Comparison of mouse strains for susceptibility to styrene-induced hepatotoxicity and pneumotoxicity
- Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
Styrene is known to cause both hepatotoxicity and pneumotoxicity in mice. Strain differences have been reported by other investigators suggesting that Swiss mice are less susceptible than non-Swiss mice to styrene-induced liver damage. In this study, All and C57BL16 mice were found to be similar to non-Swiss albino (NSA) mice in susceptibility whereas CD-1 (Swiss) mice were more resistant to hepatotoxicity as assessed by serum sorbitol dehydrogenase levels and pneumotoxicity as determined by gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase and lactate dehydrogenase measurements in bronchoalveolar ravage fluid. Styrene was hepatotoxic in CD-1 mice treated with pyridine to induce CYP2E1. CYP2E1 apoprotein levels and p-nitrophenol hydroxylase activities in control and pyridine-induced mice were similar in the two strains. Hepatic and pulmonary microsomal preparations from both strains metabolized styrene to styrene oxide at similar rates. CD-1 mice were as susceptible as the NSA mice to the effects of styrene oxide. The data suggest that there are no differences in the bioactivation of styrene to styrene oxide or innate susceptibility to the active metabolite that would account for the differences between the CD-1 and NSA mice. 26 refs., 6 tabs.
- OSTI ID:
- 530471
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Vol. 51, Issue 2; Other Information: PBD: 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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