N-acetylcysteine increases the glutathione content and protects rat alveolar type II cells against paraquat-induced cytotoxicity

Toxicology Letters
E HofferU Taitelman

Abstract

A protective effect of N-acetylcysteine in oxidative lung damage was reported by a number of workers; however, the mechanism underlying this effect was not thoroughly elucidated. The present research investigates the protection by N-acetylcysteine against paraquat-induced cytotoxicity to alveolar type II cells, which are known to be specific targets of paraquat toxicity in vivo. We found that addition of 1 mM N-acetylcysteine to alveolar type II cells incubated with 1 mM paraquat reduced the cytotoxic index from 17.4 +/- 1.3% to 9.3 +/- 1.5%. This effect could not be explained by the interference of N-acetylcysteine with the active uptake of paraquat by type II cells. Incubation of these cells with N-acetylcysteine enhances their glutathione content, thus reducing the paraquat- induced depletion of glutathione in these cells. These results suggest that N-acetylcysteine exerts its protective effect by acting as a precursor for glutathione in alveolar type II cells.

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