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- Title
2,4,5-T and 2,4,5-TCP induce oxidative damage in human erythrocytes: the role of glutathione
- Authors
Bukowska, Bożena
- Abstract
The molecular basis of the toxic properties of phenoxy herbicides in humans and animals has been insufficiently studied. In this study, damage parameters [levels of reduced glutathione (GSH) and total glutathione; activity of glutathione reductase (GR); activities of catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD); levels of adenine nucleotides and adenine energy charge (AEC)] were measured in human erythrocytes exposed in vitro to 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T) and its metabolite 2,4,5-trichlorophenol (2,4,5-TCP).Both 2,4,5-T and 2,4,5-TCP decreased the level of reduced glutathione (GSH) in erythrocytes in comparison to the control, but did not significantly change the total glutathione (<f>2GSH+GSSG</f>). This suggests that GSH concentration decreases concomitantly with an increase in oxidized glutathione (GSSG). 2,4,5-TCP at 100 ppm significantly decreased catalase and SOD activities. 2,4,5-T and 2,4,5-TCP did not significantly change the activity of glutathione reductase. 2,4,5-TCP decreased the level of ATP and increased the content of ADP and AMP, indicating a fall in AEC. 2,4,5-T and 2,4,5-TCP significantly changed the erythrocyte morphology. All these data are evidence of oxidative stress in erythrocytes incubated with 2,4,5-T and 2,4,5-TCP; the stress appears to be more intense in the case of 2,4,5-TCP.
- Subjects
ERYTHROCYTES; BLOOD cells; GLUTATHIONE; OLIGOPEPTIDES
- Publication
Cell Biology International, 2004, Vol 28, Issue 7, p557
- ISSN
1065-6995
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.cellbi.2004.04.013