title: Effects on intercellular communication in human keratinocytes and liver-derived cells of polychlorinated biphenyl congeners with differing in vivo promotion activities.
abstract: Several purified polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners with differing toxicity/tumor promotional activities in rat liver in vivo were tested for their effects on gap-junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) in cell strains and lines derived from human liver and skin. This in vitro assay is being developed to detect various classes of tumor promoters. The 3-methylcholanthrene (MCA)-type cytochrome P450 inducer and hepatotoxic promoter 3,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl was inactive in this assay for all of the cells tested, suggesting this promoter acts by other mechanisms. The phenobarbital-like enzyme inducer and less toxic promoter 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl inhibited GJIC in both liver and skin cells, whereas the 2,2',5,5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl congener, which does not act as a promoter in rat liver, inhibited GJIC only in the skin cell types and in one of the liver cell strains thought to be of bile duct origin. 2,3,4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl, a mixed (phenobarbital plus MCA) inducer of cytochrome P450, inhibited GJIC in both liver and skin cells, suggesting that it may be a promoter in vivo. The results suggest that GJIC inhibition is a property of PCB congeners with phenobarbital-like enzyme induction capabilities, and that there exist some tissue/cell type differences in sensitivity to these congeners.
authors.affiliation: Programme of Multistage Carcinogenesis, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Swierenga
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Piccoli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bourgon
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Marceau
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
mesh_terms: D002273:Carcinogens; D002450:Cell Communication / Q000187:drug effects*; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D006801:Humans; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D011506:Proteins; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D010634:Phenobarbital