title: [Subcellular distribution of porphyrins and anti-lipid peroxidative effect in protoporphyrin-administered rat liver].
abstract: The distribution and the anti-lipid peroxidative effects of porphyrins in the hepatic subcellular fractions in rats were studied after intravenous administration of protoporphyrin (PP). PP and/or PP-derived porphyrins were mainly distributed in the membrane-containing fractions of 600 x g-, 10,000 x g- and 100,000 x g-sediment from the liver homogenates of rats receiving a 20 mg/kg dose of PP. The lipid peroxidation induced by L-ascorbic acid in the fractions of 600 x g-, 10,000 x g- and 100,000 x g-sediment from the PP-treated rats was suppressed during 1-168 h, 1-168 h and 12-168 h, respectively, after the PP treatment. The suppression of the peroxidation in the liver mitochondria from the PP-treated rats was further enhanced by the addition of the hepatic cytosol from the PP-treated rats. The extent of the suppression by the addition of the cytosol from the PP-treated rats at 24 h after the PP administration was greater than those at 0 and 168 h after the PP administration. These results indicate that PP and/or PP-derived porphyrins distributed in the liver still exert antioxidative actions and that there might exist some unknown factors enhancing the actions in the hepatic cytosol.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aimoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects*; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D011524:Protoporphyrins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000737:chemistry; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D011166:Porphyrins; D011524:Protoporphyrins