title: Antidotal effects of deferrioxamine in experimental liver injury--role of lipid peroxidation.
abstract: Pretreatment with deferrioxamine (DFO, 125-500 mg/kg i.p.) protected male mice against CCl4- or CBrCl3-induced hepatotoxicity which is closely related to an inhibition of iron-dependent lipid peroxidation monitored by ethane exhalation. For allyl alcohol, 1,1-dichloroethylene, dimethylnitrosamine, thioacetamide, bromobenzene and paracetamol no hepatoprotection was achieved with DFO indicating that lipid peroxidation is not involved as a primary mechanism of toxicity. In the case of bromobenzene a marked in vivo lipid peroxidation was observed, which was unaffected by DFO and appears therefore to be iron-dependent.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Toxicology, Medical University of Lübeck, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Siegers
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Steffen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Younes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000931:Antidotes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003676:Deferoxamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
chemical_list: D000931:Antidotes; D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D003676:Deferoxamine