title: Protective effect of Phyllanthus fraternus against carbon tetrachloride-induced mitochondrial dysfunction.
abstract: The effect of carbon tetrachloride administration on liver mitochondrial function and the protective effect of an aqueous extract of Phyllanthus fraternus were studied in rats. The following changes were observed in mitochondria due to the administration of carbon tetrachloride. 1) A decrease in the rate of respiration, respiratory control ratio and P/O ratio using glutamate and malate or succinate as substrates. 2) A decrease in the activities of NADH dehydrogenase (35%), succinate dehydrogenase (76%) and cytochrome c oxidase (51%). The rate of electron transfer through site I, site II and site III was studied independently and found to be significantly decreased. 3) A decrease in the content of cytochrome aa3 (34%). 4) A significant decrease in the levels of phospholipids particularly cardiolipin and a significant increase in the lipid peroxide level was observed. The carbon tetrachloride induced toxicity may be partly due to the lipid peroxidation and partly due to the effect on protein synthesis. Administration of rats with an aqueous extract of P. fraternus prior to carbon tetrachloride administration showed significant protection on the carbon tetrachloride induced mitochondrial dysfunction on all the parameters studied.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Padma
authors.forename: O H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Setty
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000633:toxicity; D004579:Electron Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000378:metabolism; D019665:Euphorbiaceae / Q000737:chemistry; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D009245:NADH Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013385:Succinate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010743:Phospholipids; D010936:Plant Extracts; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride; D013385:Succinate Dehydrogenase; D009245:NADH Dehydrogenase; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase