title: Hepatic indices of thyroid status in rats treated with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin.
abstract: The functional thyroid status of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)-treated rats is unknown. Therefore, activities of certain thyroid-responsive enzymes were examined in the livers of adult male Sprague-Dawley rats 1 week after treatment with TCDD (6.25, 25 or 100 micrograms/kg). Activity of the thyroid-responsive flavin L-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (per mg mitochondrial protein) was decreased slightly in livers of TCDD-treated rats, while that of succinate dehydrogenase remained unchanged. In contrast, activities (per mg supernatant protein) of three thyroid-responsive NADP-dependent cytosolic enzymes, malic enzyme, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, were increased by TCDD treatment in a dose-dependent manner. Lactate dehydrogenase (activity per mg supernatant protein) was also augmented slightly 1 week after TCDD administration. Liver mass was increased by TCDD treatment in a dose-dependent manner, but DNA content per liver was similar at all doses examined. Total hepatic protein, expressed per liver or mg hepatic DNA, was increased in TCDD-treated rats when compared to their pair-fed counterparts. The decreased activity of the mitochondrial L-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, in contrast to the increased activities of the supernatant enzymes, malic enzyme, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, is not consistent with a shift in functional thyroid status following TCDD treatment.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D004147:Dioxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D005993:Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D010734:Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000201:enzymology; D013385:Succinate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004147:Dioxins; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D011506:Proteins; D004247:DNA; D005993:Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D010734:Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase; D013385:Succinate Dehydrogenase