title: Discrepancy between the different subcellular activities of rat liver catalase and superoxide dismutases in response to acute ethanol administration.
abstract: After acute ethanol administration (2.3 g/kg) peroxisomal and extra-peroxisomal catalase activities were affected in opposite directions. As long as ethanol was present, peroxisomal catalase activity was enhanced, but unaffected by amino-triazole (AT) injection. Extra-peroxisomal catalase activity was decreased during the 24hr following ethanol administration and was also inhibited after AT injection. Whereas mitochondrial manganese-dependent superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) was unaffected, the cytosolic Cu,Zn-SOD activity was decreased. The time-course of this decrease suggests that acute ethanol administration affects primarily extra-peroxisomal catalase activity, thus rendering cytosolic superoxide dismutase more exposed to oxygen derivatives.
mesh_terms: D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000201:enzymology*; D000640:Amitrole / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002374:Catalase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood; D005609:Free Radicals; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008830:Microbodies / Q000201:enzymology; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000201:enzymology; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D000431:Ethanol; D002374:Catalase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D000640:Amitrole