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Prooxidant and antioxidant functions of nitric oxide in liver toxicity.

Abstract：

:In response to tissue damage and inflammation induced by a variety of xenobiotics including acetaminophen, carbon tetrachloride, ethanol, galactosamine, and endotoxin, as well as disease states such as viral hepatitis, and postischemic and regenerative injury, the liver produces large quantities of nitric oxide. Indeed, nearly all cell types in the liver including hepatocytes, Kupffer cells, stellate cells, and endothelial cells have the capacity to generate nitric oxide. Thus, these cells, as well as infiltrating leukocytes, may indirectly augment tissue injury. In many models of liver damage, nitric oxide and its oxidation products such as peroxynitrite contribute to the injury process by directly damaging the tissue or by initiating additional immunologic reactions that result in damage. In some models, nitric oxide donors or peroxynitrite can mimic the cytotoxic actions of liver toxins. Moreover, agents that prevent the generation of nitric oxide or antioxidants that bind reactive nitrogen intermediates, or knockout mice with reduced capacity to produce nitric oxide, are protected from xenobiotic-induced tissue injury. In contrast, there have been reports that blocking nitric oxide production enhances xenobiotic-induced tissue injury. This has led to the concept that nitric oxide either inactivates proteins critical for xenobiotic-induced tissue injury or acts as an antioxidant, reducing cellular levels of cytotoxic reactive oxygen intermediates. Whether or not nitric oxide or secondary oxidants generated from nitric oxide act as mediators of tissue injury or protect against toxicity is likely to depend on the precise targets of these reactive nitrogen intermediates, as well as levels of superoxide anion present and the extent to which tissue injury is mediated by reactive oxygen intermediates. In addition, as toxicity is a complex process involving a variety of cell types and many soluble mediators, the contribution of each of these factors must be taken into account when considering the role of nitric oxide as a determinant of tissue injury.

journal_name

Antioxid Redox Signal

journal_title

Antioxidants & redox signaling

authors

Laskin JD,Heck DE,Gardner CR,Laskin DL

doi

10.1089/152308601300185214

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pub_date

2001-04-01 00:00:00

pages

261-71

issue

eissn

1523-0864

issn

1557-7716

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Prooxidant and antioxidant functions of nitric oxide in liver toxicity.