Alterations of Antioxidant and Oxygen Transport Properties of Blood in Adenocarcinoma-Bearing Mice during Chemotherapy

The influence of murine intestinal adenocarcinoma on the antioxidant status and hemoglobin content in the blood was analyzed. Murine adenocarcinoma was accompanied with a decrease of the nonprotein thiol concentration and an increase in ceruloplasmin. A conformational change in the globin molecule but not in the heme group was revealed in the hemoglobin molecule. The changes in the protein appear to be caused by nonspecific damage that results from the processes of peroxidation.