Significance of the activity of liver arginase and Kupffer cells in the detoxification processes and the thyroid status formation in rats under alcoholic intoxication of different severity

Modern medicine faces the problem of a steady growth of alcoholic pathology. As you know, morbidity and mortality with a regular consumption of alcoholic beverages is associated with the toxic effects of ethanol on the most important human organs and, first of all, on the liver. To date, a sufficient number of facts are accumulated, indicating the importance of liver arginase and Kupffer cells in vital processes in health and disease. The aim of the study was to elucidate the significance of the activity of liver arginase and Kupffer cells in the detoxification processes and the thyroid status formation in rats with chronic ethanol intoxication of different severity. In rat experiments using modern physiological, biochemical research methods and a pharmacological approach, it was found that liver arginase and Kupffer cells participate in changes in the liver detoxification function and the thyroid status formation induced by chronic ethanol intoxication. The activity of liver arginase and Kupffer cells determines the severity of detoxification processes and the thyroid status formation in chronic alcohol intoxication. The direction and severity of changes in the arginase activity and the liver detoxification function during chronic alcoholism depends on the severity of chronic alcohol intoxication. Under the influence of daily intragastric administration for 60 days, a 30 % aqueous solution of ethanol (3.5 g 92 % ethanol per kg of body weight) in animals inhibited the activity of liver arginase and the detoxification function, but the introduction of a 10 % aqueous solution of ethanol (1.0 g 92 % ethanol per kg of body weight) within 2 months leads to an increase in the activity of liver arginase and detoxification processes. Kupffer cells depression by GdCl₃ as the action in the body of the NO-synthase inhibitor methyl ester NG-nitro-L-arginine weakens and the arginase inhibitor Nω-hydroxy-nor-L-arginine contributes to the development of characteristic changes in the processes of detoxification and triiodothyronine level in plasma during chronic alcohol intoxication caused by intragastric introduction of ethanol at a dose of 3.5 g/kg for 60 days.

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