Effects of propylthiouracil on D-galactosamine hepatotoxicity in the rat. Evidence for a non-thyroidal effect.

Abstract:

:The cytoprotective effects of propylthiouracil (PTU) were studied in rats treated with the hepatotoxin D-galactosamine (D-GNH2). Five days of PTU pretreatment prior to D-GNH2 caused hypothyroidism and a significant reduction in liver injury as assessed by serum transaminase levels. When PTU was administered as a single dose with D-GNH2, significant decreases in transaminase also occurred at times when thyroid function was unchanged. Furthermore, aminopyrine oxidation showed significant impairment after D-GNH2 and was normalized by one dose of PTU. Further studies were carried out in thyroidectomized rats. PTU caused significant reductions in transaminase levels when given for 5 days pretreatment or as a single dose. Animals receiving pretreatment with PTU plus thyroxine (T4) also had significant decreases in serum transaminase. The antithyroid drug methimazole also had a hepatoprotective effect, while two other potent antithyroid compounds (2-thiouracil and 2-thiobarbituric acid) did not. These data suggest that PTU can protect against liver injury induced by D-GNH2, that the effect is independent of thyroid function, and that this effect is not common to all thiol-containing antithyroid drugs.

journal_name

Biochem Pharmacol

journal_title

Biochemical pharmacology

authors

Cooper DS,Carter EA,Kieffer JD,Wands JR

doi

10.1016/0006-2952(84)90110-2

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1984-11-01 00:00:00

pages

3391-7

issue

21

eissn

0006-2952

issn

1873-2968

pii

0006-2952(84)90110-2

journal_volume

33

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