Comparative Study of Hepatotoxicity of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids Retrorsine and Monocrotaline. 2017

Xiaojing Yang, and Weiwei Li, and Ying Sun, and Xiucai Guo, and Wenlin Huang, and Ying Peng, and Jiang Zheng
Wuya College of Innovation, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University , Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, P. R. China.

Many pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) can cause liver injury in animals and humans. Different hepatotoxic PAs can produce similar hepatotoxic effects, but the degree of their toxicities may vary widely. Retrorsine (RTS) and monocrotaline (MCT) share the same core structure (retronecine) and similar metabolic activation pathway. RTS and MCT both produced liver injury, but the former was more hepatotoxic than the latter. Enzyme kinetic study demonstrated that the value of Vmax/Km for RTS was 5.5-fold larger than that of MCT. Additionally, RTS produced higher levels of pyrrole-glutathione (GSH) conjugates and protein covalent binding than MCT at the same dose. Furthermore, RTS induced significant hepatic GSH depletion but MCT did little. This comparative study provides clear evidence that the generation of the reactive pyrrolic intermediates plays a critical role in PA-induced hepatotoxicity.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
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
D011763 Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids A group of ALKALOIDS, characterized by a nitrogen-containing necine, occurring mainly in plants of the BORAGINACEAE; COMPOSITAE; and LEGUMINOSAE plant families. They can be activated in the liver by hydrolysis of the ester and desaturation of the necine base to reactive electrophilic pyrrolic CYTOTOXINS. Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid,Senecio Alkaloid,Senecio Alkaloids,Alkaloid, Pyrrolizidine,Alkaloid, Senecio,Alkaloids, Pyrrolizidine,Alkaloids, Senecio
D005978 Glutathione A tripeptide with many roles in cells. It conjugates to drugs to make them more soluble for excretion, is a cofactor for some enzymes, is involved in protein disulfide bond rearrangement and reduces peroxides. Reduced Glutathione,gamma-L-Glu-L-Cys-Gly,gamma-L-Glutamyl-L-Cysteinylglycine,Glutathione, Reduced,gamma L Glu L Cys Gly,gamma L Glutamyl L Cysteinylglycine
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D016686 Monocrotaline A pyrrolizidine alkaloid and a toxic plant constituent that poisons livestock and humans through the ingestion of contaminated grains and other foods. The alkaloid causes pulmonary artery hypertension, right ventricular hypertrophy, and pathological changes in the pulmonary vasculature. Significant attenuation of the cardiopulmonary changes are noted after oral magnesium treatment. Monocrotaline Hydrochloride (13alpha,14alpha)-Isomer,Monocrotaline, (all-xi)-Isomer
D051379 Mice The common name for the genus Mus. Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus

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