Glutathione carries out vital protective roles within mitochondria, but is synthesised in the cytosol. Previous studies have suggested that the mitochondrial dicarboxylate and 2-oxoglutarate carriers were responsible for glutathione uptake. We set out to characterise the putative glutathione transport by using fused membrane vesicles of Lactococcus lactis overexpressing the dicarboxylate and 2-...

The glutathione content and the activities of several enzymes in its metabolism, glutathione reductase, glutathione peroxidase and γ-glutamyl transpeptidase, were assayed in uteri obtained from estrogen-treated rats and in R3230AC mammary adenocarcinomas obtained from ovariectomized, intact and estrogen-treated hosts. Normal mammary glands, obtained 10–12 days post-partum, were also examined fo...

Protection of nitrogenase against oxygen inactivation in diazotrophs involves numerous strategies. Glutathione is known to play an important role in scavenging oxyradicals in many living systems. The involvement of glutathione (reduced) (GSH), glutathione peroxidase (GPX) and glutathione reductase (GR) in the protection of nitrogenase in free living diazotrophs is reported here for the first ti...

Glutathione plays a key role in the liver in detoxification reactions and in regulating the thiol-disulfide status of the cell. Glutathione synthesis is regulated mainly by the availability of precursor cysteine and the concentration of glutathione itself which feeds back to regulate its own synthesis. Degradation of hepatic glutathione is principally regulated by the efflux of reduced and oxid...

Deficiency of the antioxidant glutathione in brain appears to be connected with several diseases characterized by neuronal loss. To study neuronal glutathione metabolism and metabolic interactions between neurons and astrocytes in this respect, neuron-rich primary cultures and transient cocultures of neurons and astroglial cells were used. Coincubation of neurons with astroglial cells resulted ...

Background: Acute liver failure (ALF) can be defined as rapid loss of functions even in the absence pre-existing disorders. ALF is a medical emergency that necessitates hospitalization and, if not properly treated, transplant may only cure. Herein, we studied potential therapeutic effects exogenous glutathione on drug-induced ALF. Materials: Thirty male Wistar albino rats were used present stud...

Glutathione content and the activity of glutathione reductase were examined in ventral prostate and chemically induced 11095 squamous-cell prostatic carcinoma in rats. Castration produced a significant reduction in the levels of reduced (GSH) and oxidized (GSSG) glutathione and glutathione reductase activity in the prostate. Replacement of testosterone (50 mg/kg) daily for 7 days to castrated a...