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Otoguro K, Komiyama K, Ωmura S, Tyson CA. An In Vitro Cytotoxicity Assay Using Rat Hepatocytes and MTT and Coomassie Blue Dye as Indicators. Altern Lab Anim 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/026119299101900309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Isolated hepatocytes from male Sprague-Dawley rats suspended in culture medium supplemented with either 0.2 or 2% bovine serum albumin (BSA) were allowed to attach to collagen coated 96-well dishes. Ten test chemicals from the MEIC list and salicylic acid were added individually to the dishes, and at the end of 24 and 48 hours, cytotoxicity was determined by measuring MTT (tetrazolium salt) reduction (mitochondrial integrity) and total cellular protein using Coomassie blue dye (reflecting cell number). Total cellular lactate dehydrogenase activity was also determined in some experiments, as an indicator of plasma membrane integrity. The relative toxicities of the test chemicals were quantified by the estimation of EC10, EC20 and EC50 values for each parameter. Except for one chemical, digoxin, in the MTT assay, cytotoxic potency increased with incubation time. The hepatocytes tended to be more sensitive to the chemicals in medium containing 0.2% BSA than in medium containing 2% BSA. Simple linear regression analyses of the log transformed data from the MTT assay versus log oral LD50 in rats for the test chemicals gave the best results using EC10 at 24 hours (r2 = 0.86). With protein as the cytotoxic indicator, the best results were obtained with EC values in the medium containing 2% BSA, again at 24 hours (r2 = 0.83). These results suggest that the MTT and Coomassie blue dye assays could be useful indicators for testing the cytotoxic potential of chemicals in rat hepatocyte cultures.
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- Kazuhiko Otoguro
- The Kitasato Institute and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kitasato University, 5-9-1 Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108, Japan
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- The Kitasato Institute and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kitasato University, 5-9-1 Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108, Japan
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- The Kitasato Institute and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kitasato University, 5-9-1 Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108, Japan
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- SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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Novik EI, Dwyer J, Morelli JK, Parekh A, Cho C, Pludwinski E, Shrirao A, Freedman RM, MacDonald JS, Jayyosi Z. Long-enduring primary hepatocyte-based co-cultures improve prediction of hepatotoxicity. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2017; 336:20-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2017.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2017] [Revised: 08/25/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Jakubek LM, Ulinski G, Leite D, Slavsky M, Rajanna S, Morelli J, Kelly M, Dwyer J, Fitzgerald M, Piepenhagen P, Jayyosi Z. Hepatic Spheroids for Long-Term Toxicity Studies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1089/aivt.2016.0016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Lorin M. Jakubek
- Predictive and Investigative Toxicology, Sanofi US, Framingham, Massachusetts
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- CIEnP—Centro de Inovacao e Ensaios Pre Clinicos, Florianopolis, Brazil
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Sanofi US, Waltham, Massachusetts
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- Predictive and Investigative Toxicology, Sanofi US, Framingham, Massachusetts
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- Predictive and Investigative Toxicology, Sanofi US, Framingham, Massachusetts
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- Predictive and Investigative Toxicology, Sanofi US, Framingham, Massachusetts
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- Predictive and Investigative Toxicology, Sanofi US, Framingham, Massachusetts
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Sanofi US, Waltham, Massachusetts
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- Predictive and Investigative Toxicology, Sanofi US, Framingham, Massachusetts
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Hepatocytes represent an important tool for the investigation of species differences in drug metabolism and toxicity. Data obtained with hepatocytes from multiple animal species, including man, allow better prediction of the effects of xenobiotics in man. Cryopreservation of hepatocytes extends the use of this important experimental system by enhancing the convenience of its use. Also, it allows the researchers to perform experiments not plausible with freshly isolated hepatocytes, such as the direct comparison of xenobiotic toxicity and metabolism in hepatocytes from multiple human donors in a single experiment.
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- A P Li
- In Vitro Technologies, Inc., Baltimore, MD 21227, USA.
