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Yong HY, Larrouy-Maumus G, Zloh M, Smyth R, Ataya R, Benton CM, Munday MR. Early detection of metabolic changes in drug-induced steatosis using metabolomics approaches. RSC Adv 2020; 10:41047-41057. [PMID: 35519189 PMCID: PMC9057704 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra06577c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Steatosis is the accumulation of triglycerides in hepatic cells wherein fats exceed 5% of the entire liver weight. Although steatotic liver damage is reversible due to the liver's regenerative capability, protracted damage often and typically leads to irreversible conditions such as cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Therefore, early steatotic detection is critical for preventing progression to advanced liver diseases. This also becomes particularly important given the higher prevalence of drug usage, as drugs are a frequent cause of liver damage. Currently, the recommendation to diagnose steatosis is using liver enzymes and performing a liver biopsy. Liver biopsy remains the gold standard method of detection, but the procedure is invasive and an unreliable diagnostic tool. Non-invasive, specific and sensitive diagnostic solutions such as biomarkers are therefore needed for the early detection of steatosis. Our aim is to identify changes in urinary metabolites in tetracycline-induced hepatic steatotic rats at different stages of the diseases using metabolomic-based techniques. Sprague Dawley male rats are treated by intraperitoneal injection (I.P.) with either 62.5 mg kg−1 or 125 mg kg−1 tetracycline, an antibiotic previously known to induce steatosis. We analyse the metabolic profile of the urinary tetracycline induced hepatic steatotic rats using 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), 2D 1H–1H TOCSY (total correlation spectroscopy) and electrospray liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (ESI-LC-MS/MS) based metabolomics. The combined analysis of haematoxylin & eosin (H&E), oil red O (ORO) and direct measurement of triglyceride content in the liver tissues of the control samples against 125 mg kg−1 and 62.5 mg kg−1 treated samples, reveals that 125 mg kg−1 tetracycline exposure potentially induces steatosis. The combination of 1H NMR, 2D 1H–1H TOCSY and ESI-LC-MS/MS alongside multivariate statistical analysis, detected a total of 6 urinary metabolites changes, across 6 metabolic pathways. Furthermore, lysine concentration correlates with liver damage as tetracycline dose concentration increases, whilst both H&E and ORO fail to detect hepatocellular damage at the lowest dose concentration. We conclude that the combination of 1H NMR and ESI-LC-MS/MS suggests that these are suitable platforms for studying the pathogenesis of steatosis development, prior to morphological alterations observed in staining techniques and offer a more detailed description of the severity of the steatotic disease. Urinary metabolic profiling of tetracycline induced hepatic steatotic rats were investigated using 1H nuclear magnetic resonance, 2D 1H–1H total correlation spectroscopy and electrospray liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry based metabolomics.![]()
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- Helena Y Yong
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biological Chemistry
- University of London
- UK
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- MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection
- Department of Life Science
- Faculty of Natural Sciences
- Imperial College London
- UK
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biological Chemistry
- University of London
- UK
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biological Chemistry
- University of London
- UK
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biological Chemistry
- University of London
- UK
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biological Chemistry
- University of London
- UK
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Dai Y, Liu M, Li J, Yang S, Sun Y, Sun Q, Wang W, Lu L, Zhang K, Xu J, Zheng W, Hu Z, Yang Y, Gao Y, Liu Z. A review on pollution situation and treatment methods of tetracycline in groundwater. SEP SCI TECHNOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2019.1577445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Yingjie Dai
- Laboratory of Environmental Remediation, College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Remediation, College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Remediation, College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Remediation, College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Remediation, College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Remediation, College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Remediation, College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Remediation, College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Remediation, College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Remediation, College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Remediation, College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Remediation, College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Remediation, College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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Gomes AL, Teijeiro A, Burén S, Tummala KS, Yilmaz M, Waisman A, Theurillat JP, Perna C, Djouder N. Metabolic Inflammation-Associated IL-17A Causes Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Cancer Cell 2016; 30:161-175. [PMID: 27411590 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2016.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 258] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2015] [Revised: 05/15/2016] [Accepted: 05/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Obesity increases hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) risks via unknown mediators. We report that hepatic unconventional prefoldin RPB5 interactor (URI) couples nutrient surpluses to inflammation and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a common cause of HCC. URI-induced DNA damage in hepatocytes triggers inflammation via T helper 17 (Th17) lymphocytes and interleukin 17A (IL-17A). This induces white adipose tissue neutrophil infiltration mediating insulin resistance (IR) and fatty acid release, stored in liver as triglycerides, causing NASH. NASH and subsequently HCC are prevented by pharmacological suppression of Th17 cell differentiation, IL-17A blocking antibodies, and genetic ablation of the IL-17A receptor in myeloid cells. Human hepatitis, fatty liver, and viral hepatitis-associated HCC exhibit increased IL-17A correlating positively with steatosis. IL-17A blockers may prevent IR, NASH, and HCC in high-risk patients.
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- Ana L Gomes
- Cancer Cell Biology Programme, Growth Factors, Nutrients and Cancer Group, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, CNIO, Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Cancer Cell Biology Programme, Growth Factors, Nutrients and Cancer Group, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, CNIO, Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Cancer Cell Biology Programme, Growth Factors, Nutrients and Cancer Group, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, CNIO, Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Cancer Cell Biology Programme, Growth Factors, Nutrients and Cancer Group, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, CNIO, Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Cancer Cell Biology Programme, Growth Factors, Nutrients and Cancer Group, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, CNIO, Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz 55131, Germany
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- Functional Cancer Genomics Group, Institute of Oncology Research (IOR), Bellinzona 6500, Switzerland
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, Madrid 28034, Spain
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- Cancer Cell Biology Programme, Growth Factors, Nutrients and Cancer Group, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, CNIO, Madrid 28029, Spain.
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Latour I, Buc-Calderon P. Survival and Metabolic Function of Freshly Isolated Rat Hepatocytes Exposed First to a Heat Shock and Then to an Oxidative Stress. Int J Toxicol 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/109158199225387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The formation of heat shock proteins (hsp) leading to thermotolerance has been extensively reported in many cell types. In freshly isolated rat hepatocytes, hsp were synthesized after 60 minutes of incubation at 42°C. Cell survival was not modified by such a treatment, but protein synthesis, secretion of triglycerides as lipoproteins, and the maintenance of both ATP and glycogen levels were significantly impaired. When exposed to an oxidative stress, heat-shocked hepatocytes were not more resistant than cells always kept at 37°C. Conversely, the addition of tert-butyl hydroperoxide (tBOOH) resulted, in general, in an increased lactate dehydrogenase leakage. The metabolism of tBOOH, as estimated by the reduced glutathione (GSH) content and GSH peroxidase activity, was similar in both control and heat-shocked hepatocytes. Despite the synthesis of hsp in rat hepatocytes, the lack of resistance to a subsequent oxidant injury may be due to the metabolic impairment caused by the heat shock.
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- Isabelle Latour
- Unité de Pharmacocinétique, Métabolisme, Nutrition et Toxicologie, Département des Sciences Pharmac eutiques, Université Catholique de Louvain, Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Unité de Pharmacocinétique, Métabolisme, Nutrition et Toxicologie, Département des Sciences Pharmac eutiques, Université Catholique de Louvain, Bruxelles, Belgium
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Choi YJ, Yoon Y, Choi HS, Park S, Oh S, Jeong SM, Suh HR, Lee BH. Effects of Medicinal herb Extracts and their Components on Steatogenic Hepatotoxicity in Sk-hep1 Cells. Toxicol Res 2013; 27:211-6. [PMID: 24278574 PMCID: PMC3834388 DOI: 10.5487/tr.2011.27.4.211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2011] [Revised: 10/25/2011] [Accepted: 11/04/2011] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Herbal medicines are widely used in many countries for the treatment of many diseases. Although the use of herb extracts as alternative medicine is growing, their toxicological properties have not been thoroughly investigated. In this study, we have investigated the effects of water and ethanol extracts of 18 herbs on the hepatic lipid metabolism and steatogenic hepatotoxicity. Ethanol extracts of Cirsium japonicum, Carthamus tinctorius, Rehmanniae glutinosa (preparata), Polygala tenuifolia, Foeniculum vulgare, Polygonum multiflorum, and Acorus gramineus and water extracts of Polygonum multiflorum and Rehmanniae glutinosa induced lipid accumulation in Sk-hep1 human hepatoma cells as determined by Nile red staining. These extracts increased the luciferase activity of sterol regulatory element (SRE) and decreased that of peroxisome proliferator response element (PPRE), indicating the possibilities of enhanced fatty acid synthesis and decreased fatty acid oxidation. To identify the components responsible for the fat accumulation, we tested 50 chemicals isolated from the nine herbs. Apigenin, luteolin, pectolinarin and lupeol from Cirsium japonicum, 8-methoxypsoralen and umbelliferone from Foeniculum vulgare and pomonic acid and jiocerebroside from Rehmanniae glutinosa significantly increased the accumulation of lipid droplets. These results suggest that ethanol extracts of Cirsium japonicum, Carthamus tinctorius, Rehmanniae glutinosa (preparata), Polygala tenuifolia, Foeniculum vulgare, Polygonum multiflorum, and Acorus gramineus and water extracts of Polygonum multiflorum and Rehmanniae glutinosa can cause fatty liver disease by decreasing β-oxidation of fatty acid and increasing lipogenesis.
