Mechanisms of aluminium neurotoxicity in oxidative stress-induced ...
Mechanisms of aluminium neurotoxicity in oxidative stress-induced ...
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CHAPTER 3 Bra<strong>in</strong> <strong>oxidative</strong> <strong>stress</strong> and selective behaviour <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> <strong>in</strong> specific areas <strong>of</strong> rat bra<strong>in</strong>: potential effects <strong>in</strong> a 6-<br />
OHDA-<strong>in</strong>duced model <strong>of</strong> Park<strong>in</strong>son’s disease ...................................... 117<br />
ABSTRACT ..................................................................................................................... 119<br />
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 120<br />
MATERIALS AND METHODS .......................................................................................... 122<br />
Chemicals ............................................................................................................................................ 122<br />
Animal treatment................................................................................................................................ 122<br />
Bra<strong>in</strong> samples ...................................................................................................................................... 123<br />
Preparation <strong>of</strong> bra<strong>in</strong> mitochondria ..................................................................................................... 124<br />
Determ<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>of</strong> TBARS, PCC, and PTC .............................................................................................. 124<br />
Measurement <strong>of</strong> SOD activity ............................................................................................................. 125<br />
Measurement <strong>of</strong> GPx activity .............................................................................................................. 125<br />
Measurement <strong>of</strong> CAT activity .............................................................................................................. 126<br />
Determ<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>of</strong> MAO activity ........................................................................................................... 126<br />
Immunohistochemistry ....................................................................................................................... 126<br />
Statistical analysis ............................................................................................................................... 127<br />
RESULTS ........................................................................................................................ 128<br />
In vivo effects <strong>of</strong> <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> adm<strong>in</strong>istration on bra<strong>in</strong> lipid peroxidation and prote<strong>in</strong><br />
oxidation ....................................................................................................................................... 128<br />
In vivo effects <strong>of</strong> <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> adm<strong>in</strong>istration on the bra<strong>in</strong> activity <strong>of</strong> different antioxidant<br />
enzymes ......................................................................................................................................... 128<br />
Effects <strong>of</strong> <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> adm<strong>in</strong>istration on the degeneration <strong>of</strong> DA term<strong>in</strong>als <strong>in</strong> the<br />
striatum ......................................................................................................................................... 129<br />
Effects <strong>of</strong> <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> adm<strong>in</strong>istration on bra<strong>in</strong> lipid peroxidation and prote<strong>in</strong> oxidation <strong>in</strong><br />
6-OHDA-lesioned rats and controls ............................................................................................... 130<br />
In vitro effects <strong>of</strong> <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> on the lipid peroxidation and prote<strong>in</strong> oxidation <strong>in</strong>duced by<br />
6-OHDA autoxidation <strong>in</strong> bra<strong>in</strong> mitochondrial preparations .......................................................... 131<br />
In vitro effects <strong>of</strong> <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> on the enzyme activities <strong>of</strong> GPx, SOD, CAT, and MAO .......................... 131<br />
DISCUSSION .................................................................................................................. 132<br />
SUMMARY .......................................................................................... 151<br />
CONCLUSIONS ..................................................................................... 157<br />
RESUMEN ............................................................................................ 163<br />
CONCLUSIONES ................................................................................... 169<br />
PUBLICATIONS AS A DIRECT RESULT FROM THIS THESIS ............................................. 175<br />
PUBLICATIONS ARISING FROM COLLABORATIVE WORK DURING THIS THESIS ........... 176<br />
REFERENCES ........................................................................................ 179