BACKGROUND/AIMS: Fatty liver is known to be associated with increased mortality and morbidity after liver resection. The ability of fatty liver to regenerate after two-thirds partial hepatectomy was studied in three different models of steatosis in rats: obese Zucker rats, orotic acid-fed Wistar rats and Wistar rats fed a methionine-low, choline-deficient diet. METHODS: Liver regeneration was assessed 24 h after partial hepatectomy by bromodeoxyuridine incorporation (immunohistochemistry), proliferating cell nuclear antigen, cyclin E and cyclin-dependent kinase 2 protein expression (Western blot analysis) and cyclin-dependent kinase 2 activity (kinase assays using histone H1 as a substrate). RESULTS: No significant difference of proliferative response was found between orotic acid or methionine-low, choline-deficient diet-fed and control Wistar rats 24 h after partial hepatectomy. In contrast, hepatocyte proliferation in obese Zucker rats after partial hepatectomy was significantly reduced when compared with their lean controls. CONCLUSIONS: Steatosis per se does not impair liver regeneration. The reduced liver regeneration observed in obese Zucker rats may not be due to fatty infiltration itself but to other factors such as leptin receptor dysfunction.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Fatty liver is known to be associated with increased mortality and morbidity after liver resection. The ability of fatty liver to regenerate after two-thirds partial hepatectomy was studied in three different models of steatosis in rats: obese Zucker rats, orotic acid-fed Wistar rats and Wistar rats fed a methionine-low, choline-deficient diet. METHODS: Liver regeneration was assessed 24 h after partial hepatectomy by bromodeoxyuridine incorporation (immunohistochemistry), proliferating cell nuclear antigen, cyclin E and cyclin-dependent kinase 2 protein expression (Western blot analysis) and cyclin-dependent kinase 2 activity (kinase assays using histone H1 as a substrate). RESULTS: No significant difference of proliferative response was found between orotic acid or methionine-low, choline-deficient diet-fed and control Wistar rats 24 h after partial hepatectomy. In contrast, hepatocyte proliferation in obese Zucker rats after partial hepatectomy was significantly reduced when compared with their lean controls. CONCLUSIONS:Steatosis per se does not impair liver regeneration. The reduced liver regeneration observed in obese Zucker rats may not be due to fatty infiltration itself but to other factors such as leptin receptor dysfunction.
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