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Oxidative Stress Enzymes Are Changed in Opioid Abusers and Multidrug Abusers Publisher Pubmed



Sadatshirazi MS1 ; Zarrindast MR1, 2, 3 ; Ashabi G4
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  1. 1. Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Pharmacology Department, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Journal of Clinical Neuroscience Published:2020


Abstract

The current study was designed to measure malondialdehyde level (MDA), super oxide dismutase (SOD) activity and COX-2 protein level in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) of drug-abusers. A total of 101 male drug abusers and 13 control subjects were gathered from the Iranian Legal Medicine center, Kahrizak, Tehran. Kind of death was determined by forensic pathologists, and the kind of drugs of abuse was detected using hair analysis. The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), lateral prefrontal cortex (lPFC), and orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) were dissected and were kept at −80 °C, until starting the assays. Our results indicated that the level of MDA was increased in the mPFC, lPFC and OFC of pure-opioid and multi-drug abusers compared with the control group. The SOD activity was reduced in the mPFC, lPFC and OFC of abusers in comparison to the control group. The protein level of COX-2 was decreased in the mPFC and lPFC of multi-drug abusers compared with the control group. This elevation in oxidative stress might be due to the increase of dopamine (as a consequence of drug abuse) or the direct effect of opioids and other drugs of abuse on oxidative agents. Antioxidant agents may be useful in preventing the damaging effect of oxidative agents in the brain of drug-addicted persons. © 2019
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