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Decreased total antioxidant capacity in plasma, but not tissue, in experimental colitis.

Abstract
The aim of the present work was to compare colonic mucosa and plasmatic oxidative stress measured concomitantly and with different degrees of injury in rats with colitis induced by trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid. Three groups were studied: control group, colitis group, and colitis exacerbated by diclofenac. Enzymatic markers of colon injury showed enhanced activity in both groups with colitis. The colitis group treated with diclofenac presented higher colonic damage score than the other groups. In both groups with colitis, higher values of tert butyl hydroperoxide-initiated-chemiluminescence and thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances in tissue and decreased total radical-trapping antioxidant potential (TRAP) levels in plasma were found. In conclusion, independently of the degree of colonic mucosa injury and inflammation, oxidative stress in tissue occurs as a consequence of pro-oxidants increase, and is not explained by a reduction of antioxidant defenses. In both conditions, TRAP determination decreases in plasma, but not in tissue.
AuthorsJosé Wander Breganó, Jane Bandeira Dichi, Décio Sabbatini Barbosa, Mirian Zebian El Kadri, Tiemi Matsuo, Maria Aparecida Rodrigues, Rubens Cecchini, Isaias Dichi
JournalDigestive diseases and sciences (Dig Dis Sci) Vol. 54 Issue 4 Pg. 751-7 (Apr 2009) ISSN: 1573-2568 [Electronic] United States
PMID18720006 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Antioxidants
  • Biomarkers
  • Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
  • Diclofenac
  • Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid
Topics
  • Animals
  • Antioxidants (metabolism)
  • Biomarkers (metabolism)
  • Colitis (chemically induced, metabolism, pathology)
  • Colon (enzymology, pathology)
  • Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
  • Diclofenac
  • Male
  • Oxidative Stress
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid

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