A. Odenbro, E. Arrhenius
Jul 1, 1984
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Toxicology and applied pharmacology
Abstract
Triethyllead chloride was added directly to male rat liver microsomes (0.0, 0.05, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, and 3.0 mM), or the rats were pretreated with ip injections, once a day for 2 days (0.0, 1.5, and 3.0 mg triethyllead chloride/kg body wt), and microsomes prepared without any further treatment on Day 3. The effects of these treatments on microsomal N-oxygenation and C-oxygenation in vitro were studied by using N-oxide formation and N-demethylation of N,N-dimethylaniline (DMA) as test reactions. Increased microsomal N-oxygenation was obtained by in vivo treatment and decreased microsomal C-oxygenation by in vitro treatment. As a result, either treatment thus gave rise to an increase in the N-oxygenation/C-oxygenation ratio. Conditions favoring accumulation of the N-oxide product may potentiate the tumor-inducing characteristics of carcinogenic aromatic amines.