| Literature DB >> 6832291 |
J Viña, F J Romero, G T Saez, F V Pallardó.
Abstract
Intraperitoneal injections of cysteine or N-acetyl cysteine induce a depletion of reduced glutathione (GSH) in rat brain. The doses required to promote GSH depletion are lower than those reported to cause a disseminate neurodegenerative syndrome. Since physiological GSH concentrations are required to maintain cell membranes, we suggest that consideration of the cysteine-induced GSH depletion is important in attempts to understand the mechanism of cysteine-induced cytotoxicity in brain.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6832291 DOI: 10.1007/bf01958877
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Experientia ISSN: 0014-4754