주류의 섭취가 산업화학물질의 생체 내 독성유발에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 검초하기 위해 흰쥐를 이용하여 15% 에탄올을 6주간 섭취시킨 후, cyclohexane (CH)을 2일 간격으로 4회 복강 투여하고 24시간 후 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 체중 당 폐 무게와 폐 세척액 내 단백질 함량은 에탄올 전처치군이 대조군과 비교하여 증가되었고, 폐 조직 중 glucose-6-phosphatase의 활성은 감소되었다. 형태학적 변화에서도 CH만 투여한 군과 비교하여 에탄올 6주 섭취 후 CH를 투여한 군에서 부분적인 무기폐현상과 색전현상이 심화되어 나타났다. 따라서 CH 투여 시 에탄올을 전처치함으로써 간 조직 중 CH 효소의 활성이 증가되어, 과잉의 대사부산물들이 폐에 분포됨으로 인해 폐 조직의 손상이 심화되는 것으로 나타났다.
To evaluate the effects of ingestion of alcoholic drinks on the toxicities of industrial compounds, cyclohexane (CH) was intraperitoneally administrated to rats (1.56 g/kg body weght), which had been ingested 15% ethanol for up to 6 weeks, 4 times by once a day and every other day. Following the last treatment of ethanol or CH, blood and lung tissues were collected during 24 hours prior to sacrifice of animals. Comparing with the control group, the lung weight per body weight (%) and the protein content in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid were increased in the ethanol-pretreated group, and the glucose-6-phosphatase activity in lung tissues was decreased in the CH-treated group. In a morphological observations, pulmonary embolus were found in the CH-treated group, whereas a partial pulmonary atelectasis and a much increase in pulmonary embolus were shown in the CH-treated group after pretreated with ethanol for 6 weeks. In conclusion, these results indicate that ethanol pretreatment could enhance CH metabolism and that CH treatment with ethanol pretreatment could induce lung injury due to the increased CH metabolism.
