Liver growth and mixed-function oxidase activity: Dose-dependent stimulatory and inhibitory effects of α-hexachlorocyclohexane |
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Authors: | R Schulte-Hermann C Leberl H Landgraf W Koransky |
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Institution: | (1) Institut für Toxikologie und Pharmakologie der Philipps-Universität Marburg, Pilgrimstein 2, D-3550 Marburg (Lahn), Federal Republic of Germany |
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Abstract: | Summary -hexachlorocyclohexane ( -HCH) elicits liver growth and stimulation of hepatic microsomal mixed-function oxidase. In the present study the extent of these changes was determined in rats 2, 4 and 6 days after treatment with doses of -HCH ranging from 1 to 600 mg/kg. Above the respective threshold doses liver mass, liver DNA, and the rate of aminopyrine demethylation increased in proportion to the log dose. Threshold doses were calculated to be 30 mg/kg for the increase of liver weight and DNA, and 5 mg/kg for the stimulation of aminopyrine demethylation.Liver mass and liver DNA continued to increase up to the highest dose used; in contrast, the rate of aminopyrine demethylation declined at doses exceeding 200 mg/kg. This decline seems to be due to inhibition by -HCH retained in the microsomal fraction: -HCH is a potent, apparently competitive inhibitor of aminopyrine demethylation, and gaschromatographic determinations revealed that the amount of -HCH retained in the microsomes is sufficient to produce considerable inhibition of the enzymatic reaction.Abbreviations -HCH
-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane, -benzene hexachloride
- EL 241
, -bis(p-chlorophenyl)-3-pyridinemethanol]
- RLW
relative liver weight = liver weight in percent of body weight |
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Keywords: | Liver Growth Mixed-Function Oxidase Enzyme Induction Enzyme Inhibition Chlorinated Insecticides -Hexachlorocyclohexane" target="_blank">gif" alt="agr" align="BASELINE" BORDER="0">-Hexachlorocyclohexane |
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