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  • Title: Different patterns of hepatic microsomal enzyme activity produced by administration of pure hexachlorobiphenyl isomers and hexachlorobenzene.
    Author: Stonard MD, Greig JB.
    Journal: Chem Biol Interact; 1976 Dec; 15(4):365-79. PubMed ID: 827338.
    Abstract:
    Three hexachlorobiphenyl isomers, 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (I), 2,2',3,3',4,4'-hexachlorobiphenyl (II) and 2,2',3,4,4',5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (III), have been administered to rats and the effects of these three compounds upon hepatic microsomal drug metabolism and upon hepatic porphyrins have been studied. Comparisons have been made with hexachlorobenzen and a commercial polychlorinated biphenyl mixture, Aroclor 1254. From measurements of activities of microsomal drug oxidations in vitro, the durations of pharmacological actions of certain drugs in vivo and spectral shifts associated with cytochrome P-450 it is shown that the three pure hexachlorobiphenyl isomers initially produce changes in hepatic microsomal activity which resemble those seen after treatment with phenobarbitone (PB). In contrast, following chronic feeding of the isomers, compounds II and III but not I produce a pattern of hepatic microsomal enzyme activity which shows some characteristics of the 3-methylcholanthene (3-MC) and some characteristics of the phenobarbitone classes of inducer. Also, compounds II and III, but not I, cause accumulation in the liver of porphyrins containing either seven or eight carboxyl groups. These two responses are similar to those observed following hexachlorobenzene treatment and suggest that a relationship may exist between the mixed pattern of enzyme induction and the onset of hepatic porphyrin accumulation.
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