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Grewal KK, Rafeiro E, Racz WJ. Bromobenzene and furosemide hepatotoxicity: alterations in glutathione, protein thiols, and calcium. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 1996. [DOI: 10.1139/y96-019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Lipopolysaccharide binding protein expression in primary human hepatocytes and HepG2 hepatoma cells. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)37218-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Lawrence JN, Foster B, Benford DJ. The application of a wedge perfusion technique to the in vivo-in vitro rat hepatocyte DNA-repair assay. Mutat Res 1991; 252:129-37. [PMID: 2017202 DOI: 10.1016/0165-1161(91)90013-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The in vivo-in vitro rat hepatocyte DNA-repair assay is regarded as labour-intensive and time-consuming to perform. This has tended to impose limitations on its use as a routine procedure for assessing the potential genotoxicity of chemicals. We have developed a simple wedge-perfusion technique which enables hepatocytes to be isolated from several different rats simultaneously. Hepatocyte yield and metabolic capacity are comparable to those isolated by conventional whole-liver perfusion. Hepatocyte viability was generally superior to that obtained when performing multiple in situ perfusions for the rat hepatocyte UDS assay. The median lobe is routinely used but no difference was observed in the UDS response to the positive control genotoxic agents, methyl methanesulphonate (MMS, CAS No. 66-27-3) and 2-acetylaminofluorene (AAF, CAS No. 53-96-3), in hepatocytes isolated from the median or either lateral lobe. The use of Williams medium E or Leibovitz L15 culture medium did not influence the response. This perfusion technique greatly reduces the time, equipment and personnel required and therefore the cost for hepatocyte isolation. It also facilitates the inclusion of concurrent control groups at each time point of assay.
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- J N Lawrence
- Robens Institute of Health and Safety, University of Surrey, Guildford, Great Britain
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Billings RE, Miller NE, Dabbs JE, LeValley SE, Hill JR, Green CE. Comparison of the toxicity of naphthalene and naphthalene-1,2-dihydrodiol (DIOL). ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1991; 283:681-4. [PMID: 2069038 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-5877-0_86] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- R E Billings
- Dept. of Biochemical Toxicology, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
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Gibson GG, Lake BG. Induction protocols for the cytochrome P450IVA subfamily in animals and primary hepatocyte cultures. Methods Enzymol 1991; 206:353-64. [PMID: 1784222 DOI: 10.1016/0076-6879(91)06105-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Development of an optimal method for the cryopreservation of hepatocytes and their subsequent monolayer culture. Toxicol In Vitro 1991; 5:39-50. [DOI: 10.1016/0887-2333(91)90046-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/1989] [Revised: 08/09/1990] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Birge RB, Bartolone JB, Hart SG, Nishanian EV, Tyson CA, Khairallah EA, Cohen SD. Acetaminophen hepatotoxicity: correspondence of selective protein arylation in human and mouse liver in vitro, in culture, and in vivo. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1990; 105:472-82. [PMID: 2237919 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(90)90150-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Human and mouse liver were exposed to an APAP-activating system, in vitro. Subsequent immunochemical analysis of electrophoretically separated proteins with an affinity-purified anti-APAP antibody indicated that when a cytosolic fraction from human liver was incubated with APAP, an NADPH-regenerating system, and mouse microsomes selective APAP binding occurred predominantly to proteins of approximately 38, 58, and 130 kDa. To evaluate whether similar proteins are targeted in situ, primary cultures of human hepatocytes were treated with 10 mM APAP for 4 hr prior to immunochemical analysis. APAP binding was again detected in protein bands of approximately 38, 58, and 130 kDa. In addition, selective binding was also noted to other cytosolic protein bands, e.g., approximately 52 and 62 kDa. For mouse liver, the majority of the binding, in vitro or in culture, was to proteins of approximately 44 and 58 kDa with lesser binding to proteins of approximately 33 and 130 kDa among others. By contrast, at the times monitored, little covalent binding was detected in the 44-kDa region in the human liver experiments. Most noteworthy was the finding that when the protein arylation patterns on liver samples from a human APAP fatality were compared to those from a mouse given a hepatotoxic dose of APAP, the binding patterns were similar to those detected after the in vitro and the culture experiments with mouse and human livers. Furthermore, an immunohistochemical analysis revealed that as with the mouse, APAP covalent binding in the human liver exhibited a distinct zonal pattern consistent with centrilobular binding. That APAP arylation of the 58- and 130-kDa proteins was observed in livers from both mice and humans suggests that the mouse provides a valid model for studying the mechanistic importance of covalent binding. Elucidation of the identities and functions of the common targeted proteins may clarify their toxicological significance.
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- R B Birge
- SRI International, Menlo Park, California 94025
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Hill LE, Parton JW, Probst GS, Garriott ML. Mutagenicity evaluation of HC Blue No. 1 and HC Blue No. 2, II. Effect on the in vitro induction of unscheduled DNA synthesis in rat, mouse, rabbit, hamster, and monkey primary hepatocytes. Mutat Res 1990; 241:145-50. [PMID: 2345554 DOI: 10.1016/0165-1218(90)90118-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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2 hair dyes, HC Blue No. 1 and HC Blue No. 2, were evaluated for the in vitro induction of unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS) in primary hepatocytes of rat, mouse, hamster, rabbit and monkey. NC Blue No. 1, which is identified as a carcinogen by the National Toxicology Program, induced UDS in all 5 systems. HC Blue No. 2, which is identified as a non-carcinogen, induced UDS in rat, mouse, hamster and rabbit primary hepatocytes. 3-Methylcholanthrene and methyl methanesulfonate were used as positive controls to determine the sensitivity of the test system.
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- L E Hill
- Toxicology Division, Lilly Research Laboratories, A Division of Eli Lilly and Company, Greenfield, IN 46140
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Cyanide-induced cytotoxicity to isolated hepatocytes. Toxicol In Vitro 1990; 4:37-45. [DOI: 10.1016/0887-2333(90)90007-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/1988] [Revised: 05/18/1989] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Tyson C, Dabbs J, Cohen P, Green C, Melnick R. Studies of nephrotoxic agents in an improved renal proximal tubule system. Toxicol In Vitro 1990; 4:403-8. [DOI: 10.1016/0887-2333(90)90090-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Tyson C, Gee S, Hawk-Prather K, Story D, Milman H. Correlation between in vivo and in vitro toxicity of some chlorinated aliphatics. Toxicol In Vitro 1989; 3:145-50. [DOI: 10.1016/0887-2333(89)90057-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/1988] [Revised: 08/24/1988] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Steinmetz KL, Green CE, Bakke JP, Spak DK, Mirsalis JC. Induction of unscheduled DNA synthesis in primary cultures of rat, mouse, hamster, monkey, and human hepatocytes. Mutat Res 1988; 206:91-102. [PMID: 3137465 DOI: 10.1016/0165-1218(88)90145-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Variation in hepatic metabolism between species may be an important factor in the differences observed in chemical carcinogenesis. We examined 6 chemicals representative of 4 chemical classes in the in vitro hepatocyte DNA repair assay using cells isolated from the Fischer-344 rat, B6C3F1 mouse, Syrian golden hamster, cynomolgus monkey and from human liver. Hepatocytes were isolated by in situ or biopsy liver perfusion and incubated with [3H]-thymidine and the test chemical. Unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS) was measured as net grains/nucleus (NG) by quantitative autoradiography. Qualitative and quantitative differences in UDS responses were observed for every chemical. Liver cultures isolated from the rat, mouse, hamster, human, and monkey and treated with aflatoxin B1 or dimethylnitrosamine all yielded dose-related increases in NG. Human, rat, and hamster hepatocyte cultures yielded positive responses following exposure to the aromatic amines 2-acetylaminofluorene, 4-aminobiphenyl, and benzidine, whereas cultures isolated from the monkey and mouse yielded less than 0 NG. Treatment with benzo[a]pyrene (BAP) produced strong positive responses in monkey and human hepatocyte cultures, weak positive responses in hamster cultures, and equivocal or negative responses in rat and mouse hepatocyte cultures. Hepatocyte function was assessed by measurement of DNA content, glutathione content, BAP hydroxylase activity, p-nitroanisole-O-demethylase activity, p-nitrophenol conjugation, and urea synthesis rates. The functional capabilities of isolated hamster, monkey, and human hepatocyte cultures do not appear to correlate with UDS responses observed for any compound; however, they indicate that the cultures were metabolically competent at the time of chemical exposure. These studies suggest that rat hepatocytes are a suitable model for human hepatocytes, whereas mouse and male monkey hepatocytes may be insensitive to aromatic amines.
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- K L Steinmetz
- Department of Cellular and Genetic Toxicology, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA 94025
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Isolated hepatocyte systems are being examined in our laboratory for a number of applications, including alternatives to animal testing. This report summarizes findings from studies with chlorinated aliphatics, acetaminophen, nitrotoluenes, and cyanide and its antidotes that relate to in vivo toxicity and validation of these systems for cytotoxicity screening.
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- C A Tyson
- SRI International, Menlo Park, CA 94025
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Dargel R, Dürer U, Franke H, Hühn W, Schulze HP, Wenzel KW, Zimmermann T. Isolated cells in suspension for biological research--part I. Structure and functional properties of isolated hepatic cells from normal and chronically injured livers. EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY 1987; 32:1-21. [PMID: 3311787 DOI: 10.1016/s0232-1513(87)80020-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- R Dargel
- Institute of Pathological Biochemistry, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, DDR
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Zimmermann T, Franke H, Dargel R. Isolation and characterization of parenchymal cells from normal and cirrhotic rat liver. Cell Biochem Funct 1987; 5:47-54. [PMID: 3815745 DOI: 10.1002/cbf.290050106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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A technique is described for isolation of adult rat hepatocytes from micronodular cirrhotic livers based on a collagenase digestion procedure. Hepatocytes from normal livers and those chronically injured by thioacetamide did not differ with respect to the viability measured by the trypan blue exclusion test or to the cellular concentrations of protein and glycogen, but the triglyceride content of cells from cirrhotic livers was significantly reduced. Hepatocytes isolated from cirrhotic livers are ultrastructurally in a good state of preservation but they appear to be poorer than controls in RER membranes, although the well-preserved mitochondria are somewhat richer in cristae. No differences were detected between the cell preparations in rates of gluconeogenesis and total de novo fatty acid synthesis, but the secretion of newly synthesized fatty acids was significantly reduced in cells from cirrhotic livers. Thus adult rat hepatocytes can be isolated from thioacetamide-induced micronodular cirrhotic livers with high yield and morphological integrity. Differentiated functions are maintained in suspension for at least 4 h.
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Griffin DS, Segall HJ. Genotoxicity and cytotoxicity of selected pyrrolizidine alkaloids, a possible alkenal metabolite of the alkaloids, and related alkenals. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1986; 86:227-34. [PMID: 3787621 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(86)90053-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Recently our laboratory isolated trans-4-OH-2-hexenal from the hepatic microsomal metabolism of the macrocyclic pyrrolizidine alkaloid (PA) senecionine and demonstrated in vivo that hepatic necrosis occurred following injection into the hepatic portal vein. To demonstrate similarities in the toxic effects of these compounds, as well as additional macrocyclic PAs and alkenals, genotoxicity and cytotoxicity were examined in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes. A positive cytotoxic response was exhibited by senecionine, retrorsine, seneciphylline, 19-OH-senecionine, trans-4-OH-2-hexenal, trans-4-OH-2-nonenal, and nonenal as measured by the release of LDH. A weaker response was elicited by hexenal. Dosages used of each of these compounds ranged from 30 to 600 nmol/10(6) cells, with each compound exhibiting a linear dose response within this range. All eight compounds exhibited a positive, dose-related genotoxic response as measured by autoradiographic detection of unscheduled DNA synthesis. These results would predict a carcinogenic role for both the PAs and the alkenals. This would suggest similarities in the mechanisms of action of the PAs and alkenals, lending support to the proposed role of trans-4-OH-2-hexenal as an important toxic metabolite of the PAs.
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Green CE, Dabbs JE, Tyson CA. Metabolism and cytotoxicity of acetaminophen in hepatocytes isolated from resistant and susceptible species. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1984; 76:139-49. [PMID: 6484984 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(84)90037-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Acetaminophen (APAP) disposition was studied in vitro using hepatocytes isolated from rats, hamsters, rabbits, and dogs, species that vary markedly in susceptibility to the hepatotoxicity of this drug. Metabolism was assessed by concurrent measurements of glutathione depletion and protein adduct formation (activation pathway) and of total aqueous metabolite production (detoxication pathways). Cytotoxicity was monitored by cell count and by lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release to culture medium. In agreement with whole animal studies, hepatocytes from hamsters were very susceptible to APAP-induced toxicity whereas rat and rabbit hepatocytes were resistant. In vivo data were unavailable for the dog, but dog hepatocytes were also relatively resistant. Parameters of APAP metabolism generally correlated with the species susceptibility ranking; however, no single parameter was an ideal index of the sensitivity observed. As predicted by the cytotoxicity data, hamster hepatocytes produced more covalent adducts of APAP, were depleted of GSH more rapidly, and detoxified APAP by formation of polar metabolites at a slower rate than rat hepatocytes. On the other hand, rabbit hepatocytes had no detectable covalent adducts, retained higher amounts of GSH, and metabolized more APAP to polar conjugates than the other species. Dog hepatocytes formed low amounts of both covalent adducts and conjugates. These studies indicate that interspecies comparisons using isolated hepatocytes to study xenobiotic metabolism and the resulting cytotoxicity are feasible, but for a clear understanding of observed differences, it is necessary to study the interrelationships between the toxication and detoxication pathways of metabolism.
