大鼠开眼后同时滴眼抗氧化剂与自由基清除剂。结果表明,三种化合物通过滴眼均能有效的防止亚硒酸钠性白内障的发生,白内障的发生率从95.8％降低至15％～43.5％。同时测定了各组晶状体中谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GSH-Px)、谷胱甘肽还原酶(GSSG-R)及谷胱甘肽硫转移酶(GSH-S)的活性,结果表明,凡注射硒的大鼠晶状体中GSH-Px及GSSG-R的活性均比正常晶状体的高,接受抗氧化剂与自由基清除剂预防的大鼠晶状体中这两种酶的活性比未接受预防的大鼠晶状体中的低。单独注射硒的大鼠晶状体中GSH-S的活性比正常晶状体的高。接受预防的大鼠晶状体中此酶的活性和正常晶状体无差异,但比单独注射硒的大鼠晶状体中的低。     

硒营养状态对大鼠肠道菌群结构及炎症的影响

目的观察硒营养状态对大鼠肠道菌群结构及炎症的影响。方法 24只Wistar大鼠随机分为3组:低硒组、适硒组和补硒组,分别给予低硒饲料、适硒饲料和补硒饲料喂养,持续42d。收集0、21和42d时各组大鼠粪样与血样,对比各组不同时间血清硒水平;分析肠杆菌基因间重复共有序列-聚合酶链反应(ERIC-PCR)指纹图谱,比较肠道菌群多样性指数(H′)、ERIC-PCR指纹图谱条带数及图谱间相似系数(Cs);42d后处死大鼠取十二指肠组织,对比白介素-6 (IL-6)、白介素-1β(IL-1β)、肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)mRNA相对表达量。结果 21d、42d时血清硒水平、肠道菌群H′及ERIC-PCR指纹图谱条带数组间比较,补硒组最高、适硒组其次、低硒组最低,每两组间比较差异均有统计学意义(Ps0.05)。组内比较,补硒组上述指标随时间的延长显著升高(P0.05),低硒组显著降低(P0.05),适硒组变化不显著(P0.05);组间Cs累积分布曲线分析,小于0.6的Cs值在低硒组占80.00%,补硒组占65.42%;组内分析,21d时小于0.6的Cs值在补硒组、适硒组、低硒组分别占总Cs个数的78.57%、54.27%和38.79%,42d时小于0.6的Cs值在3组分别占总Cs个数的72.58%、53.47%和36.81%;低硒组IL-6、IL-1β和TNF-αmRNA相对表达量显著高于适硒组和补硒组(P0.05),适硒组与补硒组上述指标比较差异无统计学意义(P0.05)。结论低硒日粮可降低血清硒水平,引起肠道菌群结构失调、降低其多样性,进而引起肠道炎症,适量补充硒可提高血清硒水平,改善肠道菌群结构、丰富其多样性。     

饲料硒和维生素E对大鼠机体抗氧化能力的影响

 用克山病病区粮配成基础低硒饲料,补充硒和/或维生素E组成四种不同水平的饲料,饲喂雄性断乳大鼠,观察其对机体抗氧化能力的影响。评价指标是用抗坏血酸诱发的红细胞溶血率、被O~-_2(超氧阴离子)氧化的血红蛋白量和组织中的TBA值。动物饲养13周后,自尾静脉取血,测定溶血率和血红蛋白被氧化的百分率,和全血SeGSHPx(含硒谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶)活力。15周后将动物断头杀死,立即取出心脏和肝脏测定SeGSHPx活力和TBA值。结果表明在克山病病区粮的饲料中补充硒或维生素E,或者二者同时补充均明显提高组织中的SeGSHPx活力和降低组织中的TBA值。不论在硒缺乏时或硒充足时,饲料中补充维生素E显著降低抗坏血酸诱发的红细胞溶血率,对O~-_2氧化血红蛋白无保护作用。在维生素E缺乏时,仅补充硒对溶血无作用。不论饲料中维生素E缺乏或者充足,补充硒对O~-_1氧化血红蛋白均有显著保护作用。     

硒的抗自由基损伤作用

用黄嘌呤-黄嘌呤氧化酶体系或低硒饲料诱发自由基损伤。在培养的鼠心肌细胞上,硒能使受损心肌细胞的自由基含量、超微结构、动作电位、膜输入阻抗恢复正常;在离体灌流的鼠心上,硒能改善受损心脏的心肌收缩性能;硒能使受损鼠的心硒含量与肝谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GSH_(ps))活力回升、肝过氧化脂质(LPO)含量下降。上述结果提示硒保护作用的基本机制可能与增强GSH_(px)活力、促进自由基清除有关。     

