Review Article

Chronic-Alcohol-Abuse-Induced Oxidative Stress in the Development of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

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Ethanol impaired mitochondrial GSH (a) and 2-oxoglutarate (b) uptake. The investigation of mitochondrial uptake of GSH and 2-oxoglutarate revealed that procysteine (PRO) but not N-acetylcysteine (NAC) protected the 2-oxoglutarate transporter during ethanol ingestion. The uptakes of 3H-GSH and 14C-oxoglutarate were assessed in mitochondria isolated from alveolar type II cells from rats fed control, ethanol, ethanol + NAC, or ethanol + PRO diets. (* ) compared to controls.
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