Hepatic Toxicity UNC School of Public Health Friday - Nov. 3 Introduction to the liver Gary Boorman, NIEHS Monday - Nov.
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Hepatic Toxicity
UNC School of Public Health
Friday - Nov. 3 Introduction to the liver Gary Boorman, NIEHS Monday - Nov. 6 Molecular aspects of liver injury Dr. Robert Sills, NIEHS Wednesday - Nov. 8 Biochemistry of hepatic injury Dr. LeCluyse, CellzDirect, Inc. Friday Nov. 10 Acute Responses to Hepatic Injury Dr. Rich Miller GSK Monday, Nov 13 Chronic effects of hepatic injury Dr. Amy Brix, EPL
Why is the Liver so Important in Toxicology?
Hepatotoxicity is the major reason for rejecting new drugs in clinical trials and withdrawal of drugs already in use Major metabolic organ Hepatotoxicity is quite common Cirrhosis - One of top ten causes of death Model for cancer mechanisms
Liver in Toxicogenomics
The liver is currently the major tissue for Toxicogenomics > 6,200 references on gene expression and liver in last three years Easily accessible large parenchymal organ Model for defining toxic responses Gene changes reflect systemic responses
Lecture Outline
Role of the liver Anatomy of the liver Organization of the liver Cells of the liver Rodent diseases affecting liver
Liver is Complex Organ
Largest organ in body 1500 g in humans (2% of BW) 15 g in male rat (4% of BW) 1.5 g in male mouse (6% of BW) 25% of cardiac output 2 L/Minute in 70 kg Human Source of most plasma proteins Interface between food and energy needs Largest source of fixed macrophages Marked circadian rhythm
Role of the Liver
Processes, dietary proteins, carbohydrates, lipids Stores and releases energy Exports Glucose from glycogen Exports Acetoacetate from fatty acids Detoxification Endogenous & Exogenous compounds Oxidation and reduction Conjugation and hydrolysis Important role in vitamins Active synthesis of some forms of B vitamins Proteins for transport of vitamins Retinoid storage and metabolism
Role of the Liver
Acute Phase Response Transient increase or decrease in plasma proteins Systemic response to local injury Phagocytosis of particulates Critical location with blood flow from GI tract Central role in cholesterol homeostasis Critical for iron, zinc and copper metabolism
Maronpot, Pathology of the mouse. 1999
Maronpot, Pathology of the mouse. 1999
Lobe Differences with Acetaminophen
50, 150, 1500, and 2000 mg/kg For each rat evaluated both left (L) and median (M) lobe Yellow highlights dose Pink highlights Left Lobe
Acute Phase Proteins show remarkable Lobe dichotomy
Ttr = Transthyretin Fgb = Fibrinogen, beta Ahsg = alpha-2-HS glycoprotein Tf = transferrin Significantly DOWN regulated Median (M) lobe Significantly UP regulated Left (L) lobe WHY?
Lobe variability
Gene expression Copper distribution (R > L) Cancer (R > L) Cirrhosis of right lobe Hypertrophy of left lobe Cirrhosis of left lobe No Hypertrophy of right lobe
Why are there lobe differences?
Umbilical blood flows to left lobe (Fetus) Right and median lobes receive portal blood Left better oxygenated during development Left more directly exposed to maternal toxins Differential portal flow to lobes (Adult) Blood from stomach to left lobe Blood flow from colon to right lobe Colonic cancer metastatic more to right lobe Blood flow from spleen to left lobe Contains hepatic growth factors May explain cirrhosis and hypertrophy
Organization of Liver
Hepatic plates with bile canicular system Dual blood supply 75% portal vein (low in oxygen) 25% hepatic artery (high in oxygen) Blood collects in hepatic vein
Tissues and Organs:a text of scanning electron microscopy, Kessel, RG and Kardon,RH, 1979
Approximately 1 million classic lobules per liver
Rappaport Unit
Zone 1 (central or periportal) Largest hepatocytes More mitochondria More granular ER Glycogen metabolism Glucuronidation of xenobiotics Formation of plasma proteins Best oxygenated Highest concentration of bile salts More Kupffer cells
Portal “triad” (zone 1)
hepatic artery (1-2) portal vein (1) bile duct (1-2) lymphatics nerves connective tissue-collagen type I
Pathology of the Liver, MacSween RNM et al, 2002
Glucose-6-phosphatase
Teutsch, et al. 1999. Hepatology 29:494-505
Allyl Alcohol-Induced Necrosis in Zone 1
PP THV THV PP
Rappaport Unit
Zone 3 (More peripheral - Terminal Hepatic Venule) (most commonly Centrilobular) Smaller hepatocytes Fewer mitochondria More agranular ER Fat and pigment storage Reductase reactions Enzyme induction may occur More susceptible to anoxia
Acetaminophen Necrosis in Zone 3
THV 3 2 1
Sometimes lesions are patchy involving more than a lobule
Rat caudate lobe with resin in the portal vein demonstrating three dimensional units
Bhunchet and Wake, Hepatology 27:481-487, 1998 -487, 1998
Vascular damage following acetaminophen (MRI image) Malarkey, Ryan, Johnson, Maronpot, 2004
Temporal Aspects are also important in the liver
Gene Expression for Metallothionein 1a varies by time during the 24 hour day CT times; light 0 - 12: Dark 12-24
Phase I enzymes that vary by age in the rat
Hepatic CYP expression varies with age of rat
What might this mean for a study where rats are exposed 2 years ?
