Investigation of an Animal Model of a Reye-Like Syndrome Caused by Margosa Oil
| Autor: | D. Sinniah, Edgardo L Arcinue, Robert A. Mitchell, Philip H Schwartz |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
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Blood Glucose
Male Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Encephalopathy H&E stain Brain Edema Biology Glycerides Cerebral edema chemistry.chemical_compound Ammonia medicine Animals Ingestion Aspartate Aminotransferases Kidney Terpenes Reye Syndrome Alanine Transaminase Rats Inbred Strains medicine.disease Rats Staining Disease Models Animal Microscopy Electron medicine.anatomical_structure Liver chemistry Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Sudan Black B Corn oil |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric Research. 19:1346-1355 |
| ISSN: | 0031-3998 |
| DOI: | 10.1203/00006450-198512000-00029 |
| Popis: | Following reports of a Reye-Iike syndrome in children resulting from Margosa oil (MO) ingestion, we administered MO to laboratory rats in an attempt to produce an animal model of Reye's syndrome. Male rats were injected intraperitoneally with either MO or corn oil and observed for clinical signs of a toxic response. After 15 h the animals were administered a second dose and the MO-treated animals developed florid neurological symptoms. The animals were then sacrificed and blood samples were analyzed for glucose, ammonia, aspartate aminotransferase, and alanine aminotransferase. Sections of liver, kidney, and brain were examined by light microscopy after Sudan black B, hematoxylin and eosin, and periodic acid- Schiff staining. Liver was additionally examined by electron microscopy. Liver samples were analyzed for hepatic enzyme levels and brain samples were analyzed for water content. There were greatly increased levels of ammonia, aspartate aminotransferase, and alanine aminotransferase and decreased glucose levels in the blood of MO-treated animals. Light microscopy of MO-treated livers revealed fatty infiltration, granularity of the cytoplasm with normal nuclei, and glycogen depletion; electron microscopy revealed mitochondrial pathology in the livers of MO-treated animals. There were no significant morphological changes in brain or kidney specimens although the kidneys did show some fatty infiltration. Hepatic mitochondrial enzyme levels were unchanged and there was no increase in brain water content in the MO-treated animals. Thus, many of the abnormalities seen in Reye's syndrome were seen in this model; however, there were no hepatic enzyme changes despite altered mitochondrial morphology and no evidence of cerebral edema despite a florid encephalopathy. Nonetheless, this model may have important implications for the understanding of the pathogenetic mechanisms of this Reye-like syndrome and, perhaps, Reye's syndrome. |
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