title: Increase in cellular pool of low-molecular-weight iron during ethanol metabolism in rat hepatocyte cultures. Relationship with lipid peroxidation.
abstract: Ethanol-induced lipid peroxidation was studied in primary rat hepatocyte cultures supplemented with ethanol at the concentration of 50 mM. Lipid peroxidation was assessed by two indices: (1) conjugated dienes by second-derivative UV spectroscopy in lipid extract of hepatocytes (intracellular content), and (2) free malondialdehyde (MDA) by HPLC-UV detection and quantitation for the incubation medium (extracellular content). In cultures supplemented with ethanol, free MDA increased significantly in culture media, whereas no elevation of conjugated diene level was observed in the corresponding hepatocytes. The cellular pool of low-mol-wt (LMW) iron was also evaluated in the hepatocytes using an electron spin resonance procedure. An early increase of intracellular LMW iron (< or = 1 hr) was observed in ethanol-supplemented cultures; it was inhibited by 4-methylpyrazole, an inhibitor of alcohol dehydrogenase, whereas alpha-tocopherol, which prevented lipid peroxidation, did not inhibit the increase of LMW iron. Therefore, the LMW iron elevation was the result of ethanol metabolism and was not secondarily induced by lipid hydroperoxides. Thus, ethanol caused lipid peroxidation in rat hepatocytes as shown by the increase of free MDA, although no conjugated diene elevation was detected. During ethanol metabolism, an increase in cellular LMW iron was observed that could enhance conjugated diene degradation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Végétale, INSERM U49, UFR des Sciences Pharmaceutiques, Rennes, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sergent
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Morel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cogrel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chevanne
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pasdeloup
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brissot
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lescoat
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cillard
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cillard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003676:Deferoxamine; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000077604:Fomepizole; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D011720:Pyrazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D013997:Time Factors; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011720:Pyrazoles; D014810:Vitamin E; D000431:Ethanol; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D000077604:Fomepizole; D007501:Iron; D003676:Deferoxamine