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- You-Jin Choi
- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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Amacher DE. The mechanistic basis for the induction of hepatic steatosis by xenobiotics. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2011; 7:949-65. [PMID: 21510823 DOI: 10.1517/17425255.2011.577740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Hepatic steatosis is the histological observation of numerous lipid inclusions due to an excess accumulation of triacylglycerols. They are a concern with new therapeutic candidates because they signify altered lipid metabolism that can progress to more serious liver toxicity. AREAS COVERED This article is based on an article search using the PubMed database from 1987 to 2011 and confirms associations for several previously marketed drugs with four basic hepatocellular mechanisms. The article also describes how these mechanisms are controlled by master regulators of lipid metabolism, which include gene transcription factors, nuclear receptors, hormonal signaling, energy sensing proteins, endoplasmic reticulum stress signaling and certain key metabolic intermediates. EXPERT OPINION Drug-induced hepatic steatosis is typically not detectable by conventional means other than invasive histological examinations. By understanding the basic mechanisms, key regulators and energy signaling systems of the liver, the investigator is better equipped to avoid xenobiotics with steatogenic potential in the drug discovery or early development process. There are now a number of methods for detecting this potential, specifically gene expression or metabolomic profiling and pathway analysis or mechanism-based in vitro systems.
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Yamamoto T, Kikkawa R, Yamada H, Horii I. Investigation of proteomic biomarkers in in vivo hepatotoxicity study of rat liver: toxicity differentiation in hepatotoxicants. J Toxicol Sci 2006; 31:49-60. [PMID: 16538043 DOI: 10.2131/jts.31.49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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We investigated the overall protein expression profiles in the in vivo hepatotoxicity of rats induced by four well-recognized hepatotoxicants. Acetaminophen (APAP), amiodarone (AMD), tetracycline (TC) and carbon tetrachloride (CTC) were administered to male rats by gavages and the liver at 24 hr post-dosing was applied to the proteomic experiment. Blood biochemistry and histopathology were examined to identify specific changes related to the compounds given. Protein expression in the liver was investigated by 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2DE), and spots showing a significantly different expression in treated versus control group were excised from gels and identified by Q-Tof mass spectrometer. They were well characterized based on their functions related to the mechanisms of toxicity of the compounds. Among them, we focused on the 8 proteins that were affected by all 4 compounds examined. Proteins related to oxidative stress response such as carbonic anhydrase III (CA3) and 60kDa heat shock protein (HSP60), and energy metabolism such as adenylate kinase 4 (AK4) were found. Moreover, hierarchical clustering analysis using 2D-gel spots information revealed the possibility to differentiate the groups based on their toxicity levels such as severity of liver damage. These results suggested that assessing the effects of hepatotoxicants on protein expression is worth trying to screen candidate compounds at the developmental stage of drugs.
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- Toshinori Yamamoto
- Worldwide Safety Sciences, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Nagoya Laboratories, Pfizer Inc., 5-2 Taketoyo, Aichi 470-2393, Japan.
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Yamamoto T, Kikkawa R, Yamada H, Horii I. IDENTIFICATION OF OXIDATIVE STRESS-RELATED PROTEINS FOR PREDICTIVE SCREENING OF HEPATOTOXICITY USING A PROTEOMIC APPROACH. J Toxicol Sci 2005; 30:213-27. [PMID: 16141655 DOI: 10.2131/jts.30.213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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We investigated the effects of three hepatotoxicants, acetaminophen (APAP), amiodarone (AD) and tetracycline (TC), on protein expression in primary cultured rat hepatocytes with toxicoproteomic approach, which is two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2DE) and mass spectrometry. The objectives of this study were to search for alternative toxicity biomarkers which could be detected with high sensitivity prior to the appearance of morphological changes or alterations of analytical conventional biomarkers. The related proteins in the process of cell degeneration/necrosis such as cell death, lipid metabolism and lipid/carbohydrate metabolism were mainly affected under exposure to APAP, AD and TC, respectively. Among the differentially expressed proteins, several oxidative stress-related proteins were clearly identified after 24-hr exposure, even though they were not affected for 6-hr exposure. They were glutathione peroxidase (GPX) as a down-regulated protein as well as peroxiredoxin 1 (PRX1) and peroxiredoxin 2 (PRX2) as up-regulated proteins, which are known to serve as antioxidative enzymes in cells. These findings suggested that the focused proteins, GPX and PRXs, could be utilized as biomarkers of hepatotoxicity, and they were useful for setting high throughput screening methods to assess hepatotoxicity in the early stage of drug discovery.
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- Toshinori Yamamoto
- Worldwide Safety Sciences, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Nagoya Laboratories, Aichi
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Lettéron P, Sutton A, Mansouri A, Fromenty B, Pessayre D. Inhibition of microsomal triglyceride transfer protein: another mechanism for drug-induced steatosis in mice. Hepatology 2003; 38:133-40. [PMID: 12829995 DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2003.50309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Although many steatogenic drugs inhibit mitochondrial fatty acid beta-oxidation, limited information is available on possible effects on hepatic lipoprotein secretion. In the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) lumen, microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP) lipidates apolipoprotein B (Apo B), to form triglyceride (TG)-rich very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) particles, which follow vesicular flow to the plasma membrane to be secreted, whereas incompletely lipidated Apo B particles are partly degraded. We studied hepatic MTP activity, the lipoproteins present in the ER lumen, and hepatic lipoprotein secretion 4 hours after administration of a single dose of amineptine (1 mmol/kg), amiodarone (1 mmol/kg), doxycycline (0.25 mmol/kg), tetracycline (0.25 mmol/kg), tianeptine (0.5 mmol/kg), or pirprofen (2 mmol/kg) in mice. These various doses have been shown previously to markedly inhibit fatty acid oxidation after a single dose, and to trigger steatosis either after repeated doses (doxycycline) or a single dose (other compounds) in mice. In the present study, amineptine, amiodarone, pirprofen, tetracycline, and tianeptine, but not doxycycline, inhibited MTP activity in vitro, decreased ex vivo MTP activity in the hepatic homogenate of treated mice, decreased TG in the luminal VLDL fraction of hepatic microsomes of treated mice, and decreased in vivo hepatic lipoprotein secretion (TG and Apo B). In conclusion, several steatogenic drugs inhibit not only mitochondrial beta-oxidation, as previously shown, but also MTP activity, Apo B lipidation into TG-rich VLDL particles, and hepatic lipoprotein secretion. Drugs with these dual effects may be more steatogenic than drugs acting only on beta-oxidation or only MTP.
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Pastor L, del Olmo L, Lorenzo C, Almaraz A, Belmonte A, Coca MC, Caro-Patón A. [Effects of oxytetracycline on rat liver]. GASTROENTEROLOGIA Y HEPATOLOGIA 2002; 25:529-33. [PMID: 12435302 DOI: 10.1016/s0210-5705(02)70307-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This experimental project was designed to evaluate: a) the capacity of oxytetracycline to induce microvesicle steatosis in rat liver when administered over long time periods; b) whether female rats are more susceptible to this substance, and c) the possible ultrastructural alterations and their relation to the mechanisms of steatosis. METHODS Sixty-two Wistar rats (31 males and 31 females) were distributed into six groups, two control groups and four experimental groups. The experiment lasted three months. Blood and hepatic tissue samples were extracted under anesthesia for morphologic study (optical and electron microscopy). RESULTS Steatosis was of the microvesicular type with mainly periportal distribution. Steatosis developed in the treated groups and the degree was significantly greater in the females (p = 0.004). No relationship was found with dose. Ultrastructural study revealed microsome dilation in all experimental groups, with no differences according to sex. Despite the steatosis, no proliferation of peroxisomes or mitochondrial alterations were observed. CONCLUSIONS Oxytetracycline produced predominantly periportal microvesicular hepatic steatosis, appearing mostly in the females. As a possible mechanism for tetracycline-induced steatosis, we postulate a decrease in mitochondrial, peroxisome and microsome function as a result of protein synthesis inhibition in these cell compartments.
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- L Pastor
- Departamento de Medicina. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Valladolid. España
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Biswas SJ, Khuda-Bukhsh AR. Effect of a homeopathic drug, Chelidonium, in amelioration of p-DAB induced hepatocarcinogenesis in mice. BMC COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2002; 2:4. [PMID: 11943072 PMCID: PMC107841 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-2-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2001] [Accepted: 04/10/2002] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Crude extracts of Chelidonium majus, and also purified compounds derived from crude extracts of this plant, have been reported to exhibit anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor and anti-microbial properties both in vitro and in vivo. Chelidonium is a homeopathic drug routinely used against various liver disorders including cancer in humans. Two potencies of Chelidonium (Ch-30, Ch-200) have been tested for their possible anti-tumor and enzyme modulating activities in liver and anti-clastogenic effects during p-DAB-induced hepatocarcinogenesis in mice compared to suitable controls. METHODS Several cytogenetic and enzymatic protocols were used at three fixation intervals; at 60 days, 90 days and 120 days of treatment. Different sets of healthy mice were fed: i) hepatocarcinogen, p-DAB plus phenobarbital (PB), ii) only PB, iii) neither p-DAB nor PB (normal control). One set of mice fed with p-DAB plus PB was also fed Ch-30 (iv) and another set Ch-200 (v). All standard currently used methods were adopted for cytogenetical preparations and for the enzyme assays. RESULTS All group (i) mice developed tumors in liver at all fixation intervals, while none of group (ii) and (iii) mice developed any tumors. About 40% mice in group (iv) and group (v) did not show tumor nodules in their liver. Feeding of Chelidonium to group (iv) and (v) mice reduced genotoxic effects to a significant extent (p < 0.05 to p < 0.001). CONCLUSION The homeopathic drug Chelidonium exhibited anti-tumor and anti-genotoxic activities and also favorably modulated activities of some marker enzymes. Microdoses of Chelidonium may be effectively used in combating liver cancer.
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- Surjyo Jyoti Biswas
- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani-741 235, W.B., India
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Kundu SN, Mitra K, Bukhsh AR. Efficacy of a potentized homoeopathic drug (Arsenicum-album-30) in reducing cytotoxic effects produced by arsenic trioxide in mice: III. Enzymatic changes and recovery of tissue damage in liver. Complement Ther Med 2000; 8:76-81. [PMID: 10859599 DOI: 10.1054/ctim.2000.0367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether the potentized homoeopathic drug Arsenicum Album-30 can induce enzymatic and some other biochemical changes to repair tissue damage caused by the injection of arsenic trioxide in mice. DESIGN Controlled laboratory study. METHODS Mice injected with arsenic trioxide and then orally administered the homoeopathic drug were compared with control animals who either received saline only, or injections of arsenic trioxide, or injections of arsenic trioxide followed by orally administered dilute alcohol. Activities of the enzymes acid and alkaline phosphatases, lipid peroxidation and reduced glutathione, which are used as 'marker' enzymes for cytotoxicity levels, were assessed by standard methods. Histopathological slide preparations of liver were made by routine microtechnique method of tissue sectioning and staining with haematoxylin- eosin for histological examination. RESULTS The mice fed homoeopathic drug showed positive results of tissue recovery both in terms of enzymatic and histological changes, compared to controls. CONCLUSIONS The homoeopathic drug is capable of preventing or repairing liver damage induced by arsenic trioxide and the positive changes were also confirmed by the activities of the enzymatic markers.
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- S N Kundu
- Department of Zoology, Kalyani University, Kalyani, 741235, India
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Waterfield CJ, Asker DS, Patel S, Timbrell JA. Is there a correlation between taurine levels and xenobiotic-induced perturbations in protein synthesis?: a study with tetracycline in rats. Amino Acids 1999; 15:161-77. [PMID: 9871496 DOI: 10.1007/bf01345289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Changes in urinary levels of taurine have been reported in rats following treatment with various xenobiotics including those which alter protein synthesis and/or are hepatotoxic. This paper reports on the time course of the urinary elevation of taurine following treatment of rats with tetracycline (50, 150 and 200 mg.kg-1). Maximum taurine excretion occurred 8-12 h following dosing. Serum albumin and total protein were significantly lower after 24 h (200 mg.kg-1). The increase in urinary taurine was dose-related and reflected in the raised serum levels of taurine 24 h after dosing. Serum and urinary protein and [3H]-leucine incorporation into acid precipitable protein in liver and muscle were reduced by tetracycline (100, 150 and 200 mg.kg-1) 10 h after dosing. The reduction in protein synthesis was correlated with increased urinary and serum levels of taurine at 10 h. The use of taurine as a non-invasive marker of protein synthesis is discussed.