Influence of a low-selenium diet on erythrocyte glutathione peroxidase and alkane production in exhaled air of rats as a measure of lipid peroxidation in vivo during growth

Erythrocyte glutathione peroxidase activity and alkane production in exhaled air of growing rats were studied as a measure of lipid peroxidation in vivo. When 4-weeks-old, rats were fed a low-selenium (0.05 mg/kg) refined soy concentrate-based diet but adequate in vitamin E and other nutrients. Rats of control groups were fed the same diet supplemented with varying amounts of selenium as sodium selenite. After 10 weeks, erythrocyte glutathione peroxidase activity in the group fed the low selenium diet had decreased to about 40% of the original level. Feeding this diet for a longer period resulted in a slow increase of the glutathione peroxidase level. After about 37 weeks, this level was equal to the initial level. During the same period of rapid growth, ethane and pentane production in the exhaled air of a group of similar animals on the diet containing 0.05 mg Se per kg was slightly although significantly higher compared with the levels of animals on a supplemented (0.4 mg Se per kg) diet. Differences were highest when glutathione peroxidase activity levels in the erythrocytes were lowest and negligible at the start of the experiment and after the period of rapid growth. These results support the view that the seleno-enzyme glutathione peroxidase is active in the defense mechanism of the cell against lipid proxidation.     

The effect of selenium on the hepatic drug metabolism and inducibility in rat

1. Rats were fed either a normal or selenium-deficient diet for 4 weeks. The subgroup on selenium deficient diet had selenium supplementation as 3 ppm Se in the drinking water. Benzo(a)pyrene was given intraperitoneally as an inducer. 2. Se deficiency decreased glutathione peroxidase and cytochrome c-reductase activities while other activities were unchanged as compared to normal diet. 3. Selenium deficiency was a prerequisite for the induction of glutathione peroxidase, S-reductase and S-transferase enzymes. 4. Benzo(a)pyrene increased hepatic microsomal cytochrome P-450 content in rats on normal and selenium supplemented diet but not in the selenium deficient group. 5. The 7-ethoxyresorufin and 7-ethoxycoumarin deethylase, aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase and cytochrome c-reductase activities were increased by benzo(a)pyrene in all the dietary groups. 6. The UDP-glucuronosyltransferase activity was also increased by benzo(a)pyrene in all the experimental groups and this was true with p-nitrophenol and phenolphthalein as aglycons.     

Effects of selenium on RNA synthesis and content in rat pancreas.

In order to investigate the effect of selenium supplementation on RNA in the rat pancreas, the rate of in vitro incorporation of [3H]uridine into RNA by pancreas slices derived from two groups of rats fed either a low-selenium diet or a diet supplemented with 0.25 mg/kg selenium as selenite was examined. The RNA and lipid peroxide contents and glutathione peroxidase activity in homogenates from the pancreas were also determined. After feeding for 12-14 weeks, the rates of [3H]uridine incorporation were significantly higher in the pancreatic tissue from the selenium-supplemented diet group. Concomitantly, an increase in glutathione peroxidase activities and RNA content, and a reduction of lipid peroxides, were also found in the pancreatic tissue of the selenium-supplemented group. The results suggest that selenium supplementation at a level of 0.25 mg/kg selenium could promote RNA synthesis with an increase in glutathione peroxidase activity and a decrease of lipid peroxides.     

Effect of selenium deficiency on tissue taurine concentration and urinary taurine excretion in the rat

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of selenium deficiency on tissue taurine levels and urinary taurine excretion. Weanling male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed selenium-deficient or selenium-adequate diets for 20 weeks. As selenium deficiency developed, urinary taurine excretion increased in selenium-deficient rats compared to controls. At 12 weeks, the selenium-deficient rats excreted 1.7-fold more taurine than control rats. At the same time plasma glutathione peroxidase was 1.2% of control and plasma glutathione was 226% of control. At 20 weeks, renal taurine was decreased but renal glutathione was increased in selenium-deficient rats compared to controls. Feeding the experimental diet for 6 weeks without methionine supplementation caused a fall in urinary taurine excretion. However, there was no difference between selenium-deficient and control rats. These results indicate that selenium deficiency affects renal handling of taurine in the rat when dietary sulfur amino acids are not restricted.     

