Abstract
Liver changes were studied after subchronic feeding a diet containing 2000 ppm PCB [chlorine content 42% corresponding to trichlorobiphenyls (triCB)]. The products differed in their content of highly chlorinated biphenyls (≥Cl5-biphenyl; 5%=triCB-5, 2%=triCB-2 and 0.4%=triCB-0.4). The most striking difference was observed in respect to their porphyrinogenic actions. TriCB-0.4 and triCB-2 caused an increase of porphyrins about 10-fold, whereas the liver porphyrin content of triCB-5 treated rats was 175-fold higher than normal. In all cases of porphyria the porphyrins consisted mainly of uro- and heptacarboxyporphyrin. In contrast to their different porphyrinogenic effects all triCB products caused an equal induction of δ-aminolaevulinate synthetase, but no increase of δ-aminolaevulinate dehydratase activity.
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