CGS 9896 blocks the pentylenetetrazol-like effect of withdrawal from chronic ethanol

1989 ◽  
Vol 16 (2-4) ◽  
pp. 277-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia M. Harris ◽  
Ibrahim S. Elkhayat ◽  
Dan Benjamin ◽  
Samiran Bhadra ◽  
Harbans Lal
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1997 ◽  
Vol 78 (02) ◽  
pp. 808-812 ◽  
Author(s):  
María-Luisa Pita ◽  
José-María Rubio ◽  
María-Luisa Murillo ◽  
Olimpia Carreras ◽  
Mariá-José Delgado

SummaryThe effect of chronic ethanol ingestion on fatty acid composition of plasma, erythrocyte and platelet phospholipids and on plasma 6-keto-PGF1α was studied. Two groups of alcoholic subjects, one of them with chronic liver disease, were studied and compared to a control group of healthy subjects. Linoleic acid was not affected by alcoholism but its larger metabolites arachidonic acid (20:4n6) and docosatetraenoic acid (22: 4n6) tended to be lower in erythrocytes and platelets of both groups of alcoholic patients; the decrease was more marked in the presence of chronic liver disease. Docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n3) was markedly decreased in plasma, erythrocytes and platelets obtained from alcoholic patients with chronic liver disease. Plasma levels of 6-keto-PGF1α, a metabolite of prostacyclin (PGI2), remained unchanged. We conclude that chronic ethanol ingestion induces important changes in long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, mainly in platelets, and that these changes are exacerbated when patients suffer from chronic liver disease.


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (73) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
G.А. Yeroshenko ◽  
K.V. Shevchenko ◽  
O.D. Lisachenko ◽  
O.V. Vilhova ◽  
O.S. Yakushko ◽  
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1975 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 601-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. -H. Kiessling ◽  
L. Pilström ◽  
A. -C. Bylund ◽  
K. Piehl ◽  
B. Saltin

1975 ◽  
Vol 250 (13) ◽  
pp. 5122-5129
Author(s):  
A I Cederbaum ◽  
C S Lieber ◽  
D S Beattie ◽  
E Rubin

1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-425
Author(s):  
Manfred Brauer

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Spectroscopy (MRS) give anatomical and biochemical information about a human patient or animal in a non-invasive manner. This unique quality permits the study of toxicological responses of an organ within an intact animal and in a manner in which many fewer animals are needed than by conventional methods of investigation. The use of MRI and MRS in the study of hepatotoxicants, particularly bromobenzene and ethanol, is reviewed. Bromobenzene causes localised hepatic oedema and bioenergetic deterioration; these changes were followed with time by 1H MRI and 31P MRS, respectively. Phosphocholine levels in the liver were found to increase dramatically during bromobenzene-induced damage, possibly related to an intracellular control mechanism in response to tissue damage. The ability of the bromobenzene-challenged liver to metabolise a fructose load was followed by dynamic 31P MRS. Chronic ethanol administration damages the liver. This toxicological process results in the accumulation of fat in the liver, which was followed by fat-selective 1H MRI. When ethanol is no longer administered to the subject, the fatty infiltration subsides, and this process was followed over 16 days in the same animal using fat-selective 1H MRI. Chronic ethanol renders the liver in situ more susceptible to hypoxic injury and less likely to recover afterwards, as shown by 31P MRS.


Alcohol ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 18 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 147-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
V Rajakrishnan ◽  
P Subramanian ◽  
P Viswanathan ◽  
V.P Menon

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