title: Toxicokinetics of an environmentally relevant mixture of dioxin-like PHAHs with or without a non-dioxin-like PCB in a semi-chronic exposure study in female Sprague Dawley rats.
abstract: Female Sprague Dawley rats were treated subcutaneously for 20 weeks with an environmentally relevant mixture of dioxin-like PHAHs with (PHAH+) or without (PHAH-) 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl. The hepatic retention (% of given dose) of the various PHAH congeners differed considerably and in the following order: 2,3,4,7,8-pentachlorodibenzofuran (30.5-43.1%), 3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (12.8-17.6%), 1,2,3,7,8-pentachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (6.9-10.8%), 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (3.2-4.5%), 2,3,3',4,4',5-hexachlorobiphenyl (1.0-1.7%), 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (0.5-0.8%) and 2,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (0.2-0.4%). A decrease of the hepatic retention of 2,3,7,8-TCDD, 1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD and 2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF was found at increasing doses of the PHAH+ mixture. 2,2',4,4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl increased the hepatic retention (1.3-2 times) of all congeners in the PHAH+ group, compared to the TEQ equivalent dosed PHAH- group. No interactions were observed on the ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Toxicology, Agricultural University Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: van der Plas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Jongh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Faassen-Peters
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scheu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van den Berg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brouwer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000633:toxicity; D005260:Female; D006207:Half-Life; D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000633:toxicity; D006846:Hydrocarbons, Halogenated / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000633:toxicity; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000633:toxicity; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic; D006846:Hydrocarbons, Halogenated; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls