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  • Title: [Effect of carnosine and 4-methyluracil on the development of experimental hepatitis in rats].
    Author: Silaeva SA, Golenchenko VA, Gavril'chak AV, Onufriev MV, Khatsernova BI, Guliaeva NV, Shekhter AB.
    Journal: Biokhimiia; 1992 Sep; 57(9):1366-72. PubMed ID: 1467355.
    Abstract:
    A comparative study of the hepatoprotective effect of carnosine and 4-methyluracil under CCl4-induced acute toxic hepatitis has been carried out. The extent of liver injury and its regeneration were established from morphological data as well as from changes in the activities of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and histidase and the bilirubin content in blood serum. Hyperlipoperoxidation in the liver and serum was assessed by the amount of TBA-active products. It was found that by day 10 of experimental hepatitis ALT and histidase levels in blood sera of untreated animals exceeded the normal values 1.3- and 3.9-fold, whereas those in the carnosine-treated group approximated the values characteristic of intact animals. The activity of serum ALT in animals treated with vitamin B12 or 4-methyluracil exceeded normal values 1.5 and 1.6 times, whereas that of histidase was 2.5 and 2.7 times as high. Carnosine and 4-methyluracil inhibited (in approximately the same degree) the formation of TBA-active products in the liver. According to morphological dta, cessation of CCl4 injections was accompanied by rapid regeneration of liver tissues in all animal groups. Carnosine enhanced regenerative processes in parenchymatous and connective tissues in a far greater degree in comparison with other drugs. The mitotic index in the carnosine-treated group exceeded more than twofold the corresponding parameters in untreated animals. Possible mechanisms of carnosine action on liver repair are discussed.
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