Vitamin E reduces glucocorticoid-induced growth inhibition and lipid peroxidation in rats
1998
Ohtsuka, A. (Kagoshima Univ. (Japan). Faculty of Agriculture) | Ohtani, T. | Horiguchi, H. | Kojima, H. | Hayashi, K.
This experiment was conducted to study the effects of vitamin E on growth inhibition and lipid peroxidation in rats treated with different levels of corticosterone (CTC). Rats (Sprague-Dawley strain, 5 weeks of age) were divided into two groups control group receiving a basal diet containing 60 mg DL-alpha-tocopheryl acetate/kg diet, and vitamin E group receiving the same diet supplemented with 5,000 mg tocopherol. After 6 days, rats of both diet groups were further divided into three groups by dose levels of CTC treatment. CTC was administered to the rats by subcutaneous injection for 4 d. Growth was dose-dependently inhibited by the CTC treatment. Feeding the vitamin E diet significantly (P0.05) improved growth retardation. Feed efficiency was lowered by CTC treatment, while this was significantly (P0.05) minimized by feeding the vitamin E diet. Lipid peroxidation (TBARS) in the liver was elevated by the CTC treatment (p0.001) when the rats were fed the basal diet. The increment in TBARS was significantly (p0.001) reduced by vitamin E. The activities of glutathione S-transferase (GST) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) were significantly reduced by the CTC treatment in a dose-dependent manner in both dietary groups. Feeding vitamin E significantly (p0.001) improved the reduction in GST activity. The SOD activity showed some tendency. The present results demonstrate the effectiveness of vitamin E in improving growth retardation in glucocorticoid-treated rats and suggest that reductions in increased lipid peroxidation due to CTC may be an important factor of the action of vitamin E
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