Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Finasteride Has Regionally Different Effects on Brain Oxidative Stress and Acetylcholinesterase Activity in Acute Thioacetamide-Induced Hepatic Encephalopathy in Rats. |
| Authors: |
Dušan Mladenović, Nataša Petronijević, Tihomir Stojković, Milica Velimirović, Gordana Jevtić, Dragan Hrnčić, Tatjana Radosavljević, Aleksandra Rašić-Marković, Nebojša Maksić, Dragan Djuric, Olivera Stanojlović |
| Source: |
PLoS ONE, Vol 10, Iss 8, p e0134434 (2015) |
| Publisher Information: |
Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015. |
| Publication Year: |
2015 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science |
| Subject Terms: |
Medicine, Science |
| More Details: |
Finasteride (FIN) inhibits neurosteroid synthesis and potentially improves the course of hepatic encephalopathy (HE). This study aimed to investigate the effects of FIN on brain oxidative stress and acetylcholinesterase (AchE) activity in acute thioacetamide-induced HE in rats. Male Wistar rats were divided into groups: 1. control; 2. thioacetamide-treated group (TAA; 900 mg/kg); 3. finasteride-treated group (FIN; 150 mg/kg); 4. group treated with FIN and TAA (FIN+TAA). Daily doses of FIN (50 mg/kg) and TAA (300 mg/kg) were administered intraperitoneally during three days and in FIN+TAA group FIN was administered 2h before every dose of TAA. FIN pretreatment prevented TAA-induced rise in malondialdehyde level in the cortex due to restoration of catalase activity and increased expression of superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) and induced an increase in malondialdehyde level in the thalamus due to reduction of glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and glutathione reductase (GR) activity. Although FIN pretreatment did not affect malondialdehyde level in hippocampus and caudate nucleus, hippocampal SOD1 expression was higher (p |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1932-6203 |
| Relation: |
http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4524603?pdf=render; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203 |
| DOI: |
10.1371/journal.pone.0134434 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/9b0eac92dfaa41c493771a92a6a006bc |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.9b0eac92dfaa41c493771a92a6a006bc |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
