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Antihepatotoxic effect of Artemisia Iwayomogi methanol extract on acute hepatic injury by carbon tetrachloride in rat (사염화탄소에 의한 랫드의 간손상에 대한 인진호메타놀추출물의 억제효과)

  • Kim, Kil-soo;Park, Joon-hyoung
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.619-626
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    • 1994
  • The purpose of present study was to examine pharmacological effect of Artemisia Iwayomogi methanol extract(AIME) on biochemical parameters(activities of AST, ALT, LDH, and ALP, contents of total bilirubin, total protein, albumin and A/G ratio in serum and levels of hepatic microsomal lipid peroxide and glucose-6-phosphatase activities) against hepatic injury by carbon tetrachloride($CCl_4$) in rats. Increased AST, ALT and LDH activities by $CCl_4$ were decreased in AIMS treatment group at 48 or 72 hours. Together, increased ALP activity by $CCl_4$ almost returned toward normal value in AIME treatment group at 72 hours. Serum total bilirubin contents increased to 87, 79 and 31% compared with normal group by $CCl_4$ which were decreased to 64, 42 and 26% in AIME treatment group at 24, 48 and 72 hours, respectively. Decreased contents of total protein and albumin, and A/G ratio by $CCl_4$ were recovered in AIME treatment group. Hepatic microsomal lipid peroxide levels(nmol malonic dialdehyde/100mg protein) increased to 140, 95 and 78% compared with normal group by $CCl_4$ which were decreased to 107, 74 and 65% in AIME treatment group at 24, 48 and 72 hours, separately. Hepatic microsomal glucose-6-phosphatase activities decreased to 60, 50 and 53% compared with normal group by $CCl_4$ at 24, 48 and 72 hours, respectively, which were increased at 72 hours in AIME treatment group. In conclusion, AIME enhanced the amelioration process from $CCl_4$-induced lipid peroxidation, degeneration of liver cell, and impairment of protein and bilirubin metabolisms.

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Effects of Carbon Tetrachloride-induced Hepatotoxicity on the Activities of Protein Methylases and SAM-Synthetase in Rat Liver (단백질 메틸화효소류 및 S-아데노실-L-메치오닌 연결효소의 활성도에 미치는 사염화탄소-유발 간독성의 영향)

  • Namkoong, Suck-Min;Yoo, Tae-Moo;Hong, Sung-Youl;Lee, Hyang-Woo
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.66-72
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    • 1992
  • In order to test relationships between hepatotoxicity and transmethylation, activities of protein methylases and SAM (S-adenosyl-L-methionine)-synthetase were examined in liver tissues of rats treated with $CCl_4$. Also the concentrations of SAM and SAH were measured by HPLC in rat liver. The results are as follows. (1). Activities of protein methylases were not significantly changed in 24 hours after $CCl_4$ treatment. However, in 48 hours, activities of protein methylases were significantly increased in comparison with that of control. (2). Activity of SAM-synthetase was increased steadily in the time course after $CCl_4$ treatment. (3). S-adenosyl-L-methionine concentration of liver tissues in $CCl_4$-treated group was elevated in 24 hours, and then declined thereafter. But the SAH concentration was slightly decreased in the time course after $CCl_4$ treatment. These results indicate that SAM was very actively used in transmethylation reactions of $CCl_4$ damaged rat liver, suggesting the strong relationships between hepatotoxicity and transmethylation phenomena.

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The Measurement of Flash Point for Unflammable-Flammable Binary Mixtures(CCl4+o-Xylene and CCl4+p-Xylene) Using Open Cup Tester (개방식 장치를 이용한 난연성-가연성 이성분계 혼합물(CCl4+o-Xylene and CCl4+p-Xylene)의 인화점 측정)

  • Kim, Chang-Seob;Lee, Sungjin;Ha, Dong-Myeong
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.18-23
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    • 2015
  • The flash point is used to categorize inflammable liquids according to their relative flammability. The flash point is important for the safe handling, storage, and transportation of inflammable liquids. The flash point temperature of two binary liquid mixtures($CCl_4+o-xylene$ and $CCl_4+p-xylene$) has been measured for the entire concentration range using Tag open cup tester. The flash point temperature was estimated using Raoult's law, UNIQUAC model and empirical equation. The experimentally derived flash point was also compared with the predicted flash point. The empirical equation is able to estimate the flash point fairly well for $CCl_4+o-xylene$ and $CCl_4+p-xylene$ mixture.

