title: Identification of glutathione S-transferase isozymes and gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase as negative acute-phase proteins in rat liver.
abstract: Because acute infection and inflammation affect drug metabolism and drug-metabolizing enzymes, the effect of the acute-phase response on the expression of glutathione S-transferase (GST) isoenzymes, glutathione synthesis, and several antioxidant enzymes was investigated. Hepatic expression of GST isozymes, positive and negative acute-phase reactants, and antioxidant enzymes were determined by Northern blotting and hybridization with gene-specific oligonucleotide probes after lipopolysaccharide treatment of rats. Lipopolysaccharide caused the expected acute-phase response as judged by the increased expression of positive and decreased expression of negative acute-phase proteins. The messenger RNA (mRNA) expression of the major hepatic rat GST isozymes A1, A2, A3, M1, and M2 was decreased 50% to 90%. Total hepatic GST activity toward 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene was also significantly decreased. mRNA expression of gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase (GCS) large subunit and catalase was reduced by approximately 60%. GCS enzyme activity was also decreased, resulting in a 35% decrease in the hepatic content of reduced glutathione 4 days after lipopolysaccharide challenge. Mn-Superoxide dismutase expression was increased 13-fold, and thioredoxin level was elevated 3-fold after lipopolysaccharide challenge. The expression of all parameters determined returned to near control levels 7 days after treatment. Together, these data show that GSTs and GCS are negative acute-phase proteins and that decreased GCS activity results in a decrease in hepatic glutathione content. Thus, in addition to the phase I drug-metabolizing enzymes known to be decreased during the acute-phase response, some phase II enzymes involved in the elimination of xenobiotics and carcinogens are also decreased.
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA. buetlert@hotmail.com
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Buetler
mesh_terms: D000209:Acute-Phase Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D005721:Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase / Q000378:metabolism*; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D000209:Acute-Phase Proteins; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D005721:Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase; D005978:Glutathione