Abstract

Increased message levels of testosterone-repressed prostate message-2 (TRPM-2) have been associated with programmed cell death in many tissues. To study its involvement in the apoptotic elimination of hepatocytes during liver involution and regeneration, levels of TRPM-2 message were evaluated in situ and by the ribonuclease protection assay. Although significant increases in apoptotic bodies were observed in rats 96 h following treatment with lead nitrate and ethylene dibromide, an increase in TRPM-2 message was not detected. Therefore, the expression of TRPM-2 mRNA may be a poor indicator of the extent to which apoptosis occurs during liver involution.

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