Heme metabolism in liver and spleen of 1-(2-chloroethyl)-3-cyclohexyl-1-nitrosourea (CCNU)-treated rats.
Heme metabolism in liver and spleen of 1-(2-chloroethyl)-3-cyclohexyl-1-nitrosourea (CCNU)-treated rats.
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1-(2-氯乙基)-3-环己基-1-亚硝基脲 (CCNU) 治疗大鼠肝脏和脾脏中的血红素代谢。
DOI:
10.1016/0006-2952(84)90073-x
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发表时间:
1984
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
Ahmed,AE
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作者:
el-Azhary,RA;Ahmed,AE
The effect of 1-(2-chloroethyl)-3-cyclohexyl-1-nitrosourea (CCNU), an anticancer alkylating agent of the nitrosourea group, on liver and spleen enzymes involved in the control of heme metabolism was studied. A single oral dose of 50 or 100 mg/kg CCNU caused a time-dependent loss in weight of both spleen and liver. Seven days after CCNU treatment (lOO mg/kg) the weights were at 45 and 65% of controls respectively. The activity of δ-aminolevulinic acid synthetase (ALA-S), the rate-limiting enzyme in heme biosynthesis, declined in spleen and liver to 11 and 24% of control values, respectively, 7 days after CCNU treatment. Heme oxygenase activity, the rate-limiting enzyme of heme breakdown, was moderately increased in liver and spleen following CCNU administration. In liver, heme oxygenase activity was 142% of control values at 24 hr, and in spleen the activity was 180% of controls at 1 week. Pretreatment of the animals with phenobarbital (PB) (40 mg/kg/day, i.p.) for 4 days caused a reversal in the decline of liver weight with no effect on the decline in spleen weight following CCNU treatment. Similarly, PB pretreatment reversed the decline in hepatic ALA-S activity after CCNU administration but had no effect on the decline in splenic ALA-S activity. This study indicates that CCNU causes significant decreases in the activity of enzymes of heme biosynthesis in spleen and liver. The CCNU hemotoxicity in the liver was reversed by PB pretreatment whereas the splenic hemotoxicity was unchanged.