| Literature DB >> 11746207 |
C Thirunavukkarasu1, J P Singh, K Selvendiran, D Sakthisekaran.
Abstract
The chemopreventive/chemotherapeutic effect of sodium selenite on tricarboxylic acid cycle key enzymes was investigated against hepatoma induced by environmental carcinogen N-nitrosodiethylamine. Decreased activities of TCA cycle key enzymes such as isocitrate dehydrogenase (ICDH), succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), malate dehydrogenase (MDH) and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase (alpha-KGDH) in hepatoma and surrounding tissues of hepatoma-bearing rats were observed. Upon selenium supplementation the above biochemical changes were reverted in a dose- and duration-dependent manner. This study further confirms the chemopreventive/chemotherapeutic effect of sodium selenite which is found to be more effective in the initiation phase of carcinogenesis. Copyright 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11746207 DOI: 10.1002/cbf.924
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Biochem Funct ISSN: 0263-6484 Impact factor: 3.685