LONG-TERM STUDIES ON CHEMICALLY-INDUCED LIVER ENLARGEMENT IN RAT .1. SUSTAINED INDUCTION OF MICROSOMAL-ENZYMES WITH ABSENCE OF LIVER-DAMAGE ON FEEDING PHENOBARBITONE OR BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE
LONG-TERM STUDIES ON CHEMICALLY-INDUCED LIVER ENLARGEMENT IN RAT .1. SUSTAINED INDUCTION OF MICROSOMAL-ENZYMES WITH ABSENCE OF LIVER-DAMAGE ON FEEDING PHENOBARBITONE OR BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE
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DOI:
10.1016/0300-483x(77)90049-x
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
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影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
PARKE, DV
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作者:
CRAMPTON, RF;GRAY, TJB;PARKE, DV
As part of a study on the relationships between liver enlargement, induction of drug-metabolizing enzymes and certain forms of liver damage, sequential biochemical and morphological observations were made on the livers of female rats fed diets containing 0.4% butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) or 0.25% phenobarbitone for periods of up to 80 wk. Both compounds increased the relative liver weight and produced marked enhancement of the activities of ethylmorphine N-demethylase, aniline 4-hydroxylase, biphenyl 4-hydroxylase and NADPH-cytochrome c reductase and the contents of cytochromes P-450 and b5 and microsomal protein. These changes were evident after 1 wk of treatment and persisted until treatment was stopped after 80 wk. The only morphological changes observed throughout the period of treatment were centrilobular cell enlargement and hypertrophy of the smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER). Histochemical examination revealed a centrilobular depression of glucose-6-phosphatase but there was no disturbance of the normal pericanalicular distribution of lysosomes. All changes observed with either compound were reversible on cessation of treatment at wk 80. Liver enlargement accompanied by induction of drug-metabolizing enzymes apparently represents an adaptive response and provides a basis for the interpretation of pathological changes developing in the enlarged liver unaccompanied by drug-metabolizing enzyme induction.