Hepatic dimensions
Liver is a heterogeneously complex organ Space Variation by lobe Zones within lobes Three-dimensional parenchymal units Time Variation by time of day Variation by age
Heterogeneity of liver
Epithelial Cells Hepatocytes Cholangiocyes Mesenchymal cells Kupffer cells Endothelial cells Stellate cells Other Hepatic components Smooth muscle cells (blood vessels) Mesothelia (capsule) Nerves (unmyelinated) Neuroendocrine cells Hematopoeitic cells Extracellular matrix 5-10% of liver is collagen
Heterogeneity of liver
Hepatocytes (60%) Biliary epithelium (3-5%) Endothelia (20%) sinusoids blood vessels (arteries and veins) lymphatics Kupffer cells (15%) Hepatic stellate cells (5 -%) Lymphocytes (Pit cells)
5 major players
Hepatocytes
80% of mass; 60% of cell numbers SER and RER (15% of cell volume) Free ribosomes Golgi complex Lysosomes (~ 30 per cell) Peroxisomes / microbodies (~ 500 per cell) Mitochondria (1000 per cell) Cytoskeleton (microfilaments, intermediate filaments, microtubules) Glycogen Produces bile (~ 15 ml per kg per day)
Lobular Heterogeneity: The Streaming Liver
Pathology of the Liver, MacSween RNM et al, 2002
Gene expression varies along the hepatic plate What might happen to Glutamine synthetase (GS) Transcript levels with zone 3 necrosis?
Endothelial Cells
20% of liver cells, 3.3% of protein content Discontinuous individual cells/fenestrated Sieve plates - clustered fenestrate Direct access of blood to hepatocytes Gives rise to vascular tumors Vinyl chloride hemangiosarcomas - human carcinogen
Sinusoidal endothelial cells Fenestrations
Tissues and Organs: a text of scanning electron microscopy, Kessel, RG and Kardon,RH, 1979
Pathology of the Liver, MacSween RNM et al, 2002
Kupffer Cells
15% of liver cell population, 2.5% of liver protein Precursors arise from circulating monocytes Major component of fixed macrophage system Ingest particles May contribute to liver disease Mediators of inflammation (TNF-alpha)
Liver showing hepatocytes (H), Kupffer cells (KC), endothelial cells (EC) and stellate cells (SC)
Stellate Cells
5% - 8% of all parenchymal cells Vitamin A storage and metabolism Significant source of collagen, hepatic fibrosis Major player in hepatic regeneration Control microvascular tone Ito cell tumors in mice
Hepatic Stellate Cells
(HSC)
Periportal (PP) small HSCs perisinusoidal processes small volume of lipid droplets Midzone elongated large volume of lipid intense desmin Central vein (CV) elongated & IC processes vitamin A and desmin reduced
Tissues and Organs: a text of scanning electron microscopy, Kessel, RG and Kardon,RH, 1979
Hepatic Stellate cells wrap around Endothelial Cells
Biliary cells
3% to 5% of liver cell population Form approximately 2 km of tubules Tight junctions isolate lumen Modifies bile Active in secretion and absorption Effective communicator with other cells Contains numerous transporters
Prevalence of Rodent Pathogens that affect Liver
Helicobacter Species 31% Epidemic Diarrhea of Infant Mice EDIM Virus 15% Mouse Hepatitis Virus Rat Parvo Virus 14% 6% Dr. Lila Riley (University of Missouri Diagnostic Laboratory)
Source of Rodent Pathogens
Transfer of transgenic mice Sharing of biological specimens Other animals in colony Feral animals Animal care personnel & visitors Dr. Lila Riley (University of Missouri Diagnostic Laboratory)
Acute Hepatotoxicity
Dr. Sills (This Monday) Molecular biology of hepatic injury Dr. Sills will assume that you know hepatic lobules before lecture…. Liver structure is also critical for Dr. Millers lecture the following Friday
Thanks to Dave Malarkey for several new slides