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Follicular Epithelial Cell Hypertrophy Induced by Chronic Oral Administration of 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin in Female Harlan Sprague—Dawley Rats

Laboratory of Experimental Pathology

Robert R. Maronpot

Laboratory of Experimental Pathology

Julie F. Foley

Laboratory of Experimental Pathology

Joseph K. Haseman

Laboratory of Biostatistics Branch

Nigel J. Walker

Laboratory of Computational Biology and Risk Analysis, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA

Abraham Nyska

Laboratory of Experimental Pathology, nyska @niehs.nih.gov

2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) affects the thyroid morphologically and/or functionally in adult animals. Recently, the National Toxicology Program conducted a 2-year gavage study of TCDD in female Harlan Sprague—Dawley rats. The only treatment-related alterations found in thyroid follicles were decreased luminal size and increased height of the follicular epithelial cells, without prominent protrusion into the lumen. The present study elucidated the nature of these follicular lesions. Thyroid glands of 10 rats each from the control, high (100 ng/kg/day)-dose, and stop-study (100 ng/kg/day, 30 weeks; vehicle to study termination) groups in the 2-year study were evaluated microscopically. Twenty randomly selected follicles were measured morphometrically in each animal. TCDD treatment significantly decreased the mean ratio of luminal/epithelial areas and increased the mean sectional epithelial height of the high-dose group compared to controls. Thyroid sections were immunostained with antibody against minichromosome maintenance (MCM) proteins, a novel cell-cycle biomarker. The MCM labeling index of the high-dose group was significantly higher than that of the control; however, the TUNEL labeling index was also higher in the high-dose group than the control. All data from the stop group were comparable to those from controls. These results indicate that the follicular cell response was hypertrophic and reversible. This information should contribute to diagnosis of nonneoplastic thyroid follicular lesions in rats.

Key Words: Thyroid • follicular epithelial cells • hypertrophy • dioxin • TCDD • morphometry.

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Toxicologic Pathology, Vol. 32, No. 1, 41-49 (2004)
DOI: 10.1080/01926230490260952


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