Publications by authors named "Hook J"

Carbonic anhydrase is a zinc metalloenzyme whose activity may be affected by zinc deficiency. This investigation was designed to evaluate the effect of zinc deficiency on the response to three diuretic drugs which vary in their capacity to inhibit carbonic anhydrase: acetazolamide, furosemide and hydrochlorothiazide. The response of the zinc-deficient rats was compared to that of pair-fed and ad libitum zinc-supplemented controls.

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Toxicity to several compounds is affected by dietary changes that by themselves do not result in nutrient deficiency or toxicity. The herbicide paraquat was tested to determine whether feeding a cereal-based closed formula diet or a purified diet would affect the sensitivity of mice to paraquat. After an intraperitoneal injection of paraquat, 28-day-old male ICR mice, which had been fed a purified diet for periods of 3 to 84 days, had shorter survival times and lower 7-day percent survivals than mice fed a cereal-base closed formula diet.

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Tissue zinc concentration and the activity of the zinc metalloenzyme, carbonic anhydrase, were quantified in whole blood and kidneys of weanling male Sprague-Dawley rats with diet-induced zinc deficiency. Zinc-deficient rats were fed ad libitum a commercially prepared diet containing less than 1 ppm zinc. Zinc-supplemented rats were ad libitum or pair-fed a control diet containing 60 ppm zinc.

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cis-Dichlorodiammineplatinum (cis-Pt) is a heavy metal complex used in cancer chemotherapy. Since this drug has been shown to induce hyperglycemia in rats, these studies were initiated to elucidate the effects of cis-Pt on carbohydrate tolerance and insulin and glucagon secretion. Two days following i.

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Subacute (20 days) oral administration of hexachlorobenzene (HCB) or the organohalide mixtures polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) greatly increased th susceptibility of male rats to the toxic effects of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4). CCl4-induced acute growth retardation, renal tubular functional impairment and hepatocellular necrosis were quantitatively greater in rats pretreated with the aromatic organohalides than in naive rats. Pretreatment with HCB, PBB or PCB also reduced survival after i.

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Exposure to polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) resulted in increased activity of microsomal arylhydrocarbon hydroxylase and ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase in rat lung. Clearance of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and angiotensin 1 by perfused lungs was decreased by PBBs. However, PBBs had no effect on the activity of epoxide hydrolase, monoamine oxidase, or angiotensin-converting enzyme in lung.

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Body weight gain and hepatic concentrations of vitamin A were reduced in Sprague-Dawley rats by pre- and postnatal exposure to 100 ppm polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs). The ratio of liver weight to body weight, activity of hepatic delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) synthetase, and urinary excretion of uro- and coproporphyrins were increased by PBBs. Treatment with PBBs also increased the left atrial inotropic response to calcium.

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High doses of cephaloridine produce necrosis of renal proximal tubular cells and this nephrotoxicity has been shown to be reduced by piperonyl butoxide (a mixed-function oxidase inhibitor) in rats and rabbits, and potentiated by phenobarbital (a mixed-function oxidase inducer) in rabbits but not rats. Phenobarbital is known to increase rabbit but not rat renal mixed-function oxidase activities; however, several other compounds such as polybrominated biphenyls (PBB), trans-stilbene oxide (TSO) and beta-naphthoflavone (BNF) have been shown to induce renal enzyme activities in rats. Thus, it was of interest to determine the effects of PBB, TSO and BNF on cephaloridine toxicity in Fischer 344 rats.

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The study was designed to examine the effect of feeding a purified versus a cereal-based closed formula (control) diet on toxicity to carbon tetrachloride or oxygen. Twenty-eight-day-old male ICR mie were fed a purified or cereal-based closed formula diet for 14 or 84 days. After treatment with carbon tetrachloride or exposure to a 100% oxygen atmosphere, survival time and percentage survival were the same for mice fed either diet.

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Four consecutive intraperitoneal (i.p.) injections with 40 mg/kg of 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) reduced the in vitro accumulation of p-aminohippurate (PAH) and tetraethylammonium (TEA) by slices of renal cortex and increased blood urea nitrogen (BUN) concentration in both male and female rats, but elevated serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (GPT) and glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT) activities in females only.

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Chloroform (CHCl3) produces renal and hepatic damage in humans and experimental animals. Deuterium-labeled chloroform (CDCl3) has been reported to be less hepatotoxic than CHCl3 in rats. However, this isotope effect has not been determined in other species or in extrahepatic tissues.

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Perinatal exposure to polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) increased the hepatic microsomal metabolism of estradiol, estrone, and ethynylestradiol in vitro. Pretreatment with PBBs decreased the effect of estradiol administered exogenously on uterine estrogen cytosolic receptor concentration. The effect of exogenous estradiol on uterine weight and uterine RNA content was also reduced by perinatal exposure to PBBs.

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The aminoglycosides gentamicin, netilmicin and tobramycin were each administered (30 mg/kg/day) to male Wistar rats for 21 days. At 7, 14 and 21 days rats were anesthetized and renal clearances of inulin and egg-white lysozyme were quantified. Plasma concentration of lysozyme varied between 20 and 120 mg/liter in control and aminoglycoside treated rats.

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The effects of renal development on the response of newborns to acetazolamide were determined in an animal model, 5- and 20-day-old piglets. Increasing doses of acetazolamide increased both sodium and potassium excretion in 5-day-old piglets. Sodium excretion increased from 1.

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The effect of trans-stilbene oxide (TSO) on organ function and morphology and on drug-metabolizing enzymes was determined in male Sprague-Dawley rats. TSO (300 or 600 mg/kg) was administered i.p.

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