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Cadmium toxicity in the isolated perfused rat liver.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3787665     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Isolated perfused livers from male and female Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to cadmium chloride (50 and 200 microM). Acute hepatotoxicity was investigated by measuring cadmium-induced changes in bile flow, urea synthesis and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) leakage. Cadmium-induced lipid peroxidation was estimated by formation of conjugated dieners and thiobarbituric acid (TBA) reactants. Cadmium, at both concentrations, caused a rapid decrease in bile flow (within 40 min) and complete cholestasis within 70 min exposure in livers perfused from both male and female rats. Cadmium exposure (50 and 200 microM) also resulted in the leakage of ALT into the perfusate within 60 min. In contrast, exposure of isolated rat hepatocytes to as high as 500 microM cadmium did not result in enzyme leakage until 180 min exposure. Sex differences in cadmium-induced cholestasis and ALT leakage were not observed at these concentrations. Malondialdehyde was not detected in the perfusate nor were conjugated dienes detected in liver tissue following 90 min cadmium exposure. These data demonstrate that the isolated perfused rat liver (IPRL) is a sensitive system in which to study chemically induced hepatotoxicity. Cadmium rapidly causes functional alterations and cellular damage in perfused livers from both male and female rats. Cadmium-induced liver injury was apparently not related to lipid peroxidation.
Authors:
S Lupo; W R Hewitt; G F Rush
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Publication Detail:
Type:  In Vitro; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Toxicology letters     Volume:  34     ISSN:  0378-4274     ISO Abbreviation:  Toxicol. Lett.     Publication Date:  1986 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1987-01-12     Completed Date:  1987-01-12     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7709027     Medline TA:  Toxicol Lett     Country:  NETHERLANDS    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  5-11     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Alanine Transaminase / metabolism
Animals
Bile / drug effects,  secretion
Cadmium / toxicity*
Female
L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / metabolism
Lipid Peroxides / biosynthesis
Liver / drug effects*,  metabolism
Male
Perfusion
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Lipid Peroxides; 7440-43-9/Cadmium; EC 1.1.1.27/L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; EC 2.6.1.2/Alanine Transaminase

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