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Bueno Franco Salla G, Bracht L, Valderrama Parizotto A, Comar JF, Peralta RM, Bracht F, Bracht A. Kinetics of the metabolic effects, distribution spaces and lipid-bilayer affinities of the organo-chlorinated herbicides 2,4-D and picloram in the liver. Toxicol Lett 2019; 313:137-149. [PMID: 31254607 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2019.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Revised: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Tordon® is the commercial name of a mixture of two organo-chlorinated herbicides, 2,4-D and picloram. Both compounds affect energy transduction in isolated mitochondria and the present study aimed at characterizing the actions of these two compounds on liver metabolism and their cellular distribution in the isolated perfused rat liver. 2,4-D, but not picloram, increased glycolysis in the range from 10 to 400 μM. The redox potential of the cytosolic NAD+-NADH couple was also increased by 2,4-D. Both compounds inhibited lactate gluconeogenesis. Inhibitions by 2,4-D and picloram were incomplete, reaching maximally 46% and 23%, respectively. Both compounds diminished the cellular ATP levels. No synergism between the actions of 2,4-D and picloram was detected. Biotransformations of 2,4-D and picloram were slow, but their distributions occurred at high rates and were concentrative. Molecular dynamics simulations revealed that 2,4-D presented low affinity for the hydrophobic lipid bilayers, the opposite occurring with picloram. Inhibition of energy metabolism is possibly a relevant component of the toxicity of 2,4-D and of the commercial product Tordon®. Furthermore, the interactions of 2,4-D with the membrane lipid bilayer can be highly destructive and might equally be related to its cellular toxicity at high concentrations.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Maringá, 87020900 Maringá, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Maringá, 87020900 Maringá, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Maringá, 87020900 Maringá, Brazil.
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Salla GBF, Bracht L, de Sá-Nakanishi AB, Parizotto AV, Bracht F, Peralta RM, Bracht A. Distribution, lipid-bilayer affinity and kinetics of the metabolic effects of dinoseb in the liver. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2017. [PMID: 28624444 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2017.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Dinoseb is a highly toxic pesticide of the dinitrophenol group. Its use has been restricted, but it can still be found in soils and waters in addition to being a component of related pesticides that, after ingestion by humans or animals, can originate the compound by enzymatic hydrolysis. As most dinitrophenols, dinoseb uncouples oxidative phosphorylation. In this study, distribution, lipid bilayer affinity and kinetics of the metabolic effects of dinoseb were investigated, using mainly the isolated perfused rat liver, but also isolated mitochondria and molecular dynamics simulations. Dinoseb presented high affinity for the hydrophobic region of the lipid bilayers, with a partition coefficient of 3.75×104 between the hydrophobic and hydrophilic phases. Due to this high affinity for the cellular membranes dinoseb underwent flow-limited distribution in the liver. Transformation was slow but uptake into the liver space was very pronounced. For an extracellular concentration of 10μM, the equilibrium intracellular concentration was equal to 438.7μM. In general dinoseb stimulated catabolism and inhibited anabolism. Half-maximal stimulation of oxygen uptake in the whole liver occurred at concentrations (2.8-5.8μM) at least ten times above those in isolated mitochondria (0.28μM). Gluconeogenesis and ureagenesis were half-maximally inhibited at concentrations between 3.04 and 5.97μM. The ATP levels were diminished, but differently in livers from fed and fasted rats. Dinoseb disrupts metabolism in a complex way at concentrations well above its uncoupling action in isolated mitochondria, but still at concentrations that are low enough to be dangerous to animals and humans even at sub-lethal doses.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Maringá, 87020900 Maringá, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Maringá, 87020900 Maringá, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Maringá, 87020900 Maringá, Brazil.
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da Silva-Pereira JF, Bubna GA, Gonçalves GDA, Bracht F, Peralta RM, Bracht A. Fast hepatic biotransformation of p-synephrine and p-octopamine and implications for their oral intake. Food Funct 2016; 7:1483-91. [DOI: 10.1039/c6fo00014b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Orally ingested p-synephrine, due to its fast transformation, may be acting primarily in the periportal region of the liver and only marginally in other tissues.
