Treatment with poly I.C. enhances lipid peroxidation and the activity of xanthine oxidase, and decreases hepatic P-450 content and activities in mice and rats

Autor: Roy L. Walford, Toshiko Imamura, Akio Koizumi
Rok vydání: 1986
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Zdroj: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 134:632-637
ISSN: 0006-291X
DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(86)80466-1
Popis: Treatment of mice and rats with polyriboinosinic acid-polyribocytidylic acid (poly I.C., 5 mg/kg i.p.), a potent interferon inducer, decreased hepatic cytochrome P-450 system content and activities without influencing P-450-independent xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes. Treatment with poly I.C. decreased the content of P-450 by 28% in mice (P less than 0.05) and 30% in rats (P less than 0.05) but did not alter the activity of cytochrome c reductase. With treatment of poly I.C., the activity of XO increased 87% in mice (P less than 0.01) and 30% in rats (P less than 0.01). Lipid peroxidation was enhanced by 82% in mice (P less than 0.01) and 95% in rats (P less than 0.05). These results raise the possibility that a part of the depression of P-450 system content and activities by poly I.C. might be caused by enhanced lipid peroxidation associated with increased activity of XO.
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