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Studies on the mechanism of paracetamol-induced protection against paracetamol hepatotoxicity.

Abstract
In rats, 3 days treatment with paracetamol (1 oral dose of 1 g/kg daily) produced a complete protection against the hepatotoxic actions of a further dose of paracetamol as documented by determination of serum enzyme activities (glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase, (GOT), glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (GPT), sorbitol dehydrogenase (SDH), bromsulphthalein retention and histological investigations. Subacute paracetamol treatment decreased liver glutathione levels by 46%, liver microsomal cytochrome P-450 content by 23%, hepatic hydroxylation of aniline by 29% and hepatic demethylation of aminopyrine by 46%. It afforded also some protection against the hepatotoxic actions of carbon tetrachloride, bromobenzene and thioacetamide, but did not influence the antiphlogistic activity of paracetamol (carrageenan paw edema test). Plasma and liver concentrations of free paracetamol after oral administration of 1 g/kg paracetamol were somewhat higher in the subacutely paracetamol-pretreated rats than in the non-pretreated control animals whereas no differences in the concentrations of conjugated paracetamol were found between the 2 groups. Pretreatment with paracetamol did not influence the urinary excretion of free paracetamol but caused some shift in the urinary excretion of paracetamol conjugates: pretreated rats excreted 23% less of the paracetamol glucuronide and sulfate and 33% more of the paracetamol mercapturate than the control animals. A depression of the microsomal mixed-function oxidase activity is presumed to be the main cause of the paracetamol-induced protection against paracetamol hepatotoxicity.
AuthorsO Strubelt, C P Siegers, M Völpel, M Younes
JournalToxicology (Toxicology) Vol. 12 Issue 2 Pg. 121-33 (Feb 1979) ISSN: 0300-483X [Print] Ireland
PMID473230 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Bromobenzenes
  • Thioacetamide
  • Acetaminophen
  • Mixed Function Oxygenases
Topics
  • Acetaminophen (blood, metabolism, pharmacology)
  • Animals
  • Bromobenzenes (toxicity)
  • Carbon Tetrachloride Poisoning (prevention & control)
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury (prevention & control)
  • Drug Interactions
  • Drug Tolerance
  • Liver (drug effects, metabolism, pathology)
  • Liver Function Tests
  • Male
  • Mixed Function Oxygenases (antagonists & inhibitors)
  • Rats
  • Thioacetamide (toxicity)

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