TY - JOUR
T1 - Polychlorinated biphenyls as phenobarbitone-type inducers of microsomal enzymes. Structure-activity relationships for a series of 2,4-dichloro-substituted congeners
AU - Denomme, Mary Anne
AU - Bandiera, Stelvio
AU - Lambert, Iain
AU - Copp, Leslie
AU - Safe, Lorna
AU - Safe, Stephen
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements-The financial assistance of the National Institutes of Health (1 R01 ES02798-01)t.h e Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (6766) are gratefully acknowledged.
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PY - 1983/10/1
Y1 - 1983/10/1
N2 - Several polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) isomers and congeners resemble phenobarbitone (PB) in their mode of induction of the hepatic drug-metabolizing enzymes; however, unlike PCBs which induce aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase, no apparent structure-activity correlations have been reported. This study examines the effects of structure on the activity of a series of 2,4-dichloro-substituted biphenyls as inducers of several microsomal enzyme activities including dimethylaminoantipyrine N-demethylase, benzo[a]pyrene hydroxylase, aldrin epoxidase, and ethoxyresorufln O-deethylase. The results clearly illustrate a marked effect of structure on activity: all of the 2,4-dichloro-substituted PCBs resembled PB in their mode of induction. However, the potency of the induction response was dependent on the substitution pattern of the second phenyl ring (i.e. 2,3,4,5-tetrachloro ≥ 2,3,4,5,6-pentachloro > 2,3,4,6-tetrachloro > 2,3,5,6-tetrachloro > 2,4,6-trichloro); the structure of the lower chlorinated ring also determined induction potency since the 2,4-dichloro-substituted PCBs were generally more active than their 4-chloro-substituted analogs, whereas the 2-substituted PCB homologs were inactive. The structural factors which typify the most active PB-type inducer, 2,2′,3,4,4′,5-hexachlorobiphenyl, include the presence of two para-, at least two meta- and two ortho-chloro substituents. In addition to the structure-activity correlations noted for PCBs, the 2,2′,3,4,4′,5-hexa-chlorobiphenyl congener also elicited a dose-response induction of two PB-inducible enzymes, aldrin epoxidase and dimethylaminoantipyrine N-demethylase.
AB - Several polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) isomers and congeners resemble phenobarbitone (PB) in their mode of induction of the hepatic drug-metabolizing enzymes; however, unlike PCBs which induce aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase, no apparent structure-activity correlations have been reported. This study examines the effects of structure on the activity of a series of 2,4-dichloro-substituted biphenyls as inducers of several microsomal enzyme activities including dimethylaminoantipyrine N-demethylase, benzo[a]pyrene hydroxylase, aldrin epoxidase, and ethoxyresorufln O-deethylase. The results clearly illustrate a marked effect of structure on activity: all of the 2,4-dichloro-substituted PCBs resembled PB in their mode of induction. However, the potency of the induction response was dependent on the substitution pattern of the second phenyl ring (i.e. 2,3,4,5-tetrachloro ≥ 2,3,4,5,6-pentachloro > 2,3,4,6-tetrachloro > 2,3,5,6-tetrachloro > 2,4,6-trichloro); the structure of the lower chlorinated ring also determined induction potency since the 2,4-dichloro-substituted PCBs were generally more active than their 4-chloro-substituted analogs, whereas the 2-substituted PCB homologs were inactive. The structural factors which typify the most active PB-type inducer, 2,2′,3,4,4′,5-hexachlorobiphenyl, include the presence of two para-, at least two meta- and two ortho-chloro substituents. In addition to the structure-activity correlations noted for PCBs, the 2,2′,3,4,4′,5-hexa-chlorobiphenyl congener also elicited a dose-response induction of two PB-inducible enzymes, aldrin epoxidase and dimethylaminoantipyrine N-demethylase.
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U2 - 10.1016/0006-2952(83)90402-1
DO - 10.1016/0006-2952(83)90402-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 6414484
AN - SCOPUS:0020606139
VL - 32
SP - 2955
EP - 2963
JO - Biochemical pharmacology
JF - Biochemical pharmacology
SN - 0006-2952
IS - 19
ER -