title: The protective effect of glycyrrhizin against injury of the liver caused by ischemia-reperfusion.
abstract: Effects of glycyrrhizin (GR) on an injury of the liver caused by ischemia-reperfusion in rats were determined. In the liver ischemia-reperfusion model, levels of serum AST, ALT and LDH, lipid peroxides in the liver tissue, and blood superoxide dismutase activity were significantly increased. On the contrary, total glutathione content in the liver tissue was decreased. When rats were given GR 100 mg/kg for 10 days, GR suppressed the elevation of the lipid peroxide level, serum AST, ALT, LDH level, and the decrease in glutathione content during the period of reperfusion. The suppressive effect of GR was similar with that of alpha-tocopherol (VE). GR showed neither 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) nor 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide(DMPO)-OOH radical-trapping ability, but exhibited DMPO-OH radical-trapping action, while, VE exhibited both DPPH and DMPO-OOH radical-trapping ability. These results indicate that the hydroxyl radical trapping action of GR is the likely mechanism suppressing liver injury caused by ischemia-reperfusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Medical College of Oita, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Egashira
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohno
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D005978:Glutathione / Q000032:analysis; D006034:Glycyrrhetinic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019695:Glycyrrhizic Acid; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications*; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000737:chemistry; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000097:blood; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D014810:Vitamin E; D019695:Glycyrrhizic Acid; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D005978:Glutathione; D006034:Glycyrrhetinic Acid