title: Resistance of hepatic lysosomes, mitochondria and microsomes of protoporphyrin-administered rats to peroxidative damage.
abstract: Antioxidative inhibition by protoporphyrin (PP) of peroxidative damage in lysosomes, mitochondria and microsomes of rat liver was investigated at 24 h after an intravenous administration of PP. Using a lysosome-containing (3500 x g) fraction, the release of lysosomal marker enzymes, acid phosphatase and aryl sulfatase, from lysosome which had been stimulated by L-ascorbic acid (AsA), was decreased dose-dependently, as was the inhibition of lipid peroxidation by PP in the fraction. Swelling of mitochondria induced by Fe2+ and AsA was also inhibited in the PP-injected rat. In microsomes, lipid peroxidation stimulated by AsA caused a decrease in activity of a microsomal marker enzyme, glucose 6-phosphatase, and in P450 content. The extent of the decrease by AsA, both in activity and content, was diminished in PP-administered rat liver microsomes. These results indicate that PP protects those subcellular fractions from deterioration by lipid peroxidation.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aimoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007501:Iron / Q000494:pharmacology; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D008566:Membranes / Q000187:drug effects; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D008933:Mitochondrial Swelling / Q000187:drug effects; D011524:Protoporphyrins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D011524:Protoporphyrins; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D007501:Iron; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase