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Vitamin E and stress

5*. The effect of high and low oxygen tension on the metabolism of [14C]D-α-tocopherol in the vitamin E-deficient rat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

M. A. Cawthorne ,
A. T. Diplock ,
I. R. Muthy ,
J. Bunyan ,
Elspeth A. Murrell  and
J. Green
M. A. Cawthorne
Affiliation:
Walton Oaks Experimental Station, Vitamins Ltd, Tadworth, Surrey
A. T. Diplock
Affiliation:
Walton Oaks Experimental Station, Vitamins Ltd, Tadworth, Surrey
I. R. Muthy
Affiliation:
Walton Oaks Experimental Station, Vitamins Ltd, Tadworth, Surrey
J. Bunyan
Affiliation:
Walton Oaks Experimental Station, Vitamins Ltd, Tadworth, Surrey
Elspeth A. Murrell
Affiliation:
Walton Oaks Experimental Station, Vitamins Ltd, Tadworth, Surrey
J. Green
Affiliation:
Walton Oaks Experimental Station, Vitamins Ltd, Tadworth, Surrey
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Abstract

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1. Vitamin E-deficient rats were found to be more susceptible than vitamin E-supplemented controls to the toxic effects of hyperbaric oxygen (60 lb/in.2 for 20 min). This agrees with the findings of other workers.

2. Hyperbaric O2 treatment did not increase the metabolic destruction of a small amount (46.65 μg) of [14C-5-Me]D-α-tocopherol given to adult vitamin E-deficient rats 24 h previously. The O2 treatment also did not affect the soluble sulphydryl compounds and ascorbic acid of rat liver, nor the percentag haemolysis in vivo of rat blood.

3. Hyperbaric O2 treatment did not increase the true lipid peroxide content of rat brain, compared to control rats treated with hyperbaric air, which has no toxic effects. Increases in ‘lipid peroxidation’ reported by previous workers are considered to have been due to the use of inadequate controls (untreated rats) and of in vitro techniques that are open to criticism.

4. The toxic effects of hyperbaric O2 in the vitamin E-deficient rat cannot be attributed to peroxidation in vivo.

5. Vitamin E was not found to protect rats against the effects of reduced O2 tension (anoxic anoxia). This finding contrasts with some reports by earlier workers. Reduced O2 tension had no effect on the metabolism of radioactive tocopherol, on blood haemolysis in vivo, or on the soluble sulphydryl compounds and ascorbic acid of liver.

Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , September 1967 , pp. 671 - 679
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1967

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