title: Rat liver plasma membrane damage in hexachlorobenzene intoxication and its potentiation by ethanol.
abstract: Chronic feeding of male Wistar rats with food containing hexachlorobenzene (HCB) at 17.5 mmol/kg induced elevation of serum amino-transferases and bilirubin content, increase of microsomal cytochrome P-450 concentration, and decrease of 5'-nucleotidase, K+,Na+- and Mg2+-adenosine triphosphatase activities in liver plasma membrane preparations. These changes were potentiated by ethanol consumption suggesting a possible role of liver plasma membrane damage in the pathogenesis of HCB intoxication.
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D001711:Biotransformation; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D002722:Chlorobenzenes / Q000633:toxicity*; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism; D004357:Drug Synergism; D000431:Ethanol / Q000633:toxicity*; D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood; D006581:Hexachlorobenzene / Q000633:toxicity*; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism; D009708:Nucleotidases / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002722:Chlorobenzenes; D000431:Ethanol; D006581:Hexachlorobenzene; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D009708:Nucleotidases; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D001663:Bilirubin