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- Department of Biochemistry
- University of Maringá
- 87020900 Maringá
- Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry
- University of Maringá
- 87020900 Maringá
- Brazil
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Eler GJ, Santos IS, de Moraes AG, Mito MS, Comar JF, Peralta RM, Bracht A. Kinetics of the transformation of n-propyl gallate and structural analogs in the perfused rat liver. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2013; 273:35-46. [DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2013.08.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2013] [Revised: 08/08/2013] [Accepted: 08/26/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Klausen TK, Preisler S, Pedersen SF, Hoffmann EK. Monovalent ions control proliferation of Ehrlich Lettre ascites cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2010; 299:C714-25. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00445.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Channels and transporters of monovalent ions are increasingly suggested as putative anticarcinogenic targets. However, the mechanisms involved in modulation of proliferation by monovalent ions are poorly understood. Here, we investigated the role of K+, Na+, and Cl− ions for the proliferation of Ehrlich Lettre ascites (ELA) cells. We measured the intracellular concentration of each ion in G0, G1, and S phases of the cell cycle following synchronization by serum starvation and release. We show that intracellular concentrations and content of Na+ and Cl− were reduced in the G0–G1 phase transition, followed by an increased content of both ions in S phase concomitant with water uptake. The effect of substituting extracellular monovalent ions was investigated by bromodeoxyuridine incorporation and showed marked reduction after Na+ and Cl− substitution. In spectrofluorometric measurements with the pH-sensitive dye BCECF, substitution of Na+ was observed to upregulate the activity of the Na+/H+ exchanger NHE1 as well as of Na+-independent acid extrusion mechanisms, facilitating intracellular pH (pHi) recovery after acid loading and increasing pHi. Results using the potential sensitive dye DiBaC4( 3 ) showed a reduced Cl− conductance in S compared with G1 followed by transmembrane potential ( Em) hyperpolarization in S. Cl− substitution by impermeable anions strongly inhibited proliferation and increased free, intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i), whereas a more permeable anion had little effect. Western blots showed reduced chloride intracellular channel CLIC1 and chloride channel ClC-2 expression in the plasma membrane in S compared with G1. Our results suggest that Na+ regulates ELA cell proliferation by regulating intracellular pH while Cl− may regulate proliferation by fine-tuning of Em in S phase and altered Ca2+ signaling.
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Salgueiro-Pagadigorria CL, Kelmer-Bracht AM, Bracht A, Ishii-Iwamoto EL. Naproxen affects Ca2+ fluxes in mitochondria, microsomes and plasma membrane vesicles. Chem Biol Interact 2004; 147:49-63. [PMID: 14726152 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2003.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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There is substantial evidence that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) affect cellular processes regulated by Ca(2+) ions, including the metabolic responses of the liver to Ca(2+)-dependent hormones. The aim of the present study was to determine whether the effects of naproxen are mediated by a direct action on cellular Ca(2+) fluxes. The effects of naproxen on 45Ca(2+) fluxes in mitochondria, microsomes and inside-out plasma membrane vesicles were examined. Naproxen strongly impaired the mitochondrial capacity to retain 45Ca(2+) and inhibited also ATP-dependent 45Ca(2+) uptake by microsomes. Naproxen did not modify 45Ca(2+) uptake by inside-out plasma membrane vesicles, but it inhibited the hexokinase/glucose-induced Ca(2+) efflux from preloaded vesicles. Additional assays performed in isolated mitochondria revealed that naproxen causes mitochondrial uncoupling and swelling in the presence of Ca(2+) ions. These effects were prevented by EGTA, ruthenium red and cyclosporin A, indicating that naproxen acts synergistically with Ca(2+) ions by promoting the mitochondrial permeability transition. The experimental results suggest that naproxen may impair the metabolic responses to Ca(2+)-dependent hormones acting by at least two mechanisms: (1) by interfering with the supply of external Ca(2+) through a direct action on the plasma membrane Ca(2+) influx, and (2) by affecting the refilling of the agonist-sensitive internal stores, including endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria.
