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Status of reduced glutathione in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes and the effect on conjugation of benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-oxide. 1983

H Morrison, and V Hammarskiöld, and B Jernström

The intracellular level of reduced glutathione (GSH) and GSH conjugation have been investigated in primary cell cultures of hepatocytes isolated from control rats, phenobarbitone (PB) and 3-methylcholanthrene (MC) treated rats. The data demonstrate that in all cell cultures the GSH concentrations show a triphasic pattern: (i) within 1 h of culture an initial marked decrease to 50% of the levels found in fresh hepatocytes; (ii) recovery of GSH concentrations to above the levels observed in fresh cells. This occurs after 6 h in culture with control cells and after 10-24 h with cells from either PB or MC treated rats and was most prominent in cells from PB-treated rats. (iii) A slow decline to between 30 and 40 nmol GSH/mg protein from 24 to 96 h in culture. Synthesis of GSH was slower in cultured cells from PB treated rats and this was confirmed by the resynthesis rates when diethylmaleate (DEM) was used to deplete GSH. The formation of GSH conjugates with racemic 7 beta,8 alpha-dihydroxy-9 alpha,10 alpha-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyrene (BPDE) was measured in control cells in suspension and after 3 and 24 h in culture. Despite the decrease in GSH concentrations observed between 1 and 4 h after culture, the conjugation rates were not decreased.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
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
D008298 Maleates Derivatives of maleic acid (the structural formula (COO-)-C
D011919 Rats, Inbred Strains Genetically identical individuals developed from brother and sister matings which have been carried out for twenty or more generations or by parent x offspring matings carried out with certain restrictions. This also includes animals with a long history of closed colony breeding. August Rats,Inbred Rat Strains,Inbred Strain of Rat,Inbred Strain of Rats,Inbred Strains of Rats,Rat, Inbred Strain,August Rat,Inbred Rat Strain,Inbred Strain Rat,Inbred Strain Rats,Inbred Strains Rat,Inbred Strains Rats,Rat Inbred Strain,Rat Inbred Strains,Rat Strain, Inbred,Rat Strains, Inbred,Rat, August,Rat, Inbred Strains,Rats Inbred Strain,Rats Inbred Strains,Rats, August,Rats, Inbred Strain,Strain Rat, Inbred,Strain Rats, Inbred,Strain, Inbred Rat,Strains, Inbred Rat
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
D001580 Benzopyrenes A class of chemicals that contain an anthracene ring with a naphthalene ring attached to it. Benzpyrene
D015123 7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide 7,8,8a,9a-Tetrahydrobenzo(10,11)chryseno (3,4-b)oxirene-7,8-diol. A benzopyrene derivative with carcinogenic and mutagenic activity. 7,8-Dihydroxy-9,10-Epoxy-7,8,9,10-Tetrahydrobenzo(a)pyrene,Benzo(a)pyrene 7,8-Dihydrodiol 9,10-Epoxide,7,8-BaP-9,10-Diol Epoxide,Anti-BaPDE,BPDE,Benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-diol 9,10-Epoxide,Anti BaPDE
D051381 Rats The common name for the genus Rattus. Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus

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