Carcinogenesis, Teratogenesis & Mutagenesis ›› 2006, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (4): 257-260.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-616x.2006.04.001

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Effects of Deltamethrin on Mitochondrial Membrane Potential and Membrane Fluidity in Rats Brain Tissue

CHEN Dan, SHI Nian, LI Huang-yuan, LIU Lin-lin   

  1. Department of Health Toxicology, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, Hubei,China
  • Received:2005-09-12 Revised:2005-12-19 Online:2006-07-30 Published:2006-07-30
  • Contact: Shi Nian

Abstract: BACKGROUND & AIM: To study the effects of deltamethrin(DM) on mitochondrial membrane potential and membrane fluidity in rat brain tissue. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Male adult Wistar rats were treated intraperitonealy with 12.5 mg/kg DM. At 5, 24, 48 and 72 h after injection, we extracted the mitochondria of rat brain tissue to measure the membrane potential, membrane fluidity, activities of Na+-K+-ATPase、Ca2+-Mg2+-ATPase and succinic dehydrogenase.At the same time the control group were merely injected intraperitonealy with 0.5 mg/100 g salad oil and then executed after 5 h. RESULTS: After treatment with deltamethrin, the mitochondrial membrane potential decreased, membrane fluidity was reduced, the activities of Na+-K+-ATPase,Ca2+-Mg2+-ATPase and succinic dehydrogenase were inhibited (P<0.01). Moreover, there were correlations between those indexes and time after treatment. CONCLUSION: DM had obvious effects on inhibiting the mitochondrial function of rat brain tissue, then caused the impairment of oxidative phosphorylation in the mitochondria.

Key words: deltamethrin, mitochondria, membrane potential, membrane fluidity

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