Modulation of the Activities of Catalase, Cu-Zn, Mn Superoxide Dismutase, and Glutathione Peroxidase in Adipocyte from Ovariectomised Female Rats with Metabolic Syndrome

Table 1

General and biochemical characteristics.

Variables	C	SM	SM Ovx	SM Ovx+E2
Body mass (g)	272.5 ± 6.2	305.4 ± 2.0**	377.4 ± 2.6^††	296.2 ± 3.2
Intra-abdominal fat (g)	4.8 ± 0.5	7.1 ± 0.4*	13.3 ± 0.7^††	6.0 ± 0.1
Systolic blood pressure (mm/Hg)	116.6 ± 2.6	125.3 ± 3.1	146.1 ± 2.2^††	124.5 ± 1.8
Cholesterol (mg/dL^−1)	68.2 ± 3.3	69.2 ± 5.0	69.7 ± 2.8	70.0 ± 3.6
Triglycerides (mg/dL^−1)	57.2 ± 5.8	96.2 ± 10.0**	105.5 ± 5.9	108.7 ± 9.1
Glucose (mmol/dL^−1)	6.4 ± 0.2	6.3 ± 0.3	7.3 ± 0.4	6.3 ± 0.2
Insulin (𝜇UI/mL^−1)	2.7 ± 0.7	7.6 ± 0.9**	11.6 ± 1.5^†	6.1 ± 1.2
HOMA	0.5 ± 0.1	2.5 ± 0.4*	3.9 ± 0.6^†	1.8 ± 0.3
Leptin (ng/mL)	3.2 ± 0.5	2.8 ± 0.4	1.3 ± 0.1^†	2.1 ± 0.2
Estradiol (pg/mL)	24.8 ± 3.2	29.1 ± 5.8	9.2 ± 1.1^†	26.8 ± 3.6

Data are means ± SE; 𝑛=8 each group. Statistically significant at C versus MS ^∗𝑃<0.01 and ^∗∗𝑃<0.001; ^†𝑃<0.01 and ^††𝑃<0.001 MS versus MS Ovx. C: control; MS: metabolic syndrome; MS Ovx: metabolic syndrome ovariectomized; MS Ovx+E₂: metabolic syndrome ovariectomized plus estradiol.