title: A temporal study on the histopathological, biochemical and molecular responses of CCl(4)-induced hepatotoxicity in Cyp2e1-null mice.
abstract: Previous study using Cyp2e1-null mice showed that Cyp2e1 is required in CCl(4)-induced liver injury at 24h, what remains unclear are the temporal changes in liver damage and the spectrum of genes involved in this process. We investigated the time-dependent liver changes that occurred at morphological, histopathological, biochemical and molecular levels in both Cyp2e1(+/+) and Cyp2e1(-/-) mice after treating with either corn oil or CCl(4) (1 ml/kg) for 2, 6, 12, 24 and 48 h. A pale orange colored liver, indicative of fatty infiltration, was observed in Cyp2e1(+/+) mice treated with CCl(4) for 24 and 48 h, while the Cyp2e1(+/+) mice treated with corn oil and Cyp2e1(-/-) mice treated with either corn oil or CCl(4) showed normal reddish brown colored liver. Ballooned hepatocytes with multiple vacuoles in their cytoplasm were observed in the livers of Cyp2e1(+/+) mice 24 and 48 h after treating with CCl(4). The levels of serum alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase, markers for liver injury, were significantly higher at 12h, peaked at 24h and gradually decreased at 48 h after CCl(4) intoxication. In contrast, this kind of damage was not apparent in the Cyp2e1(-/-) mice treated with CCl(4). Altered expressions of genes related to liver cirrhosis, apoptosis, oxidative stress, xenobiotic detoxification, lipid metabolism, chemsensory signaling or tumorigenesis, structural organization, regeneration and inflammatory response were identified, and the time-dependent changes in expression of these genes were varied. Overall, the present study provides insights into the mechanism of CCl(4)-induced hepatotoxicity in animal models.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Sreedevi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Avasarala
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Alice Wan-Chi
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: Wood-Yee
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Wing-Tai
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Susanna Sau-Tuen
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002252:Carbon Tetrachloride Poisoning / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D019392:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D019392:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase