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Habil MR, Salazar-González RA, Doll MA, Hein DW. Effect of N-acetyltransferase 2 genetic polymorphism on 4,4'-methylenebis(2-chloroaniline)-induced genotoxicity and oxidative stress. Arch Toxicol 2023; 97:1773-1781. [PMID: 37142755 PMCID: PMC10259506 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-023-03508-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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4,4'-Methylenebis(2-chloroaniline) or MOCA is an aromatic amine used primarily in polyurethane and rubber industry. MOCA has been linked to hepatomas in animal studies while limited epidemiologic studies reported the association of exposure to MOCA and urinary bladder and breast cancer. We investigated MOCA-induced genotoxicity and oxidative stress in DNA repair-deficient Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells stably transfected with human metabolizing enzymes CYP1A2 and N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) variants as well as in rapid, intermediate, and slow NAT2 acetylator cryopreserved human hepatocytes. N-acetylation of MOCA was highest in UV5/1A2/NAT2*4 followed by UV5/1A2/NAT2*7B and UV5/1A2/NAT2*5B CHO cells. Human hepatocytes showed a NAT2 genotype-dependent response with highest N-acetylation in rapid acetylators followed by intermediate and slow acetylators. MOCA induced higher levels of mutagenesis and DNA damage in UV5/1A2/NAT2*7B compared to UV5/1A2/NAT2*4 and UV5/1A2/NAT2*5B cells (p < 0.0001). MOCA also induced higher levels of oxidative stress in UV5/1A2/NAT2*7B cells. MOCA caused concentration-dependent increase in DNA damage in cryopreserved human hepatocytes (linear trend p < 0.001) which was NAT2 genotype dependent i.e., highest in rapid acetylators, lower in intermediate acetylators, and lowest in slow acetylators (p < 0.0001). Our findings show that N-acetylation and genotoxicity of MOCA is NAT2 genotype dependent and suggest that individuals possessing NAT2*7B are at higher risk to MOCA-induced mutagenicity. DNA damage, and oxidative stress. They confirm significant differences in genotoxicity between the NAT2*5B and NAT2*7B alleles, both of which are associated with slow acetylator phenotype.
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- Mariam R Habil
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, 505 S. Hancock Street, CTR Rm 303, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, 505 S. Hancock Street, CTR Rm 303, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, 505 S. Hancock Street, CTR Rm 303, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, 505 S. Hancock Street, CTR Rm 303, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA.
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Saavedra FM, Pelepenko LE, Boyle WS, Zhang A, Staley C, Herzberg MC, Marciano MA, Lima BP. In vitro physicochemical characterization of five root canal sealers and their influence on an ex vivo oral multi-species biofilm community. Int Endod J 2022; 55:772-783. [PMID: 35383959 PMCID: PMC9321831 DOI: 10.1111/iej.13742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIM To evaluate the physicochemical properties of five root canal sealers and assess their effect on an ex vivo dental plaque-derived polymicrobial community. METHODOLOGY Dental plaque-derived microbial communities were exposed to the sealers (AH Plus [AHP], GuttaFlow Bioseal [GFB], Endoseal MTA [ESM], Bio-C sealer [BCS] and BioRoot RCS [BRR]) for 3, 6 and 18 h. The sealers' effect on the biofilm biomass and metabolic activity was quantified using crystal violet (CV) staining and MTT assay, respectively. Biofilm community composition and morphology were assessed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE), 16S rRNA sequencing and scanning electron microscopy. The ISO6876:2012 specifications were followed to determine the setting time, radiopacity, flowability and solubility. Obturated acrylic teeth were used to assess the sealers' effect on pH. Surface chemical characterization was performed using SEM with coupled energy-dispersive spectroscopy. Data normality was assessed using the Shapiro-Wilk test. One-way anova and Tukey's tests were used to analyze data from setting time, radiopacity, flowability and solubility. Two-way anova and Dunnett's tests were used for the data analysis from CV, MTT and pH. 16S rRNA sequencing data were analyzed for alpha (Shannon index and Chao analysis) and beta diversity (Bray-Curtis dissimilarities). Differences in community composition were evaluated by analysis of similarity (p < .05). RESULTS The sealers significantly influenced microbial community composition and morphology. All sealers complied with ISO6876:2012 requirements for setting time, radiopacity and flowability. Although only AHP effectively reduced the biofilm biomass, all sealers, except BRR, reduced biofilm metabolic activity. CONCLUSION Despite adequate physical properties, none of the sealers tested prevented biofilm growth. Significant changes in community composition were observed. If observed in vivo, these changes could affect intracanal microbial survival, pathogenicity and treatment outcomes.
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- Flavia M. Saavedra
- Department of Restorative DentistrySchool of Dentistry of PiracicabaState University of CampinasPiracicabaBrazil
- Department of Diagnostic and Biological SciencesSchool of DentistryUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMinnesotaUSA
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- Department of Restorative DentistrySchool of Dentistry of PiracicabaState University of CampinasPiracicabaBrazil
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- Department of Diagnostic and Biological SciencesSchool of DentistryUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMinnesotaUSA
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- Minnesota Dental Research Center for Biomaterials and Biomechanics (MDRCBB)School of DentistryUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMinnesotaUSA
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- Division of Basic & Translational ResearchDepartment of SurgeryUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMinnesotaUSA
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- Department of Diagnostic and Biological SciencesSchool of DentistryUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMinnesotaUSA
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- Department of Restorative DentistrySchool of Dentistry of PiracicabaState University of CampinasPiracicabaBrazil
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- Department of Diagnostic and Biological SciencesSchool of DentistryUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMinnesotaUSA
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Evaluation of biological degradation of polyurethanes. Biotechnol Adv 2020; 39:107457. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2019.107457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2019] [Revised: 08/28/2019] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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La Scala JJ, Yandek G, Lamb J, Paquette CM, Eck WS, Adams V, Lastovickova D, Sadler JM. The effect of methyl and methoxy substituents on dianilines for a thermosetting polyimide system. HIGH PERFORM POLYM 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/0954008319899141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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4,4′-Methylenedianiline (MDA) is widely used in high-temperature polyimide resins, including polymerization of monomer reactants-15. The toxicity of MDA significantly limits the manufacturability using this resin. Modifying the substitution and electronics of MDA could allow for the reduction of toxicity while maintaining the high-performing properties of the materials derived from the modified MDA. The addition of a single methyl substituent, methoxy substituent, location of these substituents, and location of the amine relative to the phenolic bridge were modified as were other non-aniline diamines. Various anilines were condensed with paraformaldehyde under acidic conditions to yield dianilines. These dianilines and diamines were reacted with nadic anhydride and 3,3′,4,4′-benzophenonetetracarboxylic dianhydride in methanol to form the polyamic acid oligomers and heated at elevated temperature to form polyimide oligomers. It was found that the molecular weight of the oligomers derived from MDA alternatives was generally lower than that of MDA oligomers resulting in lower glass transition temperatures ( T gs) and degradation temperatures. Additionally, methoxy substituents further reduce the T g of the polymers versus methyl substituents and reduce the thermal stability of the resin. Methyl-substituted alternatives produced polyimides with similar T gs and degradation temperatures. The toxicity of the MDA alternatives was examined. Although a few were identified with reduced toxicities, the alternatives with properties similar to that of MDA also had high toxicities.
