Abstract
The effects of polyriboinosinic acid-polyribocytidylic acid (poly IC) on galactosamine-induced liver cell injury in rats were studied. Treatment of rats with D-galactosamine-HCl (400 mg/kg) increased their serum glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase (E.C.2.6.1.1, GOT) activities, indicating that hepatocyte injury was induced by galactosamine. Rapid and intense elevations of serum GOT activities were observed when galactosamine (200 mg/kg) was administered simultaneously with poly IC (10 mg/kg) but not with poly I or poly C. Acute increase in serum GOT activities caused by the simultaneous administration of poly IC and galactosamine was prevented by the simultaneous administration of uridine (1 g/kg), which is known to inhibit the early biochemical alterations caused by the amino sugar in the hepatocyte. These findings suggest that poly IC intensifies the hepatotoxic effect of galactosamine in rats. This poly IC-induced sensitization was inhibited by pretreatment with poly IC (10 mg/kg) itself, when injected 24 hr before the administration of the hepatotoxin together with poly IC.
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