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Structure and Metallothionein Expression during Rat Liver Regeneration Induced by Partial Hepatectomy  

Mun, Seung-Hoon (Department of Life Science, College of Natural Science, Soonchunhyang University)
Jeong, Jin-Joo (Department of Life Science, College of Natural Science, Soonchunhyang University)
Lee, Yong-Moon (Department of Manufacturing Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University)
Shin, Kil-Sang (Department of Life Science, College of Natural Science, Soonchunhyang University)
Kim, Wan-Jong (Department of Life Science, College of Natural Science, Soonchunhyang University)
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Applied Microscopy / v.38, no.3, 2008 , pp. 175-183 More about this Journal
Abstract
Liver regeneration is a result of highly coordinated proliferation of hepatocytes and non-parenchymal liver cells. At this process, induction of metallothionein (MT), which is low molecular and cysteine rich, has been reported. The present study was carried to find the ultrastructure of hepatocytes and determine the expression of MT in regenerating rat liver after partial hepatectomy. As a result, the remnant liver after PH grew fast from 1 day until 7 days. Various changes were morphologically observed. Disintegration of cell plates and liver lobule appeared shortly after PH. And hepatocytes showed the rapid proliferation, characterized by high nuclear cytoplasmic ratio, weak intercellular junctional complexes, chromatin condensation, increase of ribosomes and mitochondria, and temporary increase of lipid droplets. Finally, remodeling of the liver lobule was completed through the rearrangement of blood vessels and cell plates by 7 days after PH. On histochemistry, immunoreactivity indicating the presence of MT appeared moderately throughout the cytoplasm of control rat hepatocyte. After PH, positive reactions for MT increased at the cytoplasm and the nucleus. These results suggest that the remnant liver cells immediately entered cell proliferation and increase of MT expression after PH. It is thought that MT protein might be associated with transfer of some factors needed to cell division from the cytoplasm to the nucleus for regeneration of the liver after PH.
Keywords
Rat; Liver regeneration; Metallothionein; Partial hepatectomy; Ultrastructure;
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