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FREE RADICAL RESEARCH
Volume 36, Issue 6, Pages 661-666Publisher
INFORMA HEALTHCARE
DOI: 10.1080/10715760290029100
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liver; 7-hydroperoxycholesterol; oxysterol; alcohol; rat
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It was our hypothesis that, as a consequence of increased oxidative stress, cholesterol-derived hydroperoxides and oxysterols are increased in livers of rats exposed to ethanol. To test this we dosed Wistar rats (approximately 0.1 kg initial body weight) with ethanol chronically (rats fed a nutritionally complete liquid diet containing ethanol as 35% of total calories; sampled liver at approximately 6-7 weeks). We measured concentrations of 7alpha- and 7beta-hydroperoxycholest-5-en-3beta-ol (7alpha-OOH and 7beta-OOH) as well as 7alpha- and 7beta-hydroxycholesterol (7alpha-OH and 7beta-OH), and 3beta-hydroxycholest-5-en-7-one (also termed 7-ketocholesterol; 7-keto). In response to chronic alcohol feeding, there were significant elevations in the concentrations of 7alpha-OOH (+169%, P = 0.005) and 7beta-OOH (+199%, P = 0,011). Increases in the concentrations of hepatic 7-keto (+74%, P = 0.01) and decreases in cholesterol (-43%; P = 0.03) also occurred. In contrast, the concentrations of both 7alpha-OH and 7beta-OH were not significant (NS). However, when oxysterols in chronic ethanol-fed rats were expressed relative to cholesterol there were significant increases in 7-keto/cholesterol (P = 0.0006), 7alpha-OH/cholesterol (P = .0018) and 7beta-OH/cholesterol (P = 0.0047). In conclusion, this is the first report of increased 7alpha-OOH, 7beta-OOH, and 7-keto in liver of rats and their elevation in chronic experimental alcoholism represent evidence of increased oxidative stress.
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