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Determine the effects of chronic ethanol consumption and pro-oxidant compounds, including iron, paraquat, and menadione, on microsomal hydroxyl radical production.

June 1, 1987Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research

Hydroxyl Radical Generation by Microsomes after Chronic Ethanol Consumption

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EDElisa DickerUnited States Department of Veterans Affairs ACArthur I. CederbaumIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Animal experimental study reveals increased microsomal hydroxyl radical generation in ethanol-fed rats, suggesting iron-mediated oxidative stress contributes to ethanol-induced liver toxicity.

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Determine the effects of chronic ethanol consumption and pro-oxidant compounds, including iron, paraquat, and menadione, on microsomal hydroxyl radical production.
Isolated liver microsomes from chronic ethanol-fed rats and pair-fed control rats.
Quantified hydroxyl radical (.OH) production under basal conditions and after adding ferric chloride, ferric-ADP, ferric-EDTA, paraquat, or menadione.
Evaluated the inhibitory effects of catalase and superoxide dismutase on microsomal .OH generation.
Microsomes from ethanol-fed rats exhibited a 2-fold increase in .OH generation under basal conditions and in the presence of ferric chloride, ferric-ADP, or ferric-EDTA compared to pair-fed controls.
Paraquat and menadione increased .OH generation to an identical extent in microsomes from both ethanol-fed and control rats, showing no ethanol-dependent potentiation.
Hydroxyl radical production was sensitive to inhibition by catalase across all experimental conditions, implicating H2O2 as the obligate precursor, whereas superoxide dismutase had no significant effect.

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Dicker et al. (1987) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8432df8bb79d42a483d508 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.1987.tb01314.x

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Animal experimental study reveals increased microsomal hydroxyl radical generation in ethanol-fed rats, suggesting iron-mediated oxidative stress contributes to ethanol-induced liver toxicity.

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