title: Protective effect of S-adenosylmethionine on cellular and mitochondrial membranes of rat hepatocytes against tert-butylhydroperoxide-induced injury in primary culture.
abstract: Accumulating evidence that administration of S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe) protects hepatocytes against oxidative stress-mediated injury led us to evaluate the effect of SAMe on hepatocyte injury induced in culture by oxidant substance tert-butylhydroperoxide (1.5 mM tBHP) with regard to prevent mitochondrial injury. The pretreatment of hepatocyte culture with SAMe in doses of 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2.5, 5, 10, 25 and 50 mg/l for 30 min prevented the release of LDH from cells incubated for 30 min with tBHP in a dose dependent manner. The inhibitory effect of SAMe on lipid peroxidation paralleled the effect on cell viability. SAMe also moderated the decrease of the mitochondrial membrane potential induced by tBHP. Our results indicate that the inhibition of lipid peroxidation by SAMe can contribute to the prevention of disruption of both cellular and mitochondrial membranes. While the protective effect of SAMe against tBHP-induced GSH depletion was not confirmed, probably the most potent effect of SAMe on membranes by phospholipid methylation should be verified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague, Simkova 870, 500 38 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. lotko@lfhk.cuni.cz
authors.forename: Halka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lotková
authors.forename: Zuzana
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cervinková
authors.forename: Otto
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kucera
authors.forename: Pavla
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kriváková
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kand'ár
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects*; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012436:S-Adenosylmethionine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020122:tert-Butylhydroperoxide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D012436:S-Adenosylmethionine; D020122:tert-Butylhydroperoxide; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase