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Role for glutathione in the hyposensitivity of LPS-pretreated mice to LPS anorexia Volume 18, numéro 2, June 2007

Auteurs
Institute of Animal Sciences, ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland, INSERM UMR421, Creteil, France, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

To study the role of the redox state regulator glutathione (GSH) in bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced anorexia we measured GSH in liver, serum and brain in response to intraperitoneal (ip) lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 4μg/mouse) injection in LPS-naïve and LPS-pretreated (4 μg/mouse) mice. LPS reduced food intake in LPS-naïve mice and LPS pretreatment attenuated this effect. LPS reduced total reduced GSH at 24 hours after injection in LPS-naïve mice. On the other hand, LPS pretreatment caused an upregulation of GSH levels in brain and liver, and this was associated with a significant attenuation of LPS-induced anorexia. In addition, LPS pretreatment increased mitochondrial GSH levels in brain and liver. Pharmacological GSH depletion with diethylmaleate and L-buthionine sulfoximine in LPS-pretreated mice ablated the hyposensitivity to the anorexic effect of LPS. Together, these findings suggest a prominent role for GSH and its intracellular repartition in LPS anorexia.