A comparative study on effect of dietary selenium and vitamin E on some antioxidant enzyme activities of liver and brain tissues

Since selenium and vitamin E have been increasingly recognized as an essential element in biology and medicine, current research activities in the field of human medicine and nutrition are devoted to the possibilities of using these antioxidants for the prevention or treatment of many diseases. The present study was aimed at investigating and comparing the effects of dietary antioxidants on glutathione reductase and glutathione peroxidase activities as well as free and protein-bound sulfhydryl contents of rat liver and brain tissues. For 12–14 wk, both sex of weanling rats were fed a standardized selenium-deficient and vitamin E-deficient diet, a selenium-excess diet, or a control diet. It is observed that glutathione reductase and glutathione peroxidase activities of both tissues of the rats fed with a selenium-deficient or excess diet were significantly lower than the values of the control group. It is also shown that free and bound sulfhydryl concentrations of these tissues of both experimental groups were significantly lower than the control group. The percentage of glutathione reductase and glutathione peroxidase activities of the deficient group with respect to the control were 50% and 47% in liver and 66% and 61% in the brain, respectively; while these values in excess group were 51% and 69% in liver and 55% and 80% in brain, respectively. Free sulfhydryl contents of the tissues in both experimental groups showed a parallel decrease. Furthermore, the decrease in protein-bound sulfhydryl values of brain tissues were more pronounced than the values found for liver. It seems that not only liver but also the brain is an important target organ to the alteration in antioxidant system through either a deficiency of both selenium and vitamin E or an excess of selenium alone in the diet.     

Cadmium-induced alterations in ocular trace elements

The present report demonstrates, for the first time, that feeding rats 50 ppm cadmium for just 7 wk results in detectable levels of cadmium in the eye of rats. Furthermore, these ocular cadmium concentrations affect significant alterations in the levels of the essential trace elements selenium, calcium iron, and copper in the eye. Rats were fed a low-selenium (<0.02 ppm selenium), high-copper basal diet (50 ppm copper) supplemented with 0, 0.1, and 0.5 ppm selenium. The animals were either untreated or treated with 50 ppm cadmium admixed with their feed. Cadmium treatment resulted in significant reductions (up to 50%) in ocular selenium. Furthermore, rats fed the basal diet and given 100 ppm cadmium via their feed for 6 wk exhibited a 69% reduction in the activity of the selenoenzyme, glutathione peroxidase, in the eye. Cadmium treatment also resulted in reductions of up to 50% in ocular calcium, irrespective of dietary selenium supplementation. Iron levels were increased by 30% in rats fed the low-selenium diet and decreased by as much as 40% in rats fed the selenium-supplemented diets, compared to animals fed identical levels of selenium without cadmium. Ocular copper levels were significantly increased only in rats fed the low-selenium diet and treated with cadmium. Ocular zinc levels were not significantly affected by dietary cadmium or selenium.     

Distribution of Selenium in Bovine Milk and Selenium Deficiency in Rats Fed Casein-based Diets,Monitored by Lipid Peroxide Level and Glutathione Peroxidase Activity

A major proportion of selenium in bovine milk was found in fluorometric analysis to be associated with the casein fraction, largely in alkali-labile form, and the rest with the whey fraction mostly in free selenite form. This uneven distribution of milk selenium seems to provide an explanation for selenium deficiency in purified caseins. The activity of glutathione peroxidase, a selenoprotein, in the liver of growing male rats fed ad libitum low-selenium diets containing either vitamin-free casein or Torula yeast 0.065 ± 0.012 or 0.015 ± 0.004 μ g Se/g diet, respectively) for 3 weeks decreased to 4 to 6% of that of the control rats fed a commercial stock diet (0.185 ± 0.092 μ g Se/g diet). Selenium status was evaluated by three different parameters for the rats assigned under pair-feeding regimen to those vitamin-free casein-based diets which were supplemented with graded levels of selenium as sodium selenite. The hepatic levels of the thiobarbituric acid-reactive substance, an indication of lipid peroxidation, decreased to control level with selenium supplementation per g diet of 0.1 μ g and over. The hepatic glutathione peroxidase activity reached a plateau above a 0.1 μ g/g diet of selenium supplementation, whereas the erythrocyte enzyme activity increased with increasing levels of supplementary selenium. These results support the notion that semi-purified diets containing vitamin-free casein as a prime protein source would not satisfy the selenium requirement of growing animals unless deliberately supplemented with additional selenium.     