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- John J La Scala
- CCDC Army Research Laboratory, FCDD-RLW-M, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Edwards AFB, CA, USA
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Edwards AFB, CA, USA
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- Army Public Health Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA
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- Army Public Health Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA
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- CCDC Army Research Laboratory, FCDD-RLW-M, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA
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Bassett AW, Cosgrove JD, Schmalbach KM, Stecca OM, Paquette CM, Adams VH, Eck WS, Sadler JM, La Scala JJ, Stanzione JF. Alternative monomers for 4,4′‐methylenedianiline in thermosetting epoxy resins. J Appl Polym Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/app.48707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Alexander W. Bassett
- Department of Chemical Engineering Rowan University, 201 Mullica Hill Road Glassboro New Jersey 08028
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Rowan University, 201 Mullica Hill Road Glassboro New Jersey 08028
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Rowan University, 201 Mullica Hill Road Glassboro New Jersey 08028
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Rowan University, 201 Mullica Hill Road Glassboro New Jersey 08028
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- Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory, 4600 Deer Creek Loop Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland 21005
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- Toxicology Directorate U.S. Army Public Health Center, 8252 Blackhawk Road Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland 21010
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- Toxicology Directorate U.S. Army Public Health Center, 8252 Blackhawk Road Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland 21010
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- Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory, 4600 Deer Creek Loop Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland 21005
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- Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory, 4600 Deer Creek Loop Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland 21005
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Rowan University, 201 Mullica Hill Road Glassboro New Jersey 08028
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Salazar-González RA, Zhang X, Doll MA, Lykoudi A, Hein DW. Role of the human N-acetyltransferase 2 genetic polymorphism in metabolism and genotoxicity of 4, 4'-methylenedianiline. Arch Toxicol 2019; 93:2237-2246. [PMID: 31292670 PMCID: PMC6713601 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-019-02516-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Accepted: 07/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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4, 4'-Methylenedianiline (MDA) is used extensively as a curing agent in the production of elastomers and is classified as reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen based on sufficient evidence in animal experiments. Human N-acetyltransferase 1 (NAT1) and 2 (NAT2) catalyze the N-acetylation of aromatic amines and NAT2 is subjected to a common genetic polymorphism in human populations separating individuals into rapid, intermediate, and slow acetylator phenotypes. Although MDA is known to undergo N-acetylation to mono- and di-acetyl metabolites, very little is known regarding whether this metabolism is subject to the NAT2 genetic polymorphism. We investigated the N-acetylation of MDA by recombinant human NAT1, NAT2, genetic variants of NAT2, and cryoplateable human hepatocytes obtained from rapid, intermediate and slow acetylators. MDA N-acetylation was catalyzed by both recombinant human NAT1 and NAT2 exhibiting a fivefold higher affinity for human NAT2. N-acetylation of MDA was acetylator genotype dependent as evidenced via its N-acetylation by recombinant human NAT2 genetic variants or by cryoplateable human hepatocytes. MDA N-acetylation to the mono-acetyl or di-acetyl-MDA was highest in rapid, lower in intermediate, and lowest in slow acetylator human hepatocytes. MDA-induced DNA damage in the human hepatocytes was dose-dependent and also acetylator genotype dependent with highest levels of DNA damage in rapid, lower in intermediate, and lowest in slow acetylator human hepatocytes under the same MDA exposure level. In summary, the N-acetylation of MDA by recombinant human NAT2 and cryopreserved human hepatocytes support an important role for the NAT2 genetic polymorphism in modifying MDA metabolism and genotoxicity and potentially carcinogenic risk.
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- Raúl A Salazar-González
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, 505 South Hancock Street, Louisville, KY, 40202-1617, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, 505 South Hancock Street, Louisville, KY, 40202-1617, USA
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, ADC Therapeutics, Murray Hill, NJ, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, 505 South Hancock Street, Louisville, KY, 40202-1617, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, 505 South Hancock Street, Louisville, KY, 40202-1617, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, 505 South Hancock Street, Louisville, KY, 40202-1617, USA.
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Hein DW, Zhang X, Doll MA. Role of N-acetyltransferase 2 acetylation polymorphism in 4, 4'-methylene bis (2-chloroaniline) biotransformation. Toxicol Lett 2018; 283:100-105. [PMID: 29180287 PMCID: PMC5745265 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2017.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Revised: 10/27/2017] [Accepted: 11/23/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Arylamine N-acetyltransferase 1 (NAT1) and 2 (NAT2) catalyze the acetylation of arylamine carcinogens. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the NAT2 coding exon present in NAT2 haplotypes encode allozymes with reduced N-acetyltransferase activity towards the N-acetylation of arylamine carcinogens and the O-acetylation of their N-hydroxylated metabolites. NAT2 acetylator phenotype modifies urinary bladder cancer risk following exposures to arylamine carcinogens such as 4-aminobiphenyl. 4, 4'-methylene bis (2-chloroaniline) (MOCA) is a Group 1 carcinogen for which a role of the NAT2 acetylation polymorphism on cancer risk is unknown. We investigated the role of NAT2 and the genetic acetylation polymorphism on both MOCA N-acetylation and N-hydroxy-MOCA O-acetylation. MOCA N-acetylation exhibited a robust gene dose response in rabbit liver cytosol and in cryopreserved human hepatocytes derived from individuals of rapid, intermediate and slow acetylator NAT2 genotype. MOCA exhibited about 4-fold higher affinity for recombinant human NAT2 than NAT1. Recombinant human NAT2*4 (reference) and 15 variant recombinant human NAT2 allozymes catalyzed both the N-acetylation of MOCA and the O-acetylation of N-hydroxy-MOCA. Human NAT2 5, NAT2 6, NAT2 7 and NAT2 14 allozymes catalyzed MOCA N-acetylation and N-hydroxy-O-acetylation at rates much lower than the reference NAT2 4 allozyme. In conclusion, our results show that NAT2 acetylator genotype has an important role in MOCA metabolism and suggest that risk assessments related to MOCA exposures consider accounting for NAT2 acetylator phenotype in the analysis.
