Enhancement of carbon tetrachloride-induced liver injury by a single dose of ethanol: proton magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies in vivo.
Enhancement of carbon tetrachloride-induced liver injury by a single dose of ethanol: proton magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies in vivo.
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单剂量乙醇增强四氯化碳诱导的肝损伤:体内质子磁共振成像(MRI)研究。
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10.1016/0925-4439(91)90009-x
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1991
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Yamashiro,S
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Towner,RA;Reinke,LA;Janzen,EG;Yamashiro,S
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and localized magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) were used to study the effects of a single dose of ethanol, given 18 h prior to experiments, on CCl4-induced acute hepatotoxicity in rats in situ. Localized edema in the centrilobular region of the liver, following exposure to ethanol and CCl4, was detected by1H-MRI techniques. The edema was characterized by a volume selective spectroscopy (VOSY) method, which measured an increase in water concentration from ethanol and CCl4-treated rat livers, in comparison to control livers. Electron microscopy (EM) of the high intensity regions of the ethanol/CCl4treated liver sections revealed dramatic subcellular changes such as fragmentation of the granular endoplasmic reticulum (ER), formation of large vacuoles and lipid droplets in the cytoplasmic matrix and extensive swelling of the mitochondria as well as disruption of the cristae. Pretreatment with α-phenyltert-butyl nitrone (PBN), a free radical spin trap, prior to halocarbon exposure, was found to reduce the CCl4-mediated high intensity region in the liver images. Electron microscopy of the PBN pretreated CCl4exposed rat liver sections revealed only minor observable differences in subcellular organization, such as some swelling of the mitochondria, when compared to controls. In addition, these data suggest that ethanol may potentiate CCl4hepatotoxicity by increased formation of free radical intermediates. Inhibition of the CCl4-induced edematous response in rat liver by PBN demonstrates that free radical intermediates, arising from the metabolism of CCl4, are possibly the causal factor in the initiation of the edema.