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- Title
Elimination of the toxic effect of copper sulfate is accompanied by the normalization of liver function in fibrosis.
- Authors
Bozhkov, A. I.; Bozhkov, A. A.; Ponomarenko, I. E.; Kurguzova, N. I.; Akzhyhitov, R. A.; Goltvyanskii, A. V.; Klimova, E. M.; Shapovalov, S. O.
- Abstract
The search for biologically active compounds that regulate liver function in fibrosis is an urgent medical and biological problem. Aworking hypothesis was tested, according to which low molecular weight biologically active compounds from Pleurotus ostreatus and Sacharamirses cerevisiae are capable of exerting immunomodulatory and antitoxic effects after intoxication of the body with ions of heavy metals, in particular copper sulfate. Elimination of the toxic effect caused by copper sulfate can also ensure the normalization of liver function in various pathologies, in particular with liver fibrosis. When determining toxicity, a study was carried out on Wistar rats, and when studying the effect of low molecular weight biologically active compounds on liver function, clinical trials were carried out on volunteers. The activity of alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, actonitase and glutathione peroxidase, as well as the content of bilirubin and lipid hydroperoxides were determined. It was shown that preliminary administration of biologically active com)pounds to rats at a dose of 0.05 mL/100 g of body weight provided the formation in some animals (up to 80%) of resistance to the toxic effect of copper sulfate (dose 2.5 mg/100 g of body weight). Such stability is associated with a shift in the balance of “prooxidants)antioxidants” towards antioxidants. The data obtained in the clinic on volunteers with liver fibrosis and hepatitis also testify in favour of the membranotropic action of biologically active compounds. Biologically active compounds provided a decrease or complete restoration of the activity of transferases (ALT and AST) in the blood serum of these patients, with the exception of one patient out of 20 examined. Our experiment has shown the relationship between the elimination of toxicity to the action of copper sulfate and the normalization of liver function in patients. The results obtained indicate that it will be promising to use a complex of low molecular weight components from P. ostreatus and S. cerevisiae as an antidote and hepatoprotective agent.
- Subjects
COPPER sulfate; MOLECULAR weights; MITOCHONDRIA
- Publication
Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems, 2021, Vol 12, Issue 4, p655
- ISSN
2519-8521
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15421/022190