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- David W Hein
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY USA.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY USA
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Sanada H, Koyama N, Wako Y, Kawasako K, Hamada S. Repeated-dose liver micronucleus test of 4,4'-methylenedianiline using young adult rats. MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2015; 780-781:31-5. [PMID: 26065308 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2014.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Liver micronucleus (MN) tests using partial hepatectomized rats or juvenile rats have been shown to be useful for the detection of hepatic carcinogens. Moreover, Narumi et al. established the repeated-dose liver MN test using young adult rats for integration into general toxicity. In the present study, in order to examine the usefulness of the repeated-dose liver MN test, we investigated MN induction with a 14 or 28 day treatment protocol using young adult rats treated with 4,4′-methylenedianiline (MDA), a known hepatic carcinogen. MDA dose-dependently induced micronuclei in hepatocytes in 14- and 28-day repeated-dose tests. However, although statistically significant increases in micronuclei were observed in bone marrow cells at two dose levels in the 14-day study, there was no dose response and no increases in micronuclei in the 28-day study. These results indicate that the evaluation of genotoxic effects using hepatocytes is effective in cases where chromosomal aberrations are not clearly detectable in bone marrow cells. Moreover, the repeated-dose liver MN test allows evaluation at a dose below the maximum tolerable dose, which is required for the conventional MN test because micronucleated hepatocytes accumulate. The repeated-dose liver MN test employed in the present study can be integrated into the spectrum of general toxicity tests without further procedural modifications.
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Gu Y, Sun F, Xie X, Wu X, Zhang Z, Guidoin R, Fu Q, Zhong Y, Zhao C. Prenatal developmental safety of functional polyurethanes for cardiovascular implants. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater 2015; 104:606-14. [DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.33431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2014] [Revised: 03/20/2015] [Accepted: 04/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Yongjiang Gu
- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials and Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu Sichuan 610065 People's Republic of China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials and Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu Sichuan 610065 People's Republic of China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials and Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu Sichuan 610065 People's Republic of China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials and Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu Sichuan 610065 People's Republic of China
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine; Laval University, The Research Center of Saint-François d'Assise Hospital, CHU; Quebec City Quebec G1L 3L5 Canada
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine; Laval University, The Research Center of Saint-François d'Assise Hospital, CHU; Quebec City Quebec G1L 3L5 Canada
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials and Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu Sichuan 610065 People's Republic of China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials and Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu Sichuan 610065 People's Republic of China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials and Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu Sichuan 610065 People's Republic of China
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Jeżewska A, Buszewski B. A new method for the determination of 2,2'-dichloro-4,4'-methylenedianiline in workplace air samples by HPLC-DAD. Toxicol Mech Methods 2011; 21:554-60. [PMID: 21473712 DOI: 10.3109/15376516.2011.571726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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A new procedure has been developed for the assay of 2,2'-dichloro-4,4'-methylenedianiline (MOCA) using high-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detector. MOCA was sampled from workplace air and derivative before determination using 3,5-dinitrobenzoyl chloride. The determination was carried out in the reverse-phase system (mobile phase: acetonitrile: water) using an Ultra C(18) column. The measurement range was 2-40 µg/m(3) for a 100 dm(3) air sample. Limit of detection: 7.9 ng/m(3) and limit of quantification: 23.8 ng/m(3).
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- A Jeżewska
- Central Institute for Labour Protection-National Research Institute, Warszawa, Poland
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Oh JH, Yoon HJ, Lim JS, Park HJ, Cho JW, Kwon MS, Yoon S. Analysis of Gene Expression in 4,4'-Methylenedianiline-induced Acute Hepatotoxicity. Toxicol Res 2009; 25:85-92. [PMID: 32038824 PMCID: PMC7006339 DOI: 10.5487/tr.2009.25.2.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2009] [Revised: 05/13/2009] [Accepted: 05/13/2009] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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4,4′-Methylenedianiline (MDA) is an aromatic amine that is widely used in the industrial synthetic process. Genotoxic MDA forms DNA adducts in the liver and is known to induce liver damage in human and rats. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms associated with MDA-induced hepatotoxicity, we have identified genes differentially expressed by microarray approach. BALB/c male mice were treated once daily with MDA (20 mg/kg) up to 7 days via intraperitoneal injection (i.p.) and hepatic damages were revealed by histopathological observation and elevation of serum marker enzymes such as AST, ALT, ALP, cholesterol, DBIL, and TBIL. Microarray analysis showed that 952 genes were differentially expressed in the liver of MDA-treated mice and their biological functions and canonical pathways were further analyzed using Ingenuity Pathways Analysis (IPA). Toxicological functional analysis showed that genes related to hepatotoxicity such hyperplasia/hyperproliferation (Timpl), necrosis/cell death (Cd14, Mt1f, Timpl, and Pmaipl), hemorrhaging (Mt1f), cholestasis (Akr1c3, Hpx, and Slc10a2), and inflammation (Cd14 and Hpx) were differentially expressed in MDA-treated group. This gene expression profiling should be useful for elucidating the genetic events associated with aromatic amine-induced hepatotoxicity and for discovering the potential biomarkers for hepatotoxicity.
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- Jung-Hwa Oh
- 14Toxicogenomics Team, Korea Institute of Toxicology, 19 Shinsung-ro, Yuseoung, Daejeon, 305-343 Korea
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- 14Toxicogenomics Team, Korea Institute of Toxicology, 19 Shinsung-ro, Yuseoung, Daejeon, 305-343 Korea
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- 14Toxicogenomics Team, Korea Institute of Toxicology, 19 Shinsung-ro, Yuseoung, Daejeon, 305-343 Korea
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- 14Toxicogenomics Team, Korea Institute of Toxicology, 19 Shinsung-ro, Yuseoung, Daejeon, 305-343 Korea
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- 24Clinical Pathology Team, Korea Institute of Toxicology, 19 Shinsung-ro, Yuseoung, Daejeon, 305-343 Korea
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- 34Korea Institute of Toxicology, 19 Shinsung-ro, Yuseoung, Daejeon, 305-343 Korea.,44School of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-701 Korea
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- 14Toxicogenomics Team, Korea Institute of Toxicology, 19 Shinsung-ro, Yuseoung, Daejeon, 305-343 Korea
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Cocker J, Nutley BP, Wilson HK. Methylene bis (2-chloroaniline) (MbOCA): towards a biological monitoring guidance value. Biomarkers 2008; 1:185-9. [DOI: 10.3109/13547509609079355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Ellinger-Ziegelbauer H, Gmuender H, Bandenburg A, Ahr HJ. Prediction of a carcinogenic potential of rat hepatocarcinogens using toxicogenomics analysis of short-term in vivo studies. Mutat Res 2008; 637:23-39. [PMID: 17689568 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2007.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2007] [Revised: 06/20/2007] [Accepted: 06/26/2007] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The carcinogenic potential of chemicals is currently evaluated with rodent life-time bioassays, which are time consuming, and expensive with respect to cost, number of animals and amount of compound required. Since the results of these 2-year bioassays are not known until quite late during development of new chemical entities, and since the short-term test battery to test for genotoxicity, a characteristic of genotoxic carcinogens, is hampered by low specificity, the identification of early biomarkers for carcinogenicity would be a big step forward. Using gene expression profiles from the livers of rats treated up to 14 days with genotoxic and non-genotoxic carcinogens we previously identified characteristic gene expression profiles for these two groups of carcinogens. We have now added expression profiles from further hepatocarcinogens and from non-carcinogens the latter serving as control profiles. We used these profiles to extract biomarkers discriminating genotoxic from non-genotoxic carcinogens and to calculate classifiers based on the support vector machine (SVM) algorithm. These classifiers then predicted a set of independent validation compound profiles with up to 88% accuracy, depending on the marker gene set. We would like to present this study as proof of the concept that a classification of carcinogens based on short-term studies may be feasible.
