PMID- 24363026 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150512 LR - 20171116 IS - 1432-0738 (Electronic) IS - 0340-5761 (Linking) VI - 88 IP - 3 DP - 2014 Mar TI - Comparison of intake and systemic relative effect potencies of dioxin-like compounds in female rats after a single oral dose. PG - 637-46 LID - 10.1007/s00204-013-1186-2 [doi] AB - Risk assessment for mixtures of dioxin-like compounds uses the toxic equivalency factor (TEF) approach. Although current WHO-TEFs are mostly based on oral administration, they are commonly used to determine toxicity equivalencies (TEQs) in human blood or tissues. However, the use of "intake" TEFs to calculate systemic TEQs in for example human blood, has never been validated. In this study, intake and systemic relative effect potencies (REPs) for 1,2,3,7,8-pentachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (PeCDD), 2,3,4,7,8-pentachlorodibenzofuran (4-PeCDF), 3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB-126), 2,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB-118) and 2,3,3',4,4',5-hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB-156) were compared in rats. The effect potencies were calculated based on administered dose and liver, adipose or plasma concentrations in female Sprague-Dawley rats 3 days after a single oral dose, relative to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). Hepatic ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase activity and gene expression of Cyp1a1, 1a2, 1b1 and aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor in liver and peripheral blood lymphocytes were used as endpoints. Results show that plasma-based systemic REPs were generally within a half log range around the intake REPs for all congeners tested, except for 4-PeCDF. Together with our previously reported systemic REPs from a mouse study, these data do not warrant the use of systemic REPs as systemic TEFs for human risk assessment. However, further investigation for plasma-based systemic REPs for 4-PeCDF is desirable. FAU - van Ede, Karin I AU - van Ede KI AD - Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80177, 3508 TD, Utrecht, The Netherlands, k.i.vanede@uu.nl. FAU - Andersson, Patrik L AU - Andersson PL FAU - Gaisch, Konrad P J AU - Gaisch KP FAU - van den Berg, Martin AU - van den Berg M FAU - van Duursen, Majorie B M AU - van Duursen MB LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20131221 PL - Germany TA - Arch Toxicol JT - Archives of toxicology JID - 0417615 RN - 0 (Benzofurans) RN - 0 (Dioxins) RN - 0 (Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins) RN - 2B2AQE8U50 (2,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl) RN - 2NE6H0QPCH (1,2,3,7,8-pentachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin) RN - 38380-08-4 (2,3,3',4,4',5-hexachlorobiphenyl) RN - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) RN - EC 1.14.14.1 (Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1) RN - TSH69IA9XF (3,4,5,3',4'-pentachlorobiphenyl) RN - U4C2RV3124 (2,3,4,7,8-pentachlorodibenzofuran) SB - IM MH - Administration, Oral MH - Animals MH - Benzofurans/administration & dosage/pharmacokinetics/toxicity MH - Body Weight/drug effects MH - Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1/genetics/metabolism MH - Dioxins/*administration & dosage/*pharmacokinetics/toxicity MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Lymphocytes/drug effects MH - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/administration & dosage/pharmacokinetics/toxicity MH - Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins/administration & dosage/analogs & derivatives/pharmacokinetics/toxicity MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Tissue Distribution EDAT- 2013/12/24 06:00 MHDA- 2015/05/13 06:00 CRDT- 2013/12/24 06:00 PHST- 2013/10/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/12/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/12/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/12/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/05/13 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s00204-013-1186-2 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Arch Toxicol. 2014 Mar;88(3):637-46. doi: 10.1007/s00204-013-1186-2. Epub 2013 Dec 21.