Ultrastructural, Protein, and Lipid Changes in Liver Associated With Chlordecone Treatment of Mice
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1996
Description
Pretreatment of mice with chlordecone (CD) reduced hepatic accumulation of a subsequent dose of [14C]CD without significantly changing [14C]CD biotransformation. To determine if CD-induced changes in hepatic [14C]CD accumulation were coincident with altered cell composition, we examined the effects of CD on hepatic protein and lipid content, on fatty acid profiles of liver and kidney, and on the ultrastructure of hepatocytes. SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis detected an apparent CD dose-related increase in a microsomal protein with a molecular weight of about 23 kDa. Total liver or kidney lipid contents were not altered by CD but relative amounts of several hepatic fatty acids were changed. CD caused marked hepatic mitochondrial swelling, increased amounts of endoplasmic reticulum, apparently increased numbers of peroxisome-like structures, and decreased numbers of lipid droplets in cytoplasm of hepatocytes. Numbers of lipid droplets were not decreased in perisinusoidal fat storage cells. In addition, the numbers of cytoplasmic lipoprotein vesicles were apparently increased in some hepatocytes. Overall these changes indicated an increased hepatocyte secretory activity and suggested that CD changed hepatocellular lipid transport, storage, and metabolism pathways.
Citation Information
Carpenter, Hillary M.; Hedstrom, Olaf R.; Siddens, Lisbeth K.; Duimstra, Julie R.; Cai, Zheng Wei; Fisher, Kay A.; and Curtis, Lawrence R.. 1996. Ultrastructural, Protein, and Lipid Changes in Liver Associated With Chlordecone Treatment of Mice. Fundamental and Applied Toxicology. Vol.34(1). 157-164. https://doi.org/10.1006/faat.1996.0186 PMID: 8937903 ISSN: 0272-0590