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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-6-26
pubmed:abstractText
Polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) are structurally very close to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) which are known to be potent inducers of xenobiotic biotransformation reactions. We have studied the effects of 2 industrial PBB-mixtures, "hexabromobiphenyl" (HBB) and "octabromobiphenyl" (OBB), on enzymes catalyzing drug hydroxylation, epoxide hydration, and conjugation reactions in different tissues of C57 mice. The enzyme activities were measured 10 days after a single i.p. injection of PBBs (75 mg/kg). HBB enhanced the activities of hepatic AHH (1.9-fold), ethoxycoumarin deethylase (5.7-fold), epoxide hydratase (1.5-fold), glutathione S-transferase (1.7-fold) and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (1.5-fold). In the kidney HBB enhanced the activity of UDP-blucuronosyltransferase 1.5-fold. OBB caused in increase in the activities of liver AHH (1.5-fold), ethoxycoumarin deethylase (2.4-fold) and glutathione S-transferase (1.4-fold). A slight increase was also seen in the activity of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase in digitoninactivated liver microsomes of OBB-treated mice. In the kidney OBB caused a slight but statistically significant decrease in glutathione S-transferase activity. Intraperitoneally injected bromobiphenyls had no effects on these drug metabolizing enzymes in the lung of C57 mice. These results were similar to the effects caused by a mixture of PCBs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0300-483X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
309-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of polybrominated biphenyls on drug metabolizing enzymes in different tissues of C57 mice.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article