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Development and persistence of placental glutathione-S-transferase-positive foci in livers of male F344 rats exposed to o-nitrotoluene.

Abstract
In a previous 13-week study of o-nitrotoluene, a chemical-related increase in liver weight, hepatocellular vacuolization, and oval cell hyperplasia in male F344 rats was reported. In this study, the occurrence and change in number and size of hepatic foci in male F344 rats fed a diet containing 5000 ppm o-nitrotoluene or a control diet for 13 weeks, 26 weeks, and 13 weeks followed by a 13-week recovery period (26-week stop-exposure) were evaluated. The livers were stained immunohistochemically for placental glutathione S-transferase (PGST), a marker of hepatic preneoplasia, and quantified stereologically using computer-assisted image analysis. Exposure to o-nitrotoluene induced PGST-positive (PGST-positive (PGST+) liver foci in all treatment groups. The 26-week continuous-exposure group produced more PGST+ liver foci (961.4 foci/cm3 versus 445.4 foci/cm3) and greater mean focus volume (4.34 microns3 versus 1.34 microns3) than the 13-week continuous-exposure group. In the 26-week stop-exposure group, there were fewer PGST+ liver foci (181.4 foci/cm3) than observed with continuous exposure at 13 weeks or 26 weeks; however, the mean focal volume in the stop-exposure group at 26 weeks (5.33 microns3) was greater than that at 13 weeks (1.34 microns3) or 26 weeks of continuous exposure (4.34 microns3). These findings demonstrate that (1) PGST+ foci are observed after only 13 weeks of exposure to o-nitrotoluene; (2) the number and size of foci increase with continued exposure for 26 weeks; and (3) although the number of PGST+ foci decreases with time after chemical exposure is discontinued, many PGST+ foci do not regress but increase in size during the recovery of 13 weeks. The persistence and increase in size of these foci, even in the absence of chemical exposure, suggest the potential for a hepatocarcinogenic effect in long-term studies for o-nitrotoluene.
AuthorsT T Ton, M R Elwell, R W Morris, R R Maronpot
JournalCancer letters (Cancer Lett) Vol. 95 Issue 1-2 Pg. 167-73 (Aug 16 1995) ISSN: 0304-3835 [Print] Ireland
PMID7656226 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Carcinogens
  • Isoenzymes
  • Toluene
  • 2-nitrotoluene
  • Glutathione Transferase
Topics
  • Animals
  • Body Weight (drug effects)
  • Carcinogens
  • Glutathione Transferase (metabolism)
  • Isoenzymes (metabolism)
  • Liver Neoplasms (enzymology)
  • Liver Neoplasms, Experimental (enzymology)
  • Male
  • Organ Size (drug effects)
  • Placenta
  • Precancerous Conditions (chemically induced)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred F344
  • Toluene (analogs & derivatives, pharmacology)

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