Role of selenium compounds on tyrosine hydroxylase activity, adrenomedullin and total RNA levels in hearts of rats


TALAS Z. S., ÖZDEMİR İ., GÖK Y., ATEŞ B., YILMAZ İ.

REGULATORY PEPTIDES, cilt.159, sa.1-3, ss.137-141, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 159 Sayı: 1-3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.regpep.2009.08.009
  • Dergi Adı: REGULATORY PEPTIDES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.137-141
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Tyrosine hydroxylase, Adrenomedullin, Heart, Organoselenium compounds, Rat, ORGANOSELENIUM COMPOUNDS, OXIDATIVE STRESS, HYPERTENSION, PARAMETERS, EXPOSURE, PROFILE
  • İnönü Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Synthetic organoselenium compounds can be tailored to achieve greater chemopreventive efficacy with minimal toxic side effects by structural modifications. Two organoselenium compounds (Se I and Se II) were synthesized and evaluated for their antihypertensive and therapeutic properties by adrenomedullin (ADM) levels and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) activity assays in rat heart tissue. 7,12-Dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) is known to generate DNA-reactive species during their metabolism, which may enhance oxidative stress in cells. TH is thought to be a rate-limiting enzyme in the biosynthesis of catecholamines. ADM, a potent endogenous vasodilating and natriuretic peptide, may play an important role in the pathophysiology of chronic heart failure. The effects of Se I and Se II were investigated on TH activity, ADM and total RNA levels in the hearts of albino Wistar rats. TH activity was found to be increased significantly by the effect of DMBA (P < 0.05). This increase was restricted in the Se I and Se H treated groups. ADM level was found to be decreased insignificantly by the effect of DMBA (P > 0.05). Total RNA level was found to be decreased significantly by the effect of DMBA (P < 0.05). This study demonstrates that synthetic organoselenium compounds can regulate DMBA-induced stress related changes in rat heart. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.