Prenatal induction of benzo(a)pyrene hydroxylases in mice |
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Authors: | Diether Neubert Stephanie Tapken |
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Institution: | (1) Institut für Toxikologie und Embryopharmakologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Garystrasse 5, D-1000 Berlin 33 |
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Abstract: | 1. Benzo(a)pyrene hydroxylase (BPH) activity was measured in homogenates of fetal liver (day 18) or of whole-embryos of mice on day 9, 10 or 12 of gestation after maternal pretreatment with B(a)P on 3 consecutive days. A3H-liberation assay with3H-B(a)P labelled either generally or at the 6-position was used. The values obtained with the embryonic/fetal tissues were compared with those found in maternal liver. 2. Three oral doses of 17.5 mg B(a)P/kg body wt were found to just significantly induce BPH in maternal liver. An induction was observed after pretreatment with 24 mg B(a)P/kg body wt in 9-, 10-or 12-day-old whole-embryos, but the Vmax reached was only 10–20% (1% on day 9) of that of adult non-induced liver. The Km (6-hydroxylation) for all tissues tested were in the same range (600–900 nM). The induction was demonstrable in embryos at tissue levels about one order of magnitude lower than those required for induction in maternal liver. 3. Treatment with 25 mg B(a)P/kg body wt on 3 consecutive days was required to induce BPH in fetal liver on day 18 of gestation. The required B(a)P tissue concentrations were about one half of those necessary for induction in maternal liver. 4. Among a variety of other polycyclic hydrocarbons only chrysene showed an inducing potency similar to that of B(a)P in adult and fetal liver. For all compounds tested there was no correlation found in the inducing potency between adult and fetal liver (e.g. coronene). 5. The doses required to induce BPH in the maternal or fetal liver or in whole embryos of rodents are significantly higher (mg range) than those of usual average human exposure or those taken up by smokers (ng range).Abbreviations AHH
aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase
- B(a)P
benzo(a)pyrene
- BPH
benzo(a)pyrene hydroxylases
- PAH
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
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Keywords: | Benzo(a)pyrene B(a)P hydroxylase Mouse embryos Induction |
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