PMID: 6401166Jan 1, 1983Paper

Resistance to hepatotoxins acquired by hepatocytes during liver regeneration

Cancer Research
E RobertsE Farber

Abstract

The appearance of resistance to a number of hepatotoxins in primary cultures of hepatocytes prepared at various time intervals up to 2 weeks after partial hepatectomy is the major focus in this study. Resistance to the cytocidal effect of aflatoxin B1, 2-acetylaminofluorene, N-hydroxy-2-acetylaminofluorene, methotrexate, or methyl methanesulfonate shows a progressive increase until 48 hr and then returns to the resting level of susceptibility by 2 weeks. The genesis of mutagens from 2-acetylaminofluorene and aflatoxin B1 by S-9 liver fractions shows a decrease from and return to control values after partial hepatectomy that parallels the resistance. The levels of total cellular cytochromes P-450 also decrease following partial hepatectomy and remain from 28 to 36% less than those of controls for at least 1 week. The glutathione and total soluble sulfhydryl ("glutathione") content increase following partial hepatectomy, and the pattern is consistent with a partial role for glutathione in the resistance phenomenon as it relates to 2-acetylaminofluorene. The possible relationship between resistance to the cytocidal effects in vitro and the resistance to inhibition of cell proliferation in vivo during liver carcinogenesis is discus...Continue Reading

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