TY - JOUR
T1 - DNA synthesis, mitotic index, drug-metabolising systems and cytogenetic analysis in regenerating rat liver. Comparison with bone marrow test after 'in vivo' treatment with cyclophosphamide
AU - Rossi, A. M.
AU - Romano, M.
AU - Zaccaro, L.
AU - Pulci, R.
AU - Salmona, M.
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - Rat-liver cells can be used to reveal "in vivo" clastogenic activity of indirect mutagens, provided that they are stimulated to divide by partial hepatectomy. In order to characterize the rat-liver metabolic capacity in such experimental conditions, several biochemical parameters were measured during the first 54-66 h of liver regeneration in Sprague-Dawley male rats, subjected to a partial hepatectomy. The levels of cytochrome P-450, the activities of styrene monooxygenase, epoxide hydrolase and glutathione-S-epoxide transferase were chosen as markers. All the enzymatic activities and the level of cytochrome P-450 decreased during the first 12 h after the hepatectomy to about 50% of the activities of the sham-operated rats considered as controls. Subsequent recovery of the metabolic capacity was not observed. DNA synthesis and the mitotic index were measured to find the most suitable time for metaphase analysis. DNA synthesis and the number of metaphases were maximal at, respectively, 22-25 and 28-31 h after partial removal of the liver. The sensitivity to clastogenic damage induced by "in vivo" treatment with cyclophosphamide (CPA) was assayed in regenerating liver cells by chromosome-aberration analysis. Different doses, ranging from 5 to 30 mg/kg b.w., were given i.p. to the rats 17 h before or 7 h after partial hepatectomy. Liver cells were collected 31 h after surgery. Clastogenic damage was greater when the drug was administered to the animals after the hepatectomy (24 h of exposure) than before (48 h of exposure). The sensitivity to CPA-induced damage was compared with a bone marrow cell test carried out on non-hepatectomized rats treated in the same way. The results indicated that in these conditions regenerating liver cells are more sensitive than bone marrow cells to the induction of chromosome aberrations by CPA.
AB - Rat-liver cells can be used to reveal "in vivo" clastogenic activity of indirect mutagens, provided that they are stimulated to divide by partial hepatectomy. In order to characterize the rat-liver metabolic capacity in such experimental conditions, several biochemical parameters were measured during the first 54-66 h of liver regeneration in Sprague-Dawley male rats, subjected to a partial hepatectomy. The levels of cytochrome P-450, the activities of styrene monooxygenase, epoxide hydrolase and glutathione-S-epoxide transferase were chosen as markers. All the enzymatic activities and the level of cytochrome P-450 decreased during the first 12 h after the hepatectomy to about 50% of the activities of the sham-operated rats considered as controls. Subsequent recovery of the metabolic capacity was not observed. DNA synthesis and the mitotic index were measured to find the most suitable time for metaphase analysis. DNA synthesis and the number of metaphases were maximal at, respectively, 22-25 and 28-31 h after partial removal of the liver. The sensitivity to clastogenic damage induced by "in vivo" treatment with cyclophosphamide (CPA) was assayed in regenerating liver cells by chromosome-aberration analysis. Different doses, ranging from 5 to 30 mg/kg b.w., were given i.p. to the rats 17 h before or 7 h after partial hepatectomy. Liver cells were collected 31 h after surgery. Clastogenic damage was greater when the drug was administered to the animals after the hepatectomy (24 h of exposure) than before (48 h of exposure). The sensitivity to CPA-induced damage was compared with a bone marrow cell test carried out on non-hepatectomized rats treated in the same way. The results indicated that in these conditions regenerating liver cells are more sensitive than bone marrow cells to the induction of chromosome aberrations by CPA.
KW - (Rat)
KW - Cyclophosphamide
KW - Cytogenetic analysis
KW - DNA synthesis
KW - Drug-metabolising systems
KW - Hepatectomy, partial
KW - Mitotic index
KW - Regeneration, liver
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U2 - 10.1016/0165-1161(87)90056-2
DO - 10.1016/0165-1161(87)90056-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 3561429
AN - SCOPUS:0023125992
VL - 182
SP - 75
EP - 82
JO - Mutation Research - Environmental Mutagenesis and Related Subjects Including Methodology
JF - Mutation Research - Environmental Mutagenesis and Related Subjects Including Methodology
SN - 0165-1161
IS - 2
ER -