SIGNIFICANCE OF SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS IN THE MANIFESTATION OF FLUOROACETATE TOXICITY TO THE RAT, BRUSH-TAILED POSSUM, WOYLIE AND WESTERN GREY-KANGAROO
SIGNIFICANCE OF SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS IN THE MANIFESTATION OF FLUOROACETATE TOXICITY TO THE RAT, BRUSH-TAILED POSSUM, WOYLIE AND WESTERN GREY-KANGAROO
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10.1071/bi9850139
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1985-01-01
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TWIGG, LE
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MEAD, RJ;MOULDEN, DL;TWIGG, LE
Levels of citrate in kidneys and livers of rats with normal glutathione levels increased 6.8- and 1.7-fold respectively 2 h after dosing with 1.5 mg of compound 1080 (= 95% sodium fluoroacetate) per Kg body wt. In animals with liver glutathione levels 15% of normal, increases in plasma and liver citrate levels after dosing with fluoroacetate were significantly greater than those of control animals. Cysteamine and N-acetylcysteine, like glutathione, partially protected aconitate hydratase from fluorocitrate inhibition in rat liver preparations but were unable to replace glutathione as a substrate for the defuluorination of fluoroacetate in vitro. N-Acetylcysteine did not diminish plasma citrate levels of glutathione-deficient rats dosed with fluoroacetate, while cysteamine inhibited the rate of in vivo defluorination in glutathione-deficient brush-tailed possums. Non-physiological sulfhydryl compounds are ineffective antidotes to fluoroacetate intoxication in vivo. The in vivo defluorination patterns of 4 mammal species with differing sensitivities of fluoroacetate did not indicate a direct relationship between tolerance and rate of defluorination and its is also suggested that a high level of activity of the glutathione-S-transferase responsible for the defluorination of fluoroacetate is not the major mechanism for circumventing fluoroacetate toxicity in resistant mammals.