Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (한국산업보건학회지)
- Volume 8 Issue 2
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- Pages.296-305
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- 1998
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- 2384-132X(pISSN)
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- 2289-0564(eISSN)
Effect of Toluene or Ethanol Pretreatment on Toluene Metabolism in Rats
렛트에 톨루엔 및 에탄올 전처치가 톨루엔 대사에 미치는 영향
- Cha, Sang-Eun (Dept. of Industrial Safety and Hygiene, Andong Science College) ;
- Jeon, Tae-Won (Dept. of Public Health, College of Natrual Science, Keimyung University) ;
- Yoon, Chong-Guk (Dept. of Public Health, College of Natrual Science, Keimyung University)
- Published : 1998.11.13
Abstract
A study was performed to evaluate an effect of toluene or ethanol pretreatment on the toluene metabolism. A slight liver damage in rats was induced by administration of 0.2 ml of toluene or 0.2 ml of 50% ethanol per 100 g of body weight intraperitoneally every other day for four weeks except the last day before sacrifice. One day before sacrifice, toluene was administered to rats pretreated ethanol or toluene and the control. Rats were sacrificed at the 1st, the 2nd, the 3rd and the 4th week after the first administration of xenobiotics mentioned above. Based on the histopathological findings, liver weight per body weight, serum alanine aminotransferase and hepatic glutathione content, toluene- or ethanol-pretreated groups showed the reversible liver injury. By the treatment of one dose of toluene, the contents of hippuric acid in urine was higher in the group pretreated with toluene or ethanol than control. The contents of cytochrome P-450, benzylalcohol dehydrogenase and benzaldehyde dehydrogenase activities were generally more increased in toluene- or ethanol-pretreated rats than control.
흰쥐에 있어서 toluene 또는 ethanol 전처치가 toluene 대사에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 검토하는 일환으로 흰쥐에 toluene 또는 ethanol을 경시별로 4주간 투여한 다음, 톨루엔을 1회 재투여한 후 처치하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 즉, 간조직의 광학 및 전자현미경을 통한 병리조직학적 소견과 체중당 간무게, 혈청 alanine aminotransferase 활성 및 간조직 중 glutathione 함량 변동을 관찰한 결과, toluene 및 ethanol 전처치군 모두 가역적 간손상 정도가 관찰되었으며 톨루엔 및 에탄올 전처치군 간에 간손상 정도 차이는 볼 수 없었다. 이러한 실험동물 모델에서 toluene 및 ethanol 전처치군 모두 요 중 마뇨산 농도가 대조군 보다 높게 나타났으며 toluene 대사에 관여하는 간조직의 cytochrome P-450 함량 및 benzylacohol(BAD) 또는 benzaldehyde dehydrogenase(BzAD) 활성치가 대조군 보다 높게 나타났다. 그리고 요 중 마뇨산 농도와 BAD 및 BzAD 의 활성치는 톨루엔 전처치군이 에탄올 전처치군 보다 전 실험기간 동안 대체로 다소 높게 나타났다. 또한 간조직의 benzylalcohol dehydrogenase의 반응속도를 관찰한 결과
Keywords
- Toluene- or ethanol-pretreatment;
- Hippuric acid;
- Cytochrome P-450;
- Benzylalcohol and benzaldehyde dehydrogenase