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. 1985 Jan;47(1):329–331. doi: 10.1128/iai.47.1.329-331.1985

Metabolic and mitochondrial morphological changes that mimic Reye syndrome after endotoxin administration to rats.

M C Yoder, J M Egler, M Yudkoff, J Chatten, S D Douglas, R A Polin
PMCID: PMC261518  PMID: 3965406

Abstract

The administration of sublethal doses of Escherichia coli O111:B4 endotoxin to starved rats results in significant increases in plasma ammonia, free fatty acids, and serum lactate compared with starved controls. These metabolic alterations are associated with Reye syndrome-like histological findings of hepatic microvesicular fatty accumulation and hepatic ultrastructural evidence of mitochondrial pleomorphism with matrix disruption. This sublethal endotoxin model may help elucidate the relationship between the hepatic mitochondrial injury, characteristic metabolic impairment, and encephalopathy seen in patients with Reye syndrome.

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