期刊名称:Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition
印刷版ISSN:0912-0009
电子版ISSN:1880-5086
出版年度:1997
卷号:23
期号:1
页码:15-25
DOI:10.3164/jcbn.23.15
出版社:The Society for Free Radical Research Japan
摘要:This study was performed to determine plasma lipid changes and antioxidant status in relation to cholesterol content and fatty acid distribution in the aorta of rats after long-term ovariectomy (OV). After 12 months, OV induced in rat plasma a significant increase in glucose, total cholesterol, and triglycerides compared with the corresponding values for the control rats (C) of the same age ( p <0.0005, p <0.005, p <0.000S, respectively). These changes were associated with a significant increase in lipid peroxide level ( p <0.05) and a significant decrease in vitamin E in the plasma from group OV compared with the group C level ( p <0.0001). Conversely, OV after 7 and 12 months induced a significant increase in vitamin C ( p <0.001, p <0.0001, respectively). Concerning plasma fatty acid distribution, after 12 months, OV caused a significant increase in gamma and dihomo gamma linolenic acid ( p <0.0005, p <0.05, respectively). These changes were associated with a significant increase in aortic cholesterol in group OV ( p <0.0005), and a significant decrease in the percentage of arachidonic acid ( p <0.005) and of the total amount of fatty acids of the n-3 series ( p <0.0001) and plasmalogen fatty acids (C16:0, p <0.005; C 18:0, p <0.05) compared with the corresponding values for group C. These results show that OV induced, independently of any effects of aging, plasma-specific lipid alterations with dysregulation of oxidative status, which could be crucial in the development of atherothrombotic disease.