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  • Title: Polarity of hepatic glutathione and glutathione S-conjugate efflux, and intraorgan mercapturic acid formation in the skate.
    Author: Simmons TW, Hinchman CA, Ballatori N.
    Journal: Biochem Pharmacol; 1991 Nov 06; 42(11):2221-8. PubMed ID: 1958237.
    Abstract:
    Mechanisms of hepatic glutathione and glutathione S-conjugate efflux were investigated in isolated hepatocytes and perfused liver of the little skate (Raja erinacea). Glutathione was released by isolated skate hepatocytes at a rate of 0.12 +/- 0.03 nmol.hr-1.(mg protein)-1. In the perfused liver, glutathione concentrations in bile were high (approximately 0.7 mM) compared to hepatic tissue levels (0.61 +/- 0.11 mumol.g-1). During the first hour of perfusion, the biliary glutathione excretion rate was 3 nmol.hr-1.(g liver)-1, whereas glutathione accumulated in the recirculating perfusate at a rate of only 1.5 nmol.hr-1.(g liver)-1. Release of glutathione by isolated hepatocytes and perfused liver was not affected by the addition of acivicin, an inhibitor of gamma-glutamyltransferase (EC 2.3.2.2), to cell suspension medium or liver perfusate. 1-Chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (CDNB) was taken up by isolated hepatocytes, conjugated to glutathione, and released as S-(2,4-dinitrophenyl) (DNP)-glutathione. After infusion of 0.5 mumol CDNB in perfused liver, S-DNP-glutathione was concentrated in bile (0.5 mM) and was associated with choleresis. S-DNP-Conjugates of cysteinylglycine, cysteine and N-acetylcysteine, were also found in bile, suggesting intrahepatic breakdown of S-DNP-glutathione and subsequent acetylation of the resulting cysteine conjugate to form the mercapturic acid, S-DNP-N-acetylcysteine. This mercapturic acid accounted for 31% of the total S-DNP-conjugates collected in bile. In contrast, neither S-DNP-glutathione nor other S-DNP-conjugates were detected in the perfusate (less than 0.5 microM). These findings demonstrate that biliary excretion is the predominant route for efflux of glutathione and a glutathione S-conjugate from skate liver. The results also identify an intrahepatic pathway for mercapturic acid biosynthesis facilitated by biliary glutathione S-conjugate excretion.
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