Strain difference in the susceptibility to clofibrate in male rats

Autor: Takashi Yamoto, Naochika Matsunuma, Sunao Manabe, Nobuhiro Miyakoshi, Yoshihiko Ohashi, Takashi Makita
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Pathophysiology. 3:65-72
ISSN: 0928-4680
DOI: 10.1016/0928-4680(95)00056-9
Popis: Difference among strains in the susceptibility to clofibrate in male rats was clarified. Males of three rat strains (F344, Sprague Dawley (SD), and Wistar Lewis) were treated with clofibrate mixed in the diet for 14 days. Both biochemical analysis (measurement of cytochrome P450 content, alkoxycoumarin O-dealkylation, carnitine acetyltransferase activity, peroxisomal β-oxidation, and catalase activity) and morphological analysis (electron microscopy and morphometry of peroxisomes) proved the strain difference. Although the changes caused by clofibrate administration were detected in all strains, the degree of these changes was variable among different strains. The most responsive rat strain was Wistar Lewis, while SD was the least responsive.
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