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- C J Waterfield
- Toxicology Department, School of Pharmacy, London, United Kingdom
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Waterfield CJ, Asker DS, Timbrell JA. Triglyceride disposition in isolated hepatocytes after treatment with hydrazine. Chem Biol Interact 1997; 107:157-72. [PMID: 9448750 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2797(97)00090-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Treatment of animals with hydrazine causes the accumulation of triglycerides in the liver but the mechanism remains unclear. Therefore, the effect of hydrazine on hepatic triglyceride synthesis and subsequent transport was studied in a hepatocyte model, in vitro in order to isolate liver cells from extrahepatic influences. Hepatocytes were isolated and either incubated in suspension with [14C]palmitate in the presence of hydrazine (2-12 mM) or pre-incubated with [14C]palmitate, washed free of the fatty acid and then incubated with hydrazine (2-12 mM). Hydrazine resulted in a significant reduction in the incorporation of [14C]palmitate into triglycerides and reduction in the transportation of triglycerides out of cells. When [14C]palmitate was in the incubation medium, ATP levels were reduced by lower concentrations of hydrazine than have previously been reported. None of the concentrations of hydrazine used affected cell membrane integrity (viability) as measured by LDH leakage. The 14CO2 produced by the beta-oxidation of [14C]palmitate was also measured in short term incubations (30 min) carried out in sealed vessels. There was a dose dependent increase in 14CO2 produced by very low concentrations of hydrazine (0.01-0.1 mM) after which the effect was maximal and concentrations above 8 mM hydrazine decreased 14CO2 production. The data suggest that the inhibition of transportation of triglycerides out of cells by hydrazine may have a more important role in the accumulation of triglycerides in the liver than has been previously recognised. However, the model was not able to mimic the accumulation of triglycerides in hepatocytes seen in vivo.
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- C J Waterfield
- Toxicology Department, School of Pharmacy, University of London, UK
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Waterfield C, Delaney J, Kerai M, Timbrell J. Correlations between in vivo and in vitro effects of toxic compounds: Studies with hydrazine. Toxicol In Vitro 1997; 11:217-27. [DOI: 10.1016/s0887-2333(97)00012-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/21/1997] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Kok N, Roberfroid M, Robert A, Delzenne N. Involvement of lipogenesis in the lower VLDL secretion induced by oligofructose in rats. Br J Nutr 1996; 76:881-90. [PMID: 9014656 DOI: 10.1079/bjn19960094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Dietary supplementation with oligofructose (OFS; 100 g/kg), a non-digestible oligomer of beta-D-fructose, decreases serum triacylglycerols in serum and VLDL of rats. In order to investigate the role of hepatic metabolism in the hypolipidaemic effect of OFS, male Wistar rats were fed on a standard diet with or without 100 g Raftilose P95/kg as OFS source for 30 d. OFS feeding (1) significantly decreased triacylglycerol and phospholipid concentrations in both blood and liver, (2) increased the glycerol-3-phosphate liver content but decreased the hepatic activity of glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.15), suggesting a decrease in acylglycerol synthesis, (3) did not affect the blood non-esterified fatty acid concentrations, but (4) reduced by 54% the capacity of isolated hepatocytes to synthesize and secrete triacylglycerols from labelled acetate; the activity of fatty acid synthase, a key lipogenic enzyme was also significantly decreased. These findings suggest that OFS decreases serum triacylglycerols by reducing de novo fatty acid synthesis in the liver; the lower insulin level in the serum of OFS-fed rats could explain, at least partly, the metabolic effect induced by such non-digestible carbohydrates.
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- N Kok
- Déparetment des Sciences Pharmaceutiques. Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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Correlation between in vivo and in vitro toxic effects of foreign compounds. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00378116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Tinton S, Buc-Calderon P. Inhibition of protein synthesis induced by adenine nucleotides requires their metabolism into adenosine. Biochem Pharmacol 1995; 50:481-8. [PMID: 7646553 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(95)00163-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Adenine nucleotides and adenosine inhibit the incorporation of radiolabelled leucine into proteins of isolated hepatocytes. Impairment occurred with nucleotides which can be converted into 9-beta-D-ribofuranosyladenine (adenosine) but was not observed after treatment with adenine or AMPCPP (the alpha, beta-methylene analogue of ATP). Metabolism into adenosine was further suggested by the increase in cellular ATP levels following treatment of hepatocytes with ATP, adenosine or AMPPCP (the beta, gamma-methylene ATP analogue) while AMPCPP was without any significant effect. The inhibition of protein synthesis caused by adenosine was not due to a lytic effect nor to a general disturbance in hepatic functions and was reversed when the cells were washed and transferred to a nucleoside-free medium. This impairment, however, was not coupled to the activation of adenylate cyclase, as preincubation of hepatocytes with P1 purinoceptor antagonists failed to prevent protein synthesis inhibition. In contrast, L-homocysteine enhanced the inhibitory effect of adenosine on the incorporation of radiolabelled leucine into proteins. Our results thus suggest that the inhibition of protein synthesis caused by adenine nucleotides requires their conversion into adenosine. They also indicate that the inhibitory effect of adenosine does not involve a receptor-mediated effect but may be related to an increase in S-adenosylhomocysteine content and a subsequent low level of macromolecule methylation.
