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Reduced activity of tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase in the liver of rats treated with chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (CDDs): Dose-responses and structure-activity relationship.
Toxicology 86, 63-69 (1994)
The activity of tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase (TdO) was measured in the livers of male Sprague-Dawley rats after acutely toxic doses (LD20-LD80) of chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (CDDs) with 4 of the up to 7 chlorine substituents occupying the 2,3,7,8-positions. Treatment with toxic doses of CDDs results in voluntary feed refusal of rats. A corresponding involuntary reduction of feed intake in naive animals (pair-feeding) causes elevated levels of TdO activity. In the CDD treated rats, however, TdO activities were dose-dependently reduced. An LD80 reduced TdO activity to about 50% of the level found in the corresponding pair-fed animals. This decrease of TdO activity explains the dose-dependent increase of serum tryptophan, which in turn is the likely cause of voluntary feed refusal observed in CDD-treated rats. The activity of another enzyme which is regulated in a fashion very similar to that of TdO, viz., tyrosine aminotransferase (TAT), was consistently, but not dose-dependently, affected by treatment with CDDs.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
Chlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins ; Dose-response ; Structure-activity Relationship ; Tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase ; Tyrosine Aminotransferase
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0300-483X
e-ISSN
0300-483X
Journal
Toxicology
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Volume: 86,
Issue: 1-2,
Pages: 63-69
Publisher
Elsevier
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Peer reviewed