A single intraperitoneal injection (50 mg/kg) of 3,3′,4,4′-tetrachlorobiphenyl (CB77), a 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-
p-dioxin (TCDD)-type polychlorinated biphenyl, led to significant decreases in the levels of serum total thyroxine (T
4) and free T
4 without increase in the level of serum thyroid-stimulating hormone at 7 d later in both TCDD-sensitive C57BL/6 and TCDD-resistant DBA/2 mice. When [
125I]T
4 was injected into the mice 7 d after treatment with CB77, the levels of biliary [
125I]T
4 and [
125I]T
4-glucuronide increased 90 to 120 min post injection in C57BL/6 mice, but not in DBA/2 mice, compared with levels in the corresponding control mice. In contrast, in both strains of mice, the CB77-pretreatment led to similar changes in the levels of the [
125I]T
4 bound to the serum transthyretin, albumin, and thyroxine-binding globulin. Consequently, treatment with CB77 promoted the clearance of [
125I]T
4 from the serum and further raised the steady-state volumes of distribution of [
125I]T
4, the concentration ratio (
Kp value) of the liver to the serum, and the distribution of [
125I]T
4 in the liver in both strains of mice. The present findings indicate that in mice, the CB77-mediated decrease in the serum T
4 level occurs through enhanced accumulation of hepatic T
4 rather than through increased activity of hepatic thyroxine-uridine 5′-diphosphate-glucuronosyltransferase(s).
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