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- Heidrun Ellinger-Ziegelbauer
- Bayer Healthcare AG, Department of Molecular and Special Toxicology, Aprather Weg 18a, 42096, Wuppertal, Germany.
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Matsuoka A, Haishima Y, Hasegawa C, Matsuda Y, Tsuchiya T. Organic-solvent extraction of model biomaterials for use in the in vitro chromosome aberration test. J Biomed Mater Res A 2007; 86:13-22. [PMID: 17941025 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.31627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We prepared polyurethane (PU) containing 0.4% or 4% 4,4'-methylenedianiline (MDA) as model materials to investigate the effectiveness of sample preparation by organic-solvent extraction for the in vitro chromosome aberration (CA) test. MDA itself (0.4 mg/mL) was positive only in the presence of an exogenous metabolizing system (S9 mix). The culture medium extract of PU containing 4% MDA (PU/4% MDA) was negative with and without S9 mix. Methanol and acetone extracts, on the other hand, induced structural CAs without S9 mix, which we did not expect because MDA requires S9 mix for activity. On chemical analysis, however, we found that the ratio of MDA extracted by the organic solvents to that extracted by the culture medium of PU/4% MDA was about 15:1. Interestingly, oligomers consisting of poly(tetramethyleneglycol) derivatives (OTMG) were also extracted by the organic solvents. The data suggest that the induction of structural CAs in the absence of S9 mix may have been partly due to synergism of MDA and OTMG. CA tests of MDA and PTMG-1000 in combination confirmed that to be the case. Thus, organic-solvent extraction may be more effective than medium extraction in evaluating the biological safety of biomaterials. Detailed chemical analysis of extracts was performed.
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- Atsuko Matsuoka
- Division of Medical Devices, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan.
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Jeffrey AM, Iatropoulos MJ, Williams GM. Nasal cytotoxic and carcinogenic activities of systemically distributed organic chemicals. Toxicol Pathol 2007; 34:827-52. [PMID: 17178686 DOI: 10.1080/01926230601042494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Toxicity and carcinogenicity in the mucosa of the nasal passages in rodents has been produced by a variety of organic chemicals which are systemically distributed. In this review, 14 such chemicals or classes were identified that produced rodent nasal cytotoxicity, but not carcinogenicity, and 11 were identified that produced nasal carcinogenicity. Most chemicals that affect the nasal mucosa were either concentrated in that tissue or readily activated there, or both. All chemicals with effects in the nasal mucosa that were DNA-reactive, were also carcinogenic, if adequately tested. None of the rodent nasal cytotoxins has been identified as a human systemic nasal toxin. This may reflect the lesser biotransformation activity of human nasal mucosa compared to rodent and the much lower levels of human exposures. None of the rodent carcinogens lacking DNA reactivity has been identified as a nasal carcinogen or other cancer hazard to humans. Some DNA-reactive rodent carcinogens that affect the nasal mucosa, as well as other tissues, have been associated with cancer at various sites in humans, but not the nasal cavity. Thus, findings in only the rodent nasal mucosa do not necessarily predict either a toxic or carcinogenic hazard to that tissue in humans.
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- Alan M Jeffrey
- Department of Pathology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA
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Gealy R, Wright-Bourque JL, Kraynak AR, McKelvey TW, Barnum JE, Storer RD. Validation of a high-throughput in vitro alkaline elution/rat hepatocyte assay for DNA damage. Mutat Res 2007; 629:49-63. [PMID: 17306613 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2007.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2006] [Revised: 12/21/2006] [Accepted: 01/09/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In vitro alkaline elution is a sensitive and specific short term assay which measures DNA strand breakage in a mammalian test system (primary rat hepatocytes). This lab has previously demonstrated the performance of the assay with known genotoxic and non-genotoxic compounds. The methodology employed has relatively low sample throughput and is labor-intensive, requiring a great deal of manual processing of samples in a format that is not amenable to automation. Here, we present an automated version of the assay. This high-throughput alkaline elution assay (HT-AE) was made possible through 3 key developments: (1) DNA quantitation using PicoGreen and OliGreen fluorescent DNA binding dyes; (2) design and implementation of a custom automation system; and (3) reducing the assay to a 96-well plate format. The assay can now be run with 5-50mg of test compound. HT-AE was validated in a similar manner as the original assay, including assessment of non-genotoxic and non-carcinogenic compounds and evaluation of cytotoxicity to avoid confounding effects of toxicity-associated DNA degradation. The validation test results from compounds of known genotoxic potential were used to set appropriate criteria to classify alkaline elution results for genotoxicity.
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- Robert Gealy
- Department of Laboratory Sciences and Investigative Toxicology, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA 19486, USA
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Labow RS, Sa D, Matheson LA, Dinnes DLM, Santerre JP. The human macrophage response during differentiation and biodegradation on polycarbonate-based polyurethanes: dependence on hard segment chemistry. Biomaterials 2005; 26:7357-66. [PMID: 16005062 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2005.05.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Human monocytes, isolated from whole blood, were seeded onto tissue culture grade polystyrene (PS) and three polycarbonate-based polyurethanes (PCNUs) (synthesized with either 1,6-hexane diisocyanate (HDI) or 4,4'-methylene bis-phenyl diisocyanate (MDI), poly(1,6-hexyl 1,2-ethyl carbonate) diol (PCN) and 1,4-butanediol (BD) in different stoichiometric ratios (HDI:PCN:BD 4:3:1 or 3:2:1 and MDI:PCN:BD 3:2:1) (referred to as HDI431, HDI321 and MDI321, respectively). Following their differentiation to monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs) the cells were trypsinized and reseeded onto each of the PCNUs synthesized with either 14C-HDI or 14C-BD and degradation was measured by radiolabel release (RR). When the differentiation surface was MDI321, there was more RR from 14C-HDI431 than from any other surface (p < 0.0001) whereas the amount of esterase (identified by immunoblotting) as well as the esterase activity was the greatest in MDM differentiated on PS, reseeded on 14C-HDI431 (p < 0.0001). The effect of potential degradation products (methylene dianiline (MDA) and BD) from the PCNUs was carried out to determine possible links between products and substrate-induced activation of MDM. MDA was found to inhibit RR 60% from MDM seeded on 14C-MDI321B (p < 0.0001), approximately 20% from 14C-HDI431 (p = 0.002) and no effect from 14C-HDI321B. MDA inhibited esterase activity 30% from MDM only on 14C-MDI321B (p = 0.003), but no effect on esterase activity was observed for the other two polymers. BD had no inhibitory effect on RR from any PCNU, but did inhibit esterase activity in MDM on 14C-HDI431 (p = 0.025). This study indicates that the degradation of a specific material is a multi-factorial process, dictated by its susceptibility to hydrolysis, the effect of specific products generated during this course of action, and perhaps not as well appreciated, the material's inherent ability to influence enzyme synthesis and release.
