title: Assessment of biological activities of mixtures of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins: comparison between defined mixtures and their constituents.
abstract: As a first step to assess biological activities of complex mixtures of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), induction of 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) by defined mixtures and their constituents has been analysed in vitro. Two cell systems have been compared: primary hepatocyte cultures and hepatoma H4IIE cells. EC50 values of PCDDs were compared with that of the most potent compound, 2,3,7,8-Cl4DD (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin) and expressed as 2,3,7,8-Cl4DD equivalents (TEs). TEs for three defined mixtures containing up to 49 PCDDs could be predicted from the sum of TEs for the 2,3,7,8-substituted congeners. Efficacies (maximal enzyme induction) of less potent PCDDs (1,2,3,4-Cl4DD, Cl8DD and of a mixture containing 86% Cl8DD and of benz(a)anthracene were lower in hepatocytes (by 33%) and in H4IIE cells (by 50%). The results suggest that biological activities of complex PCDD mixtures are largely due to additive effects of their 2,3,7,8-substituted constituents.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Toxicology, University of Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schrenk
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Lipp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wiesmüller
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hagenmaier
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Bock
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000633:toxicity; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D018336:Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D018336:Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1