Healing and preventive effects of low-esterified pectin on liver injury induced by carbon tetrachloride in rats

  • Khotimchenko, Yuri S.;Kolenchenko, Elena A.;Khotimchenko, Maxim Y.;Kovalev, Valeri V.
    • Advances in Traditional Medicine
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.28-36
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the pharmacological effects of low-esterified pectin on carbon tetrachloride $(CCL_4)-induced$ hepatotoxicity in rats. The study included two experiments. In the first experiment the animals were given daily $CCL_4$ through gavage for 7 days and then 10, 50, or 250 mg/kg b.w. of pectin for 21 days. At the end of experiment rats were killed within 24 hours. The increased bilirubin level, enhanced alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase activity in plasma induced by $CCL_4$ were partly normalized by pectin administration in a dose-dependent manner. The pectin treatment also resulted in significant recovery of $CCL_4-induced$ decrease of the liver glycogen content. In addition, pectin significantly improved $CCL_4-induced$ alterations of pro-oxidant and antioxidant biochemical parameters in liver and plasma compared to those of rats administered $CCL_4$. In the second experiment the animals were given daily 10, 50 or 250 mg/ kg b.w. of pectin for 21 days before a 7-day administration of $CCL_4$. Rats were killed 24 hours after the end of experiment. Pretreatment with pectin before $CCL_4$ administration resulted in significantly inhibited increase of the blood enzymatic activities of alanine and aspartate aminotransferases and bilirubin level in a dose-dependent manner. Also, preliminary administration of pectin prevented elevation of malondialdehyde and conjugated diene levels in liver and plasma as well as a reduction of glutathione content in liver of rats given $CCL_4$. These results suggest that low-esterified pectin exert healing and preventive effects on $CCL_4-induced$ hepatotoxicity in rats.

Protective Effect of Gardenia jasminoides Against Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Acute Hepatotoxicity (사염화탄소 유도 급성 간독성 모델에서 치자의 간 보호 효과)

  • Shin, Jun-Kyu;Kim, Hyo-Yeon;Lee, Sun-Mee
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.54 no.1
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    • pp.55-61
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    • 2010
  • Gardenia jasminoides is one of the most widely used herbal preparations for the treatment of liver disorders. This study evaluated the potential beneficial effect of G. jasminoides in a mouse model of carbon tetrachloride ($CCl_4$)-induced liver injury. The mice were treated intraperitoneally with $CCl_4$ (10 ${\mu}l$/kg). They received G. jasminoides (30, 100, 300 mg/kg) 48 h, 24 h and 2 h before and 6 h after administering $CCl_4$. The serum activities of aminotransferase and the hepatic level of malondialdehyde were significantly higher 24 h after the $CCl_4$ treatment, while the concentration of reduced glutathione was lower. These changes were attenuated by G. jasminoides. $CCl_4$ increased the level of circulating tumor necrosis factor-$\alpha$ (TNF-$\alpha$) markedly, which was reduced by G. jasminoides. The levels of hepatic inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) protein expression were markedly higher after the $CCl_4$ treatment. G. jasminoides diminished these alterations. $CCl_4$ increased the level of TNF-$\alpha$, iNOS and COX-2 mRNA expressions, and these increases were attenuated by G. jasminoides. These results suggest that G. jasminoides alleviates $CCl_4$-induced liver injury, and this protection is likely due to the reduced oxidative stress and the downregulation of proinflammatory mediators.

Effect of Docosahexaenoic Acid Rich Tuna Orbital Oil on Acute Liver Injury Induced by Carbon Tetrachloride

  • SHIN Suk-U;SUETSUNA Kunio
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.944-947
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    • 1997
  • Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) rich oil was obtained from blue fin tuna (Thunnus thynnus orientalis) orbital tissue with centrifugation of 12,000 rpm under vaccum $(10^{-1}\;Torr)\;at\;4^{\circ}C$. The effect of DHA rich oil (DHA content; $27.8\%$) on $CCl_4-induced$ acute injury was investigated biochemically and histopathologically. Dosage of DHA rich oil on 24h before $ CCl_4-administration$ prevented significantly the increase of glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT) and glutamic pyruvic transaminase (GTP) values. No necrosis of hepatocytes was observed in rat livers treated with DHA oil on 24h prior to $CCl_4-administration$. These results suggested that DHA oil controls the accumulation of fat in the liver and prevented the liver injury.

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Effect of Dietary Tungstate on the Liver Damage in $CCl_4$-treated Rats (식이성 Tungstate가 사염화탄소 투여에 의한 흰쥐 간 손상에 미치는 영향)

  • 윤종국;박해숙;이상일
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.678-684
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    • 1993
  • To evaluate the role of xanthine oxidase in liver damage by CCl4, a group of rats were fed tungstate for a month, which suppressed the activities of xanthine oxidase in serum and liver. Control group of rats were fed standard diet without tungstate. Liver damage was induced both in tungstate fed and control groups by two intraperitoneal injections of CCl4 at the level of 0.1ml/100g body weight at intervals of 24 hours. Increases in the levels of serum alanine aminotransferase by CCl4 were significantly smaller in tungstate fed rats than in control rats. Concomitantly, histopathologic changes were less in tungstate fed rats than in control ones. In rats either treated with CCl4 or not, hepatic type O xanthine oxidase activities were remarkably reduced by tungstate feeding. Hepatic aniline hydroxylase activities were higher in rats fed tungstate than control rats when animals were not treated with CCl4, but the enzyme activities were lower in tungstate fed rats than control when they were treated with CCl4. Neither tungstate feeding nor CCl4 treatment caused any significant changes in hepatic glutathione contents, and activities of hepatic glutathione S-transferase, glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase. It is concluded xanthine oxidase reaction augment CCl4 induced liver damage via oxygen free radical system.

