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  • Title: Acetaminophen decreases adenosine 3'-phosphate 5'-phosphosulfate and uridine diphosphoglucuronic acid in rat liver.
    Author: Hjelle JJ, Hazelton GA, Klaassen CD.
    Journal: Drug Metab Dispos; 1985; 13(1):35-41. PubMed ID: 2858374.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effects of acute administration of acetaminophen on adenosine 3'-phosphate 5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS) and UDP-glucuronic acid concentrations in fed male rats. Acetaminophen produced a dosage-dependent decline in rat hepatic PAPS concentrations which was significant after dosages of 150, 300, or 600 mg/kg, ip. The time course of the decline in PAPS values after 600 mg acetaminophen/kg showed that PAPS concentrations reached a nadir 1 hr after dosing (40% of control values). Serum sulfate concentrations were also decreased by large dosages of acetaminophen (32 and 15% of control 2 hr after 150 and 600 mg/kg, respectively) and a significant, positive correlation between serum sulfate and hepatic PAPS concentrations was noted. In addition, hepatic cysteine and glutathione concentrations were lowered by high dosages of acetaminophen. Hepatic UDP-glucuronic acid concentrations were greatly decreased for 2 hr after a dosage of 600 mg acetaminophen/kg (15, 23, and 42% of control 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 hr after dosing, respectively) whereas 150 mg/kg produced a less pronounced and more transient decrease. These findings demonstrate that both PAPS and UDP-glucuronic acid concentrations in liver are decreased after administration of acetaminophen and imply that capacity-limited sulfation and glucuronidation of acetaminophen are due to a decrease in co-substrate availability.
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