title: Protective and alleviative effects from 4 cysteine-containing compounds on ethanol-induced acute liver injury through suppression of oxidation and inflammation.
abstract: In vivo protective and alleviative effects of s-allyl cysteine (SAC), s-ethyl cysteine (SEC), s-methyl cysteine (SMC), and s-propyl cysteine (SPC) against alcohol-induced hepatotoxicity in Balb/cA mice were studied. In the preventive study, SAC, SEC, SMC, or SPC, each agent at 1 g/L, was added into the drinking water for 3 wk, and the mice were then treated with ethanol to induce acute liver injury. In the alleviative study, mice were first treated by ethanol followed by the 4 agent treatments for 3 wk. The preintake of these agents significantly attenuated subsequent alcohol-induced lipid oxidation, glutathione (GSH) depletion, and activity reduction of catalase and glutathione peroxidase (P < 0.05); also attenuated were the alcohol-induced elevation of c-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-10 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha (P < 0.05). The preintake of these agents also significantly retarded alcohol-induced cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) activity increase (P < 0.05). In the alleviative study, posttreatments from the 4 agents restored liver GSH content (P < 0.05); however, only SEC and SPC posttreatments significantly reduced lipid oxidation and alleviated the alcohol-induced elevation of CRP, IL-6, IL-10, and TNF-alpha (P < 0.05). SEC and SPC posttreatments also significantly diminished alcohol induced CYP2E1 activity (P < 0.05). These results support that SEC and SPC could provide both preventive and alleviative effects against alcohol-induced hepatotoxicity through suppression of oxidation and inflammation.
authors.affiliation: Div. of Gastroenterology, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Chang Bing Show-Chwan Memorial Hospital, Changhua County, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Sheng-lei
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Mei-chin
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Yin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003545:Cysteine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000431:Ethanol / Q000633:toxicity*; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D008108:Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*; D020011:Protective Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011897:Random Allocation
chemical_list: D020011:Protective Agents; D000431:Ethanol; C028742:S-propylcysteine; C065299:S-allylcysteine; C008425:S-methylcysteine; C026826:S-ethylcysteine; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D005978:Glutathione; D003545:Cysteine