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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-7-14
pubmed:abstractText
2-(3',5'-Di-tert-butyl-2'-hydroxyphenyl)-5-chlorobenzotriazole (DBHCB) is widely used as an ultraviolet absorber. Previously, we showed that male rats had more than a 100 times higher susceptibility to the toxic effects of DBHCB than females. In order to investigate the role of sex steroids in the mediation of this gender-related difference, DBHCB (0 or 250 mg/kg/day) was given to male and female young intact and castrated rats by gavage for 28 days in the current study. In intact rats, relative liver weight increased to more than two times that of the control in males, while the rate of change was less than 10% in females. On histopathology, hypertrophy of hepatocytes was observed in males but not in females. In castrated rats, an approximately 40% increase in the relative liver weight was found only in males, and no histopathological changes in the liver were detected in either sex. The gender-related difference was also determined in preweaning rats administered DBHCB at 0, 250, or 500 mg/kg/day by gavage from postnatal days 4 to 21. Blood biochemical changes, including increases in the levels of AST, ALT, and ALP, 80-95% increase in the relative liver weight and histopathological changes in the liver, such as hypertrophy and single cell necrosis of hepatocytes, were observed at both doses in both sexes. In conclusion, the gender-related difference in the toxicity of DBHCB, which was observed in young rats, was markedly reduced by castration and abolished in preweaning rats.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1525-6014
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
383-98
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18622872-Administration, Oral, pubmed-meshheading:18622872-Alanine Transaminase, pubmed-meshheading:18622872-Alkaline Phosphatase, pubmed-meshheading:18622872-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18622872-Aspartate Aminotransferases, pubmed-meshheading:18622872-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:18622872-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18622872-Hepatocytes, pubmed-meshheading:18622872-Hypertrophy, pubmed-meshheading:18622872-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:18622872-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18622872-Necrosis, pubmed-meshheading:18622872-Orchiectomy, pubmed-meshheading:18622872-Organ Size, pubmed-meshheading:18622872-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:18622872-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:18622872-Sex Factors, pubmed-meshheading:18622872-Sunscreening Agents, pubmed-meshheading:18622872-Triazoles
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Gender-related difference in the toxicity of ultraviolet absorber 2-(3',5'-di-tert-butyl-2'-hydroxyphenyl)-5-chlorobenzotriazole in rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Biological Safety Research Center, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't