title: Nephrotoxicity of butylated hydroxytoluene in phenobarbital-pretreated male rats.
abstract: A single large dose of butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT, 1000 mg/kg) in male Fischer 344 rats produced some renal damage, reduced accumulation of p-aminohippuric acid in renal slices, proteinuria and enzymuria, in addition to hepatic damage. Further, prior administration of phenobarbital (80 mg/kg, i.p., daily for 4 days) in the high-dose BHT-treated male rats produced renal damage accompanied by slight tubular necrosis. The renal damage was confirmed by biochemical and histological changes. These changes were dose dependent, with a maximum at 24 h after BHT administration, but had returned to the normal range by 48 h. Female rats, on the other hand, were less susceptible to BHT-induced renal and hepatic damage than male rats. The results indicate sex differences in BHT-induced renal or hepatic damage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Toxicology, Tokyo Metropolitan Research Laboratory of Public Health, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tayama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002084:Butylated Hydroxytoluene / Q000633:toxicity*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D010130:p-Aminohippuric Acid / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D002084:Butylated Hydroxytoluene; D010130:p-Aminohippuric Acid; D010634:Phenobarbital