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- S Tinton
- Départment des Sciences Pharmaceutiques, Université Catholique de Louvain, Bruxelles, Belgium
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Fiordaliso M, Kok N, Desager JP, Goethals F, Deboyser D, Roberfroid M, Delzenne N. Dietary oligofructose lowers triglycerides, phospholipids and cholesterol in serum and very low density lipoproteins of rats. Lipids 1995; 30:163-7. [PMID: 7769973 DOI: 10.1007/bf02538270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The present study was aimed at answering the question why feeding rats an oligofructose (OFS) supplemented diet could cause a significant reduction in plasma lipid levels. Daily administration of a 10% (w/w) OFS-containing diet to normolipidemic male rats resulted in a decrease in plasma triglycerides, phospholipids and cholesterol. The triglyceride-lowering effect was observed after one week and lasted for at least 16 wk and was associated with a reduction in plasma very low density lipoproteins, indicating that the hypolipidemic effect of OFS may be due to changes in liver lipid metabolism. We therefore tested whether OFS feeding modified the capacity of the liver to synthesize triglycerides from free fatty acids. Hepatocytes isolated from livers of control and OFS-fed rats were incubated in the presence of [1-14C]palmitate, and both intracellular and extracellular [14C]triglyceride formation were quantified. We found that chronic feeding of an OFS-supplemented diet to rats significantly reduced the capacity of isolated hepatocytes to synthesize triglycerides from palmitate. The results suggest that, like other soluble dietary fibers, OFS significantly alters liver lipid metabolism, resulting over time in a significant reduction in plasma triglyceride, phospholipid and cholesterol levels.
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- M Fiordaliso
- Départment des Sciences Pharmaceutiques, Faculté de Médecine, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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Fromenty B, Pessayre D. Inhibition of mitochondrial beta-oxidation as a mechanism of hepatotoxicity. Pharmacol Ther 1995; 67:101-54. [PMID: 7494860 DOI: 10.1016/0163-7258(95)00012-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 482] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Severe and prolonged impairment of mitochondrial beta-oxidation leads to microvesicular steatosis, and, in severe forms, to liver failure, coma and death. Impairment of mitochondrial beta-oxidation may be either genetic or acquired, and different causes may add their effects to inhibit beta-oxidation severely and trigger the syndrome. Drugs and some endogenous compounds can sequester coenzyme A and/or inhibit mitochondrial beta-oxidation enzymes (aspirin, valproic acid, tetracyclines, several 2-arylpropionate anti-inflammatory drugs, amineptine and tianeptine); they may inhibit both mitochondrial beta-oxidation and oxidative phosphorylation (endogenous bile acids, amiodarone, perhexiline and diethylaminoethoxyhexestrol), or they may impair mitochondrial DNA transcription (interferon-alpha), or decrease mitochondrial DNA replication (dideoxynucleoside analogues), while other compounds (ethanol, female sex hormones) act through a combination of different mechanisms. Any investigational molecule should be screened for such effects.
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- B Fromenty
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 24, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France
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Tinton SA, Lefebvre VH, Cousin OC, Buc-Calderon PM. Cytolytic effects and biochemical changes induced by extracellular ATP to isolated hepatocytes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1993; 1176:1-6. [PMID: 8452865 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4889(93)90169-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Cell death, as estimated by the release of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), was induced by incubating isolated hepatocytes for 60 min in the presence of extracellular ATP (ecATP), while AMP, adenosine, GTP and UTP were without any significant effects, even when tested at 3 mM (final concentration). At such a concentration, the release of LDH induced by ecATP, but also by ecADP, reached almost 50% and 30%, respectively. Since UTP and GTP (which have no lytic effects) were able to activate phosphorylase a at the same rate as ATP, we excluded the possibility that an increase of free cytosolic Ca2+ triggers the onset of a process leading to cell lysis. Moreover, such a lytic ability of ecATP (1.7 mM) can not be the result of a previous complexation of ionic iron (making it catalytically available for a Fenton reaction), because Desferal, a strong iron chelator, did not modify the cytolytic effect of the ecATP observed after 60 min of incubation. A major cellular function such as protein synthesis was impaired in a dose-dependent way by incubating hepatocytes during 60 min in the presence of ecATP. The inhibition was already observed at 0.1 mM ecATP, a dose without any effect on cell viability. The biological relevance of such metabolic impairment, however, remains to be elucidated.
