Ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase induction of polychlorinated diphenyl ethers in H4IIE cells
- Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
- Univ. of Jyvaskyla (Finland)
The ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) induction potencies of 29 polychlorinated diphenyl ethers were determined in the rat hepatoma H4IIE cell bioassay and compared with that of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). Two polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were included as additional reference substances. PCDE congeners tested were PCDEs 47, 66, 77, 85, 99, 105, 118, 126, 128, 137, 138, 140, 147, 153, 154, 156, 157, 167, 170, 180, 181, 182, 190, 194, 195, 196, 197, 203 and 206. The purity of these congeners was > 99%. Because several of these congeners induced EROD activity when tested at high concentrations, the amount of PCDD and PCDF impurities of these active PCDEs was determined by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The activity of the active PCDEs was concluded to be mainly due to contamination with 2,3,7,8-chloro substituted PCDFS, because after an additional clean-up on a Florisil column, which removes PCDDs and PCDFs, only three PCDEs (156, 180, 194) remained active. The potencies of PCDEs 156, 180 and 194 (TEF {approximately} 10{sup {minus}6}), however, were about 100-fold less than that of PCB 77 (TEF {approximately} 10{sup {minus}4}). The poor induction potencies of the non- and mono-ortho-PCDEs indicates that PCDEs do not have structure-activity relationships analogous to those of PCBs. If the authors use EROD inducing potency in H4IIE cells as a relative measure of potential Ah receptor-mediated toxic potency, the PCDEs in the study would be expected to be less toxic than analogous PCBs and considerably less-toxic than certain PCDDs and PCDFs.
- OSTI ID:
- 242320
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9511137-; ISBN 1-880611-03-1; TRN: IM9626%%148
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) world conference, Vancouver (Canada), 5-9 Nov 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Second SETAC world congress (16. annual meeting): Abstract book. Global environmental protection: Science, politics, and common sense; PB: 378 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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