D-penicillamine affects lipid peroxidation and iron content in the rat brain cortex |
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Authors: | M Ciuffi G Gentilini S Franchi-Micheli L Zilletti |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Preclinical and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Florence, V.le Morgagni, 65, 50134 Florence, Italy |
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Abstract: | d-Penicillamine, a trifunctional aminoacid known for its ability to form metal complexes and for being a radical scavenger, has been investigated in vitro and in vivo in the rat brain cortex. At 50 M the drug facilitate lipid hydroperoxides and TBARS formation in brain cortex homogenates, while at higher concentrations a clear inhibition of the lipid peroxidative process was observed. The activity of thed-penicillamine (25 and 50 mg/Kg i.p) was evaluated in vivo after a 7-day treatment in rats in whose brain cortex a slow process of lipid peroxidation was induced by iron-saccharate injection. Lipid hydroperoxides, lipid soluble fluorescent compounds and the iron content of both iron-injected and contralateral hemicortices showed a significant decrease in comparison to rats untreated withd-penicillamine. The higher dose also induced in normal rats a significant decrease in basal TBARS and iron content of the brain cortex. In the iron-injected cortex the observed Fe2+/Fe3+ ratio was significantly different from that of normal rats. On the contrary ratios obtained formd-penicillamine treated animals were higher in comparison to both normal and iron-injected animals. These results suggest thatd-penicillamine, acting as a reducing agent, inhibits the iron redox system and, as a chelating agents, can remove metal from action sites where lipid peroxidation may occur. |
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Keywords: | d-Penicillamine" target="_blank">d-Penicillamine iron iron-carbohydrate complex brain lipid peroxidation |
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