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Title: Unique gene expression and hepatocellular injury in the lipopolysaccharide-ranitidine drug idiosyncrasy rat model: comparison with famotidine.

Authors: Luyendyk, James P; Lehman-McKeeman, Lois D; Nelson, David M; Bhaskaran, Vasanthi M; Reilly, Timothy P; Car, Bruce D; Cantor, Glenn H; Maddox, Jane F; Ganey, Patricia E; Roth, Robert A

Published In Toxicol Sci, (2006 Apr)

Abstract: Rats cotreated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and ranitidine (RAN) but not LPS and famotidine (FAM) develop hepatocellular injury in an animal model of idiosyncratic drug reactions. Evaluation of liver gene expression in rats given LPS and/or RAN led to confirmation that the hemostatic system, hypoxia, and neutrophils (PMNs) are critical mediators in LPS/RAN-induced liver injury. We tested the hypothesis that unique gene expression changes distinguish LPS/RAN-treated rats from rats given LPS or RAN alone and from those cotreated with LPS/FAM. Rats were treated with a nonhepatotoxic dose of LPS (44.4 x 10(6) endotoxin units/kg, iv) or its vehicle. Two hours thereafter they were given RAN (30 mg/kg, iv), FAM (either 6 mg/kg, a pharmacologically equi-efficacious dose, or 28.8 mg/kg, an equimolar dose, iv), or vehicle. They were killed 2 or 6 h after drug treatment for evaluation of hepatotoxicity (2 and 6 h) and liver gene expression (2 h only). At a time before the onset of hepatocellular injury, hierarchical clustering distinguished rats treated with LPS/RAN from those given LPS alone. 205 probesets were expressed differentially to a greater or lesser degree only in LPS/RAN-treated rats compared to LPS/FAM or LPS alone, which did not develop liver injury. These included VEGF, EGLN3, MAPKAPK-2, BNIP3, MIP-2, COX-2, EGR-1, PAI-1, IFN-gamma, and IL-6. Expression of these genes was confirmed by real-time PCR. Serum concentrations of MIP-2, PAI-1, IFN-gamma, and IL-6 correlated with their respective gene expression patterns. Overall, the expression of several gene products capable of controlling requisite mediators of injury (i.e., hemostasis, hypoxia, PMNs) in this model were enhanced in livers of LPS/RAN-treated rats. Furthermore, enhanced expression of MAPKAPK-2 in RAN-treated rats and its target genes in LPS/RAN-treated rats suggests that p38/MAPKAPK-2 signaling is a regulation point for enhancement of LPS-induced gene expression by RAN.

PubMed ID: 16415329 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: Animals; Comparative Study; Drug Interactions; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Famotidine/toxicity*; Gene Expression Profiling; Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects*; Histamine H2 Antagonists/toxicity*; Lipopolysaccharides; Liver/drug effects*; Liver/metabolism; Liver/pathology; Male; Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Ranitidine/toxicity*; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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