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Tissue and biliary glutathione disulfide in the perfused vitamin E-deficient rat liver.

Abstract
Vitamin E and glutathione protect against oxidative damage in vivo. In this study the relationship between these two defenses has been examined in the isolated perfused rat liver. The activities of glutathione reductase and glutathione S-transferase were unaffected by vitamin E deficiency, while glutathione peroxidase activity was decreased slightly. The glutathione redox status of vitamin E-deficient and control livers was assessed. GSSG was slightly higher in vitamin E-deficient livers (70 +/- 5 nmol GSH equivalents/g liver) than in controls (56 +/- 3 nmol GSH equivalents/g liver) under basal conditions. However, biliary GSSG release was 41% lower in vitamin E-deficient livers (0.46 +/- 0.08 nmol GSH equivalents/g liver.min) than in controls (0.78 +/- 0.23 nmol GSH equivalents/g liver.min). Inhibition of GSSG reduction by BCNU raised liver and biliary GSSG by a similar amount in vitamin E-deficient and control livers. Thus biliary GSSG efflux, a frequently used index of oxidant stress, is not increased in vitamin E-deficient perfused livers compared with control. Therefore, in the perfused rat liver model, no evidence was obtained that vitamin E deficiency activates the hepatic glutathione system.
AuthorsK E Hill, M A Taylor, D M Ziegler, R F Burk
JournalResearch communications in chemical pathology and pharmacology (Res Commun Chem Pathol Pharmacol) Vol. 63 Issue 3 Pg. 373-83 (Mar 1989) ISSN: 0034-5164 [Print] United States
PMID2727389 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Vitamin E
  • Glutathione Peroxidase
  • Glutathione
  • Carmustine
Topics
  • Animals
  • Bile (metabolism)
  • Body Weight (drug effects)
  • Carmustine (pharmacology)
  • Glutathione (metabolism)
  • Glutathione Peroxidase (metabolism)
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Liver (drug effects, metabolism)
  • Male
  • Organ Size (drug effects)
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Vitamin E (blood)
  • Vitamin E Deficiency (metabolism)

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