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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-5-3
pubmed:abstractText
Peroxisome proliferators, and especially hypolipidemic drugs such as ciprofibrate, are known to be hepatocarcinogens in rodents, but their effect in humans is controversial. In an attempt to investigate the effects of ciprofibrate at a cellular level, the analysis of individual whole cells was performed by flow cytometry on samples from two hepatic-derived cell lines: the rat Fao cell line and the human HepG2 cell line. The increase of light scatter signals in rat Fao cells treated for 3 days with ciprofibrate at 250 microM was related to modifications of intrinsic cellular parameters, such as size and cytoplasmic granularity. Conversely, no variations appeared in human HepG2-treated cells. Moreover, the study of the cell cycle distribution of asynchronously growing cells showed an increase in the percentage of proliferative cells in Fao-treated cells, but not in HepG2-treated cells. In order to give a simultaneous assessment of changes in cellular parameters and cell metabolism, these flow cytometric experiments were completed with the measurements of the palmitoyl-CoA oxidase activity, used as a marker of peroxisome proliferation. The cellular modifications in the rat Fao cell line were accompanied by a great increase in this enzymatic activity, whereas the human HepG2 cell line, which failed to exhibit changes of cytometric data, presented no, or weak, increase in this oxidase activity. The cellular modifications observed in the rat Fao cell line may be related to the well-known hepatocarcinogenicity of ciprofibrate in rodents, whereas the absence of response of HepG2 cells is in favor of the noncarcinogenicity of this drug in humans. This report validates another methodological approach for the investigation of the safety of peroxisome proliferators in humans.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0014-4827
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
223
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
436-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8601421-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8601421-Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, pubmed-meshheading:8601421-Cell Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:8601421-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:8601421-Cell Size, pubmed-meshheading:8601421-Clofibric Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8601421-Cytoplasmic Granules, pubmed-meshheading:8601421-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:8601421-Fibric Acids, pubmed-meshheading:8601421-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:8601421-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8601421-Hypolipidemic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:8601421-Light, pubmed-meshheading:8601421-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:8601421-Liver Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:8601421-Microbodies, pubmed-meshheading:8601421-Oxidoreductases, pubmed-meshheading:8601421-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:8601421-Scattering, Radiation, pubmed-meshheading:8601421-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Human HepG2 and rat Fao hepatic-derived cell lines show different responses to ciprofibrate, a peroxisome proliferator: analysis by flow cytometry.
pubmed:affiliation
LBMC, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't