Journal
TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 82, Issue 1, Pages 268-278Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfh258
Keywords
glutathione (GSH); respiratory toxicity; naphthalene; P450 metabolism; high-performance liquid chromatography; HPLC
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- NIEHS NIH HHS [R01 ES 04699, T32 ES 05707, R01 ES 04311, T32 ES 07059, R01 ES 06700] Funding Source: Medline
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Naphthalene (NA) is metabolized to highly reactive intermediates that are primarily detoxified by conjugation to glutathione (GSH). Intraperitoneal administration of naphthalene causes substantial loss of both hepatic and respiratory GSH, yet only respiratory tissues are injured in mice. The liver supplies GSH to other organs via the circulation, making it unclear whether respiratory GSH losses reflect in situ respiratory depletion or decreased hepatic supply. To address this concern, mice were exposed to naphthalene by inhalation (1.5-15 ppm; 2-4 h), thereby bypassing first-pass hepatic involvement. GSH levels and histopathology were monitored during the first 24 h after exposure. Half of the mice were given the GSH depletor diethylmaleate (DEM) 1 hour before naphthalene exposure. Lung and nasal GSH levels rapidly decreased (50-90%) in mice exposed to 15 ppm naphthalene, with cell necrosis throughout the respiratory tract becoming evident several hours later. Conversely, 1.5 ppm naphthalene caused moderate GSH loss and only injured the nasal olfactory epithelium. Neither naphthalene concentration depleted hepatic GSH. Animals pretreated with DEM showed significant GSH loss and injury in nasal and intrapulmonary airway epithelium at both naphthalene concentrations. DEM treatment, perhaps by causing significant GSH loss, decreased water-soluble naphthalene metabolite formation by 48% yet increased NA-protein adducts 193%. We conclude that (1) GSH depletion occurs in airways independent of hepatic function; (2) sufficient GSH is not supplied by the liver to maintain respiratory GSH pools, or to prevent injury from inhaled naphthalene; and (3) GSH loss precedes injury and increases protein adduct formation.
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