Endotoxin protects against chlorpromazine-induced cholestasis in the isolated perfused rat liver. 1981

R Utili, and C O Abernathy, and H J Zimmerman, and G B Gaeta, and L Adinolfi, and L Lukacs

Induction of endotoxin tolerance or acute chlorpromazine treatment caused a decrease in bile and perfusate flow in the isolated perfused rat liver. The primary effects of each appeared to be on the bile acid-independent fraction of bile. Both the induction of endotoxin tolerance and the in vitro treatment of the perfused rat liver with endotoxin partially blocked the adverse effects of chlorpromazine on bile formation and perfusate flow. Although the "protective" effects of the in vitro endotoxin treatment were dose-dependent, the protection afforded by endotoxin tolerance was greater. Preincubation of isolated hepatocytes with endotoxin, before the addition of chlorpromazine, caused dose-dependent reductions in the chlorpromazine-induced release of aspartate transaminase. However, neither the incubation of endotoxin with chlorpromazine, before addition of membranes isolated from control rats, nor isolation of membranes from endotoxin-tolerant rats affected the inhibitory effects of chlorpromazine on sodium, potassium-, or magnesium-activated adenosine triphosphatase. If endotoxin exerts its protective effects at the membrane level, these data suggest that endotoxin is able to protect the intact, but not the isolated, hepatocyte membrane or that inhibition of adenosine triphosphatases by chlorpromazine is not important in the adverse effects of chlorpromazine on the perfused rat liver and isolated rat hepatocytes.

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
D002746 Chlorpromazine The prototypical phenothiazine antipsychotic drug. Like the other drugs in this class chlorpromazine's antipsychotic actions are thought to be due to long-term adaptation by the brain to blocking DOPAMINE RECEPTORS. Chlorpromazine has several other actions and therapeutic uses, including as an antiemetic and in the treatment of intractable hiccup. Aminazine,Chlorazine,Chlordelazine,Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride,Contomin,Fenactil,Largactil,Propaphenin,Thorazine,Hydrochloride, Chlorpromazine
D002779 Cholestasis Impairment of bile flow due to obstruction in small bile ducts (INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS) or obstruction in large bile ducts (EXTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS). Bile Duct Obstruction,Biliary Stasis,Bile Duct Obstructions,Biliary Stases,Cholestases,Duct Obstruction, Bile,Duct Obstructions, Bile,Obstruction, Bile Duct,Obstructions, Bile Duct,Stases, Biliary,Stasis, Biliary
D004731 Endotoxins Toxins closely associated with the living cytoplasm or cell wall of certain microorganisms, which do not readily diffuse into the culture medium, but are released upon lysis of the cells. Endotoxin
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
D001647 Bile Acids and Salts Steroid acids and salts. The primary bile acids are derived from cholesterol in the liver and usually conjugated with glycine or taurine. The secondary bile acids are further modified by bacteria in the intestine. They play an important role in the digestion and absorption of fat. They have also been used pharmacologically, especially in the treatment of gallstones. Bile Acid,Bile Salt,Bile Salts,Bile Acids,Acid, Bile,Acids, Bile,Salt, Bile,Salts, Bile
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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