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Effect of CCl4-induced liver damage on the metabolism of toluene in rats (흰쥐에 있어서 사염화탄소에 의한 간 손상이 toluene 대사에 미치는 영향)

  • Choi, Woo-Chang;Cha, Sang-Eun;Yoon, Chong-Guk
    • Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.61-69
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    • 1997
  • To evaluate an effect of pathological liver damage on the toluene metabolism, the rate were induced acute liver damage with 3 times $CCl_4$ injection (0.1 ml of 50 % in olive oil/100 g body wt.) three days. In the present animal molel, the injection of toluene(0.3 ml of 50 % in olive oil) showed the more decreased urine hippuric acid throughout 24 hr in the liver damage induced animals($CCl_4$-pretreated rats) than normal group. The activities of hepatic aniline hydroxylase, benzylalcohol dehydrogenase and benzaldehyde dehydrogenase were significantly decreased in $CCl_4$-pretreated rats than the normal group at 24 hr after injection of toluene. Furthermore, the benzaldehyde dehydrogenase in pooled liver of $CCl_4$-pretreated rats showed similiar $K_m$ value, but showed the more decreased $V_{max}$ value compared with the normal group by the injection of toluene. These results suggest that the rats induced liver damage with $CCl_4$ may reduce the toluene metabolism.

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Effects of Carbon Tetrachloride on Structures in Hepatocytes Following DMN Induced Hepatotoxicity (사염화탄소 투여가 Dimethylnitrosamine의 급성중독 간세포의 구조에 미치는 영향)

  • Kang, Young-Chun;Nam, Hae-Joo;Kim, Dong-Suk;Choi, Won-Hee;Lee, Tae-Sook
    • Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.84-94
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    • 1991
  • The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of high does carbon tetrachloride($CCl_4$) on the hepatotoxic effect of dimethylnitrosamine(DMN) which induces acute hemorrhagic necrosis in liver. Rats were injected intraperitoneally DMN dissolved in physiologic saline by a dose of 40mg/kg. For changes related to $CCl_4$ pretreatment, rats were injected intraperitoneally $CCl_4$ dissolved in olive oil by a dose of 0.4mg/kg, and then injected DMN. The livers were extracted from the rats 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 72, and 120 hours after $CCl_4$ and/or DMN injection. Liver tissues were examined with light and electron microscopes. The results were summarized as follows ; Light microscopic findings : Severe centrilobular hemorrhagic necrosis developed from 12 hours after injection of DMN and continued to 120 hours. On injection of DMN after $CCl_4$ pretreatment, Massive necrosis occurred early. But active regenerative changes were produced in 24 hours. In 120 hours, the liver recovered in almost normal appearance. The degree of necrosis in pretreated group was similar to that in DMN injection only, and the time of recovery was faster in preteated group. Electron microscopic findings ; The early change was mainly disorganization of RER in DMN injection, and clumping and vesicular dilatation of ER in injection of $CCl_4$. In pretreatment group the early change was similar in appearance with $CCl_4$ group, but severer in degree. According to the results, it was revealed that acute toxic effect of DMN was recovered more rapidly in pretreatment group. Thus it was suggested that $CCl_4$ had protective effect in DMN hepatotoxicity.

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Impaired Metabolomics of Sulfur-Containing Substances in Rats Acutely Treated with Carbon Tetrachloride

  • Kim, Sun-Ju;Kwon, Do-Young;Choi, Kwon-Hee;Choi, Dal-Woong;Kim, Young-Chul
    • Toxicological Research
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.281-287
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    • 2008
  • Impairment of hepatic metabolism of sulfur-containing amino acids has been known to be linked with induction of liver injury. We determined the early changes in the transsulfuration reactions in liver of rats challenged with a toxic dose of $CCl_4$ (2 mmol/kg, ip). Both hepatic methionine concentration and methionine adenosyltransferase activity were increased, but S-adenosylmethionine level did not change. Hepatic cysteine was increased significantly from 4 h after $CCl_4$ treatment. Glutathione (GSH) concentration in liver was elevated in $4{\sim}8$ h and then returned to normal in accordance with the changes in glutamate cysteine ligase activity. Cysteine dioxygenase activity and hypotaurine concentration were also elevated from 4 h after the treatment. However, plasma GSH concentration was increased progressively, reaching a level at least several fold greater than normal in 24 h. ${\gamma}$-Glutamyltransferase activity in kidney or liver was not altered by $CCl_4$, suggesting that the increase in plasma GSH could not be attributed to a failure of GSH cycling. The results indicate that acute liver injury induced by $CCl_4$ is accompanied with extensive alterations in the metabolomics of sulfurcontaining amino acids and related substances. The major metabolites and products of the transsulfuration pathway, including methionine, cysteine, hypotaurine, and GSH, are all increased in liver and plasma. The physiological significance of the change in the metabolomics of sulfur-containing substances and its role in the induction of liver injury need to be explored in future studies.