title: Biological effects of the Sudan dyes. Role of the Ah cytosolic receptor.
abstract: The hepatic induction of two cytochrome P1-450-mediated activities [aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (AHH) and ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (ETR)] was studied following the administration of the azo dyes Sudan I, II, III, and IV. When using Ah-responsive C57BL/6J mice, Sudan dye II proved to be quite potent as an inducer causing almost maximal induction at doses as low as 40 mg/kg (1.4 mumoles/kg body weight); Sudan dyes I, III and IV caused one-half the maximal induction at four times that dose. In contrast, none of these compounds caused induction of AHH or ETR in the Ah-nonresponsive DBA/2J animals. When the dyes were given to B6D2F1 X D2 backcross progeny, a strict correlation with the presence of the Ahb allele and the inducibility of AHH and ETR was observed. When these compounds were examined as agonists for the Ah cytosolic receptor by their capacity to replace [3H]2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin binding, Sudan dye II was substantially more effective than Sudan dyes I, III and IV. When four repeated doses of Sudan dye II were administered intraperitoneally to Ah-responsive C57BL/6J mice and Ah-nonresponsive DBA/2J mice, Sudan dye II-induced immunotoxicity was markedly greater in C57BL/6J compared to DBA/2J mice.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001391:Azo Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000502:physiology*; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D003600:Cytosol / Q000032:analysis*; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D018336:Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000502:physiology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D001391:Azo Compounds; D004396:Coloring Agents; D018336:Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon; D011955:Receptors, Drug