Mitochondrial damage in galactosamine-induced liver intoxication in rats |
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Authors: | Masanobu Miyahara Hideaki Enzan Noriyuki Shiraishi Masatoshi Kawase Masami Yamamoto Hiroshi Hara Kozo Utsumi |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Medical Biology, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Kochi 781-51, Japan;2. Deparment of Pathology, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Kochi 781-51, Japan;3. Department of Pathology, Hiroshima University, School of Medicine, Hiroshima 734 Japan |
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Abstract: | Mitichondria isolated from livers of rats which received D-galactosamine (375 mg/kg body wt., four times) demonstrated a marked decrease in respiratory control ratios, the ADP/O ratios, and state 3 respiration rates and an increase in state 4 respiration rates. The aberration was profound with site I being altered prior to sites II and III. Quantitation of phospholipids revealed a reduction of total phospholipids per mg protein with decreases in phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine contents. Caldiolipin was the only phospholipid which remained unaltered. Fatty acid composition was altered in these phospholipids; caldiolipin was altered most severely, showing reductions in linoleic and arachidonic acids, and an elevation in saturated fatty acids and in some other small components of fatty acids. In phosphatidylethanolamine, palmitic acid decreased, whereas stearic and docosahexonoic acids increased. These changes were smaller in phosphatidylcholine fatty acids. These mitochondria were also characterized by an altered composition in high molecular weight polypeptide components. By experiments with normal mitochondria in vitro, galactosamine, but not other aminohexoses, was proved to be an uncoupling agent of the oxidative phosphorylation system. Electron microscopic observation demonstrated that both in vivo and in vitro treatments with galactosamine induced marked disorganization of mitochondral structures. These results suggest that mitochondrial damage is also included in galactosamine-induced hepatic lesion. |
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Keywords: | Mitochondrial damage Galactosamine Respiratory control (Rat liver) |
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