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9062877

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-6-27
pubmed:abstractText
Iron excess is a potential liver-damaging factor, and bile salts can increase iron digestive absorption and iron biliary excretion. The aim of this study was to investigate in rats the effect of ursodeoxycholic acid, a bile salt used in the treatment of chronic liver disease, on the hepatic iron stores in normal and iron-overload conditions. UDCA was administered by gavage to Sprague-Dawley rats. Iron hyperabsorption and overload were obtained by 5% carbonyl iron addition in diet. Hepatic iron stores and distribution were evaluated by liver iron concentration measurement and histologic assessment, respectively. Whatever the iron content of the diet, liver iron concentration was not modified by UDCA administration compared with the control groups. Iron distribution was not modified by UDCA in rats with normal diet. The total iron score was only transiently lowered by UDCA in iron supplemented rats compared with the control group at 1 month. In conclusion, chronic UDCA administration does not modify liver iron stores and distribution in rats with both normal or increased digestive iron absorption. These data suggest that UDCA is unlikely to increase hepatic iron stores in treated patients and that the benefit of UDCA treatment is probably not related to a decreasing effect of liver iron content.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0106-9543
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
30-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of ursodeoxycholic acid on liver iron stores and distribution in rats with normal or iron-supplemented diet.
pubmed:affiliation
INSERM U49, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire Pontchaillou, Rennes, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't