Subacute toxicity of polychlorinated naphthalenes and their effect on cytochrome P-450

Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2009 Feb;72(2):650-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.07.010. Epub 2008 Aug 22.

Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate the subacute toxicity of a polychlorinated naphthalene (PCN) mixture and its effect on cytochrome P-450 levels in rats. The animals were administered PCNs intragastrically in repeated daily doses of 1, 10, and 100 mg/kg. The animals were dissected after 7, 14, or 21 doses. Doses of 10 and 100 mg/kg induced a significant decrease in the body weight at all time points of the experiment compared with the control group. The exposure to PCNs increased both the level of total cytochrome P-450 and the activity of CYP 1A at the same time points. In the groups of rats given PCNs in doses of 10 and 100 mg/kg, an evident dose- and time-dependent increase in malondialdehyde (MDA) level was observed throughout the experiment. The correlation between the increased MDA and decreased glutathione (GSH) levels in the liver was also observed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Body Weight / drug effects*
  • Body Weight / physiology
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / drug effects*
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / metabolism
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Glutathione / metabolism
  • Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / administration & dosage
  • Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / toxicity*
  • Liver / drug effects*
  • Liver / metabolism
  • Male
  • Malondialdehyde / metabolism
  • Naphthalenes / administration & dosage
  • Naphthalenes / toxicity*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated
  • Naphthalenes
  • Malondialdehyde
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
  • Glutathione