title: The effect of thioacetamide on the activity and expression of cytosolic rat liver glutathione-S-transferase.
abstract: The effect of thioacetamide (TA), an hepatotoxic and hepatocarcinogenic compound, on the expression and activity of the cytosolic enzyme glutathione-S-transferase (GST) was studied in rat liver. Four h following the administration of 14C-labeled thioacetamide (50 mg/Kg), several subunits of GST were found to be radioactively labeled. A single sublethal dose of TA (250 mg/Kg) decreased by three-fold the expression of class alpha GST at 24-48 h of treatment, but did not significantly affect the transcription of class mu GST. The activity of the enzyme toward 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene was mildly inhibited (66% of the control) by a 24 h TA treatment and gradually increased thereafter. It is proposed that the covalent binding of TA or its derivative to the GST subunits does not affect the activity of the enzyme. Nevertheless, GST activity inhibition is due to the deleterious effect of TA on GST transcription.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo-SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Spira
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Raw
mesh_terms: D000352:Africa, Northern; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013853:Thioacetamide / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D013853:Thioacetamide; D005982:Glutathione Transferase