title: Effect of L-carnitine supplementation on xenobiotic-metabolizing hepatic enzymes exposed to methanol.
abstract: The study aimed to evaluate the effect of L-carnitine on hepatic cytochrome P450-dependent monooxygenases exposed to methanol. Male Spraque-Dawley rats were given methanol (1/4 LD50 and 1/2 LD50) together with L-carnitine (1g/kg body weight). The parameters of microsome electron transport chains I and II and the levels of CYP2E1, CYP2B1/2 and CYP1A2 were measured 8, 12, 24, 48, 72 and 96 h after exposure. L-carnitine did not affect cytochrome P450 but it significantly increased at 72 and 96 h NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase. It stimulated cytochrome b5 at 48 and 96 h and NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase activity at 12, 72 and 96 h. Methanol, especially the lower dose, inhibited cytochrome P450 after 48 h, but the higher methanol dose inhibited NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase activity in this time. L-carnitine, combined with the lower dose of methanol, stimulated NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase after 48 h and cytochrome b5 and NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase over the whole period of observation. L-carnitine stimulated CYP2B1/2 but not CYP2E1 and CYP1A2. Methanol stimulated CYP2E1 at 24 h, but CYP1A2 at 96 h in the studied doses. CYP2B1/2 was induced by the lower dose of methanol at 24 h but by the higher one at 96 h. When given together, L-carnitine and methanol (1/2 LD50) significantly stimulated CYP2E1 up to 170% at 24 h and 145% at 96 h.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Silesia, ul. Medyków 18, 40-752 Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Zofia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Olszowy
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Plewka
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Czech
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nowicka
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Plewka
authors.forename: Grazyna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nowaczyk
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamiński
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002331:Carnitine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D008297:Male; D000432:Methanol / Q000633:toxicity*; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012997:Solvents / Q000633:toxicity*; D013997:Time Factors; D014803:Vitamin B Complex / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D012997:Solvents; D014803:Vitamin B Complex; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase; D002331:Carnitine; D000432:Methanol