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Role of caspases in acetaminophen-induced liver injury
被引:83
作者:
Jaeschke, H
[1
]
Cover, C
[1
]
Bajt, ML
[1
]
机构:
[1] Univ Arizona, Liver Res Inst, Tucson, AZ 85724 USA
关键词:
acetaminophen;
drug hepatotoxicity;
drug-induced apoptosis;
oncotic necrosis;
caspase inhibitors;
D O I:
10.1016/j.lfs.2005.07.003
中图分类号:
R-3 [医学研究方法];
R3 [基础医学];
学科分类号:
1001 ;
摘要:
The mode of cell death after acetaminophen (AAP) overdose is controversially discussed. A recent study reported a protective effect of the pancaspase inhibitor Z-VAD-fmk against AAP toxicity in vivo but the mechanism of protection remained unclear. Therefore, the objective of this investigation was to assess if Z-VAD-fmk or the low doses of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) used as solvent were responsible for the protection. Treatment with 10 mg/kg Z-VAD-fmk or diluted DMSO (0.25 ml/kg) for 15 min before but not 2.5 h after AAP prevented the oxidant stress (hepatic glutathione disulfide content; nitrotyrosine staining), DNA fragmentation (anti-histone ELISA, TUNEL assay) and liver injury (plasma ALT activities) at 6 h after administration of 300 mg/kg AAP Even a lower dose (0.1 ml/kg) of DMSO was partially effective. DMSO pretreatment also attenuated the initial decline in hepatic glutathione levels. On the other hand, 10 mu M Z-VAD-fink was unable to prevent AAP-induced cell death in primary cultured mouse hepatocytes. We conclude that Z-VAD-fmk does not protect against AAP-induced liver injury and, therefore, caspases are not involved in the mechanism of AAP-induced liver injury. In contrast, the protection in vivo is caused by the diluted DMSO, which is used to solubilize the inhibitor Z-VAD-fink. The results emphasize that even very low doses of DMSO, which are generally necessary to dissolve water-insoluble inhibitors, can have a profound impact on the toxicity of drugs and chemicals when metabolic activation is a critical aspect of the mechanism of cell injury. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:1670 / 1676
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