PMID- 8544777 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19960212 LR - 20190725 IS - 0026-0495 (Print) IS - 0026-0495 (Linking) VI - 45 IP - 1 DP - 1996 Jan TI - Antioxidant defense system in lung of male and female rats: interactions with alcohol, copper, and type of dietary carbohydrate. PG - 49-56 AB - Male and female rats were used to investigate the effects of type of dietary carbohydrate (CHO), copper, and ethanol consumption on lung antioxidant enzyme activities and levels of phosphorylated compounds in whole blood. Copper-deficient female rats exhibited a greater degree of copper deficiency than males, as assessed by hepatic copper concentration and hepatic copper superoxide dismutase (CuSOD) activity. However, copper-deficient male rats fed fructose-containing diets exhibited greater growth retardation, anemia, and heart hypertrophy than females consuming the same diets and males fed starch. In addition, one of 10 copper-deficient male rats that ate a fructose-based diet and drank water and one of 10 copper-deficient male rats that ate a starch-based diet and drank ethanol died. Copper-deficient, starch-fed males exhibited the highest activities of glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and catalase as compared with fructose-fed rats. Ethanol consumption elevated the activities of GSH-Px and catalase. Copper-deficient female rats exhibited higher catalase but lower GSH-Px activities than males. It is suggested that in copper deficiency, the ability to increase antioxidant enzyme activities in rats consuming starch is greater than in rats consuming fructose. Rats fed starch are provided with a greater degree of protection against oxidative damage than rats fed fructose. In addition, polyphosphorylated compounds in blood were reduced in copper-deficient male rats that consumed fructose-based diets. This may impair supply of oxygen to tissues. FAU - Fields, M AU - Fields M AD - Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, MD 20705, USA. FAU - Lewis, C G AU - Lewis CG FAU - Lure, M D AU - Lure MD LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Metabolism JT - Metabolism: clinical and experimental JID - 0375267 RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - 0 (Dietary Carbohydrates) RN - 0 (Phosphates) RN - 30237-26-4 (Fructose) RN - 3K9958V90M (Ethanol) RN - 789U1901C5 (Copper) RN - 9005-25-8 (Starch) RN - EC 1.11.1.6 (Catalase) RN - EC 1.11.1.9 (Glutathione Peroxidase) RN - EC 1.15.1.1 (Superoxide Dismutase) SB - IM MH - Alcohol Drinking/metabolism MH - Anemia/epidemiology/etiology MH - Animals MH - Antioxidants/*metabolism MH - Cardiomegaly/epidemiology/etiology MH - Catalase/analysis MH - Copper/analysis/deficiency/*metabolism MH - Dietary Carbohydrates/*metabolism MH - Ethanol/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Fructose/metabolism/pharmacology MH - Glutathione Peroxidase/analysis MH - Growth Disorders/epidemiology/etiology MH - Hematocrit MH - Incidence MH - Liver/chemistry/enzymology MH - Lung/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Phosphates/blood MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Sex Characteristics MH - Starch/metabolism/pharmacology MH - Superoxide Dismutase/analysis EDAT- 1996/01/01 00:00 MHDA- 1996/01/01 00:01 CRDT- 1996/01/01 00:00 PHST- 1996/01/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1996/01/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1996/01/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0026-0495(96)90199-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0026-0495(96)90199-7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Metabolism. 1996 Jan;45(1):49-56. doi: 10.1016/s0026-0495(96)90199-7.