Effect of cadmium on lipid peroxidation and activities of antioxidant enzymes in growing pigs

Biol Trace Elem Res. 2006 Jun;110(3):251-63. doi: 10.1385/BTER:110:3:251.

Abstract

Malondialdehyde (MDA), glutathione (GSH) content, total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC) levels, superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), and glutathione transferase (GST) activities were studied in serum, liver, and kidney of growing pigs after graded doses of cadmium administration in diets. One hundred ninety-two barrows (Duroc x Landrace x Yorkshire), with similar initial body weight 27.67 +/- 1.33 kg, were randomly allotted into 4 different treatments with 3 replications (16 pigs per replication). The treatments received the same basal diet added with 0, 0.5, 5.0, and 10.0 mg/kg cadmium (as CdCl2), respectively. The results showed pigs treated with 10 mg/kg cadmium significantly decreased average daily gain (ADG) (p<0.05) and increased feed/gain ratio (F/G) (p<0.05) compared to the control. In this treatment, the contents of MDA increased significantly (p<0.05), GSH concentrations, T-AOC levels, and the activities of SOD, GSH-PX, and GST decreased significantly (p<0.05). The results indicate 10 mg/kg cadmium could decrease pig antioxidant capacity after extended exposure and cadmium-induced increase lipid peroxidation might not be only the result of the possibility of lower level of GSH but could also be as a result of direct action of cadmium on peroxidation reaction.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antioxidants / metabolism*
  • Cadmium / pharmacology*
  • Glutathione / metabolism
  • Glutathione Peroxidase / metabolism*
  • Glutathione Transferase / metabolism*
  • Kidney / drug effects
  • Kidney / enzymology
  • Lipid Peroxidation / drug effects*
  • Liver / drug effects
  • Liver / enzymology
  • Malondialdehyde / metabolism
  • Organ Size / drug effects
  • Superoxide Dismutase / metabolism*
  • Swine

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Cadmium
  • Malondialdehyde
  • Glutathione Peroxidase
  • Superoxide Dismutase
  • Glutathione Transferase
  • Glutathione