title: Differential potency of atropisomers of polychlorinated biphenyls on cytochrome P450 induction and uroporphyrin accumulation in the chick embryo hepatocyte culture.
abstract: The atropisomers of 2,2',3,4,6-pentachlorobiphenyl (PeCB), 2,2',3,4,4',6-hexachlorobiphenyl (HeCB), and 2,2',3,3',4,4',6,6'-octachlorobiphenyl (OCB) were studied in the chick embryo hepatocyte culture to determine if chirality plays a role in the recognition events associated with the induction of cytochromes P450 and the accumulation of uroporphyrin (URO). Concentration-related induction of cytochrome P450 content, ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) and benzphetamine N-demethylase (BPDM) activities were measured. The rank order of potency for total cytochrome P450 induction was HeCB greater than OCB greater than or equal to PeCB. The (+)- and (-)-enantiomers of PeCB and OCB were of equal potencies as inducers of cytochromes P450, whereas the (+)-HeCB was greater than the (-)-HeCB. HeCB was a much more potent inducer of EROD activity than was either PeCB or OCB. EROD activity was induced to a much greater extent by the (+)-enantiomers of all compounds, with the (-)-enantiomers of PeCB and OCB being inactive. BPDM activity was induced by all three compounds in the order of OCB greater than or equal to HeCB greater than PeCB. The (-)-enantiomers were more potent inducers of BPDM activities than were the (+)-enantiomers, except for HeCB, in which the (+)- was more potent than the (-)-enantiomer. Analysis of porphyrin accumulation in cultures treated with delta-aminolevulinic acid revealed that (+)-HeCB caused the greatest percent URO accumulation, which also correlated with the greatest increase in EROD activity. All other enantiomers caused up to 47% URO accumulation, which did not correlate with an increase in EROD activity.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Center for Toxicology, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40506-0054.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Rodman
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Shedlofsky
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mannschreck
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Püttmann
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Swim
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Robertson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects; D002642:Chick Embryo; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011524:Protoporphyrins / Q000378:metabolism; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014578:Uroporphyrins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011524:Protoporphyrins; D014578:Uroporphyrins; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1