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- S A Tinton
- Unité de Biochimie Cancérologique et Toxicologique, Ecole de Pharmacie, Université Catholique de Louvain, Bruxelles, Belgium
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Donato M, Goethals F, Gómez-Lechón M, Deboyser D, De Coster I, Roberfroid M, Castell J. Toxicity of the antitumoral drug datelliptium in hepatic cells: Use of models in vitro for the prediction of toxicity in vivo. Toxicol In Vitro 1992; 6:295-302. [DOI: 10.1016/0887-2333(92)90019-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/1991] [Revised: 01/16/1992] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Blaude MN, Goethals FM, Ansay MA, Roberfroid MB. Synergism between aflatoxin B1 and oxytetracycline on fatty acid esterification in isolated rat hepatocytes. Toxicol Lett 1992; 61:159-66. [PMID: 1641863 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4274(92)90142-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The individual and combined effects of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) and oxytetracycline (OXT) on the synthesis and secretion of triacylglycerols in isolated rat hepatocytes maintained in suspension during 2.5 h were studied. Secretion of triacylglycerols was inhibited by both drugs when administered separately. This inhibition was accompanied by a concomitant elevation of intracellular triacylglycerols only at the highest AFB1 dose tested. Total synthesis of triacylglycerols was not inhibited by AFB1 or by OXT. When the two drugs were simultaneously added to the incubation medium, the AFB1-induced accumulation of intracellular triacylglycerols was no longer observed; the inhibition of secretion was nevertheless identical to that observed with AFB1 alone. Finally, total esterification of palmitate was inhibited by 20% compared to the AFB1-treated cells. These data suggest that OXT inhibits lipid accumulation induced by AFB1 but that this effect is due to an inhibition of total synthesis of triacylglycerols. The mechanism of AFB1's effect and of the interaction between both molecules is discussed.
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- M N Blaude
- Unit of Biochemical Toxicology and Cancerology, School of Pharmacy, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels
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Biochemical effects of methotrexate in isolated hepatocytes in relation to its steatogenic activity. Toxicol In Vitro 1992; 6:129-32. [DOI: 10.1016/0887-2333(92)90005-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/1990] [Revised: 07/31/1991] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Buc-Calderon P, Latour I, Roberfroid M. Biochemical changes in isolated hepatocytes exposed to tert-butyl hydroperoxide. Implications for its cytotoxicity. Cell Biol Toxicol 1991; 7:129-43. [PMID: 1889005 DOI: 10.1007/bf00122827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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When isolated hepatocytes were exposed to tert-butyl hydroperoxide (tBOOH) they lost their cellular membrane integrity. Decreased levels of GSH, increased phosphorylase a activity (an indirect index of the amount of free cytosolic Ca2+), and increase in the formation of malondialdehyde (MDA)-like products (an index of lipid peroxidation) preceded the release into the culture medium of the cytosolic enzyme lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), indicating that this later process was the consequence of the former intracellular events. While ATP levels were not modified during the incubation of cells with increasing concentrations of tBOOH, protein synthesis was decreased in a concentration-dependent manner. The glycogen content decreased at the same time as the increase in LDH leakage. The addition of promethazine (PMZ) an antioxidant molecule, prevented the lipid peroxidation, but did not protect cells against the oxidative effects of tBOOH, including loss of membrane integrity. Nevertheless, the addition of GSH to cell suspensions incubated with tBOOH, decreased the formation of MDA-like products, restored the protein synthesis rate, prevented partially the activation of phosphorylase a and preserved cell viability. On the basis of these results, we postulate that both GSH depletion and modification in phosphorylase a activity (Ca2+ levels) were the most relevant intracellular events to explain the cytotoxicity of tBOOH.
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- P Buc-Calderon
- Unité de Biochimie Toxicologique et Cancérologique Ecole de Pharmacie, Université Catholique de Louvain, Bruxelles, Belgium
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Effects of various tetracycline derivatives on in vitro and in vivo beta-oxidation of fatty acids, egress of triglycerides from the liver, accumulation of hepatic triglycerides, and mortality in mice. Biochem Pharmacol 1991; 41:638-41. [PMID: 1997011 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(91)90640-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Rat hepatocytes cultured on a monkey kidney cell line: Expression of biotransformation and hepatic metabolic activities. Toxicol In Vitro 1991; 5:435-8. [DOI: 10.1016/0887-2333(91)90067-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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