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Effect of aging on in vivo and in vitro ethanol metabolism and its toxicity in F344 rats. 1989

H K Seitz, and M Meydani, and I Ferschke, and U A Simanowski, and J Boesche, and M Bogusz, and W W Hoepker, and J B Blumberg, and R M Russell
Department of Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany.

To investigate the effect of aging on ethanol metabolism, 24 male and female F344 rats aged 2 and 12 mo that were fed a laboratory diet received ethanol (1.2 and 2.5 g/kg body wt) intraperitoneally. In male rats, in vivo ethanol elimination significantly decreased according to age both at high (436 +/- 38 vs. 294 +/- 27 mg/kg.h; p less than 0.01) and low (365 +/- 19 vs. 261 +/- 8 mg/kg.h; p less than 0.01) blood ethanol concentrations. Age did not influence the specific activity of hepatic or gastric alcohol dehydrogenase, whereas the activity was significantly decreased with age in the liver (p less than 0.05) and in the stomach (p less than 0.001) when related to body weight. In addition, the activity of the hepatic microsomal ethanol oxidizing system decreased significantly according to age (8.7 +/- 0.5 vs. 6.00 +/- 0.3 nmol/min.mg micr. protein; p less than 0.001). To study the response of ethanol-metabolizing enzymes to chronic ethanol ingestion, 2- and 19-mo-old male F344 rats were pair-fed nutritionally adequate liquid diets containing 36% of total calories either as ethanol or isocaloric carbohydrate for 3 wk. In this experiment specific alcohol dehydrogenase activity was not significantly affected by age, whereas the hepatic microsomal function estimated by the determination of cytochrome P450, microsomal ethanol oxidizing system, and aniline hydroxylation as well as hepatic mitochondrial low Km-acetaldehyde dehydrogenase activity was found to be markedly depressed with age (p less than 0.01). Chronic ethanol consumption increased microsomal enzyme activities in older rats to levels comparable to those observed in young animals prior to ethanol administration. Chronic ethanol feeding also resulted in an increased hepatic fat accumulation, which was significantly enhanced in older rats. In contrast to male rats, in vivo ethanol metabolism was practically identical for 2- and 12-mo-old female rats. These data demonstrate an enhanced toxicity of alcohol in older compared to younger male but not female rats associated with a delay in alcohol elimination both at high and low ethanol blood concentrations and a decrease in ethanol- and acetaldehyde-metabolizing enzyme activities.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008862 Microsomes, Liver Closed vesicles of fragmented endoplasmic reticulum created when liver cells or tissue are disrupted by homogenization. They may be smooth or rough. Liver Microsomes,Liver Microsome,Microsome, Liver
D008930 Mitochondria, Liver Mitochondria in hepatocytes. As in all mitochondria, there are an outer membrane and an inner membrane, together creating two separate mitochondrial compartments: the internal matrix space and a much narrower intermembrane space. In the liver mitochondrion, an estimated 67% of the total mitochondrial proteins is located in the matrix. (From Alberts et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2d ed, p343-4) Liver Mitochondria,Liver Mitochondrion,Mitochondrion, Liver
D011916 Rats, Inbred F344 An inbred strain of rat that is used for general BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH purposes. Fischer Rats,Rats, Inbred CDF,Rats, Inbred Fischer 344,Rats, F344,Rats, Inbred Fisher 344,CDF Rat, Inbred,CDF Rats, Inbred,F344 Rat,F344 Rat, Inbred,F344 Rats,F344 Rats, Inbred,Inbred CDF Rat,Inbred CDF Rats,Inbred F344 Rat,Inbred F344 Rats,Rat, F344,Rat, Inbred CDF,Rat, Inbred F344,Rats, Fischer
D003577 Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System A superfamily of hundreds of closely related HEMEPROTEINS found throughout the phylogenetic spectrum, from animals, plants, fungi, to bacteria. They include numerous complex monooxygenases (MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES). In animals, these P-450 enzymes serve two major functions: (1) biosynthesis of steroids, fatty acids, and bile acids; (2) metabolism of endogenous and a wide variety of exogenous substrates, such as toxins and drugs (BIOTRANSFORMATION). They are classified, according to their sequence similarities rather than functions, into CYP gene families (>40% homology) and subfamilies (>59% homology). For example, enzymes from the CYP1, CYP2, and CYP3 gene families are responsible for most drug metabolism. Cytochrome P-450,Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme,Cytochrome P-450-Dependent Monooxygenase,P-450 Enzyme,P450 Enzyme,CYP450 Family,CYP450 Superfamily,Cytochrome P-450 Enzymes,Cytochrome P-450 Families,Cytochrome P-450 Monooxygenase,Cytochrome P-450 Oxygenase,Cytochrome P-450 Superfamily,Cytochrome P450,Cytochrome P450 Superfamily,Cytochrome p450 Families,P-450 Enzymes,P450 Enzymes,Cytochrome P 450,Cytochrome P 450 Dependent Monooxygenase,Cytochrome P 450 Enzyme,Cytochrome P 450 Enzyme System,Cytochrome P 450 Enzymes,Cytochrome P 450 Families,Cytochrome P 450 Monooxygenase,Cytochrome P 450 Oxygenase,Cytochrome P 450 Superfamily,Enzyme, Cytochrome P-450,Enzyme, P-450,Enzyme, P450,Enzymes, Cytochrome P-450,Enzymes, P-450,Enzymes, P450,Monooxygenase, Cytochrome P-450,Monooxygenase, Cytochrome P-450-Dependent,P 450 Enzyme,P 450 Enzymes,P-450 Enzyme, Cytochrome,P-450 Enzymes, Cytochrome,Superfamily, CYP450,Superfamily, Cytochrome P-450,Superfamily, Cytochrome P450
D005260 Female Females
D000375 Aging The gradual irreversible changes in structure and function of an organism that occur as a result of the passage of time. Senescence,Aging, Biological,Biological Aging
D000426 Alcohol Dehydrogenase A zinc-containing enzyme which oxidizes primary and secondary alcohols or hemiacetals in the presence of NAD. In alcoholic fermentation, it catalyzes the final step of reducing an aldehyde to an alcohol in the presence of NADH and hydrogen. Alcohol Dehydrogenase (NAD+),Alcohol Dehydrogenase I,Alcohol Dehydrogenase II,Alcohol-NAD+ Oxidoreductase,Yeast Alcohol Dehydrogenase,Alcohol Dehydrogenase, Yeast,Alcohol NAD+ Oxidoreductase,Dehydrogenase, Alcohol,Dehydrogenase, Yeast Alcohol,Oxidoreductase, Alcohol-NAD+
D000431 Ethanol A clear, colorless liquid rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and distributed throughout the body. It has bactericidal activity and is used often as a topical disinfectant. It is widely used as a solvent and preservative in pharmaceutical preparations as well as serving as the primary ingredient in ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. Alcohol, Ethyl,Absolute Alcohol,Grain Alcohol,Alcohol, Absolute,Alcohol, Grain,Ethyl Alcohol
D000445 Aldehyde Oxidoreductases Oxidoreductases that are specific for ALDEHYDES. Aldehyde Oxidoreductase,Oxidoreductase, Aldehyde,Oxidoreductases, Aldehyde

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