| Literature DB >> 1175561 |
E S Reynolds, R J Jaeger, S D Murphy.
Abstract
A single 6-hr exposure to vinyl chloride monomer (5%) produces extensive vacuolization of centrolobular liver parenchyma and focal midzonal necrosis in the hepatic lobuole in phenobarbital-pretreated rats. Ultrastructurally, vacuolization consists of dilation of cysternae of rough endoplasmic reticulum and in the same cells smooth endoplasmic reticulum coalesces into discreet aggregates resembling denatured membranes. The findings support the hypothesis that vinyl chloride is hepatotoxic because it is converted into a toxic metabolite by components of the mixed function oxidase system of liver endoplasmic reticulum.Entities:
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Year: 1975 PMID: 1175561 PMCID: PMC1475197 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7511227
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Environ Health Perspect ISSN: 0091-6765 Impact factor: 9.031