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Influence of magnesium deficiency on liver collagen after carbon tetrachloride or ethanol administration to rats.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  4067656     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The effects of magnesium deficiency on liver collagen after the administration of a hepatotoxic substance were investigated. Rats, fed a control or magnesium-deficient diet (0.040 g/kg), received six CCl4 or mineral oil injections administered at 2-d intervals starting from the first day of diet treatment. They were killed 3 or 12 d after the last injection. Between postinjection d 3 and 12, no change of magnesium concentration in liver was observed in the deficient rats. Three days after the end of treatment liver calcium in the magnesium-deficient CCl4-treated rats was higher than in any other group. Liver collagen of untreated control rats and untreated magnesium-deficient rats was not significantly different. In control and magnesium-deficient animals receiving CCl4 treatment, the liver collagen levels were significantly higher than in untreated rats. The magnesium-deficient rats receiving CCl4 have higher liver collagen than the controls receiving CCl4. In a second experiment the effect of suboptimum intake of magnesium (0.120 g/kg) combined with the ingestion of ethanol was studied in rats given a solution of ethanol in water for 55 d as their only source of fluid. Mortality occurred in the magnesium-deficient rats receiving ethanol, and body weights of these rats were lower than those of animals in the other three groups. The collagen concentration in liver was higher in magnesium-deficient rats consuming ethanol than in any other group. The synergistic action between magnesium deficiency and ethanol therefore appears to be analogous to that observed with CCl4.
Authors:
Y Rayssiguier; F Chevalier; M Bonnet; J Kopp; J Durlach
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of nutrition     Volume:  115     ISSN:  0022-3166     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Nutr.     Publication Date:  1985 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1986-01-23     Completed Date:  1986-01-23     Revised Date:  2003-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0404243     Medline TA:  J Nutr     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1656-62     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Body Weight / drug effects
Calcium / blood,  metabolism
Carbon Tetrachloride / toxicity*
Collagen / metabolism*
Ethanol / toxicity*
Liver / drug effects,  metabolism*
Magnesium / blood,  metabolism
Magnesium Deficiency / metabolism*
Male
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
56-23-5/Carbon Tetrachloride; 64-17-5/Ethanol; 7439-95-4/Magnesium; 7440-70-2/Calcium; 9007-34-5/Collagen

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