[Regulation of by arginine of cytochrome p-450 activity and lipid peroxidation in rat liver and testicular tissue during hypoxia].

Arginine, preadministered intraperitoneally at a dose of 120 mg per 100 g of body mass before hypoxia, decreased content of diene conjugates by 42-64% and Schiff bases by 7-15% in rat liver and testicular microsomal membranes as compared with control rats nontreated with arginine. Under these conditions cytochrome P-450 catalytic activity with aniline as a substrate was increased by 65-152% and with amidopyrine as a substrate--by 72-148%, respectively. Exogenous arginine inhibited an increase in membranes microviscosity, specific for hypoxic state; relative microviscosity of lipid bilayer was decreased by 36% and of the protein-lipid contact zones--by 84% as compared with control hypoxic animals.