Article ; Online: Acetaminophen overdose causes a breach of the blood-bile barrier in mice but not in rats.
2024 Volume 98, Issue 5, Page(s) 1533–1542
Abstract: Acetaminophen (APAP) is known to cause a breach of the blood-bile barrier in mice that, via a mechanism called futile bile acid (BA) cycling, increases BA concentrations in hepatocytes above cytotoxic thresholds. Here, we compared this mechanism in mice ... ...
Abstract | Acetaminophen (APAP) is known to cause a breach of the blood-bile barrier in mice that, via a mechanism called futile bile acid (BA) cycling, increases BA concentrations in hepatocytes above cytotoxic thresholds. Here, we compared this mechanism in mice and rats, because both species differ massively in their susceptibility to APAP and compared the results to available human data. Dose and time-dependent APAP experiments were performed in male C57BL6/N mice and Wistar rats. The time course of BA concentrations in liver tissue and in blood was analyzed by MALDI-MSI and LC-MS/MS. APAP and its derivatives were measured in the blood by LC-MS. APAP-induced liver damage was analyzed by histopathology, immunohistochemistry, and by clinical chemistry. In mice, a transient increase of BA in blood and in peri-central hepatocytes preceded hepatocyte death. The BA increase coincided with oxidative stress in liver tissue and a compromised morphology of bile canaliculi and immunohistochemically visualized tight junction proteins. Rats showed a reduced metabolic activation of APAP compared to mice. However, even at very high doses that caused cell death of hepatocytes, no increase of BA concentrations was observed neither in liver tissue nor in the blood. Correspondingly, no oxidative stress was detectable, and the morphology of bile canaliculi and tight junction proteins remained unaltered. In conclusion, different mechanisms cause cell death in rats and mice, whereby oxidative stress and a breach of the blood-bile barrier are seen only in mice. Since transient cholestasis also occurs in human patients with APAP overdose, mice are a clinically relevant species to study APAP hepatotoxicity but not rats. |
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MeSH term(s) | Mice ; Rats ; Humans ; Male ; Animals ; Acetaminophen/toxicity ; Acetaminophen/metabolism ; Bile/metabolism ; Chromatography, Liquid ; Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury/pathology ; Rats, Wistar ; Tandem Mass Spectrometry ; Liver/metabolism ; Hepatocytes/metabolism ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Tight Junction Proteins/metabolism |
Chemical Substances | Acetaminophen (362O9ITL9D) ; Tight Junction Proteins |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2024-03-11 |
Publishing country | Germany |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 124992-7 |
ISSN | 1432-0738 ; 0340-5761 |
ISSN (online) | 1432-0738 |
ISSN | 0340-5761 |
DOI | 10.1007/s00204-024-03705-6 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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