title: 3,4,3',4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl-induced effects in the rat liver. I. Serum and hepatic retinoid reduction and morphologic changes.
abstract: The distribution of 3,4,3',4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (TCB), its effects on serum and hepatic retinoid, content and liver morphology were investigated in adult female WAG/Rij rats. Animals received a single intraperitoneal injection of either a corn oil vehicle, 15 or 200 mg TCB/kg body weight and were killed at 1, 3, 7, and 14 days after treatment. One rat of the high-dose group that had received 200 mg TCB/kg containing 1.85 mCi of 3H-TCB was sacrificed at each sampling time. There was a significant increase in liver weight when expressed as a percentage of body weight in the high-dose group at day 3 (122% of controls), day 7 (116% of controls), and day 14 (110% of controls). There was a rapid rise in the amount of 3H-TCB present in the liver that peaked at day 7 followed by a rapid decline in the amount of radiolabelled material by day 14. Greater than 90% of the radiolabelled material in the liver was parent compound. TCB treatment induced a significant decrease in serum retinol content in the high-dose group at day 3 (39% of controls) and day 7 (46% of controls) following exposure. There was a significant decrease in hepatic retinol content in the high-dose group at day 3 (34% of controls), day 7 (25% of controls), and day 14 (42% of controls) following exposure. TCB treatment induced a significant decrease in hepatic retinyl palmitate content in the high-dose group at day 7 (56% of controls) following exposure. Ultrastructural alterations in hepatocytes included the proliferation and vesiculation of endoplasmic reticulum, and mitochondrial enlargement with paracrystalline inclusions.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Toxicology and Pathology, Hoffmann-La Roche, Nutley, New Jersey 07110-1199.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Durham
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brouwer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000633:toxicity*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012176:Retinoids / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000187:drug effects; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D012176:Retinoids; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls; C028451:3,4,3',4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl