Abstract:
:Bitter melon (Momordica charantia), commonly known as karela, has been reported to have hypoglycemic, antiviral, antidiabetic, and antitumor activities. In the present study, we have investigated the effects of oral feeding of karela fruit juice on the hepatic cytochrome P450 (CYP) and glutathione S-transferase (GST) drug-metabolizing enzymes in the streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rat. Hepatic CYP contents, ethoxycoumarin-O-deethylase (ECOD), ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD), aniline hydroxylase (AH), and aminopyrene N-demethylase (APD) activities were measured in control, diabetic, and karela juice fed animals. Diabetic rats exhibited a 50-100% increase in AH and EROD activities that was reversed by karela juice feeding. In addition, a decrease (17-20%) in the activities of APD and ECOD was observed in diabetic rat liver. Feeding of karela juice to the diabetic animals brought the level of APD close to that of control animals, while ECOD was further reduced to 60% of the control value. The cytosolic glutathione concentration was decreased in diabetic rats, and karela juice feeding normalized the effect. However, an increase (of 20-30%) in the GST activity was observed in both diabetic and karela juice fed rats. Western immunoblot analysis of CYP and GST isozymes exhibited a differential response during diabetes. The expression of CYP1A1, 2B1, 2E1, 3A4, and 4A2 in diabetes, while a decrease in GST mu was observed. Our results suggest that the changes in hepatic phase I and phase II drug-metabolizing enzyme activities in the STZ-induced diabetic animals may be associated with the altered expression of different CYP and GST isozymes. In addition, we have also observed that karela does not always reverse the effects on drug-metabolizing enzymes in STZ-induced diabetes.
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Biochem Pharmacoljournal_title
Biochemical pharmacologyauthors
Raza H,Ahmed I,Lakhani MS,Sharma AK,Pallot D,Montague Wdoi
10.1016/s0006-2952(96)00526-6subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1996-11-22 00:00:00pages
1639-42issue
10eissn
0006-2952issn
1873-2968pii
S0006-2952(96)00526-6journal_volume
52pub_type
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