title: Effect of acarbose on alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase activities in the liver of control and diabetic CBA mice.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the short-term effects of diet containing 0.1% (m/m) of acarbose in standard laboratory chow on specific liver enzyme activities: alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) in control and diabetic CBA mice. Diabetes was induced by intravenous injection of alloxan monohydrate in a dose of 75 mg kg(-1) mouse body mass seven days before the treatment with acarbose. There were four groups of CBA mice in the experiment: control (C) mice (n = 6) and diabetic (D) mice (n = 8) fed standard chow; control (C/A-100) mice (n = 8) and diabetic (D/A-100) mice (n = 8) fed standard chow containing 0.1% acarbose. Diabetes induced a decrease of the ALT catalytic activities to 69.6% of the control value. A similar level of decreased ALT catalytic activity was detected in the liver of control and diabetic mice fed chow containing 0.1% acarbose. No changes in the specific and total activities of AST in the liver of experimental groups were observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biochemistry and Haematology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia. rpetlevski@pharma.hr
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Petlevski
authors.forename: Mirko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hadzija
authors.forename: Jana Lukac
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bajalo
authors.forename: Dubravka
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Juretić
mesh_terms: D020909:Acarbose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000496:Alloxan; D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000201:enzymology*; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA
chemical_list: D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D000496:Alloxan; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D020909:Acarbose