title: Mechanisms of PCBs mixture toxicity on isolated rat hepatocytes.
abstract: Exposure of isolated hepatocytes to a polychlorinated biphenyl mixture induced a rapid loss of cell viability. The effect was not dose-dependent. The biochemical effects in the cellular toxicity did not involve glutathione content, protein sulfhydryl groups and lipid peroxidation. A transient increase in cytosolic Ca2+ was observed after exposing the hepatocytes to the polychlorinated biphenyl mixture. Our findings indicate that polychlorinated biphenyls are able to kill hepatocytes and suggest that elevation of cytosolic Ca2+ concentration could be responsable of the toxicity.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Patologia General, Universita degli Studi, Cagliari, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Atzori
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Flore
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Corriga
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cherchi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Casula
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Congiu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000502:physiology; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000633:toxicity*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls; D005978:Glutathione; D002118:Calcium