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Vitamin E and hepatotoxic agents

1. Carbon tetrachloride and lipid peroxidation in the rat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

J. Green ,
J. Bunyan ,
M. A. Cawthorne  and
A. T. Diplock
J. Green
Affiliation:
Beecham Research Laboratories, Vitamins Research Station, Walton Oaks, Tadworth, Surrey
J. Bunyan
Affiliation:
Beecham Research Laboratories, Vitamins Research Station, Walton Oaks, Tadworth, Surrey
M. A. Cawthorne
Affiliation:
Beecham Research Laboratories, Vitamins Research Station, Walton Oaks, Tadworth, Surrey
A. T. Diplock
Affiliation:
Beecham Research Laboratories, Vitamins Research Station, Walton Oaks, Tadworth, Surrey
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1. It has been suggested that carbon tetrachloride damages rat liver by accelerating processes of lipid peroxidation at subcellular sites and that the protective action of vitamin E is due to its functioning as an antioxidant in vivo. Direct evidence for these mechanisms in vivo has been sought and is critically examined.

2. The increased production of malondialdehyde by rat liver microsomal fractions during incubation with CCl4 was shown to be a function of the vitamin E status of the rat and of an in vitro reaction, which could not be correlated with the hepatotoxic action of CCI4.

3. Evidence for the production of lipid peroxides by CCl4 in the livers of vitamin E-deficient and vitamin E-supplemented rats was sought (I) by measurement of ultraviolet spectral changes ('diene' formation) and (2) by direct micro-iodimetric determination of the peroxide. No differences in peroxide content were found between CC14-treated and control rats, nor were the spectrophotometric changes in the ultraviolet region related to the presence of vitamin E.

4. The effect of CCI4 (2.0 ml/kg orally) on ATP levels in rat liver was studied at intervals from 3 to 68 h. The primary lesion leading to necrosis and fat accumulation after CCl4 treatment occurred many hours before the eventual slight decline in ATP. Although the levels of ATP were somewhat higher in vitamin E-deficient rats, vitamin E did not prevent the slight decline in ATP that took place. Since ATP is known to be highly sensitive to peroxidation, the results suggest that lipid peroxidation is not the primary event in CCl4 poisoning.

5. The effect of CC14on the metabolism of [14C]D-α-tocopherol in the rat was studied. A single intraperitoneal dose of CCl4 (2.0 m/kg) did not increase the destruction of α-tocopherol in the liver or carcass after 24 h. Three smaller daily doses of CC14 (0.25 ml/kg) also did not increase α-tocopherol catabolism; on the contrary, significantly more α-tocopherol was found in the livers of rats treated with CCI4. These results suggest that CCl4 does not increase lipid peroxidation in vivo.

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Research Article
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , June 1969 , pp. 297 - 307
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1969

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