title: Halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon-induced suppression of the plaque-forming cell response in B6C3F1 splenocytes cultured with allogenic mouse serum: Ah receptor structure activity relationships.
abstract: The immunosuppressive effects of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons (HAHs) were investigated in B6C3F1 female mice and in mouse splenocytes cultured with allogenic mouse serum using the Mishell-Dutton model for in vitro immunization to trinitrophenyl-lipopolysaccharide (TNP-LPS). Exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), 2,3,4,7,8-pentachlorodibenzofuran (PeCDF), 1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF, 1,3,6,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran (TCDF), 3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (pentaCB), or 3,3',4,4',5,5'-hexaCB resulted in a dose-dependent suppression of the splenic plaque-forming cell (PFC) response both in vivo and in vitro. The effective dose required to decrease 50% (ED50) of the response to 2,3,7,8-TCDD, 2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF, 1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF, 1,3,6,8-TCDF, 3,3',4,4',5-pentaCB, or 3,3',4,4',5,5'-hexaCB in vivo was 14.1, 5.5, 1695, 34,800, 21, and 19 nmol/kg, respectively, and in vitro was 7.0, 10.6, 149, 2325, 9.1 and 9.1 nM, respectively. There was an excellent rank order and linear correlation between the in vivo versus in vitro activities for these HAHs (r < 0.99) and the relative immunosuppressive potencies of these compounds paralleled their binding affinities for the aryl hydrocarbon (Ah) receptor. These results show that splenocytes cultured with allogenic mouse serum is an Ah-responsive in vitro assay which can be used for quantitating the immunosuppressive effects of HAHs.
authors.affiliation: Texas A & M University, College Station 77843-4466, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harper
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Steinberg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thomsen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Safe
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001769:Blood; D002415:Cats; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D006846:Hydrocarbons, Halogenated / Q000633:toxicity*; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000633:toxicity*; D051379:Mice; D018336:Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon / Q000378:metabolism*; D013154:Spleen / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D006846:Hydrocarbons, Halogenated; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D018336:Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon