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This study assessed the impact of either cadmium chloride (Cd) or sodium selenite (Se) alone or in combination on male Sprague-Dawley rats. For this purpose, body and liver weights, comet and TUNEL assays, histological analysis and levels of lipid peroxidation and antioxidants in liver were determined in four groups of male Sprague-Dawley rats. The rats were given subcutaneous doses of 1 mg/kg body weight (BW) of either normal saline (control = Ct) or Cd or Se or Cd plus Se (Cd + Se) on alternate days for 4 weeks. The Cd group showed increased DNA damage, apoptosis and hepatic levels of lipid peroxidation and altered histology. Conversely, the antioxidant levels in this group were decreased as compared with the control group. The Se group also showed DNA damage, apoptosis and altered histology and reduced catalase activity, but it was less severe than the Cd group. In the Cd + Se group, ameliorating effects of Se on Cd-induced changes were observed. While the Se was able to curtail the toxic effect of Cd, the Cd or Se alone were genotoxic and cytotoxic for rats receiving a high pharmacological but non-fatal dose of 1 mg/kg BW. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
Author(s): Jabeen F, Chaudhry A
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Biological Trace Element Research
Year: 2011
Volume: 143
Issue: 2
Pages: 1077-1090
Print publication date: 07/01/2011
ISSN (print): 0163-4984
ISSN (electronic): 1559-0720
Publisher: Humana Press, Inc.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12011-010-8946-0
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-010-8946-0
Notes: Retraction note at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-024-04125-4
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