Protoporphyrin overload in unrestrained rats: biochemical and histopathologic characterization of a new model of protoporphyric hepatopathy.

Abstract:

:We determined the feasibility of producing protoporphyric hepatopathy in unrestrained rats by infusing protoporphyrin into their portal circulation via chronic indwelling catheters. Sprague-Dawley rats, 200-300 g, received single (8.5-27.8 mumol) or multiple (64.1-208.7 mumol) infusions of protoporphyrin over 3-240 h. Single protoporphyrin infusions increased the hepatic protoporphyrin concentration from < 1 nmol/g up to 1368 nmol/g; multiple infusions up to 3908 nmol/g. The maximal non-hepatic tissue concentrations averaged 243 nmol/g in the spleen. Hepatocanalicular and ductular birefringent pigmented deposits were found in all livers, generally proportional to the protoporphyrin load. Aggregates of crystalline protoporphyrin were detected in biliary ductules, canaliculi, hepatocytes, Kupffer cells and fat-storage cells by electron microscopy. Laboratory abnormalities included elevations of the transaminases, LDH, GGTP and bilirubin and a modest fall in the haematocrit suggesting a mixture of red blood cell and hepatic injury. Thus, protoporphyric hepatopathy was produced by infusions of protoporphyrin into the portal circulation. This model may aid in understanding the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of liver disease in protoporphyria.

journal_name

Int J Exp Pathol

authors

Berenson MM,Kimura R,Samowitz W,Bjorkman D

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1992-10-01 00:00:00

pages

665-73

issue

5

eissn

0959-9673

issn

1365-2613

journal_volume

73

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