Hepatoprotective activity of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, captopril and enalapril, against paraquat toxicity |
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Authors: | Jalal Pourahmad Mir-Jamal HosseiniSoudeh Bakan Mahmoud Ghazi-Khansari |
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Institution: | a Faculty of Pharmacy, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran b Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran |
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Abstract: | Paraquat is a highly toxic herbicide that is used in most countries without restriction. The cytotoxic action of paraquat is mediated by reactive radicals that are products of its metabolic reduction in cells. It has already been hypothesized that some angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (e.g., captopril and enalapril) could show antioxidant and radical scavenging activity through their structural thiol groups, increasing antioxidant enzymes production or nitric oxide synthesis. In this study the hepatoprotective effect of captopril and enalapril against paraquat induced oxidative stress cytotoxicity was evaluated in isolated rat hepatocyte. Subtoxic concentrations of captopril (0.2 mM) and enalapril (0.2 mM) significantly (p < 0.05) protected the hepatocytes against paraquat (2 mM) induced oxidative stress cytotoxicity markers including: cell lysis, reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, lipid peroxidation, glutathione depletion, mitochondrial membrane potential decrease, lysosomal membrane oxidative damage and cellular proteolysis. Moreover, we showed that non-thiol enalapril acts as well as thiol containing captopril at inhibiting oxidative stress cytotoxicity markers. Finally, our results support the hypothesis that it is the increase in nitric oxide synthesis and not the presence of the thiol group that accounts for the antioxidant activity of ACE inhibitors. |
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Keywords: | PQ paraquat DMSO dimethylsulfoxide ROS reactive oxygen species Hepes N-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperazine-N&prime -(2-ethanesulfonic acid) OPT O-phthalaldehyde NEM N-ethylmaleimide LDH lactate dehydrogenase GSH and GSSG reduced and oxidized glutathione DCFH 2&prime 7&prime -dichlorofluorescein diacetate TBARs thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances |
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