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  • Title: Dynamic changes of heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide production in acute liver injury induced by carbon tetrachloride in rats.
    Author: Wen T, Guan L, Zhang YL, Zhao JY.
    Journal: Toxicology; 2006 Nov 10; 228(1):51-7. PubMed ID: 16978757.
    Abstract:
    Heme oxygenase-1, a stress-responsive enzyme that catabolizes hemes into carbon monoxide, biliverdin, and iron, has been shown to play a pivotal role in many physiological and pathological situations. Here we investigated changes in HO-1 enzyme activity and protein expression, and its end product carbon monoxide concentrations in the liver of rats after CCl(4) treatment. We found that CCl(4) administration not only induced severe liver damage in rats, as demonstrated by dramatic elevation of ALT, AST levels and severe histopathological changes, but also resulted in a prominent up-regulation of HO-1 enzyme activity. Western blot and immunohistochemical analysis confirmed that expression of HO-1 protein was also increased significantly in a time-dependent manner following CCl(4) treatment, and localized mainly in liver cells around the central vein. In addition, CO concentrations in the liver of CCl(4)-treated rats were elevated remarkably in the same time-dependent way as HO-1 induction in contrast to the control rats. These data indicated that HO-1/CO pathway was greatly up regulated in the liver of rats after CCl(4) treatment, which might play an important protective role in the pathophysiological mechanism underlying CCl(4)-induced hepatotoxicity. It therefore suggested that more relevant studies should be carried out in the future to clarify the detailed mechanisms.
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