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Bilecen D, Schulte AC, Kaspar A, Küstermann E, Seelig J, Elverfeldt D, Scheffler K. Detection of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug niflumic acid in humans: a combined 19F-MRS in vivo and in vitro study. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2003; 16:144-151. [PMID: 12884358 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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This study describes for the first time results of a (19)F-MRS study on humans exposed to the fluorinated non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug niflumic acid. The accumulation and elimination of this commercially available selective prostaglandin synthase inhibitor is studied after an oral bolus in the human liver, in blood plasma and in urine samples. The in vivo spectra of the liver display two resonances with a similar increase in signal intensity during the investigation period of 240 min. One resonance refers to the parent compound niflumic acid (P), whereas the second resonance corresponds to a metabolite (M1) formed by the biotransformation by liver enzymes. The spectroscopic comparison with model compounds suggests 4'-hydroxyniflumic acid as the metabolite. During the entire experiment the concentration ratios of these resonances (P/M1) ranged between 0.7 and 0.9, indicating a high metabolite concentration most probably due to an efficient first pass metabolism. Both resonances (P, M1) were observed in the in vitro study of the blood plasma samples after plasma protein denaturation. However, in comparison to the liver spectra, the amount of the metabolite M1 is very small with a P/M1-ratio of 36.6 after 90 min and 16.1 after the end of measurement. This finding suggests an efficient biliary excretion of the metabolite M1, which bypasses the blood circulation system. Both resonances are also identified in the native urine samples. The signal intensity of the parent compound dominates the spectra of all urine samples, whereas the signal intensity of M1 increases slowly reaching a similar value to the parent compound P at the end of the measurement. This observation demonstrates an effective renal elimination of niflumic acid and suggests the existence of an enterohepatic circuit with a re-entry mechanism for the biliary excreted metabolite M1. In the urine spectra, an additional metabolite M2 is found. This resonance exhibits a low but constant signal intensity. The chemical origin of this metabolite is unclear.
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- Deniz Bilecen
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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Fernandes TRL, de Oliveira DS, Suzuki-Kemmelmeier F, Bracht A. Inhibition by extracellular ATP of organic anion transport in the perfused rat liver. Eur J Pharmacol 2002; 454:225-34. [PMID: 12421651 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(02)02488-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The action of extracellular ATP on organic anion transport in the bivascularly perfused rat liver was investigated, using bromosulfophthalein as a model substance. Transport was measured by means of the multiple-indicator dilution technique. The action of portal 100 microM ATP presented the following characteristics: (a) inhibition of bromosulfophthalein single pass extraction; the inhibition degree decreased with increasing bromosulfophthalein doses; (b) diminution of the influx rate coefficients; (c) 86.7% decrease of the maximal activity of the saturable component for bromosulfophthalein transport, but 100% increase of the non-saturable component; (d) diminution of the bromosulfophthalein flow-limited distribution space; (e) no significant alteration of the rate coefficients for metabolic sequestration. The action of ATP on organic anion transport in the intact liver occurred at much lower concentrations (10x) than those previously reported for isolated hepatocytes. This reinforces the suggestion that inhibition of organic anion transport could be a physiologically relevant effect of extracellular ATP.
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- Talma R L Fernandes
- Laboratory of Liver Metabolism, Department of Biochemistry, University of Maringá, 87020900 Maringá, Brazil
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Weiss M, Kuhlmann O, Hung DY, Roberts MS. Cytoplasmic binding and disposition kinetics of diclofenac in the isolated perfused rat liver. Br J Pharmacol 2000; 130:1331-8. [PMID: 10903973 PMCID: PMC1572206 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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1. The binding kinetics of diclofenac to hepatocellular structures were evaluated in the perfused rat liver using the multiple indicator dilution technique and a stochastic model of organ transit time density. 2. The single-pass, in situ rat liver preparation was perfused with buffer solution (containing 2% albumin) at 30 ml min(-1). Diclofenac and [(14)C]-sucrose (extracellular reference) were injected simultaneously as a bolus dose into the portal vein (six experiments in three rats). An analogous series of experiments was performed with [(14)C]-diclofenac and [(3)H]-sucrose. 3. The diclofenac outflow data were analysed using three models of intracellular distribution kinetics, assuming (1) instantaneous distribution and binding (well-mixed model), (2) 'slow' binding at specific intracellular sites after instantaneous distribution throughout the cytosol (slow binding model), and (3) 'slowing' of cytoplasmic diffusion due to instantaneous binding (slow diffusion model). 4. The slow binding model provided the best description of the data. The rate constants for cellular influx and sequestration were 0.126+/-0. 026 and 0.013+/-0.009 s(-1), respectively. The estimated ratio of cellular initial distribution volume to extracellular volume of 2.82 indicates an almost instantaneous distribution in the cellular water space, while the corresponding ratio of 5.54 estimated for the apparent tissue distribution volume suggests a relatively high hepatocellular binding. The non-instantaneous intracellular equilibration process was characterized by time constants of the binding and unbinding process of 53.8 and 49.5 s, respectively. The single-pass availability of diclofenac was 86%. The results obtained with [(14)C]-diclofenac and [(3)H]-sucrose were not statistically different.
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- M Weiss
- Section of Pharmacokinetics, Department of Pharmacology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.
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Fernandes TR, Suzuki-Kemmelmeier F, Prado EC, Bracht A. The heterogeneous response of the bivascularly perfused rat liver to adenosine. Biochem Pharmacol 1999; 58:397-409. [PMID: 10424758 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(99)00109-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The heterogeneity of the liver parenchyma in relation to the metabolic response to adenosine was investigated using the bivascularly perfused rat liver in the anterograde and retrograde modes. Adenosine was infused into livers from fed rats according to four experimental protocols: (A) anterograde perfusion, adenosine via the portal vein; (B) anterograde perfusion, adenosine via the hepatic artery; (C) retrograde perfusion, adenosine via the hepatic vein; and (D) retrograde perfusion, adenosine via the hepatic artery. Due to the very pronounced concentration gradients generated by metabolic transformation, the infused adenosine attained maximal concentrations in different regions with each experimental protocol. The sinusoidal mean transit times (t(s)) were not changed by adenosine in anterograde perfusion, but were increased in retrograde perfusion. It was concluded that the vasoconstrictive elements are localized essentially in the presinusoidal region. Glucose release stimulation presented two kinetic components. The first one was rapid in both onset and decay with a peak around 30 sec; the second one developed more slowly (several minutes). The factors of the first kinetic component are possibly generated in the presinusoidal region or in the first periportal cells. The initial decrease in oxygen consumption seemed to be localized in the region just after the intrasinusoidal confluence of the ramifications of the portal vein and hepatic artery. Indomethacin decreased glucose release stimulation by adenosine in both anterograde and retrograde perfusion only when DMSO was the vehicle. The participation of eicosanoids in the generation of the effects of adenosine seems to be less important than hitherto believed.
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- T R Fernandes
- Laboratory of Liver Metabolism, University of Maringa, Brazil
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Lopez CH, Bracht A, Yamamoto NS, Ishii-Iwamoto EL, Sampaio E, Kelmer-Bracht AM. The action of flufenamic acid and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories on sulfate transport in the isolated perfused rat liver. GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY 1999; 32:713-20. [PMID: 10401997 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-3623(98)00233-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The influence of flufenamic acid and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories on sulfate transport in the liver was investigated. The experimental system was the isolated perfused rat liver. Perfusion was accomplished in an open, nonrecirculating system. The perfusion fluid was Krebs/Henseleit-bicarbonate buffer (pH 7.4), saturated with a mixture of oxygen and carbon dioxide (95:5) by means of a membrane oxygenator and heated to 37 degrees C. Sulfate transport (equilibrium exchange) was measured by employing the multiple-indicator dilution technique with simultaneous injection (impulse input) of [35S]sulfate. [3H]sucrose (indicator for the distribution of the sinusoidal transit times), and [3H]water (indicator for the total aqueous space). Analysis was accomplished by means of a space-distributed variable transit time model. Flufenamic acid and other anti-inflammatories inhibited sulfate transport in the liver. For a concentration of 100 microM, the following decreasing series of potency could be established: flufenamic acid (53.4 +/- 2.9%) > niflumic acid (41.1 +/- 1.4%) > mefenamic acid (35.6 +/- 3.3%) > piroxicam (16.6 +/- 1.9%) > naproxen (13.5 +/- 8.4)%) nimesulide (11.6 +/- 5.8%). Inhibition of sulfate transport by flufenamic acid was clearly concentration dependent; 250 microM flufenamic acid produced more than 95% inhibition. Flufenamic acid in the range between 50 and 250 microM did not affect the mean transit times of tritiated water (t water) and [3H]sucrose (t suc), the same applying to all other anti-inflammatory agents (100 microM) tested in this work. This means that these agents do not affect vascular and cellular spaces, even when present at high concentrations. The ratio of the intra- to extracellular sulfate concentrations ([C]i/[C]e), generally between 0.4 and 0.5 under control conditions, was affected only by 250 microM flufenamic acid and 100 microM niflumic