Effects of vitamin E on D-galactosamine-induced or carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatotoxicity. 1982

T Yoshikawa, and Y Furukawa, and M Murakami, and S Takemura, and M Kondo

Experimental liver disorders were induced by the use of carbon tetrachloride or D-galactosamine hydrochloride in rats maintained on a vitamin E deficient diet and in rats fed a diet supplemented with vitamin E, and the protective effect of vitamin E on the liver was determined. After exposure to carbon tetrachloride or D-galactosamine hydrochloride the serum levels of transaminases, lysosomal enzyme beta-glucuronidase, and acid phosphatase were elevated, and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances in serum and liver homogenate were also increased. The changes were conspicuous in the vitamin E deficient rats, but were only slight in rats fed a diet supplemented with vitamin E. The results of this study suggest that vitamin E has a protective effect on liver disorders by inhibiting lysosomal enzyme liberation and lipid peroxidation.

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
D008247 Lysosomes A class of morphologically heterogeneous cytoplasmic particles in animal and plant tissues characterized by their content of hydrolytic enzymes and the structure-linked latency of these enzymes. The intracellular functions of lysosomes depend on their lytic potential. The single unit membrane of the lysosome acts as a barrier between the enzymes enclosed in the lysosome and the external substrate. The activity of the enzymes contained in lysosomes is limited or nil unless the vesicle in which they are enclosed is ruptured or undergoes MEMBRANE FUSION. (From Rieger et al., Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, 5th ed). Autolysosome,Autolysosomes,Lysosome
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
D002252 Carbon Tetrachloride Poisoning Poisoning that results from ingestion, injection, inhalation, or skin absorption of CARBON TETRACHLORIDE. CCl4 Poisoning,Poisoning, CCl4,Poisoning, Carbon Tetrachloride,CCl4 Poisonings,Carbon Tetrachloride Poisonings,Poisonings, Carbon Tetrachloride
D005260 Female Females
D005688 Galactosamine
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
D013858 Thiobarbiturates Compounds in which one or more of the ketone groups on the pyrimidine ring of barbituric acid are replaced by thione groups.
D014810 Vitamin E A generic descriptor for all TOCOPHEROLS and TOCOTRIENOLS that exhibit ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL activity. By virtue of the phenolic hydrogen on the 2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol nucleus, these compounds exhibit varying degree of antioxidant activity, depending on the site and number of methyl groups and the type of ISOPRENOIDS.
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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