Immunoreactive uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase is unchanged in porphyria caused by TCDD and hexachlorobenzene

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Abstract

A method has been developed for the immuno-titration of rodent liver uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (porphyrinogen carboxy-lyase, EC 4.1.1.37) and used to show that two porphyrogenic polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin and hexachlorobenzene, cause porphyria in rodents by decreasing the catalytic activity of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase without altering the amount of immunoreactive enzyme protein. Investigation of the nature of the inactive form of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase produced by these compounds should provide new information about the mechanism of their toxicity.

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