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  • Title: Mode of metabolism is altered in 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)-treated rats.
    Author: Muzi G, Gorski JR, Rozman K.
    Journal: Toxicol Lett; 1989 Apr; 47(1):77-86. PubMed ID: 2711413.
    Abstract:
    Male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed either a high-fat (HF) or a high-carbohydrate (HC) diet and subsequently injected with either 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) (125 micrograms/kg) or vehicle (pair-fed controls). In all TCDD-treated animals, a reduction in caloric intake was evident as early as 1 day after dosage. Respiratory quotients (RQ) were determined at 5-day intervals. Their pattern for the HC-fed but not for the HF-fed TCDD-treated rats was different from that of the corresponding pair-fed controls. After an initial parallel decrease the RQ values remained low for TCDD-treated rats whereas they increased again for pair-fed controls. Serum total thyroxine (T4) was significantly lower in TCDD-treated animals and this reduction was not influenced by the composition of the diet. Serum triiodothyronine (T3) was neither altered by diet nor by TCDD. Thymic atrophy was as severe in pair-fed as in TCDD-treated rats fed the HC diet but not in rats fed the HF diet. Our results suggest that TCDD-treated rats are in a different mode of metabolism from pair-fed rats and that this difference is related to gluconeogenesis.
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