acid. In the first case, this phenomenon is possibly due to the high degree of transport inhibition (more than 95%), which does not allow a uniform tracer distribution over the whole cellular space during a single passage through the liver. The degree of inhibition of sulfate transport by 100 microM flufenamic acid was a function of the concentration of nontracer sulfate. With sulfate in the range between 1.2 and 25 mM, the inhibition degree increased linearly with the concentration. In the presence of flufenamic acid, the saturation curve of equilibrium exchange showed a substrate inhibition-like phenomenon, which was absent in the control curve. As inhibitors of sulfate transport in hepatocytes, flufenamic and niflumic acids are less active than in erythrocytes by a factor of 10(2). This observation is most probably indicative of structural differences between the hepatic sulfate carrier and the anion carrier of erythrocytes. It is unlikely that the action of flufenamic acid and its analogs on sulfate transport is a consequence of energy metabolism inhibition. Nimesulide is as active as flufenamic or niflumic acid in inhibiting energy metabolism but considerably less efficient as an inhibitor of sulfate transport. Our results as well as literature data reveal that the interactions of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories with the liver membranes and intracellular structures are ample and complex. Even at high concentrations, however, these interactions are not so intense as to change the vascular and cellular spaces.
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- C H Lopez
- Laboratory of Liver Metabolism, University of Maringá, Brazil
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Lopez CH, Bracht A, Yamamoto NS, dos Santos MD. Metabolic effects and distribution space of flufenamic acid in the isolated perfused rat liver. Chem Biol Interact 1998; 116:105-22. [PMID: 9877204 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2797(98)00084-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The following aspects were investigated in the present work: (a) the action of flufenamic acid on hepatic metabolism (oxygen uptake, glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, uricogenesis and glycogenolysis), (b) the action of flufenamic acid on the cellular adenine nucleotide levels, and (c) the transport and distribution space of flufenamic acid in the liver parenchyma. The experimental system was the isolated perfused rat liver. Perfusion was accomplished in an open, non-recirculating system. The perfusion fluid was Krebs/Henseleit-bicarbonate buffer (pH 7.4), saturated with a mixture of oxygen and carbon dioxide (95:5) by means of a membrane oxygenator and heated to 37 degrees C. The distribution space of flufenamic acid was measured by means of the multiple-indicator dilution technique with constant infusion (step input) of [3H]water plus flufenamic acid. The results of the present work indicate that the metabolic effects of flufenamic acid are the consequence of an uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation, a conclusion based on the following observations: (a) flufenamic acid increased oxygen uptake, a common property of all uncouplers; (b) the drug also increased glycolysis and glycogenolysis in livers from fed rats (these are expected compensatory phenomena for the decreased mitochondrial ATP formation); (c) flufenamic acid inhibited glucose production from fructose, an energy-dependent process; (d) the cellular ATP levels were decreased by flufenamic acid whereas the AMP levels were increased; and (e) the total adenine nucleotide content was decreased by flufenamic acid and uric acid production was stimulated. Indicator-dilution experiments with flufenamic acid revealed that this substance undergoes flow-limited distribution in the liver and that its apparent distribution space greatly exceeds the aqueous space of the liver. Flufenamic acid changed its behaviour when the portal concentration was increased from 25 to 50 microM. At 25 microM the initial upslope of the outflow profile clearly preceded that of all other concentrations. From the trend of the curves obtained with 50, 100 and 250 microM, one would expect an initial upslope situated at the right of the 50-microM curve. Furthermore, the time of appearance of flufenamic acid in the outflowing perfusate was practically the same irrespective of the portal concentration. For theoretical reasons one would expect progressively longer appearance times when the portal concentration was decreased. It is possible that the amount of flufenamic acid bound to the cell membranes during the early stages of the infusion produced changes that enabled these structures to bind a larger quantity of the drug than originally possible.
