Abstract

With the aim to analyze whether propylthiouracil (PTU) alters ethanol-induced changes in liver iron and copper contents, 40 male albino mice were equally divided into a control group, an ethanol-treated group, a PTU-treated group and an ethanol + PTU-treated group. Twenty animals were killed at the age of 85 days and 20 at the age of 180 days. Liver iron and copper contents showed a progressive, statistically non-significant increase both in the controls and in ethanol-treated animals. Liver iron contents was significantly higher in the 180-day-old alcoholic mice as compared with controls. Animals treated either with PTU or with PTU + ethanol showed liver iron levels in the normal range, markedly different from the ethanol-treated animals ( P < 0.005). Liver copper content of the ethanol-treated animals was higher (but not significantly) than that of the controls. Liver copper levels of the PTU + ethanol-treated animals were in the range of the ethanol-treated animals. Thus, PTU seems to revert an overload of ethanol mediated iron of copper.

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