title: Effect of potassium sorbate on cellular GSH level and lipid peroxidation in cultured rat hepatocytes.
abstract: Change in cellular reduced glutathione (GSH) level was examined after the addition of 1-10 mM potassium sorbate (SA-K) to cultured rat hepatocytes. The cellular GSH content was decreased to the lowest level at 6 h after the addition of SA-K, and then gradually returned to the normal level except for hepatocytes exposed to 10 mM SA-K. Although the decrease in GSH level was not associated with lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) leakage in hepatocytes exposed to SA-K up to the concentration of 5 mM, cell injury was caused in cells exposed to 10 mM SA-K. When eicosapentaenoic acid was added in conjunction with various concentrations of SA-K to hepatocytes, peroxidation of the fatty acid was accelerated in parallel with the decrease in cellular GSH level. The enhanced lipid peroxidation in the hepatocytes co-exposed to SA-K and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) induced the development of cell injury. These results suggest that hepatocytes exposed to SA-K become susceptible to oxidative stress such as lipid peroxidation.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuyama University, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sugihara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuruta
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furuno
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015118:Eicosapentaenoic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism*; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects*; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013011:Sorbic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D015118:Eicosapentaenoic Acid; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D005978:Glutathione; D013011:Sorbic Acid