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CHAPTER 3<br />
MATERIALS AND METHODS<br />
Chemicals<br />
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Alum<strong>in</strong>ium chloride hexahydrate, BSA, CAT, cytochrome c, desipram<strong>in</strong>e<br />
hydrochoride, 3,3‟-diam<strong>in</strong>obenzid<strong>in</strong>e, 2,4-d<strong>in</strong>itrophenylhydraz<strong>in</strong>e hydrochloride, 5,5‟-<br />
dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid), EDTA, GPx, GR, H2O2, ketam<strong>in</strong>e/xylaz<strong>in</strong>e, mouse<br />
monoclonal antibody to TH, TBA, xanth<strong>in</strong>e, and xanth<strong>in</strong>e oxidase were purchased from<br />
Sigma Chemical Co. (St. Louis, MO, USA). Avid<strong>in</strong>-biot<strong>in</strong>-peroxidase complex and<br />
biot<strong>in</strong>ylated secondary antibody were purchased from Vector (Burl<strong>in</strong>game, CA, USA).<br />
The water used for the preparations <strong>of</strong> solutions was Milli-RiOs/Q-A10 grade,<br />
(Millipore Corp., Bedford, MA, USA). All rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g chemicals used were <strong>of</strong> analytical<br />
grade and were purchased from Fluka Chemie AG (Buchs, Switzerland).<br />
Animal treatment<br />
Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats (200-250 g) were used to perform the <strong>in</strong> vivo<br />
studies. All animals were housed <strong>in</strong>dividually <strong>in</strong> polypropylene cages to reduce<br />
extraneous trace element contam<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>in</strong> a room equipped with 12 h light/dark<br />
automatic light cycles, ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>ed at 22�1°C with a relative humidity <strong>of</strong> 65%. All<br />
experiments were carried out <strong>in</strong> accordance with the “Pr<strong>in</strong>ciples <strong>of</strong> laboratory animal<br />
care” (NIH publication No. 86-23, revised 1996) and approved by the correspond<strong>in</strong>g<br />
committee at the University <strong>of</strong> Santiago de Compostela. Alum<strong>in</strong>ium dosage was<br />
adjusted accord<strong>in</strong>g to animal‟s body weight just before each experiment. All rats were<br />
allowed a standard ma<strong>in</strong>tenance diet (A04, Panlab S.L., Barcelona, Spa<strong>in</strong>) and water ad<br />
libitum. Animals were randomly assigned to two experimental groups. The first group<br />
was subdivided <strong>in</strong>to two subgroups, each consist<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> ten animals: rats <strong>in</strong> subgroup A<br />
were daily i.p. <strong>in</strong>jected with <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> chloride <strong>in</strong> sal<strong>in</strong>e (NaCl 0.9%) at a dose <strong>of</strong> 10<br />
mg Al 3+ /kg for 10 days; rats <strong>in</strong> subgroup B were <strong>in</strong>jected with the same volume <strong>of</strong>