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  • Title: Changes in somatosensory evoked potentials, lipid peroxidation, and antioxidant enzymes in experimental diabetes: effect of sulfur dioxide.
    Author: Küçükatay V, Ağar A, Yargiçoğlu P, Gümüşlü S, Aktekin B.
    Journal: Arch Environ Health; 2003 Jan; 58(1):14-22. PubMed ID: 12747514.
    Abstract:
    The effect of sulfur dioxide (SO2) on brain antioxidant status, lipid peroxidation, and somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) was investigated in diabetic rats. A total of 40 rats were divided into 4 equal groups: control (C), SO2 + C (SO2), diabetic (D), and SO2 + D (DSO2). Experimental diabetes mellitus was induced by i.v. injection of alloxan at a dose of 50 mg/kg body weight. Ten ppm SO2 was administered to the rats in the sulfur dioxide groups (SO2 and DSO2) in an exposure chamber. Exposure occurred 1 hr/day, 7 days/wk, for 6 wk; control rats were exposed to filtered air during the same time periods. Although SO2 exposure markedly increased copper, zinc Superoxide dismutase activity, it significantly decreased glutathione peroxidase activity in both the diabetic and nondiabetic groups, compared with the C group. Brain catalase activity was unaltered; however, brain thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) were elevated in all experimental groups with respect to the C group. SEP components P1, N1, P2, and N2 were significantly increased in all experimental groups, compared with the C group, and these components were also prolonged in the DSO2 group with respect to the other groups. The authors' findings suggest that exposure to SO2, because it increases lipid peroxidation, can change antioxidant enzyme activities and affect SEP components in diabetic rats.
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