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- Rosalind S Labow
- University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ont., Canada K1Y 4W7.
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Kenyon SH, Bhattacharyya J, Benson CJ, Carmichael PL. Percutaneous penetration and genotoxicity of 4,4'-methylenedianiline through rat and human skin in vitro. Toxicology 2004; 196:65-75. [PMID: 15036757 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2003.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2003] [Revised: 11/06/2003] [Accepted: 11/06/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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4,4'-Methylenedianiline (MDA) is a primary aromatic amine used in the plastics industry and is classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as an animal carcinogen and possible human carcinogen. In order to estimate human exposure it is useful to determine percutaneous penetration. Previous studies have suggested that both rat and human skin were permeable to MDA, with greater penetration being seen through human skin. In this study no significant difference was seen between the percutaneous penetration of MDA through human or rat skin for three different treatment levels: 0.01, 0.1 and 1mg per skin membrane (0.32 cm(2)). The apparent dermal flux was calculated as 0.7 +/- 0.3 and 10.1 +/- 2.0 microg/cm(2)/h for the 0.01 and 0.1mg treatments, respectively. The permeability constant K(p) was estimated at 1.8 x 10(-3) cm/h and the lag time at 3.5 +/- 0.5 h. MDA absorbed into the skin was found to be bioavailable. Experiments also showed that after application of 0.1mg MDA, 4% penetrated through latex and nitrile gloves, respectively. The potential genotoxicity of MDA in human skin was assessed by DNA (32)P-postlabelling; levels of DNA adducts were detected, following the treatment and penetration of 1mg MDA.
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- Susan H Kenyon
- Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington Campus, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Jeffrey AM, Luo FQ, Amin S, Krzeminski J, Zech K, Williams GM. Lack of DNA binding in the rat nasal mucosa and other tissues of the nasal toxicants roflumilast, a phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor, and a metabolite, 4-amino-3,5-dichloropyridine, in contrast to the nasal carcinogen 2,6-dimethylaniline. Drug Chem Toxicol 2002; 25:93-107. [PMID: 11850974 DOI: 10.1081/dct-100108475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor Roflumilast (B9302-107) (RF) and its metabolite 4-amino-3,5-dichloropyridine (ADCP) produced nasal toxicity in preclinical safety studies with rats. The purpose of this study was to assess the possible formation of DNA adducts, by RF and ADCP, in the nasal mucosa, liver and testes of male rats using the 32P-postlabeling assay. For comparison, rats were exposed to the DNA-reactive carcinogens 2,6-dimethylaniline (DMA), also known as 2,6-xylidine, a nasal carcinogen, and the aromatic amine carcinogens 4,4'-methylene-bis(2-chloroaniline) (MOCA), which yields monocyclic DNA adducts, and 2-acetylaminofluorene (2-AAF). In the case of RF, possible sources of DNA adducts include the parent molecule and its ADCP moiety by enzymatic N-hydroxylation and sulfation, reactions typical of carcinogenic aromatic amines. 4-Acetoxylamino-3,5-dichloropyridine (N-acetoxy-ADCP), a chemically activated derivative of ADCP, was prepared and used to modify DNA which was then used to establish the chromatographic conditions with which to reliably detect whether or not such adducts were formed metabolically from RF and ADCP. Similarly, a standard N-hydroxy-DMA was prepared, but the corresponding N-acetoxy derivative was unstable and decomposed during synthesis. Both N-hydroxy-DMA and N-acetoxy-ADCP were mutagenic in the Salmonella typhimurium Ames assay using strain TA100 without an exogenous bioactivation system, with the former being more potent. N-hydroxy-ADCP was essentially inactive in this assay. For the 32P-postlabeling assay, male Wistar rats were exposed to the test substances and carrier control compounds by intragastric instillation at the selected dose levels for 7 days. Subsequently, the nasal mucosa, liver, and testes of the rats exposed to the test or control compounds were extirpated, the DNA extracted and the samples postlabeled. The patterns of adducts formed with the test compounds were compared to those formed in N-acetoxy-ADCP- and N-hydroxy-DMA-adducted DNA, which were assayed by both nuclease P1 and butanol enhancement methods. Based upon the similarity of results from the two enhancement methods, only the former was used for the in vivo studies. No evidence was obtained for the formation of DNA adducts from RF or its metabolites, specifically ADCP, under the conditions of these assays despite the ability to detect adducts from DNA modified chemically with N-acetoxy-ADCP and DNA adducts from the other compounds in their target organs. In the absence of a pattern of compound-related spots, we conclude that RF does not form DNA adducts having the potential to initiate neoplasia in these three tissues.
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- Alan M Jeffrey
- New York Medical College, Department of Pathology, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA
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Bolognesi C, Baur X, Marczynski B, Norppa H, Sepai O, Sabbioni G. Carcinogenic risk of toluene diisocyanate and 4,4'-methylenediphenyl diisocyanate: epidemiological and experimental evidence. Crit Rev Toxicol 2001; 31:737-72. [PMID: 11763481 DOI: 10.1080/20014091111974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Diisocyanates are highly reactive compounds widely used, for example, in the production of polyurethane foams, elastomers, paints, and adhesives. The high chemical reactivity of these compounds is also reflected in their toxicity: diisocyanates are one of the most important causes of occupational asthma but also other adverse effects, such as irritation and toxic reactions, have been described in exposed subjects. One of the open questions is whether occupational isocyanate exposure is a carcinogenic hazard. The few epidemiological studies available have been based on young cohorts and short follow-up and are not conclusive. Toluene diisocyanate (TDI) has been classified as carcinogenic in animals on the basis of gavage administration studies, but no conclusions are available on inhalation exposure. For 4,4'-methylene diphenyldiisocyanate (MDI) there is suggestive evidence for carcinogenicity in rats. The possible carcinogenic mechanism of TDI and MDI is not clear. Both chemicals have been positive in a number of short-term tests inducing gene mutations and chromosomal damage. The reactive form could be either the diisocyanate itself or may derive from the metabolic activation of the aromatic diamine derivatives formed by hydrolysis. TDI and MDI react with DNA in vivo and in vitro. However, the structure of the adducts has not been identified. Especially from the in vivo experiment it is not known if the adducts are a product from the reaction with the isocyanate or the corresponding amine. In conclusion, both TDI and MDI are highly reactive chemicals that bind to DNA and are probably genotoxic. The alleged animal carcinogenicity of TDI and MDI would suggest that occupational exposure to these compounds is a carcinogenic risk. The few epidemiological studies available have not, however, been able to clarify if TDI and MDI are occupational carcinogens.
