Studies on the mercapturic acid pathway in the rabbit lens.

Abstract:

:We have examined the mercapturic acid pathway of the cataractous rabbit lens following induction by naphthalene as an oxidative foreign substance. 1,2-Naphthoquinone, which is formed in the eye from naphthalene diol and other naphthalene derivatives by a combination of enzymic and non-enzymic reactions, readily oxidizes GSH and GSH S-transferase [EC 2.5.1.18] in the lens scavenging system. 1,2-Naphthoquinone appeared in the rabbit aqueous humor after 8 h, and showed a maximum level in the lens 24 h after naphthalene administration, with marked accumulation in the lens nucleus. At the same time, the GSH level and GSH S-transferase activity in the lens decreased after 4 h, and lens opacification appeared 7 days after naphthalene administration. Furthermore, we identified the naphthalene metabolite, N-acetyl-S-(1,2-dihydro-2-hydroxynaphthyl) cysteine, in the lens of rabbit after naphthalene administration and in an in vitro experiment on lens homogenate using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). This compound is an intermediate of the mercapturic acid pathway, and indicates that naphthalene derivatives are metabolized through the mercapturic acid pathway which acts as a scavenging system in the lens.

journal_name

Exp Eye Res

authors

Iwata S,Maesato T

doi

10.1016/0014-4835(88)90058-9

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1988-09-01 00:00:00

pages

479-88

issue

3

eissn

0014-4835

issn

1096-0007

journal_volume

47

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