Hepatic peroxisome proliferation in vitamin A-deficient mice without a simultaneous increase in peroxisomal acyl-CoA oxidase activity.

Vitamin A-adequate and vitamin A-deficient C57B1/6 mice were treated for ten days with 0.02% (w/w) perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in their diet. Treated vitamin A- adequate and -deficient mice demonstrated approximately the same increases in liver somatic index (g liver/g body weight) (somewhat more than 2-fold) and mitochondrial protein content (5-fold).