Effect of disulfiram administration on rat brain glutathione metabolism |
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Affiliation: | 1. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Departamento de Química Analítica y Fisicoquímica, Cátedra de Química General e Inorgánica, Argentina;2. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Laboratorio de Autoinmunidad, Argentina;3. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Departamento de Fisicomatemática, Cátedra de Física, Argentina;4. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (IBIMOL, UBA-CONICET), Argentina;1. School of Pharmacy, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, PR China;2. School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, PR China |
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Abstract: | Chronic administration of disulfiram (DS) to rats was found to affect glutathione (GSH) metabolism. Glutathione was measured in the rat brain following DS administration. Reduced glutathione was decreased significantly (1.52 ± 0.3 μmol/g; p < 0.001), with a concomitant increase in oxidised glutathione (GSSG) content (0.12 ± 0.013 μmol/g; p < 0.001) in the brain as a consequence of DS treatment. However, total glutathione (GSH + GSSG) content of the experimental group did not show any appreciable change. Similar changes were observed in the liver following chronic DS treatment. Brain glutathione reductase (GR) activity was found to be significantly depleted (100 ± 0.16 μmol/min/mg protein), but glutathione peroxidase (GP) activity was not affected in rats chronically treated with DS. It is reported that the treatment with DS decreases the GSH content, with a concomitant increase in GSSG level, and perturbs the GSH/GSSG redox status, inducing an oxidative stress on the brain. Glutathione reductase implicated in maintaining GSH/GSSG homeostasis by replenishing GSH is also affected by DS potentiating the oxidative damage of the tissue. This effect of DS on glutathione metabolism in the brain would explain some of its known neurotoxic effects. |
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