CDDs are absorbed through oral, inhalation, and dermal routes of exposure. CDDs are carried in the plasma by serum lipids and lipoproteins, distributing mainly to the liver and adipose tissue. CDDs are very slowly metabolized by the microsomal monooxygenase system to polar metabolites that can undergo conjugation with glucuronic acid and glutathione. They may increase the rate of their own metabolism by inducing both phase I and phase II enzymes. The major routes of excretion of CDDs are the bile and the faeces, though smaller amounts are excreted in the urine and via lactation. (L177)
CDDs cause their toxic effects by binding to the aryl hydrocarbon receptor and subsequently altering the trascription of certain genes. The affinity for the Ah receptor depends on the structure of the specific CDD. The change in gene expression may result from the direct interaction of the Ah receptor and its heterodimer-forming partner, the aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator, with gene regulatory elements or the initiation of a phosphorylation/dephosphorylation cascade that subsequently activates other transcription factors. The affected genes include several oncogenes, growth factors, receptors, hormones, and drug-metabolizing enzymes. The change in transcription/translation of these genes is believed to be the cause of most of the toxic effects of CDDs. (L177)
Overall evaluation: Other polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins are not classifiable as to their carcinogenicity to humans (Group 3). /Polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins/
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毒理性
致癌物分类
3, 其对人类致癌性无法分类。
3, not classifiable as to its carcinogenicity to humans. (L135)
Exposure to large amounts of CDDs causes chloracne, a severe skin disease with acne-like lesions that occur mainly on the face and upper body. CDDs may also cause liver damage and induce long-term alterations in glucose metabolism and subtle changes in hormonal levels. In addition, studies have shown that CDDs may disrupt the endocrine system and weaken the immune system, as well as cause reproductive damage and birth defects, central and peripheral nervous system pathology, thyroid disorders, endometriosis, and diabetes. (L177, L178)
Male Wistar rats fed 22.7 (+ or -) ug or 120.7 (+ or - 2.9) ug octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin over a 2 wk period were found to retain about 1-2% of the given dose in the liver. The heart, kidneys, spleen, lung, skeletal muscle, testes, and urine contained no detectable levels of octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, but minor amounts were found in the adipose tissue of the high dose group. Feces contained 61% and 37%, respectively, of the low and high doses given. The presence of a large quantity of octachlorodibenzo-p- dioxin in the feces compared to that in the bile 24-72 hr after a single oral dose of 58 ug octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin to bile-cannulated male Wistar rats (400 g) indicated that the dioxin present in the feces was mainly unabsorbed octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin.
After 21 daily doses of 100 ug octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin containing 12.6 picograms (35)S-thio-heptachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin to male Sprague Dawley rats, the radioactivity was mainly recovered in the feces and urine, the percentages of the ingested radioactive dose being 93 (+ or - 6) and 5.2 (+ or - 0.8)% respectively. The high fecal excretion suggests poor absorption. Of the radioactive body burden, 50% was contained in the liver. The microsomal fraction contained 96.3 (+ or - 8.2)% of the hepatic radioactivity.
...The disposition of (14)C-octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin was studied in male Fischer 344 rats in order to better assess the significance of chronic environmental exposure to octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. Rats were treated with 50 ug octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin/kg iv, and 50, 500, or 5,000 ug/kg orally and held in individual metabolism cages for 3 days. Additional rats treated iv were held up to 56 days to follow elimination of octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin derived radioactivity and to determine terminal tissue distribution. Feces was the major route of elimination after both routes of exposure with little radioactivity ever appearing in the urine. GI absorption was nonlinear between 500 and 5,000 ug/kg, never exceeding 10% of the administered dose. Liver was the major depot, followed by adipose tissue and skin. No metabolites of octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin were detected in tissues, bile, or excreta. The whole body half-life for the elimination of octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin was between 3 and 5 months. Repeated oral exposure resulted in linear accumulation of octachlorodibenzop-dioxin in the tissues. Thus, octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin while poorly absorbed, can accumulate upon low-dose, repeated exposure and concentrate in the liver and adipose tissue.
