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  • Title: The response of the antioxidant defense system in rat hepatocytes challenged with oxysterols is modified by Covi-ox.
    Author: Cantwell H, Devery R.
    Journal: Cell Biol Toxicol; 1998 Dec; 14(6):401-9. PubMed ID: 9879932.
    Abstract:
    Suspension cultures of isolated rat hepatocytes were used to investigate whether 7-ketocholesterol and cholestane-3beta,5alpha,6beta-triol exert oxidative stress in cells as manifested by increased lipid peroxidation and the induction of the antioxidant enzymes catalase, glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase. The oxysterols were found to increase the levels of both superoxide dismutase and catalase and to have variable effects on glutathione peroxidase activity. Increased lipid peroxidation was not observed, indicating that the endogenous antioxidant defense system was capable of protecting against any oxidative stress that might otherwise by exerted by 7-ketocholesterol or cholestane-3beta,5alpha,6beta-triol. Covi-ox, a natural tocopherol blend reduced the effects of both oxysterols on the antioxidant enzymes. A concurrent reduction in the production of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances in Covi-ox-treated cells is indirect evidence that reactive oxygen species were produced by oxysterols in hepatocyte suspension cultures.
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