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Effects of sulfur-containing metabolites of hexachlorobenzene on the heme metabolic enzymes in rat liver. 1990

Y Kato, and S Konishi, and S Yamada, and R Kimura
School of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Shizuoka, Japan.

Effects of hexachlorobenzene (HCB) and its sulfur-containing metabolites on the heme metabolic enzymes in rat liver were investigated. A single injection of HCB caused the increase in activities of delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) synthetase and heme oxygenase, and contents of cytochrome P-450 and total heme. After a single injection of pentachlorothioanisol (PCTA) or pentachlorophenyl methyl sulfore (PCPSO2Me), ALA synthetase activity was enhanced. Heme oxygenase activity was increased by PCPSO2Me treatment. Cytochrome P-450 and total heme contents were increased by PCPSO2Me or 1,4-bis(methylthio)tetrachlorobenzene (MTTCB). When HCB was injected once daily for 5 weeks, a marked increase in ALA synthetase activity, a significant decrease in ALA dehydratase, almost complete inhibition of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase activity, and an increased excretion of total porphyrin in the urine were shown. After chronic treatment with its sulfur-containing compounds, PCPSO2Me and MTTCB produced a significant increase in ALA synthetase activity. However, activities of ALA dehydratase and uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase, and excretion of total porphyrin in the urine were unaltered. At this time, the concentrations of the corresponding sulfur-containing compound and related metabolite(s) in blood, liver and kidney were nearly the same as those observed in HCB-treated rats. It is suggested that PCPSO2Me and MTTCB could induce the hepatic ALA synthetase, but, these metabolites, and also PCTA, were not able to induce the porphyria in female rats, and the induction of porphyria by HCB is not attributable to the action of its sulfur-containing compound.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D010416 Pentachlorophenol An insecticide and herbicide that has also been used as a wood preservative. Pentachlorphenol is a widespread environmental pollutant. Both chronic and acute pentachlorophenol poisoning are medical concerns. The range of its biological actions is still being actively explored, but it is clearly a potent enzyme inhibitor and has been used as such as an experimental tool. Sodium Pentachlorophenate,Pentachlorophenate, Sodium
D011166 Porphyrins A group of compounds containing the porphin structure, four pyrrole rings connected by methine bridges in a cyclic configuration to which a variety of side chains are attached. The nature of the side chain is indicated by a prefix, as uroporphyrin, hematoporphyrin, etc. The porphyrins, in combination with iron, form the heme component in biologically significant compounds such as hemoglobin and myoglobin. Porphyrin
D011919 Rats, Inbred Strains Genetically identical individuals developed from brother and sister matings which have been carried out for twenty or more generations or by parent x offspring matings carried out with certain restrictions. This also includes animals with a long history of closed colony breeding. August Rats,Inbred Rat Strains,Inbred Strain of Rat,Inbred Strain of Rats,Inbred Strains of Rats,Rat, Inbred Strain,August Rat,Inbred Rat Strain,Inbred Strain Rat,Inbred Strain Rats,Inbred Strains Rat,Inbred Strains Rats,Rat Inbred Strain,Rat Inbred Strains,Rat Strain, Inbred,Rat Strains, Inbred,Rat, August,Rat, Inbred Strains,Rats Inbred Strain,Rats Inbred Strains,Rats, August,Rats, Inbred Strain,Strain Rat, Inbred,Strain Rats, Inbred,Strain, Inbred Rat,Strains, Inbred Rat
D002722 Chlorobenzenes Aromatic organic compounds with the chemical formula C6H5Cln.
D004334 Drug Administration Schedule Time schedule for administration of a drug in order to achieve optimum effectiveness and convenience. Administration Schedule, Drug,Administration Schedules, Drug,Drug Administration Schedules,Schedule, Drug Administration,Schedules, Drug Administration
D005260 Female Females
D006418 Heme The color-furnishing portion of hemoglobin. It is found free in tissues and as the prosthetic group in many hemeproteins. Ferroprotoporphyrin,Protoheme,Haem,Heme b,Protoheme IX
D006581 Hexachlorobenzene An agricultural fungicide and seed treatment agent. HCB
D000624 5-Aminolevulinate Synthetase An enzyme of the transferase class that catalyzes condensation of the succinyl group from succinyl coenzyme A with glycine to form delta-aminolevulinate. It is a pyridoxyal phosphate protein and the reaction occurs in mitochondria as the first step of the heme biosynthetic pathway. The enzyme is a key regulatory enzyme in heme biosynthesis. In liver feedback is inhibited by heme. EC 2.3.1.37. Aminolevulinic Acid Synthetase,delta-Aminolevulinate Synthase,5-Aminolevulinate Synthase,delta-Aminolevulinic Acid Synthetase,5 Aminolevulinate Synthase,5 Aminolevulinate Synthetase,Acid Synthetase, Aminolevulinic,Acid Synthetase, delta-Aminolevulinic,Synthase, 5-Aminolevulinate,Synthase, delta-Aminolevulinate,Synthetase, 5-Aminolevulinate,Synthetase, Aminolevulinic Acid,Synthetase, delta-Aminolevulinic Acid,delta Aminolevulinate Synthase,delta Aminolevulinic Acid Synthetase

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