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- C Bolognesi
- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Toxicological Evaluation Section, Genova, Italy
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Zhong BZ, Depree GJ, Siegel PD. Differentiation of the mechanism of micronuclei induced by cysteine and glutathione conjugates of methylenedi-p-phenyl diisocyanate from that of 4,4'-methylenedianiline. Mutat Res 2001; 497:29-37. [PMID: 11525905 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(01)00246-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Methylenedi-p-phenyl diisocyanate (MDI) is widely used in the production of polyurethane products. Diisocyanates are reactive compounds, MDI can react under physiological conditions with various functional groups found on biological molecules resulting in conjugate formation or undergo non-enzymatic hydrolysis to form 4,4'-methylenedianiline (MDA). We have previously reported that addition of MDI directly to Chinese hamster lung fibroblasts (V79) cultures did not induce micronuclei (MN), but MDA, and the glutathione and cysteine conjugates of MDI (BisGS-MDI and BisCYS-MDI), induced a concentration-dependent increase in the frequency of MN. The conventional MN assay does not discriminate between MN produced by acentric chromosome fragments from those arising due to whole lagging chromosomes that were not incorporated into daughter nuclei at the time of cell division. The mechanism of MN induction from these potential MDI metabolites/reaction products was explored in the present study using immunofluorescent staining of kinetochore in MN of cytokinesis-blocked V79 cells. This assay discerns the presence of centromere within the MN to distinguish the MN containing centric chromosomes from those containing acentric fragments. Eighty five percent of MDA-induced MN were negative with respect to anti-kinetochore antibody binding (KC(-)). This is consistent with an interaction between MDA and DNA resulting in chromosome breakage. However, BisGS-MDI and BisCYS-MDI induced a higher percentage of MN that were positively stained by the anti-kinetochore antibody (KC(+)). These results suggest that the mechanism of MN formation induced by BisGS-MDI and BisCYS-MDI is mediated through disruption and/or by affecting the function of the mitotic spindle. This mechanism is distinctly different from the mechanism of MN induction by MDA.
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- B Z Zhong
- Analytical Services Branch, M/S L4218, Health Effect Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505-2888, USA
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Reid TM, DeBord DG, Cheever KL, Savage RE. Mutagenicity of N-OH-MOCA (4-amino-4'-hydroxylamino-bis-3,3'-dichlorodiphenylmethane) and PBQ (2-phenyl-1,4-benzoquinone) in human lymphoblastoid cells. Toxicol Lett 1998; 95:205-10. [PMID: 9704822 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4274(98)00039-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The genotoxic potential of two occupationally significant chemicals, 4,4'-methylene-bis-2-chloroaniline (MOCA) and 2-phenyl-1,4-benzoquinone (PBQ), was explored by monitoring the induction of mutations at the HPRT locus of AHH-1 human lymphoblastoid cells. Exposure of AHH-1 cells to the putative carcinogenic metabolite of MOCA, N-OH-MOCA, induced a 6-fold increase in mutant frequency and resulted in base pair substitutions primarily at A:T base pairs. In contrast, exposure to PBQ did not result in an increased mutant frequency although this compound was significantly more cytotoxic than N-OH-MOCA at equimolar doses. The induction of mutations at A:T sites by N-OH-MOCA is consistent with the type of DNA damage known to be produced by MOCA and provides a specific marker of genotoxic damage for exposed populations.
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- T M Reid
- Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA.
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Rozinova E, Khalil M, Bonin AM. MOCA and some proposed substitutes (Cyanacure, Conacure, Polacure 740M and Ethacure 300) as two-stage skin carcinogens in HRA/Skh hairless mice. Mutat Res 1998; 398:111-21. [PMID: 9626971 DOI: 10.1016/s0027-5107(97)00247-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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4,4'-Methylenebis(2-chlororaniline) (MOCA) is a suspect human carcinogen that has wide use as an industrial compound. Occupationally, exposure may occur through inhalation and ingestion, but skin absorption is the main route by which this compound gains entry into the body. Because of the justified concern about the continued use of MOCA, a number of substitutes have been proposed, including 1,2-bis(2-aminophenylthio)ethane (Cyanacure), Conacure, trimethylene glycol di-p-aminobenzoate (Polacure 740M) and 3,5-dimethylthio-2,4-toluenediamine/3,5-dimethylthio-2,6-tol uenediamine (Ethacure 300). There is very little information available about these substances, but they share the property of belonging to the same class (aromatic amines) as MOCA. Furthermore, at least two (Ethacure 300 and Cyanacure) are mutagenic in Salmonella. This study was undertaken to investigate if MOCA and substitutes, Polacure 740M, Ethacure 300, Cyanacure and Conacure have the potential to cause papillomas in a two stage initiation/promotion protocol in HRA/Skh hairless mice. When a maximum dose of 100 mg of substance was applied to the dorsal skin of these mice, Ethacure 300 and Cyanacure were markedly toxic. All of the compounds had little or no effect on skin tumor initiating activity following 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) promotion. One experiment with MOCA suggested that, at lower and less toxic dose, this substance may have promotional activity. Therefore, caution should still be exercised when using these compounds and it cannot be excluded that they may be active in other strains of mice or other laboratory animal species.
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- E Rozinova
- National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety (Worksafe Australia), Sydney, NSW
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Savage RE, DeBord DG, Swaminathan S, Butler MA, Snawder J, Kanitz MH, Cheever K, Reid T, Werren D. Occupational applications of a human cancer research model. J Occup Environ Med 1998; 40:125-35. [PMID: 9503288 DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199802000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Many bladder cancers are indolent, and since there are no biomarkers to predict progression, the prognosis is problematic. Utilizing an in vitro/in vivo human uroepithelial cell (SV-HUC.PC) transformation system, we investigated several molecular events occurring along the continuum of exposure to disease outcome as potential biomarkers for occupational carcinogenesis. The model also served to generate information on the occupational carcinogenicity of N-hydroxy-4,4'-methylene bis(2-chloroaniline) [N-OH-MOCA]. Two of 14 groups of SV-HUC.PC treated with various concentrations of N-OH-MOCA formed carcinomas in athymic nude mice. Each of the biomarkers investigated demonstrated potential for interventions/prevention applications of occupational bladder cancers but will require validation and further evaluation. Those investigated displaying potential occupational utility included the induction of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), DNA adducts, and altered proteins, as detected on HUC two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis protein maps.
