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Reduced activities of key enzymes of gluconeogenesis as possible cause of acute toxicity of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in rats.
Toxicology 66, 133-144 (1991)
Male Sprague-Dawley rats (350-375 g) were injected i.p. with TCDD (25 [sublethal dose] and 125 μg/kg [lethal dose], respectively, in corn oil/acetone) or vehicle only; vehicle-treated animals were pair-fed to their TCDD-treated counterparts. 1,2,4,8,16, and 32 days (28 days for lethal dose) thereafter, animals were sacrificed and activities of two key enzymes of gluconeogenesis determined in livers of rats. In livers of pair-fed rats both enzyme activities were little affected. In the livers of TCDD-treated animals the activity of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK, EC 4.1.1.32) decreased rapidly, exhibiting significant losses by the 2nd day after treatment. Time course and extent of loss of PEPCK activity (about 50%) were similar after either dose. The activity of glucose-6-phosphatase (G-6-Pase, EC 3.1.3.9) decreased more slowly as a result of TCDD treatment; statistically significant losses were observed by 4 or 8 days after the lethal and sublethal dose, respectively. These results confirm the hypothesis that reduced in vivo rates of gluconeogenesis in TCDD-treated rats are due to decreased activities of gluconeogenic enzymes. In an additional set of experiments, rats were treated with 125μg/kg TCDD, 25μ/kg TCDD, or with vehicle alone. The 25μg/kg or vehicle-treated rats were then pair-fed to rats dosed with 125μg/kg of TCDD. Mean time to death and body weight loss at the time of death were essentially identical in all groups, lending additional support to the hypothesis that reduced feed intake is the major cause of TCDD-induced death in male Sprague-Dawley rats. Both appetite suppression and reduced total PEPCK activity in whole livers occured in the same dose-ranges of TCDD, suggesting the possibility of a cause-effect relationship.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin ; Acute Toxicity ; Gluconeogenesis ; Glucose-6-phosphatase ; Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase ; Time Course
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0300-483X
e-ISSN
0300-483X
Zeitschrift
Toxicology
Quellenangaben
Band: 66,
Heft: 2,
Seiten: 133-144
Verlag
Elsevier
Nichtpatentliteratur
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Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institut für Toxikologie