The effect of the epiphyseal hormone melatonin on the activity of antioxidant enzymes, glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione reductase (GR), and Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn-SOD) was studied in peripheral blood erythrocytes of behaviorally passive and active Wistar rats. Acute emotional stress was modeled by immobilization of animals for1 h with simultaneous electrocutaneous stimulation. Basal activity of antioxidant glutathione enzymes in erythrocytes of behaviorally passive rats was higher than that in active animals. Administration of melatonin (2 mg/kg, intraperitoneally) was accompanied by a decrease in the activity of GPx and GR in erythrocytes from non-stressed passive animals. After experimental stress, passive rats demonstrated a significant increase in the activity of Cu/Zn-SOD and GPx in peripheral blood erythrocytes. The absence of stress-induced changes in functional activity of antioxidant defense enzymes in the blood of behaviorally active animals suggests a relatively constant oxidative status of tissues in these animals under stress conditions. Melatonin administration had little effect on stress-induced changes in functional activity of the erythrocyte antioxidant system in passive rats. Active specimens pretreated with melatonin before stress exposure were characterized by activation of study antioxidant enzymes. Quantitative parameters of the erythrocyte antioxidant defense enzymes did not differ in behaviorally active and passive rats subjected to experimental stress after melatonin injection. Thus, exogenous melatonin abolishes differences in the activity of study antioxidant enzymes in erythrocytes of animals with different behavioral parameters under basal conditions and after experimental stress. In passive rats melatonin mainly reduced the initial tension of oxidative processes. By contrast, administration of this hormone to active specimens is followed by an increase in functional activity of the antioxidant enzyme system under conditions of acute stress.
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Keywords: melatonin, emotional stress, antioxidant enzymes, blood erythrocytes, rats with various behavioral characteristics
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Pertsov S.S., Kalinichenko L.S., Koplik E.V., Nagler L.G., Alinkina E.S., Kozachenko A.I. (2015) Effect of melatonin on antioxidant enzyme activities in blood erythrocytes of rats during acute emotional stress. Biomeditsinskaya Khimiya, 61(3), 394-399.
Pertsov S.S. et al. Effect of melatonin on antioxidant enzyme activities in blood erythrocytes of rats during acute emotional stress // Biomeditsinskaya Khimiya. - 2015. - V. 61. -N 3. - P. 394-399.
Pertsov S.S. et al., "Effect of melatonin on antioxidant enzyme activities in blood erythrocytes of rats during acute emotional stress." Biomeditsinskaya Khimiya 61.3 (2015): 394-399.
Pertsov, S. S., Kalinichenko, L. S., Koplik, E. V., Nagler, L. G., Alinkina, E. S., Kozachenko, A. I. (2015). Effect of melatonin on antioxidant enzyme activities in blood erythrocytes of rats during acute emotional stress. Biomeditsinskaya Khimiya, 61(3), 394-399.
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