[The effect of phenobarbital, ionol and cAMP on the activity of glutathione metabolism enzymes in rodents].

The phenobarbital and ionol administration to rats and mice increases considerably the glutathione transferase, glutathione reductase and gamma-glutamyl transferase activities in the liver. The induction of these enzymes has been observed in a number of experiments in the heart and kidney but it was less pronounced. A correlation was established between the induction of glutathione transferase, glutathione reductase and gamma-glutamyl transferase, their changes in mice and rats, phenobarbital and ionol effects. The stimulatory effect of cAMP on glutathione transferase in the liver (and in a number of experiments in the heart) increased against a background of the both agents. The cAMP-dependent activation of glutathione peroxidase was retained in the heart but in some series experiments it disappeared in the liver and kidney. Mechanisms of the long-term (induction) and short-term (cAMP) elevation of the glutathione transferase and glutathione peroxidase activities functioned independently and often in concord. It is suggested that induction of glutathione metabolism enzymes may play an important role in biological effects of ionol.