A study of dibenzo-p-dioxins concn in human milk was conducted. A total of 168 milk samples were obtained from mothers who breast fed their children. Seventy nine samples were obtained from mothers nursing their first child, 74 from mothers nursing their second child, and 15 samples were collected from mothers nursing their third or fourth child. Milk samples were obtained from a single mother 1, 5, 10 to 13, and 52 to 60 wk after delivery and analyzed for dibenzo-p-dioxins. Dibenzo-p-dioxins with 2,3,7,8-chlorine substitution were found in all samples. The mean concn of dibenzo-p-dioxins was 195 parts per trillion for octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. The dibenzo-p-dioxin concn in the samples decreased with increasing number of children who were breast fed. The concn of dibenzo-p-dioxins in the breast milk from the single mother decreased to about 30 to 40% of their initial value 52 wk after delivery. The largest decreases generally occurred 1 to 5 wk after delivery. It was concluded that dibenzo-p-dioxins residues in human milk from mothers who nurse their infants decrease from the first to the second child and with time after delivery. Lactation can be regarded as an excretory process for the mother.
作者:Mariusz K. Cieplik、Jose Pastor Carbonell、Christina Muñoz、Sarah Baker、Sophie Krüger、Per Liljelind、Stellan Marklund、Robert Louw
DOI:10.1021/es026292g
日期:2003.8.1
sintering facility could satisfactorily imitate the large-scale process, in part or as a whole. Results obtained with realistic feed mixtures point at dioxin formation in the sinter bed at levels significant enough to explain a major part of the outputs observed in the real-life process. With approximately 8 ppm (wt) of chloride added as NaCl, the PCDD/F output doubled, but with the same proportion of
Peroxidase-catalyzed in vitro formation of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans from chlorophenols
作者:Jürgen Wittsiepe、Yvonne Kullmann、Petra Schrey、Fidelis Selenka、Michael Wilhelm
DOI:10.1016/s0378-4274(99)00066-1
日期:1999.6
Chlorophenols (CP) are transformed in vitro to polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/F) by a peroxidase-catalyzed oxidation. This is shown for 2,4,5-tri-, 2,3,4,6-tetra- and pentachlorophenol with plant horseradish peroxidase and with myeloperoxidase recovered from human leukocytes, each in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. The yield, the reaction and the PCDD/F-pattern found are
PCDD/DF formations by the heterogeneous thermal reactions of phenols and their TiO2 photocatalytic degradation by batch-recycle system
作者:Hajime Muto、Koki Saitoh、Hitoshi Funayama
DOI:10.1016/s0045-6535(00)00552-x
日期:2001.10
and dibenzofurans (PCDD/DFs) formation by the thermal reactions of phenols with CuCl2 under oxygen flux were carried out in relation to their formation mechanisms. To evaluate the effect of photocatalytic degradation of titaniumdioxide (TiO2) thin film prepared by the sol-gel method, the photocatalysis of PCDD/DFs in acetonitrile/water solution by batch-recycle system was conducted. For the thermal reaction
Copper-catalyzed chlorination and condensation of acetylene and dichloroacetylene
作者:Philip H. Taylor、Andreas Wehrmeier、Sukh S. Sidhu、Dieter Lenoir、K.-W. Schramm、A. Kettrup
DOI:10.1016/s0045-6535(99)00272-6
日期:2000.6
The chlorination and condensation of acetylene at low temperatures is demonstrated using copper chlorides as chlorinated agents coated to model borosilicate surfaces. Experiments with and without both a chlorine source and borosilicate surfaces indicate the absence of gas-phase and gas-surface reactions. Chlorination and condensation occur only in the presence of the copper catalyst. C2 through C8
Emissions of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans from catalytic and thermal oxidizers burning dilute chlorinated vapors
作者:John R. Hart
DOI:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2003.10.017
日期:2004.3
(ng/dscm)=8.4 exp(-0.0084T degrees C); (2) dioxin/furan production occurs at the combustion catalyst; (3) small variations in temperature cause large changes in the congener distribution of the dioxin and furan isomers; (4) molar TEQ yields from the parent compounds fed to the oxidizers are very small (10(-9)-10(-13)); (5) catalytic and thermal oxidizers may destroy dioxins fed from the ambient air; and (6)