title: Effect of AY-25,712 and other lipid-lowering agents on liver catalase and liver carnitine acetyltransferase in rats.
abstract: The effect of the hypolipidemic agent AY-25,712 on liver catalase and carnitine acetyltransferase was studied in rats. At 250 mg/kg/day for 2 or 4 weeks, i.e., at least 125 times the minimum effective hypolipidemic dose, AY-25,712 had no effect on liver weight or liver catalase. Liver catalase was elevated after a 2-week treatment with clofibrate (+ 30%), bezafibrate (+71%), and fenofibrate (+77%) at doses of 250 mg/kg/day, and with ciprofibrate (+111%) at 25 mg/kg/day. Gemfibrozil at 250 mg/kg/day for 4 weeks increased catalase by 86%. The relative increase in liver weight induced by these compounds showed a good correlation to increased catalase. Nicotinic acid (250 mg/kg/day for 2 weeks) did not alter liver weight or catalase. Clofibrate increased carnitine acetyltransferase by 176% while AY-25,712 had no effect. The results show that AY-25,712 and nicotinic acid did not induce changes in the livers of rats which are associated with treatment by various other hypolipidemic agents.
mesh_terms: D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002332:Carnitine O-Acetyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism*; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism*; D005663:Furans / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D005663:Furans; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents; C036804:acifran; D002374:Catalase; D000123:Acetyltransferases; D002332:Carnitine O-Acetyltransferase