Toxic Responses of the Liver Flashcards
The ________ is the main organ where exogenous chemicals are metabolized and eventually excreted.
liver
T/F: The liver, with its multiple cell types and numerous functions, can respond in many different ways to acute and chronic insults.
True
The liver’s strategic location between ______________ and the rest of the body facilitates its maintenance of metabolic ______________ in the body.
intestinal tract; homeostasis
The liver extracts ingested nutrients, vitamins, metals, drugs, environmental toxicants, and waste products of bacteria from the blood for ____________, ___________, and/or excretion into ________.
catabolism; storage; bile
Formation of bile is essential for the uptake of ________ nutrients from the small intestine, protection of the small intestine from ___________ insults, and __________ of endogenous and xenobiotic compounds.
lipid; oxidative; excretion
_______________ is either a decrease in the volume of bile formed or an impaired secretion of specific solutes into bile
Cholestasis
Hepatocytes have a rich supply of _______________ and _______________ and thereby enhance their removal from the body.
phase I enzymes; phase II enzymes
T/F: phase II reactions determines whether a reactive metabolite will initiate liver cell injury or be safely detoxified.
False. The balance between phase I and phase II reactions determines whether a reactive metabolite will initiate liver cell injury or be safely detoxified.
These enzymes includes processes such as redox, and converting xenobiotics to electrophilic metabolites
phase I enzymes
These enzymes include conjugation, and glucuronidation that adds a polar group to a molecule, enhancing their removal from the body
phase II enzymes
It is a yellow pigment that also passes through the liver and excreted out from the body. Its high levels indicate liver or bile duct problems
Bilirubin
Cholestasis is a result of elevated serum levels of ____________ and ____________, which slows down the normal flow of the bile from the ______________. It causes itching, and jaundice
bile salts; bilirubin; gallbladder
T/F: The liver is the third organ, after the stomach, to encounter ingested nutrients, vitamins, metals, drugs, and environmental toxicants and waste products of bacteria that enter portal blood.
False. Liver is the first organ
T/F: The venous blood coming from the stomach and intestines also flows to the portal vein and to the liver, and eventually enter the systemic circulation
True
The loss of function of the liver also occurs if the toxicants kill a considerable amount of cells and when chronic insults lead to a replacement of cell mass by a non-functional ______________.
scar tissue
Bile contains bile acids, ______________, _____________, ______________, bilirubin, and other organic anions, proteins, ________, ions, and xenobiotics.
glutathione; phospholipids; cholesterol; metals
Hepatocytes begin the process by transporting bile acids, glutathione, and other solutes, including xenobiotics and their metabolites, into the ________________.
canalicular lumen
The canaliculi are separated from the ________________ between hepatocytes by ______________, which form a barrier permeable only to water, electrolytes, and to some degree to small ____________.
intercellular space; tight junctions; organic cations
This is the space formed by the specialized regions in the plasma membrane between the adjacent hepatocytes
canalicular lumen
This structure forms channels between the hepatocytes that connect to a series of larger channels or ducts within the liver
canaliculi
T/F: The major driving force of bile formation is the active transport of bile salts and other osmolytes into the major bile ducts.
False. The major driving force of bile formation is the active transport of bile salts and other osmolytes into the canalicular lumen.
Sodium-independent uptake of conjugated and unconjugated bile acids is performed by members of the ______________________________.
organic anion transporting polypeptides (OATPs)
T/F: Most conjugated bile acids like taurine and glycine conjugates are transported into hepatocytes by sodium-dependent transporters
True
T/F: OATPs also transport numerous drugs and hepatotoxicants.
True
Lipophilic cationic drugs, estrogens, and lipids are exported by the canalicular ____________________________, one of which is exclusive for _____________.
multiple drug resistance (MDR) P-glycoprotein; phospholipids
Conjugates of glutathione, glucuronide, and sulfate are exported by ________________________________.
multidrug resistance–associated protein 2 (MRP2)
Name every efflux transporter
BSEP, bile salt export pump; MDR, multidrug resistance protein; MRP, multidrug resistance-associated protein; ABCG5/8, heterodimeric ATP binding cassette transporter G5/G8; BCRP, breast cancer resistance protein; Ostα/Ostβ, heterodimeric organic solute transporter alpha, and beta.
Name every uptake transporter
ASBT, apical sodium dependent bile salt transporter; NTCP, sodium taurocholate transporting polypeptide; OATP, organic anion transporting polypeptide; OCT, organic cation transporter; OAT, organic anion transporter.
Biliary excretion is important in the homeostasis of metals, notably copper, _____________, ____________, _______________, gold, silver, and _______________.
manganese; cadmium; selenium; arsenic
Inability to export Cu into bile is a central problem in ___________________, a rare genetic disorder characterized by accumulation of Cu in the liver and then in other tissues.
Wilson’s disease
These are biliary epithelial cells that lines the bile duct tubules and serves to transport bile from the liver to the small intestines
cholangiocytes
T/F: Hepatocytes executes most metabolic functions including bile secretion
True
___________ modify bile by absorption and secretion of solutes
Bile ducts
T/F: Secretion into biliary ducts is always a prelude to toxicant clearance by excretion in feces or urine.
False. Secretion into biliary ducts is usually, but not always, a prelude to toxicant clearance by excretion in feces or urine.
Exceptions occur when compounds are repeatedly delivered into the intestinal lumen via bile, efficiently absorbed from the intestinal lumen, and then redirected to the liver via portal blood, a process known as __________________.
enterohepatic cycling
T/F: Toxicant-related impairments of bile formation are more likely to have detrimental consequences in populations with other conditions where biliary secretion is marginal.
True
This type of hepatobiliary injury is caused by representatives toxins like amiodarone, CCl4, ethanol, fialuridine, tamoxifen, and valproic acid
Fatty liver
This type of hepatobiliary injury is caused by representatives toxins like acetaminophen, allyl alcohol, Cu, dimethylformaldehyde, and ethanol
Hepatocyte death
This type of hepatobiliary injury is caused by representatives toxins like diclofenac, ethanol, halothane, and tienilic acid
Immune-mediated response
This type of hepatobiliary injury is caused by representatives toxins like chlorpromazine, cyclosporin A, 1,1-dichloroethane, estrogens, Mn, and phalloidin
Canalicular cholestasis
This type of hepatobiliary injury is caused by representatives toxins like alpha-naphthylisothiocyanate, amoxicillin, methylene dianiline, and sporidesmin
Bile duct damage
This type of hepatobiliary injury is caused by representatives toxins like anabolic steroids, cyclophosphamide, microcystin, and pyrrolizidine alkaloids
Sinusoidal disorders
This type of hepatobiliary injury is caused by representatives toxins like CCl4, ethanol, thioacetamide, vitamin A, and vinyl chloride
Fibrosis and cirrhosis
This type of hepatobiliary injury is caused by representatives toxins like aflatoxin, androgens, arsenic, thorium dioxide, and vinyl chloride
Tumors
What are the hepatobiliary injuries caused by ethanol?
Fatty liver, hepatocyte death, immune-mediated response, fibrosis and cirrhosis
What are the hepatobiliary injuries caused by CCl4?
Fatty liver, fibrosis and cirrhosis
What are the hepatobiliary injuries caused by vinyl chloride?
fibrosis and cirrhosis, and tumors
____________ is characterized by cell swelling, leakage, nuclear disintegration (karyolysis), and an influx of inflammatory cells.
Necrosis
T/F: Apoptosis is characterized by cell shrinkage, nuclear disintegration, formation of apoptotic bodies, and a lack of inflammation.
False. Apoptosis is characterized by cell shrinkage, nuclear FRAGMENTATION, formation of apoptotic bodies, and a lack of inflammation.
T/F: Apoptosis can be detected biochemically by assaying plasma (or serum) for liver cytosol-derived enzymes - AST or ALT or GGT
False. Necrosis can be detected biochemically by assaying plasma (or serum) for liver cytosol-derived enzymes - AST or ALT or GGT
T/F: Apoptosis is always a single-cell event, for the purpose of removing cells no longer needed during development or elimination of aging cells
True
It is the death of hepatocytes in certain functional regions.
Zonal necrosis
It is characterized by the randomly distributed death of single hepatocytes or small clusters of hepatocytes.
Focal cell death
It is a massive death of hepatocytes with only a few or no remaining survivors.
Panacinar necrosis
Mechanisms of toxicant-induced injury to liver cells include ________________, binding to cell _________________, _______________________, disruption of the cytoskeleton, and massive _______________.
lipid peroxidation; macromolecules; mitochondrial damage; calcium influx
The mechanisms of toxicant-induced injury leads to mitochondrial membrane permeability transition pore opens, causing __________ of the membrane potential, depletion of cellular ________, and necrotic cell death.
collapse; ATP
T/F: The loss of ATP inhibits the ion pumps in the plasma membrane results in the loss of cellular ion homeostasis and causes the characteristic swelling of necrosis, which would lead to cellular edema and destruction of the cell membrane
True
In canalicular cholestasis, when biliary excretion of the yellowish bilirubin pigment is impaired, this pigment accumulates in the skin and eyes, producing ____________, and spills into urine, which becomes ________________________.
jaundice; bright yellow or dark brown
T/F: Toxicant-induced cholestasis can be transient or chronic; when substantial, it is associated with cell swelling, cell death, and inflammation.
True
In canalicular cholestasis, ___________________ is vulnerable to toxicant effects on the functional integrity of sinusoidal transporters, canalicular exporters, cytoskeleton-dependent processes for transcytosis, and the contractile closure of the canalicular lumen.
bile formation
Changes that weaken the junctions that form the structural barrier between the blood and the canalicular lumen allow solutes to ____________ of the canalicular lumen.
leak out
One hepatotoxicant that causes tight junction leakage is ______________________.
α-naphthylisothiocyanate
What are the six potential mechanisms for cholestasis?
Impaired intake, diminished transcytosis, impaired secretion, diminished contractility of canaliculus, leaky paracellular junctions, and concentration of reactive species
What potential mechanism of cholestasis can result from inhibition of a transporter or retraction of a transporter away from the canalicular membrane
Impaired secretion
T/F: Compounds that produce cholestasis do not necessarily act by a single mechanism or at just one site.
True
________________ impairs bile acid uptake and canalicular contractility.
chlorpromazine
__________________ is a well-known cause of reversible canalicular cholestasis.
estrogens