title: Protection by indomethacin against the lethality and hepatotoxicity of phalloidin in mice.
abstract: The present study examined the possible involvement of endogenous cyclooxygenase-derived factors in the lethality and hepatic hemorrhagic necrosis induced by phalloidin. Mice were pretreated with indomethacin, aspirin or ibuprofen (all inhibitors of cyclooxygenase) and injected with phalloidin (2 mg/kg). The toxin induced 75% lethality and caused severe hemorrhagic necrosis of the liver associated with increased serum levels of AST and ALT. Indomethacin completely prevented the mortality and hepatic damage elicited by phalloidin as judged by morphologic analysis and serum AST and ALT release. The in vitro addition of indomethacin to suspensions of freshly-isolated hepatocytes decreased plasma membrane bleb formation induced by phalloidin. In contrast to indomethacin, aspirin and ibuprofen did not influence phalloidin toxicity in vivo. These results suggest that inhibition of prostanoids per se may not be the sole mechanism of protection by indomethacin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barriault
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Audet
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Yousef
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tuchweber
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood / Q000187:drug effects; D001241:Aspirin / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury; D005260:Female; D007052:Ibuprofen / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D051379:Mice; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010590:Phalloidine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000633:toxicity*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D010590:Phalloidine; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D001241:Aspirin; D007052:Ibuprofen; D007213:Indomethacin