We investigated the effect of oral cadmium intoxication on the antioxidant/prooxidant status in serum and heart. Wistar rats, separated into four groups, that received: (1) tap water for 60 days (control); (2), (3) and (4) Cd(2+) (15 ppm)-containing water, during 15, 30 and 60 days, respectively. Lipoperoxidation increased in serum and heart of group 4. Circulating paraoxonase-1 activity was higher in groups 2 and 3. Protein carbonyl-groups increased while total and reduced glutathione levels decreased in the heart after 15 days of cadmium intoxication. Cardiac catalase activity was higher in groups 3 and 4 but glutathione peroxidase activity diminished in the heart of all poisoned groups. Superoxide dismutase transcript levels as well as Nrf2 expression also increased in the heart of groups 2 and 3, while gp91phox and p47phox mRNA levels rose only in group 3. We suggest cadmium intoxication modifies antioxidant/prooxidant ratio in serum and heart in a time-of-exposure-dependent way.
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