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- C H Lopez
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Maringá, Brazil
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Chou CH, Rowland M. Effect of altered tissue binding on the disposition of barbital in the isolated perfused rat liver: application of the axial dispersion model. J Pharm Sci 1997; 86:1310-4. [PMID: 9383746 DOI: 10.1021/js960481d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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To examine the dependence of hepatic dispersion on tissue binding, the distribution kinetics of barbital under varying conditions of barbiturate perfusate concentrations was studied in the isolated perfused rat liver preparation (n = 5). The in situ liver was perfused in a single-pass mode with protein-free Krebs bicarbonate medium (15 mL/min). During steady-state infusion with various barbiturate concentrations (barbital, 1 g/L; butethal, 0.1, 1 g/L), a bolus containing [3H]water (cellular space marker) and [14C]barbital was injected into the portal vein. The recoveries of [3H]water and [14C]barbital were complete. The mean transit time and hence the volume of distribution for barbital in the absence of bulk barbiturate concentration (56 s and 1.24 mL/g) were about 2-fold higher than those for water (29 s and 0.58 mL/g), and they decreased progressively as the perfusate barbiturate concentration increased, indicating a decrease in tissue binding. However, the relative dispersion values (CV2H) of water (0.60) and barbital (0.66) were about the same magnitude and independent of the bulk concentration of barbiturate. The one-compartment dispersion model adequately described the data of barbital with a constant DN (dispersion number) value of 0.35. The results indicate that varying the tissue binding of barbital does not change the magnitude of DN; as such it offers a new experimental approach to examine the hepatic dispersion of solutes with a large distribution volume.
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- C H Chou
- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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Ferraresi-Filho O, Ishii-Iwamoto EL, Bracht A. Transport, metabolism and distribution space of octanoate in the perfused rat liver. Cell Biochem Funct 1997; 15:69-80. [PMID: 9253158 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0844(19970601)15:2<69::aid-cbf721>3.0.co;2-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The scope of the present work was to investigate the metabolism and the passage of octanoate from albumin into the phospholipid bilayer of the plasma membrane and from thence into the cell space. The experiments were done in the isolated perfused rat liver with infusions of albumin and octanoate at various concentrations. Once steady-state conditions were attained, trace amounts of [1-14C]-octanoate, [131 I]-albumin and [3H]-water were injected simultaneously and the effluent perfusate was fractionated. The normalized dilution curves were used for model analysis. The model which gives the best fit to the experimental results and which also produces the most consistent parameters is one that presupposes a rapid distribution of octanoate into the cell membrane and a slow transfer from the cell membrane into the cytosol. The concentration dependence of the distribution between the membrane and the extracellular space is parabolic, suggesting that octanoate changes the properties of the cell membrane when present at higher concentrations. The passage from the cell membrane into the cell space is relatively slow and limits metabolic transformation partly or totally, depending on the octanoate concentration in the plasma membrane. The rapid transfer of octanoate from the albumin space into the plasma membrane corroborates previous measurements of the dissociation of the albumin-octanoate complex.
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Bialek S, Quong JN, Yu K, Miller SS. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs alter chloride and fluid transport in bovine retinal pigment epithelium. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1996; 270:C1175-89. [PMID: 8928745 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1996.270.4.c1175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) were added to the solutions bathing the apical membrane of bovine retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)-choroid explants. For example, niflumic acid (100 microM) depolarized the basolateral membrane voltage (VB) by approximately 12 mV, increased transepithelial potential by 4.5 mV, decreased intracellular Cl activity by 13 mM, decreased transepithelial resistance by 17 omega.cm2, and increased the ratio of apical to basolateral membrane resistance nearly threefold. All of these changes are consistent with an increase in basolateral membrane Cl conductance. In addition, niflumic acid caused intracellular Ca concentration to decrease by 16 nM and fluid transport rate to increase by 1.5 microliters.cm-2.h-1. Flufenamic acid, which is structurally very similar to niflumic acid, had the opposite effects on membrane voltage and resistance. Basal application of the Cl channel blocker 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid or current clamping VB to the reversal potential for Cl practically abolished the niflumic acid response. The niflumic acid results suggest that certain NSAIDs can directly alter Cl conductance in the bovine RPE, apparently independently of cyclooxygenase inhibition.
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Affiliation(s)
- S Bialek
- School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA
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