Enhanced susceptibility to aflatoxin B1 toxicity in weanling mice pretreated with carbon tetrachloride. 1981

R G Arora

Weanling male mice with or without prior treatment with CCl4 (0.5 ml/kg) were exposed to either single (20.5, 25.6, 32 and 40 mg/kg) or multiple (4 mg/kg for 10 days or 8 mg/kg for 5 days) doses of aflatoxin B1. Evidence of its acute toxic and carcinogenic effects was found only in CCl4 pre-treated mice. Single dose LD 50 value under these conditions was calculated to be 26.8 mg/kg. Histological changes which predominantly occurred in the liver were characterized by acute necrosis and degeneration of the parenchymal cells. Hepatomas were observed as early as 9 months of age in CCl4 pre-treated animals given 4 mg/kg aflatoxin daily for 10 days. It is thus suggested that the repeated use of CCl4 as an anthelmintic in animals which are apparently resistant to the lethal and hepatocarcinogenic action of aflatoxin might increase their sensitivity to this mycotoxin.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007928 Lethal Dose 50 The dose amount of poisonous or toxic substance or dose of ionizing radiation required to kill 50% of the tested population. LD50,Dose 50, Lethal
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D008114 Liver Neoplasms, Experimental Experimentally induced tumors of the LIVER. Hepatoma, Experimental,Hepatoma, Morris,Hepatoma, Novikoff,Experimental Hepatoma,Experimental Hepatomas,Experimental Liver Neoplasms,Hepatomas, Experimental,Neoplasms, Experimental Liver,Experimental Liver Neoplasm,Liver Neoplasm, Experimental,Morris Hepatoma,Novikoff Hepatoma
D008297 Male Males
D008808 Mice, Inbred CBA An inbred strain of mouse that is widely used in BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH. Mice, CBA,Mouse, CBA,Mouse, Inbred CBA,CBA Mice,CBA Mice, Inbred,CBA Mouse,CBA Mouse, Inbred,Inbred CBA Mice,Inbred CBA Mouse
D009336 Necrosis The death of cells in an organ or tissue due to disease, injury or failure of the blood supply.
D002252 Carbon Tetrachloride Poisoning Poisoning that results from ingestion, injection, inhalation, or skin absorption of CARBON TETRACHLORIDE. CCl4 Poisoning,Poisoning, CCl4,Poisoning, Carbon Tetrachloride,CCl4 Poisonings,Carbon Tetrachloride Poisonings,Poisonings, Carbon Tetrachloride
D004357 Drug Synergism The action of a drug in promoting or enhancing the effectiveness of another drug. Drug Potentiation,Drug Augmentation,Augmentation, Drug,Augmentations, Drug,Drug Augmentations,Drug Potentiations,Drug Synergisms,Potentiation, Drug,Potentiations, Drug,Synergism, Drug,Synergisms, Drug
D000348 Aflatoxins Furano-furano-benzopyrans that are produced by ASPERGILLUS from STERIGMATOCYSTIN. They are structurally related to COUMARINS and easily oxidized to an epoxide form to become ALKYLATING AGENTS. Members of the group include AFLATOXIN B1; aflatoxin B2, aflatoxin G1, aflatoxin G2; AFLATOXIN M1; and aflatoxin M2. Aflatoxin
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
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