title: Antioxidative effect of protoporphyrin and increase of glutathione in protoporphyrin-administered rat liver.
abstract: The effect of protoporphyrin (PP) administration on the activities of enzymes related to and/or involved in lipid peroxidation and on the content of reduced glutathione (GSH) was investigated in rat liver. PP, at an intravenous dose of 20 mg/kg, increased GSH content, caused a weak suppression of NADPH-cytochrome c reductase activity and a slight increase of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase activity 24 h after dosing, but had no effect on the activities of other enzymes such as xanthine oxidase, superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, glutathione S-transferase, gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase or glutathione synthetase. Treatment of rats with diethyl maleate following PP injection resulted in the disappearance of antioxidative action of PP. Furthermore, sinusoidal, but not canalicular, efflux of hepatic GSH was decreased by the PP treatment. The increase of liver GSH content by PP treatment due to the decrease of sinusoidal efflux of GSH from the liver, thus would be involved in the exertion of antioxidative action of PP.
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; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008298:Maleates / Q000494:pharmacology; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase / Q000378:metabolism; D010477:Perfusion; D011524:Protoporphyrins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D008298:Maleates; D011524:Protoporphyrins; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase; C014476:diethyl maleate; D005978:Glutathione