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Relationship between GST Yp Induction and Hepatocyte Proliferation in Rats Treated with Phase II Drug Metabolizing Enzyme Inducers

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	Abstract

Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and 1,2-bis(2-pyridyl)ethylene (2PY-e) are phase II drug metabolizing enzyme inducers which cause hepatomegaly without hepatocyte hypertrophy and induce glutathione S-transferase Yp (GST Yp, pi-class GST), which is known as a tumor marker. To evaluate the relationship between GST Yp induction and hepatocyte proliferation, male F344/DuCrj rats were treated with BHA, 2PY-e, or phenobarbital (PB) for three or seven days. All three chemicals caused increases in liver weight after three and seven days. Immunohistochemical examinations revealed that BHA and 2PY-e induced GST Yp in the hepatocytes of the periportal and centrilobular areas at three and seven days, respectively, whereas PB did not. Significant increases in the BrdU labeling indices were found in the livers of rats in each of the three-day treatment groups, but the labeling index of rat livers treated with BHA was decreased to the control level at seven days, although the high labeling indices of 2PY-e and PB persisted at seven days. Double immunostaining confirmed that BrdU-positive nuclei corresponded to GST Yp-positive hepatocytes in both BHA and 2PY-e treated rats. These results suggest that the GST Yp induction caused by BHA or 2PY-e has some kind of relationship with hepatocyte proliferation.

First published on April 25, 2008, doi:10.1177/0192623308315359

Toxicologic Pathology 2008;36:420.

A more recent version of this article appeared on April 1, 2008


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