title: Effect of iron overload on spontaneous and xenobiotic-induced lipid peroxidation in vivo.
abstract: To study the effect of iron-overload on hepatic lipid peroxidation, two rat models of haemochromatosis were employed: in the first model resembling secondary haemochromatosis, repeated i.p. injections with Fe-dextran led to an accumulation of Fe in Kupffer cells, while in the second model resembling hereditary haemochromatosis, iron was located mainly in periportal hepatocytes after feeding on a diet containing 3.5% Fe-fumarate for 3 weeks. In both models, total hepatic iron content was elevated four- to fivefold over controls. In vivo lipid peroxidation (ethane exhalation) was enhanced only in the second model, indicating that the hepatocytes are the main targets of Fe-induced lipid peroxidation. Low hepatotoxicity was observed in the second model. Additional treatment of the rats with hepatotoxic agents led to different results: with ethanol and bromobenzene, lipid peroxidation was only evident in both models of iron-overload, while paracetamol-induced lipid peroxidation was seen only in Fe-fumarate-fed rats. CCl4-induced lipid peroxidation was strongly enhanced in both models of haemochromatosis. Hepatotoxicity was enhanced by iron overload only in the case of CCl4-treated, Fe-fumarate-fed rats. The activities of phase I and phase II enzymes of xenobiotic metabolism were not markedly altered in livers of iron-overloaded rats. This implies that neither the bioactivation nor the detoxification of the agents studied were affected in experimental haemochromatosis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Toxicology, Medical University of Lübeck, FRG.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Younes
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Eberhardt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lemoine
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride / Q000633:toxicity; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D007501:Iron / Q000506:poisoning*; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D015262:Xenobiotics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D015262:Xenobiotics; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride; D007501:Iron; D000410:Alanine Transaminase