TITLE:
Glutathione peroxidase, superoxide dismutase and catalase activities in children with chronic hepatitis
AUTHORS:
Nagwa Abdallah Ismail, Sawsan H. Okasha, Anil Dhawan, Azza M. O. Abdel Rahman, Nehal Abdel Hamid, Olfat Shaker
KEYWORDS:
Glutathione Peroxidase; Superoxide Dismutase; Catalase; Chronic Hepatitis; Oxidative Stress
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology,
Vol.3 No.7A,
November
29,
2012
ABSTRACT: The advantages of measuring hepatic oxidative status in liver biopsy are that it helps in diagnosis of hepatic dysfunction, reflects the degree of deterioration in the liver tissues, and helps to determine the severity of hepatic injury. We aimed to study the oxidative stress state in children with chronic hepatitis by using indirect approach in which antioxidant enzymes such as glutathione peroxidase (GPX), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) are determined in the liver tissue. The present study included 21 children and adolescents (12 males, 9 females) suffering from chronic hepatitis. Patients were selected from the Hepatology Clinic, New Children’s Hospital, Cairo University from November 2006 till 2009 and compared with a group of 7 children who happened to have incidental normal liver biopsy. Children with chronic hepatitis had mean age 8.12 ± 1.15 years. It was further subdivided into 2 subgroups: chronic viral heaptitis (n = 13) and cryptogenic hepatitis (n = 8). GPX, SOD and CAT levels were measured in fresh liver tissue (cell free homogenates) using ELISA. In chronic hepatitis group; there was a significant increase in the hepatic GPX activity (38.59 ± 35.82 nmol/min/ml) as compared to the control group (10.62 ± 6.68 nmol/min/ml). Also a significant correlation was observed between SOD and both ALT (r = 0.87, p