性激素对大鼠诱发肝癌中胎盘型谷胱甘肽S-转移酶(GST-P)表达的影响

本实验利用Solt-Farber顺序诱发大鼠肝癌,观察肝组织中GST活性及GST-P含量在化学诱癌中的变化,并观察性激素对大鼠化学诱发肝癌的早期病变中GST-P表达的作用。结果显示无论是GST活性或GST-P的含量,在诱癌至第三周开始升高,第五周升至最高。利用此模式,选择诱癌至第五周,免疫组化法检测各种处理后肝组织中GST-P的表达。发现睾丸假切除的雄性大鼠经化学诱癌后,肝中有高的GST-P表达,睾丸假切除的雄性大鼠诱癌合并雌二醇处理,明显降低肝组织GST-P阳性灶的面积和数量;合并睾丸酮处理,虽减少GST-P阳性灶的面积,但其数量略有升高。与睾丸假切除后诱癌的雄性大鼠相比,切除睾丸的大鼠经诱癌,有更低的GST-P阳性灶的面积;睾丸切除合并雌二醇处理,GST-P阳性灶的面积进一步降低。与仅化学诱癌的卵巢假切除雌性大鼠比,卵巢切除鼠诱癌后,GST-P阳性灶的面积稍有增加;对卵巢切除合用睾丸酮的大鼠诱癌,阳性灶的面积进一部增加。无论性腺切除与否,雄性大鼠比雌性大鼠有更高的GST-P表达。这些结果提示雌激素可抑制而雄激素则可促进化学诱癌大鼠肝中GST-P的表达。这一结果可能与临床上男性较女性易患肝癌有关。

EFFECTS OF SEX HORMONES ON THE EXPRESSION OF PLACENTA FORM GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE (GST-P) IN RAT INDUCED HEPATOCARCINOMA

Using Solt-Farber method for the induction of rat hepatocarcinoma, the changes of the activity of glutathione S-transferase (GST) and the content of placenta form GST (GST-P) were studied during hepatocarcinogenesis, then the effects of sex hormones on the hepatic expression of GST-P were observed using immunohis-tochemical method. The results showed that both GST activity and GST-P content began to increase at the 3rd week, and reached the highest level at the 5th week (Table 1). Therefore, the 5th week was selected for the study of GST-P expression in the livers of rats treated with different protocol (Fig. 1). It was found that GST-P was highly expressed in the livers of sham-castrated male rats after chemically induced hepatocarcinoma (PLATE I, Fig. 1A, Table 2). When estradiol was administrated to these rats, both the number and area of GST-P positive( ) foci decreased significantly (PLATE I, Fig. 1B, Table 2). While testosterone was administrated instead of estradiol, the decrease of the area but slight increase of the number of GST-P positive foci were found (PLATE I, Fig. 1C, Table 2). After orchiectomy, the areas of GST-P ( ) foci in carcinogen treated liver of male rats were smaller than those in rats with sham-orchiectomy and same carcinogen treatment (PLATE I, Fig. 2A,B, Table 3). When the orchiectomized male rats were administrated with estradiol, the areas of GST-P ( ) foci decreased further (PLATE I, Fig. 2C, Table 3). In contrast, after ovariectomy of the female rats, the areas of GST-P ( ) foci in carcinogen treated livers were slightly increased as compared with those in the rats with sham-ovariectomy and same carcinogen treatment (PLATE I, Fig. 2D,E, Table 3). While the o-variectomized female rats were administrated with testosterone, the areas of GST-P ( ) foci increased further (PLATE I, Fig.2F, Table 3). Regardless of whether castrations were done or not, GST-P expression in livers of male rats induced hepatocarcinoma was higher than in livers of female rats (PLATE I, Fig. 2A,B, D,E, Table 3). These results indicated that estrogen may inhibit but androgen may promote the GST-P expression in the rat liver during hepatocarcinogenesis. This may be related to the higher incidence of liver carcinoma in male than in female.