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Fish oil provides protection against the oxidative stress in pilocarpine model of epilepsy.

Abstract
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), the most common form of epilepsy is often resistant to pharmacological treatment. Neuronal loss observed in epileptic brain may be result of an overproduction of free radicals (oxidative stress). Oxidative stress is characterized by an imbalance between antioxidant defenses and oxidizing agents (free radicals), which can lead to tissue injury. The n-3 PUFAs are important for the development and maintenance of central nervous system functions. Research by our group has shown that chronic treatment with fish oil, immediately after status epilepticus (SE), exhibits both neuroprotective effects and effects on neuroplasticity. The main purpose of this research was to evaluate if fish oil exhibits a protective effect against oxidative stress. Animals were subjected to TLE model by pilocarpine administration. After 3 h of SE they were randomly divided into the following groups: control animals treated daily with vehicle or with 85 mg/kg of fish oil and animals with epilepsy treated daily with vehicle or with 85 mg/kg of fish oil. After 90 days, superoxide anion production, enzymatic activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) and protein expression of NAD(P)H oxidase subunits (p47(PHOX) and gp91(PHOX)) were analyzed. Our results showed evidences that reactive oxygen species are increased in animals with epilepsy and that fish oil supplementation could counteract it. Fish oil supplementation promoted protection against oxidative stress by multiple ways, which involved the reduction of activity and expression of NAD(P)H oxidase subunits and increased the activity and expression of antioxidants enzymes, contributing to well-known neuroprotective effect in epilepsy.
AuthorsMariana B Nejm, André A Haidar, Márcia J G Marques, Aparecida E Hirata, Fernando N Nogueira, Esper A Cavalheiro, Fulvio A Scorza, Roberta Monterazzo Cysneiros
JournalMetabolic brain disease (Metab Brain Dis) Vol. 30 Issue 4 Pg. 903-9 (Aug 2015) ISSN: 1573-7365 [Electronic] United States
PMID25893881 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Fish Oils
  • Neuroprotective Agents
  • Reactive Oxygen Species
  • Pilocarpine
Topics
  • Animals
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Epilepsy (chemically induced, metabolism, prevention & control)
  • Fish Oils (therapeutic use)
  • Male
  • Neuroprotective Agents (therapeutic use)
  • Oxidative Stress (drug effects, physiology)
  • Pilocarpine (toxicity)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Reactive Oxygen Species (metabolism)

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