title: Platelet activating factor receptor blockade alone or in combination with leukotriene synthesis inhibition does not ameliorate alpha-naphthylisothiocyanate-induced hepatotoxicity.
abstract: Alpha-naphthylisothiocyanate (ANIT) is a cholangiolitic hepatotoxicant that causes periportal edema, hepatic parenchymal and biliary epithelial cell necrosis, and cholestasis in the rat. A hallmark of ANIT hepatotoxicity is periportal inflammation that includes neutrophil infiltration. Neutrophils are requisite for the expression of ANIT-induced liver injury; however, the mechanism(s) of neutrophil accumulation in the liver and the role of these cells in ANIT hepatotoxicity is incompletely understood. Platelet activating factor (PAF) is a proinflammatory agent that is both a chemoattractant for and an activator of neutrophils. Therefore, we evaluated the role of PAF in ANIT-induced liver injury. Rats were treated with the PAF receptor antagonist, WEB 2086 (WEB), to determine if it afforded protection from ANIT hepatotoxicity. In a separate study, a combination of WEB and the leukotriene synthesis inhibitor, Zileuton (ZIL), was used to address the possible interaction of PAF and leukotrienes in ANIT-induced liver injury. Treatment of rats with WEB, alone or in combination with Zileuton, did not attenuate ANIT-induced liver injury as assessed by increases in plasma alanine aminotransferase or gamma-glutamyl transferase activities. In addition, neither treatment ameliorated ANIT-induced cholestasis assessed as increased plasma bilirubin concentration. These results suggest that PAF, alone or in combination with products of 5-lipoxygenase, does not contribute to ANIT-induced liver injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824, USA.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Bailie
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Fink
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Roth
mesh_terms: D015058:1-Naphthylisothiocyanate / Q000633:toxicity*; D000818:Animals; D001381:Azepines / Q000494:pharmacology; D006918:Hydroxyurea / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D015289:Leukotrienes / Q000502:physiology*; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014230:Triazoles / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001381:Azepines; D015289:Leukotrienes; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D014230:Triazoles; C052518:WEB 2086; D015058:1-Naphthylisothiocyanate; C063449:zileuton; D006918:Hydroxyurea