title: Inhibitory effects of post low dose gamma-ray irradiation on ferric-nitrilotriacetate-induced mice liver damage.
abstract: We studied the effects of a single post whole-body low-dose irradiation (50 cGy of gamma-ray) on mice with ferric nitrilotriacetate (Fe3+-NTA)-induced transient hepatopathy. As a result, low-dose irradiation accelerated the rate of recovery. Based on the changes in glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT) activities, glutamic pyruvic transaminase (GPT) activities and lipid peroxide levels, it was shown that hepatopathy was improved by low-dose irradiation 3 h after Fe3+-NTA administration. This may be because of the enhancement of antioxidant agents such as total glutathione (GSH + GSSG), glutathione peroxidase (GPX), glutathione reductase (GR) and gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase (gamma-GCS) by low-dose irradiation. These findings suggest that low-dose irradiation relieved functional disorders at least in the livers of mice with active oxygen species related diseases.
authors.affiliation: Medical Radioscience, Okayama University Medical School, Japan. yamaoka@fhs.okayama-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamaoka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nomura
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000633:toxicity*; D005720:Gamma Rays; D005721:Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase / Q000378:metabolism; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D005980:Glutathione Reductase / Q000378:metabolism; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009571:Nitrilotriacetic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000633:toxicity; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D005290:Ferric Compounds; D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D005980:Glutathione Reductase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D005721:Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase; D005978:Glutathione; D009571:Nitrilotriacetic Acid; C020326:ferric nitrilotriacetate