Abstract
The effects of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) treatment on acute liver damage in knock out (heat shock proteins-HSP70-/-) mice and wild-type (C57BL/6) mice were examined. Acute liver injury was induced by a single intraperitoneal injection of 0.3 ML/kg CCl4 in olive oil. Mice were sacrificed at 12, 24, 48 and 72 h after treatment. To assess hepatotoxicity, alanine transaminase, neutrophil infiltration and degree of necrosis were measured. Western blot analysis was employed for heat shock proteins. The result revealed that HSP70-/- mice showed higher alanine transaminase levels and a more severe degree of neutrophilic infiltration and necrosis than those of wild-type mice. Furthermore, HSP70-/- mice recovered more slowly from CCl4 treatment. In HSP70-/- mice, HSP47 was overexpressed. Therefore, HSP70-/- mice could be an adequate model of acute liver toxicity study.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 29-34 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2007.09.1 |
Keywords
- Acute liver toxicity
- Carbon tetrachloride (CCl<inf>4</inf>)
- HSP70
- Knock out
- Mice
Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics
- Medicine
- Pharmacy & Pharmacology
- Biological Sciences
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