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Ballet F, Bouma ME, Wang SR, Amit N, Marais J, Infante R. Isolation, culture and characterization of adult human hepatocytes from surgical liver biopsies. Hepatology 1984; 4:849-54. [PMID: 6090291 DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840040509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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A technique is described for isolation and culture of adult human hepatocytes from surgical liver biopsies. The mean cell yield was 1.75 X 10(7) cells per gm liver and viability averaged 80%. Hepatocytes were maintained in primary culture for about 10 days. Cell morphology and histochemical characteristics were similar to hepatocytes in vivo. Bile canaliculi were observed by electron microscopy. Intracellular albumin was demonstrated up to the 7th day of culture; albumin secretion rate was maximal (0.6 +/- 0.33 micrograms per hr per 10(6) cells) 5 days after plating. These studies demonstrate that adult human hepatocytes can be isolated from surgical biopsies with high yield, and differentiated function can be maintained for several days.
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Tyson CA, Hawk-Prather K, Story DL, Gould DH. Correlations of in vitro and in vivo hepatotoxicity for five haloalkanes. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1983; 70:289-302. [PMID: 6623471 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(83)90105-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Five haloalkanes--CBrCl3, CCl4, CHCl3, and 1,1,1-and 1,1,2-trichloroethane (TCE)--were ranked for their relative hepatotoxicity in an in vitro system of isolated hepatocyte suspensions and in vivo by po administration of the test chemical to fasted rats of the same strain and sex as used for the hepatocytes. Cytotoxic parameters used for ranking in the in vitro system were GOT and LDH release, and the results were expressed in terms of EC50 values (the dissolved haloalkane concentration required to release 50% of the cell content of each enzyme after 2 hr of exposure) for rank determination. Cytotoxic parameters measured in vivo were SGOT and SGPT, and the ranking was based on ED50 values (the haloalkane dose that produced an above normal serum transaminase level in 50% of the test animals). With these parameters, the potency rankings in each system were the same except that of 1,1,1-TCE, which was more cytotoxic in the in vitro system than would have been expected from the animal experiments. Purification of the 1,1,1-TCE to remove stabilizers, use of phenobarbital-induced hepatocytes or hepatocytes from starved rats, and administration of the haloalkanes ip instead of po failed to improve the correlation. The discrepancy could be resolved, however, by factoring air: medium partition coefficient data into the EC50 values to take into account differences in the volatility and aqueous and lipid solubility of the chemicals, and hence their retention in vivo. These observations encourage the belief that isolated hepatocyte systems have value for ranking structurally related chemicals as to their cytotoxic potential, even though their mechanisms of action may differ.
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Tyson CA, Story DL, Stephens RJ. Ultrastructural changes in isolated rat hepatocytes exposed to different CCl4 concentrations. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1983; 114:511-7. [PMID: 6882440 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(83)90810-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Ultrastructural data are presented on time-course changes in isolated rat hepatocyte suspensions exposed either to 1.2 or 1.8 mM CCl4 for up to 1 h. The subcellular changes at the lower concentration, but not the higher, are shown to closely parallel those reported to occur in rat hepatocytes following ingestion of CCl4.
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Story DL, Gee SJ, Tyson CA, Gould DH. Response of isolated hepatocytes to organic and inorganic cytotoxins. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 1983; 11:483-501. [PMID: 6620399 DOI: 10.1080/15287398309530362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Thirty-four chemicals-diverse in structure, postulated mechanisms of action, and primary target organs--were tested for cytotoxic response in isolated hepatocyte suspensions from young male Sprague-Dawley rats. Hepatocytes were incubated in the presence and absence of the test chemicals in closed vessels fitted with side arms for serial sampling for up to 5 h at 37 degrees C with gentle shaking under an O2:CO2 (95:5) atmosphere. The parameters evaluated were glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase and lactate dehydrogenase release from the cells, Trypan blue exclusion, cell count, urea synthesis capability, and steady-state ATP levels. All chemicals cytotoxic in animals following single or short-term repeated exposures caused statistically significant changes in one or more of these parameters in the 0.01-10-mM concentration range. Dimethylnitrosamine and thioacetamide were not as potent in the isolated cell system as expected from their in vivo hepatotoxicity, and the quantitative changes produced with thioacetamide in the hepatocytes were marginal, even at 10 mM. The solvents tested--ethanol, acetone, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), and propylene glycol--were without effect. These results indicate that isolated hepatocyte suspensions are useful for the identification of cytotoxins in general and hepatotoxins in particular, but that their capability for yielding a quantitative index of cytotoxic potential for diverse chemical species remains to be demonstrated.
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