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Developmental toxicity of N-methylaniline following prenatal oral administration in rats

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Sitarek K., Gromadzińska J., Stetkiewicz J., Lutz P., Król M., Domeradzka-Gajda K., Wąsowicz W.

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

2016

vol. 29

issue 3

479-492

Objectives The objective of the study was to assess prenatal toxicity of N-methylaniline (NMA) administered by gavage to pregnant female rats. Material and Methods Pregnant female rats were administered N-methylaniline in corn oil by gavage at daily doses of 0.8 mg/kg of body weight (b.w.), 4 mg/kg b.w., 20 mg/kg b.w. and 100 mg/kg b.w. from implantation (the 5th day post mating) to the day prior to the scheduled caesarean section (the 20th day of pregnancy). General behavior, body weight, food and water consumption, hematological, biochemical analyses and pathomorphological changes of the dams were recorded. Results All the females survived until the end of the study. The test substance was toxic to pregnant females, even at the lowest of the used doses, i.e., 0.8 mg/kg b.w./day. Lower weight gain during pregnancy and significantly higher NMA-dose-dependent absolute weight of the organs were noted in the exposed females. The females from the groups exposed at doses of 20 mg/kg b.w./day and 100 mg/kg b.w./day developed anemia and showed higher concentrations of free thyroxine (FT3) and free triiodothyronine (FT4) thyroid hormones. Total protein concentration exhibited an increase in all the exposed groups of females. In the prenatal toxicity study, administration of N-methylaniline throughout the embryonic and fetal periods produced embryotoxic effects at doses ranging 4–100 mg/kg b.w./day. Conclusions Considering the data obtained in this study, it is reasonable to assume that N-methylaniline administered orally to pregnant rats is toxic for mothers even at a low dose of 0.8 mg/kg b.w./day. However, this dose was not associated with any significant effects to their offspring. This prenatal exposure level may be considered as no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) for the progeny and a dose of 4 mg/kg b.w./day as the lowest-observed-adverse-effect level (LOAEL) for the progeny.

Etery glikolu etylenowego i glikolu propylenowego – toksyczność reprodukcyjna i rozwojowa

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Starek-Świechowicz B., Starek A.

Medycyna Pracy

2015

vol. 66

issue 5

725-737

Both ethylene and propylene glycol alkyl ethers (EGAEs and PGAEs, respectively) are widely used, mainly as solvents, in industrial and household products. Some EGAEs demonstrate gonadotoxic, embriotoxic, fetotoxic and teratogenic effects in both humans and experimental animals. Due to the noxious impact of these ethers on reproduction and development of organisms EGAEs are replaced for considerably less toxic PGAEs. The data on the mechanisms of testicular, embriotoxic, fetotoxic and teratogenic effects of EGAEs are presented in this paper. Our particular attention was focused on the metabolism of some EGAEs and their organ-specific toxicities, apoptosis of spermatocytes associated with changes in the expression of various genes that code for oxidative stress factors, protein kinases and nuclear hormone receptors. Med Pr 2015;66(5):725–737

Etery alkilowe glikolu etylenowego (ethylene glycol alkyl ethers – EGAE) i propylenowego (propylene glycol alkyl ethers – PGAE) są szeroko stosowane w przemyśle i gospodarstwie domowym, głównie jako rozpuszczalniki. Niektóre EGAE wykazują działanie gonadotoksyczne, embriotoksyczne, fetotoksyczne i teratogenne zarówno u ludzi, jak i zwierząt doświadczalnych. Ze względu na szkodliwe działanie tych eterów na rozrodczość i rozwój organizmu EGAE są zastępowane znacznie mniej toksycznymi PGAE. W niniejszej pracy przedstawiono dane na temat mechanizmów toksycznego działania EGAE na komórki rozrodcze, zarodek i płód. Szczególną uwagę zwrócono na metabolizm niektórych EGAEs i ich toksyczność narządową, a także na apoptozę spermatocytów związaną ze zmianami ekspresji genów, które kodują czynniki stresu oksydacyjnego, kinazy białkowe i jądrowe receptory hormonów. Med. Pr. 2015;66(5):725–737

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Developmental toxicity of N-methylaniline following prenatal oral administration in rats

Etery glikolu etylenowego i glikolu propylenowego – toksyczność reprodukcyjna i rozwojowa