Affiliation:
1. Astrakhan State Medical University of the Ministry of Health Care of Russia
Abstract
We investigate effects of glyproline-type neuropeptides on lipid and protein peroxidation in the hypothalamic brain region of rats under the conditions of experimental hyperthyroidism. The state of hyperthyroidism in animals was simulated by intragastric administration of sodium pentahydrate of L-thyroxine at a dose of 150 µg/kg for 21 days. The following experimental groups (n=10) were formed: 1) control group — intact animals (control); 2) animals treated with L-thyroxine sodium salt pentahydrate (hyperthyroidism); 3) animals treated with Thr-Lys-Pro-Arg-Pro-Gly-Pro (celank); 4) animals treated with Pro-GlyPro (doses of 87 and 33 µg/kg/day, respectively) intraperitoneally daily during 21 days starting one day after the last administration of sodium pentahydrate of L-thyroxine. The level of lipid peroxidation processes was assessed by the initial level of TBA-reactive products, spontaneous and ascorbate-dependent lipid peroxidation rates in hypothalamic tissue homogenate. Protein peroxidation products were determined by the reaction between oxidized amino acid residues of proteins and 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone. The enzymatic part of the antioxidant system of hypothalamic region was estimated by measuring the activity of superoxide dismutase and catalase. In the setting of Thr-Lys-Pro-Arg-Pro-Gly-Pro and Pro-Gly-Pro administration under experimental hyperthyroidism, the intensity of lipid and protein peroxidation processes was decreased, while the activity of antioxidant enzymes-superoxide dismutase and catalase was restored in the hypothalamic tissue. The experimental data obtained indicate that, under the conditions of experimental hyperthyroidism, Thr-Lys-Pro-Arg-Pro-Gly-Pro and Pro-Gly-Pro compounds exhibit an antioxidant and antiradical activity with respect to parameters of lipoperoxidation and oxidative modification of proteins, as well as with respect to enzymatic defense systems in the hypothalamic brain region of laboratory animals.
Publisher
Scientific Center for Biomedical Technologies of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency
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