title: Effects of fish oil on cell proliferation and liver injury in an experimental model of acute hepatic injury induced by carbon tetrachloride.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We aimed to investigate the effect of fish oil on the hepatic injury and cell cycle phases as well as cellular proliferation- regeneration in a rat model of acute hepatic injury induced by carbon tetrachloride.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Compensatory cell proliferation and tissue regeneration occurs as an endogenous response following chemical damage to the liver and enable animals to over come the injury. Data related to effect of fish oil on liver injury induced by chemical hepatotoxicants are controversial.
  
  
  METHODS
  60 male Wistar-albino rats were fed either with a diet supplemented with 20% fish oil or standard rat feed for 2 weeks. After an overnight fast, rats in each group were administered either 1 ml/kg carbon tetrachloride or saline intraperitoneally.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fish oil enriched diet significantly enhanced the carbon tetrachloride - associated necroinflammatory damage, ballooning degeneration and the elevation of serum transaminases induced by carbon tetrachloride. Furthermore fish oil diet prevented cell proliferation, increased the proportion of cells in the G0/G1phase concomitant with a decrease in the proportion of cells in the S phase cells.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Fish oil diet exacerbates the hepatic injury and prevents cell proliferation-regeneration in normal and injured liver cells. Suppression of tissue regeneration by fish oil may lead to progression of the hepatic injury (Tab. 3, Fig. 4, Ref. 31).
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Korkmaz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Temel
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bugdaci
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tekelioglu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ozoran
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kapicioglu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride / Q000009:adverse effects; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005395:Fish Oils / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008115:Liver Regeneration / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D005395:Fish Oils; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride