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ArticleToxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology2024

The association between histopathologic effects and liver weight changes induced in mice and rats by chemical exposures: an analysis of the data from Toxicity Reference Database (ToxRefDB).

Roman Mezencev, Madison Feshuk, Lori Kolaczkowski, Geoffrey Colin Peterson, Q Jay Zhao, Sean Watford, J Andre Weaver

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7 authors.

Roman MezencevCenter for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, US EPA, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4361-7628
Madison FeshukCenter for Computational Toxicology and Exposure, Office of Research and Development, US EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1390-6405
Lori KolaczkowskiCenter for Computational Toxicology and Exposure, Office of Research and Development, US EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
Geoffrey Colin PetersonCenter for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, US EPA, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Q Jay ZhaoCenter for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, US EPA, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Sean WatfordCenter for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, US EPA, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0888-5029
J Andre WeaverCenter for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, US EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Absolute (ALW) and relative (RLW) liver weight changes are sensitive endpoints in repeat-dose rodent toxicity studies, and their changes are often used for quantitative assessment of health effects induced by hepatotoxic chemicals using the benchmark dose-response modeling (BMD) approach. To find biologically relevant liver weight changes to chemical exposures, we evaluated all data available for liver weight changes and associated liver histopathologic findings from the Toxicity Reference Database (ToxRefDB). Our analysis of 389 subchronic mouse and rat studies for 273 chemicals found significant differences in treatment-related ALW and RLW changes between dose groups with and without liver histopathologic changes. In addition, we demonstrate that chemical treatment-induced ALW and RLW changes can predict the presence of histopathologic findings and inform the selection of biologically relevant liver weight changes for BMD modeling and derivation of toxicity values.

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Chemical and Drug Induced Liver InjuryDatabases, FactualLiverAnimalsDose-Response Relationship, DrugMaleMiceOrgan SizeRatsbenchmark dose-response modelingbenchmark responseBMDBMRhepatotoxicityliver histopathologyliver weight

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PMID38656946
PMCPMC12021267

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