title: Modification of mouse liver alcohol and aldehyde-dehydrogenase by chlorpromazine.
abstract: The in vivo and in vitro effect of chlorpromazine (CPZ) on female mouse liver alcohol dehydrogenase (L-ADH) and mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (L-ALDH) was studied as a function of illumination conditions. Chlorpromazine was injected once daily in a gradual dose build-up from 5 to 30 mg/kg, i.p., over 21 consecutive days. This resulted in a noncompetitive inhibition of endogenous L-ALDH of mice housed under UV light exposure but not those maintained under standard laboratory fluorescent lighting and receiving identical CPZ treatment. No changes occurred in L-ADH in vivo but a noncompetitive inhibition of mouse L-ADH was determined in the presence of 50 muMol of CPZ in vitro. The results are discussed in reference to possible toxic mechanism underlying CPZ and ethanol interaction.
mesh_terms: D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002746:Chlorpromazine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase; D002746:Chlorpromazine