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- R E Savage
- Biochemical Toxicology Section, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
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Peel M, Marczynski B, Baur X. Comparison of the binding potential of various diisocyanates on DNA in vitro. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 1997; 52:517-26. [PMID: 9397183 DOI: 10.1080/00984109708984078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Inhalation of diisocyanate vapors is associated with immediate-type hypersensitivity reactions and direct toxic responses. The genotoxic effects of diisocyanates have not been clarified. The aim of this study was to examine the changes in DNA following in vitro exposure to three most commonly used diisocyanates (toluene diisocyanate, TDI; methylenediphenyl-4,4'-diisocyanate, MDI; and hexamethylene diisocyanate, HDI) and to compare their binding potential using melting behavior of DNA and electrophoresis studies in DNA. Following incubation of DNA with MDI (pure and mix) and HDI we found no differences in the melting behavior compared to the control calf thymus DNA. However, DNA treated with TDI showed differences in the shape of the native DNA curves due to changes in hyperchromicity and exhibited 14% more DNA reconstitution after renaturation. The small changes in the melting behavior of native DNA do not suggest the formation of DNA intrastrand cross-links but rather conformational changes of single- and double-stranded DNA. These conformational changes were further explored by agarose electrophoresis of native and denatured calf thymus DNA. Control and all diisocyanate-exposed DNA showed no differences in the size of native DNA fragments. Conversely, electrophoresis of TDI mix-incubated DNA, following denaturation, showed a distinct reduction in the double-stranded DNA fragment size compared to the control, MDI-denatured (pure and mix), and HDI-denatured DNA. These findings may help to better understand the mechanisms of the genotoxic effect of TDI.
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- M Peel
- Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Seabra V, Timbrell JA. Modulation of taurine levels in the rat liver alters methylene dianiline hepatotoxicity. Toxicology 1997; 122:193-204. [PMID: 9328219 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-483x(97)00103-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Methylene dianiline (DAPM) causes hepatic damage and bile duct necrosis in rats. This has been detected histologically and biochemically. The toxicity was dose related over the range 0-100 mg/kg but the dose response relationship showed a maximum at about 75-100 mg/kg. This was true for both histopathology and biochemical parameters of liver dysfunction. When animals were depleted of taurine using beta-alanine pretreatment, the toxicity of DAPM was increased. Conversely treatment of rats with taurine, significantly attenuated the rise in alanine transaminase (ALT). However depletion of taurine with guanidinoethanesulphonate (GES) attenuated rises in both transaminases. It is concluded that taurine may play a role in the toxicity of DAPM but that GES, although depleting taurine as does beta-alanine, causes additional effects such as increasing glutathione (GSH), perhaps leading to protection.
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- V Seabra
- Department of Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, University of London, UK
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Kelso JM, Bai CL, Ahokas JT, Wright PF. In vitro effects of MOCA and dapsone on rat hepatic and splenic immune cells. IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY 1997; 35:183-93. [PMID: 9043931 DOI: 10.1016/s0162-3109(96)00146-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The industrial curing agent 4,4'-methylene-bis(2-chloroaniline) (MOCA) and the structurally related medicinal agent 4,4'-sulphonyldianiline (dapsone), are two commonly used aromatic amine compounds and documented animal carcinogens. In this study the effects of in vitro exposure to MOCA and dapsone (over a dose range of 1-200 microM on spleen and liver immune cell functions were investigated. MOCA exposure caused a dose-dependent inhibition of natural immune activities (i.e. natural killer, NK and natural P815 killer, NPK) and mitogen-stimulated proliferation of T- and B-lymphocytes, with 50% inhibition (IC50) of splenic-cell activities occurring at 145, 85, 21 and 31 microM, respectively. Liver NK and NPK activities were less sensitive to MOCA exposure and exhibited higher IC50's of 165 and 160 microM, respectively. Dapsone exposure slightly enhanced both T- and B-cell mitogenesis at low doses (1 microM) but decreased B-cell mitogenesis at high doses (IC50 = 130 microM). Natural tumouricidal activities were generally unaffected by dapsone, whilst natural cytotoxic (NC) activity was unaffected by both compounds. These results indicate that MOCA is generally immunotoxic in vitro, and may have the potential to enhance the carcinogenic effects of its genotoxic metabolite by inhibiting the tumour surveillance activities of the immune system. The relationship between immune effects and the carcinogenicity of dapsone remains unclear.
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- J M Kelso
- Key Centre for Applied and Nutritional Toxicology, RMIT University, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
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Tillmann HL, van Pelt FN, Martz W, Luecke T, Welp H, Dörries F, Veuskens A, Fischer M, Manns MP. Accidental intoxication with methylene dianiline p,p'-diaminodiphenylmethane: acute liver damage after presumed ecstasy consumption. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY. CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY 1997; 35:35-40. [PMID: 9022650 DOI: 10.3109/15563659709001163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND MDA is the abbreviation for methylene dianiline (p,p' diaminodiphenylmethane; 4,4'-methylenedianiline; CAS 101-77-9); and for methylendioxyamphetamine (MDMA, N, alpha-dimethyl-1,3-benzodioxole-5-ethanamine; CAS 42542-10-9). While the former is used for the production of polyurethane foams, the latter is a psychometric drug, which is becoming increasingly popular in the techno scene. METHODS We report six participants of a technoparty (1 female, 5 males, ages 17-25) who were admitted to the hospital with severe colicky abdominal pain and subsequently developed symptoms of hepatotoxicity. They had ingested an alcoholic beverage that had been spiked with a powdery substance they dubbed MDA. RESULTS All patients showed similar clinical symptoms, with an identical time course. Acute jaundice developed within 2 days after ingestion. Enzymes indicating cholestasis increased steadily over 7 days and reached peak values of 800 U/L (AP) and 380 U/L (GGT), whereas transaminases remained moderately elevated. Between days 5 and 7, all patients became febrile for one day, their body temperatures rising up to 40 degrees C. There was no evidence for hemolysis or an infectious hepatitis. Toxicological analysis revealed the presence of p,p'-diaminodiphenylmethane (4,4'-methylenedianiline) at a concentration of 130 mg/L in one of two urine extracts examined. CONCLUSIONS The analytical data indicate that the participants of the technoparty assumed the aniline-derivative, the cause of Epping Jaundice, was methylendioxyamphetamine because the same abbreviation, MDA, is used for both compounds. An overview of the acute liver toxicity of aniline derivatives is given and the possibility of amphetamine-induced liver damage is discussed.
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Endo-Ichikawa Y, Kohno H, Tokunaga R, Yabusaki Y, Sakaki T, Ohkawa H, Taketani S. Formation of 4,4'-methylene-bis(2-chloroaniline)-DNA adducts in yeast expressing recombinant cytochrome P450s. EXPERIENTIA 1995; 51:564-8. [PMID: 7607297 DOI: 10.1007/bf02128744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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N-Oxidation of 4,4'-methylene-bis(2-chloroaniline) (MBOCA) may lead to formation of DNA adducts. To determine if cytochrome P450s are involved in the formation of MBOCA derived-DNA adducts, yeast strains expressing rodent P450s were exposed to MBOCA, and 32P-postlabelling of nucleotides from yeast genomic DNA was done. Chromatographic analysis on PEI cellulose showed that, upon exposure to MBOCA for 1 h, nine DNA adducts were formed in yeast expressing phenobarbital-inducible rabbit P450 2B5. With a 4-h-exposure, all adducts increased in parallel. In cell-free experiments, the incubation of MBOCA with phenobarbital-induced rat microsomal fraction followed by incubation with thymus DNA, led to the formation of more than ten DNA adducts. When yeast expressing 3-methylcholanthrene-inducible rat P450 1A1 was exposed to MBOCA, one major and two minor adducts were formed. No adducts were detected in control yeast. These results show that recombinant rabbit P450 2B5 exhibits a potential activation of MBOCA and that rat P450 1A1 has some effect. The use of yeast expressing recombinant P450s and the technique of 32P-postlabelling facilitates a simple search for chemicals with carcinogenic potential.
