Translational Insights into Molecular Mechanisms of Chemical Hepatocarcinogenesis for Improved Human Risk Assessment
Journal Title: Advances in Clinical Toxicology - Year 2024, Vol 9, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a prevalent liver cancer with major risk factors being hepatitis viral infections, alcohol, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and aflatoxin exposure. Both genotoxic and non-genotoxic agents can induce HCC through mechanisms involving DNA damage, oxidative stress, chronic inflammation, and disrupted signaling pathways like MAPK/ERK, PI3K/AKT, WNT/β-catenin and PPARα. While rodent assays are utilized to detect potential chemical hepatocarcinogens, species differences in pathways like PPARα and CAR/PXR activation impact human risk assessment. Purpose: This analysis provides an updated, critical examination of species concordance in mechanisms of hepatic carcinogenesis to inform human safety assessment of rodent liver tumor findings. Main Body: Rodent assays including 2-year bioassays, transgenic models, and short-term studies detect liver tumors through lifetime exposure or early biomarkers. However, rodent-specific PPARα and CAR/PXR activation, along with human risk factors like hepatitis, highlight key interspecies differences. Determining mode of action relevance requires evaluating mechanistic validity and pivotal key events leading to tumors across species. Non-genotoxic compounds eliciting rodent liver tumors can activate PPARα, CAR/PXR, and other pathways triggering increased cell replication; but downstream signaling may differ in human liver. Understanding applicability of these mechanisms in humans as well as incorporating human risk factors into experimental models is critical for accurate risk assessment. Conclusion: In summary, elucidating conserved versus divergent molecular mechanisms of hepatic carcinogenesis between rodents and humans is essential for appropriately interpreting rodent findings and safeguarding human health through science-based risk assessment frameworks and regulatory decision-making processes around potential chemical hazards.
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Addissouky TA , Ali MMA , El Sayed IET , Wang Y and Khalil AA
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