Glutathione peroxidase activities during selenium depletion of adult female rats and during selenium repletion of their offspring

The main purpose of the present investigation was to produce young rats with severe selenium deficiency, but with no clinical signs of this deficiency, and to examine their liver and red blood cell (RBC) glutathione peroxidase activities during selenium repletion. To achieve this goal, female breeders were fed a selenium-deficient diet beginning 2 weeks before mating. The liver glutathione peroxidase activity of the dams was significantly lower than the activity of comparable nonpregnant females after 5 and 10 weeks of selenium depletion. This difference arose exclusively during the period of pregnancy. In contrast, the RBC glutathione peroxidase activity was significantly increased during this period. Only traces of liver enzyme activity were found in the offspring, and the RBC enzyme activity was only 2% of that of the selenium-repleted controls. Body weight was retarded in the male offspring. However, no severe signs of clinical selenium deficiency were observed. The glutathione peroxidase activity in the liver and RBCs of the offspring was determined after 0, 2, 4, 7, 14, and approximately 40 days of selenium repletion. The liver enzyme activity increased faster in females than in males, while the opposite was found for the RBCs. After 14 days of selenium repletion, the glutathione peroxidase activity of the liver was essentially restored, and the RBC enzyme activity was about half that of the control values. This type of rat may prove useful in studies in which young selenium-deficient rats are preferable, as well as in studies of selenium functions that might not be directly related to the role of selenium in glutathione peroxidase.     

Influence of selenium on glutathione and some associated enzymes in rats with mammary tumor induced by 7,12-Dimethylbenz(a)anthracene

A recent finding in epidemiological and laboratory studies suggests that the ratio of selenium to glutathione is lower in breast cancer subjects than its control counterparts. Selenium, an antioxidant and anticarcinogen, can modify the status of glutathione and some associated enzymes by blocking peroxidation of lipids in membranes of cancer subjects. Studies were conducted using female albino rats of Wistar strain bearing mammary tumor induced by 7,12-dimethylbenz(a) anthracene to assess the biological role of selenium on some antioxidant enzymes associated with the maintenance of glutathione status. For induction of mammary tumor, 25 mg DMBA in a 1 ml emulsion of sunflower oil and physiological saline was injected subcutaneously to each rat. One group in each of control and tumor bearing rats, were fed 5 mg sodium selenite/kg diet from the day of tumor induction for 24 weeks. Increase in the reduced glutathione concentration was preceded by significant increase in the oxidized glutathione as well as in the activities of -glutamylcysteine synthetase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, glutathione S-transferase, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase by selenium administration in rats bearing tumor. However, selenium administration to rats bearing tumor decreased the activity of -glutamyl transpeptidase. These observations clearly demonstrate the influence of dietary selenium supplementation in correcting abnormal changes in glutathione turnover and some associated enzymes in tumor induced rats.     

The effects of selenium depletion and repletion on the metabolism of thyroid hormones in the rat

Rats were fed selenium-deficient (less than 0.005 mg selenium/kg) or selenium-supplemented diets (0.1 mg selenium/kg, as Na2SeO2) for up to five wks from weaning to assess the effects of developing selenium deficiency on the metabolism of thyroid hormones. Within two wks 3:5,3'-triiodothyronine (T3) production from thyroxine (T4) in liver homogenates from selenium-deficient rats was significantly lower compared with the activity in liver homogenates from selenium-supplemented rats. This decreased activity was probably responsible, in part, for the higher T4 and lower T3 concentrations in plasma from the selenium-deficient rats after 3, 4, and 5 weeks of experiment. Repletion of selenium-deficient rats with single intra-peritoneal injections of 200 micrograms selenium/kg body wt. (as Na2SeO3) 5 days before sampling reversed the effects of the deficiency on thyroid hormone metabolism and significantly increased liver and plasma glutathione peroxidase activities. However a dose of 10 micrograms selenium/kg body wt given to rats of similar low selenium status had no effect on thyroid hormone metabolism or glutathione peroxidase activity but did reverse the increase in hepatic glutathione S-transferase activity characteristic of severe selenium deficiency. Imbalances in thyroid hormone metabolism are an early consequence of selenium deficiency and are probably not related to changes in hepatic xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes associated with severe deficiency.