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- Y Endo-Ichikawa
- Department of Public Health, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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Vock EH, Cantoreggi S, Gupta RC, Lutz WK. 32P-postlabeling analysis of DNA adducts formed in vitro and in rat skin by methylenediphenyl-4,4'-diisocyanate (MDI). Toxicol Lett 1995; 76:17-26. [PMID: 7701512 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4274(94)03188-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The 32P-postlabeling method was adapted for the detection of DNA adducts formed by methylenediphenyl-4,4'-diisocyanate (MDI). Incubation of the 3'-phosphates of the deoxyribosides of cytosine (C), adenine (A), guanine (G) and thymine (T) with MDI in Tris buffer resulted in the formation of 5, 7, 8, and 2 reaction products, respectively. Incubation of DNA with MDI resulted in detectable levels of 5, 2, and 1 adducts attributable to C, A, and G. Analysis of DNA isolated from the epidermis of rats treated dermally with 9 mg MDI showed an adduct pattern similar to the one seen in the in vitro DNA incubation. A total adduct level of 7 per 10(8) nucleotides was measured, the limit of detection was 2 adducts per 10(10) nucleotides. The data indicate that a minute fraction of MDI can reach DNA in vivo in a chemically reactive form. In comparison with the genotoxic skin carcinogen 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene on the other hand, the DNA-binding potency of MDI was more than 1000-fold lower.
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- E H Vock
- Institute of Toxicology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Schwerzenbach
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Brunmark P, Bruze M, Skerfving S, Skarping G. Biomonitoring of 4,4'-methylene dianiline by measurement in hydrolysed urine and plasma after epicutaneous exposure in humans. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 1995; 67:95-100. [PMID: 7672863 DOI: 10.1007/bf00572232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Five healthy volunteers were dermally exposed for 1 h to 0.75-2.25 mumol 4,4'-methylene dianiline (MDA) dissolved in isopropanol, by use of a patch-test technique. Determination of MDA remaining in the patch units after exposure showed that a median of 28% (range 25-29%) was absorbed. By analysis of hydrolysed plasma, an initial accumulation of MDA could be shown, and then a decline. MDA was also detected in hydrolysed urine. The maximum rate of MDA excretion in urine was found 6-11 h after the onset of exposure. Within two subjects studied at three doses, the urinary excretion was proportional to the exposure. The elimination half-lives (elim-t1/2) in plasma and urine had medians of 13 and 7 h, respectively. In eight out of nine exposures, the elim-t1/2 was longer in plasma than in urine. Slow acetylation seemed to be associated with short elim-t1/2 in urine. The median of total MDA amount excreted in urine during 48 h, was 33 nmol for the five subjects exposed to 0.75 mumol, which corresponded to roughly 16% (range 2%-26%) of the absorbed dose while only a limited number of individuals were studied, the data still indicated that MDA in hydrolysed plasma or urine can be used for biological monitoring of occupational dermal exposure. However, the individual variation must be taken into account. Sampling should preferably be made several hours post shift. Urine is preferred before plasma at low exposures, because of its higher concentrations of MDA.
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- P Brunmark
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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Liss GM, Guirguis SS. Follow-up of a group of workers intoxicated with 4,4'-methylenedianiline. Am J Ind Med 1994; 26:117-24. [PMID: 8074119 DOI: 10.1002/ajim.4700260110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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4,4'-Methylenedianiline (MDA), an aromatic amine, is a known human hepatotoxin and an animal carcinogen but there is little information regarding its chronic effects in humans. Between 1967 and 1976, 10 workers at a plant in Ontario that used MDA as an epoxy hardener developed acute jaundice. We followed this group from the date of intoxication through to the end of 1991 for cancer incidence by matching with the Ontario Cancer Registry. To date, one cancer, a pathologically confirmed bladder cancer has developed (expected number based on provincial incidence rates: 0.64 for all cancers, 0.05 for bladder cancer). This finding may be important because bladder cancer was a site of interest a priori; bladder cancers have been observed in two other occupationally exposed groups (significantly higher than expected in one of these); in the National Toxicology Program bioassay, urinary bladder tumors occurred in exposed animals but not in controls; and MDA has structural similarity to known human bladder carcinogens such as benzidine.
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- G M Liss
- Health and Safety Studies Unit, Ontario Ministry of Labour, Toronto, Canada
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Kanz MF, Kaphalia L, Kaphalia BS, Romagnoli E, Ansari GA. Methylene dianiline: acute toxicity and effects on biliary function. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1992; 117:88-97. [PMID: 1440618 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(92)90221-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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4,4'-Methylene dianiline (4,4'-diaminodiphenylmethane, DAPM), which is used in the polymer industry, causes hepatobiliary damage in exposed humans. Our objectives were to characterize the acute toxicity of DAPM in liver, particularly on secretion of biliary constituents and on biliary epithelial cell gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) activity. Biliary cannulas were positioned in Sprague-Dawley male rats under pentobarbital anesthesia. After 1 hr of control bile collection, each rat was given 250 mg DAPM/kg (50 mg/ml) po in 35% ethanol or 35% ethanol only; bile was collected for a further 4 hr. Groups of rats were also examined for liver injury and biliary function at 8 and 24 hr after DAPM. Four hours after DAPM administration, main bile duct cells were severely damaged with minimal damage to peripheral bile ductule cells. Focal periportal hepatocellular necrosis and extensive cytolysis of cortical thymocytes occurred by 24 hr. Serum indicators of liver injury were elevated by 4 hr and continued to rise through 24 hr. By 4 hr, biliary protein concentration was increased 4-fold while concentrations of biliary bile salt, bilirubin, and glutathione were decreased by approximately 80, 50, and 200%, respectively. DAPM also induced a striking effect on biliary glucose with an approximately 20-fold increase. Histochemical staining of main bile duct GGT was absent by 8 hr after DAPM. Bile flow was diminished by 40% at 4 hr; three of five rats had no bile flow by 8 hr and none had any bile flow by 24 hr. These results indicate that DAPM rapidly diminishes bile flow and alters the secretion of biliary constituents and is highly injurious to biliary epithelial cells.
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- M F Kanz
- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-0605
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