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Insitu perfusion of rat liver was performed with a medium containing glucose-cysteine adduct [2-(D-gluco-pentahydroxypentyl) thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid, glc-cys] and its effect on glutathione (GSH) and ATP levels and bile production was examined. The GSH content in the liver was maintained at the original level during perfusion with 1 mM glc-cys for 2h, while it decreased significantly in the absence of glc-cys. After 4h of perfusion without glc-cys, ATP content and bile production decreased significantly besides the decrease in GSH content, but they were maintained at the original levels with glc-cys. When the perfusion was performed with the liver of rats injected with diethyl maleate (DEM), the GSH level, which was decreased to 6.0% of the control by DEM injection, was restored to 22.6% of the original level by perfusion with 2mM glc-cys for 30 min. Data indicate that glccys is a cysteine prodrug with protective action on the liver.
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Yao, W.B., Tomozawa, M., Yukihiro, K. et al. Protective effect of glucose-cysteine adduct on thein situ perfused rat liver. Amino Acids 12, 33–40 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01373424
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