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The focus of this study was to investigate the influences of enzymatic scavengers of active oxygen metabolites and phospholipase A2 inhibitor on hepatic secretory and microsomal function during hepatic ischemia/reperfusion. Rats were pretreated with free radical scavengers such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, deferoxamine and phospholipase A2 inhibitor such as quinacrine and then subjected to 60 min. no-flow hepatic ischemiain vivo. After 1, 5 hr of reperfusion, bile was collected, blood was obtained from the abdominal aorta, and liver microsomes were isolated. Serum aminotransferase (ALT) level was increased at 1 hr and peaked at 5 hr. The increase in ALT was significantly attenuated by SOD plus catalase, deferoxamine and quinacrine especially at 5 hr of reperfusion. The wet weight-to-dry weight ratio of the liver was significantly increased by ischemia/reperfusion. SOD and catalase treatment minimized the increase in this ratio. Hepatic lipid peroxidation was elevated by ischemia/reperfusion, and this elevation was inhibited by free radical scavengers and quinacrine. Bile flow and cholate output, but not bilirubin output, were markedly decreased by ischemia/reperfusion and quinacrine restored the secretion. Cytochrome P450 content was decreased by ischemia/reperfusion and restored by free radical scavengers and quinacrine to the level of that of the sham operated group. Aminopyrine N-demethylase activity was decreased and anilinep-hydroxylase was increased by ischemia/reperfusion. The changes in the activities of the two enzymes were prevented by free radical scavengers and quinacrine. Our findings suggest that ischemia/reperfusion diminishes hepatic secretory functions as well as microsomal drug metabolizing systems by increasing lipid peroxidation, and in addition to free radicals, other factors such as phospholipase A2 are involved in pathogenes of hepatic dysfunction after ischemia/reperfusion.
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Park, MJ., Cho, TS. & Lee, SM. The role of oxygen free radicals and phospholipase A2 in ischemia-reperfusion injury to the liver. Arch. Pharm. Res. 18, 189–194 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02979194
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