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Inflammation, induced by turpentine (0.1 ml i.m.), protected against carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced hepatotoxicity based on serum activities of sorbitol dehydrogenase. Inflammation was confirmed by elevated serum ceruloplasmin activities, and was associated with high hepatic levels of metallothionein, a zinc protein proposed to protect against CCl4-induced injury. Inflammation suppressed cytochrome P-450 activities, but this was not associated with protection against CCl4-promoted liver microsomal injury as assessed by glucose-6-phosphatase activity loss. Thus, protection against plasma membrane injury did not result primarily from depressed microsomal activation of CCl4. Each effect of inflammation reported here resembled effects of zinc injections. This similarity strengthens the hypothesis that metallothionein protects against CCl4-induced hepatic plasma membrane injury.
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PMID:Inflammation, an inducer of metallothionein, inhibits carbon-tetrachloride-induced hepatotoxicity in rats. 131 82

Intramuscular injections of the title drug in a dose of 5 mg/kg (5% of the LD50) during 10 days produced in the liver and blood serum of white rats a decrease in the activity of glucokinase, succinate dehydrogenase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, glutathione reductase, ATPase and ceruloplasmin. The urea content in total phospholipids rose, whereas the content of triglycerides and hexosamine diminished. Ten and 20 days after the drug was discontinued the majority of these characteristics returned to normal. The activity of glucosophosphate isomerase, transketolase, glucose-6-phosphatase, fructose-1,6-diphosphatase and lactate dehydrogenase as well as the content of total cholesterol, free fatty acids, tyrosine, hydroxyproline, total protein, RNA and DNA remained unchanged.
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PMID:[Effect of decane-1,10-bis[acetoxy-(N, N)-dimethyl-(N)-(diphenylmethoxy-2-ethyl) ammonium] dichloride on metabolism in white rats]. 651 57

The liver contains hepatocytes with varying ploidy and gene expression. To isolate cells on the basis of ploidy for analyzing mechanisms concerning cell proliferation and differentiation, we used Percoll gradients to separate F344 rat hepatocyte subpopulations. Specific fractions were enriched in polyploid (H2 fraction) or diploid (H3 and H4 fractions) hepatocytes containing glycogen and glucose-6-phosphatase. H4 cells were relatively smaller with greater nuclear/cytoplasmic ratios, less complex cytoplasm, and higher serum albumin or ceruloplasmin biosynthetic rates. H2 fraction cells were larger with lesser nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio, more complex cytoplasm, and more cytochrome P450 activity. Phenotypic marking showed that H4 cells originated in zone one and H2 cells in zones two or three of the liver lobule. H4 cells showed much greater mitogenic responsiveness to human hepatocyte growth factor. Retroviral gene transfer, which requires both viral receptors and cellular DNA synthesis, was significantly more efficient in H4 cells. The findings indicated that small diploid and large polyploid hepatocytes show unique biological differences. The ability to isolate hepatocytes of varying maturity is relevant for mechanisms concerning liver growth control and hepatic gene expression.
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PMID:Fractionation of rat hepatocyte subpopulations with varying metabolic potential, proliferative capacity, and retroviral gene transfer efficiency. 980 91

Alcoholic extract of the stems of Coscinium fenestratum, a medicinal plant indigenous to India and Sri Lanka used in ayurveda and siddha medicine for treating diabetes, was studied for its carbohydrate metabolism effect and antioxidant status in streptozotocin-nicotinamide induced type 2 diabetic rats. Oral administration of C. fenestratum stem extract in graded doses caused a significant increase in enzymatic antioxidants such as catalase, superoxide dismutase, glutathione synthetase, peroxidase, and glutathione peroxidase and in the nonenzymatic antioxidants ascorbic acid, ceruloplasmin and tocopherol. Effects of alcoholic extract on glycolytic enzymes such as glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, lactate dehydrogenase and hexokinase showed a significant increase in their levels, whereas a significant decrease was observed in the levels of gluconeogenic enzyme, glucose-6-phosphatase and alanine aminotransferase in treated diabetic rats. Serum creatinine and urea levels also declined significantly. This investigation demonstrates significant antidiabetic activity of C. fenestratum.
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PMID:Alcoholic stem extract of Coscinium fenestratum regulates carbohydrate metabolism and improves antioxidant status in streptozotocin-nicotinamide induced diabetic rats. 1613 16