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Larsen K, Ichinose P, Fernández-San Juan R, Lifschitz A, Virkel G. Effects of acaricides on the activities of monooxygenases in bovine liver microsomes. J Vet Pharmacol Ther 2023; 46:375-384. [PMID: 37231529 DOI: 10.1111/jvp.13395] [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: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Organophosphates (OPs), pyrethrins and fipronil, are acaricides commonly used in cattle, mainly as pour on formulations. Scant information is available on their potential interactions with hepatic xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes. This work aimed to evaluate in vitro the potential inhibitory effects of widely employed acaricides on catalytic activities mediated by hepatic cytochrome P450 (CYP) and flavin-monooxygenase (FMO) enzymes in cattle. Bovine (n = 4) liver microsomes were incubated in the absence (control assays) and in presence of different OPs (fenthion, chlorpyrifos, ethion, diazinon and dichlorvos), fipronil and cypermethrin at 0.1-100 μm. Five oxidative enzyme activities were assayed by spectrofluorimetric or HPLC methods: 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (for CYP1A1), methoxyresorufin O-demethylase (for CYP1A2), benzyloxyresorufin O-debenzylase (for CYP2B), testosterone 6-beta hydroxylase (for CYP3A) and benzydamine N-oxidase (for FMO). All acaricides, particularly phosphorothionate-containing OPs, inhibited to some extent more than one enzyme activity. The most frequent inhibitor was fenthion, which inhibited (p < .05) all enzyme activities tested (from 22% at 1 μm to 72% at 100 μm). However, low inhibitory potencies (IC50s higher than 7 μm) of all acaricides studied were observed against the catalytic activities assayed. Therefore, the risk of in vivo metabolic interactions due to inhibition of monooxygenases would be low under common husbandry conditions.
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- Karen Larsen
- Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Centro de Investigación Veterinaria de Tandil (CIVETAN), UNCPBA-CICPBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Centro de Investigación Veterinaria de Tandil (CIVETAN), UNCPBA-CICPBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Centro de Investigación Veterinaria de Tandil (CIVETAN), UNCPBA-CICPBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Centro de Investigación Veterinaria de Tandil (CIVETAN), UNCPBA-CICPBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Centro de Investigación Veterinaria de Tandil (CIVETAN), UNCPBA-CICPBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Suo D, Song Z, Xiao Z, Zhuang F, Fan L, Fan X. Fipronil and its metabolites in chicken feather: residue analysis, depletion study, and application analysis of pollution sources in laying hens. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:18499-18508. [PMID: 36215024 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-23527-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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A method based on a multi-mechanism impurity adsorption and ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry was established to detect fipronil and four of its metabolites in chicken feathers. This method was successfully applied to the depletion study of fipronil in feathers of laying hens. Fipronil and two metabolites were found in feathers during treatment. Fipronil concentrations in feathers increased during medication and then regularly decreased during withdrawal, and they were still detected on the 14th day after withdrawal. High residue concentrations were also present in feathers on day 23 of the experimental period. Pollution sources of fipronil can be inferred on the basis of the residue ratio of fipronil metabolites from different pollution modes. Result shows that feathers were an effective matrix for residue monitoring and risk analysis of fipronil in animals and the environment.
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- Decheng Suo
- Institute of Quality Standards and Testing Technology for Agricultural Products, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, 100081, China.
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- Institute of Quality Standards and Testing Technology for Agricultural Products, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Institute of Quality Standards and Testing Technology for Agricultural Products, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Liaoning Agricultural Development Service Center, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110000, China
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- Institute of Quality Standards and Testing Technology for Agricultural Products, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Institute of Quality Standards and Testing Technology for Agricultural Products, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, 100081, China
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Canton L, Canton C, Ceballos L, Domínguez P, Rodríguez J, Lanusse C, Alvarez L, Moreno L. Oral and topical extra-label administration of fipronil to laying hens: Assessment of the egg residue patterns. J Vet Pharmacol Ther 2021; 44:808-819. [PMID: 33763877 DOI: 10.1111/jvp.12965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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This experimental work reproduces the fipronil extra-label administration performed by producers in laying hens. The scientific goal was to characterize the residual concentrations in eggs from treated hens and suggest the withdrawal periods that should be respected to avoid risk for consumers. Thirty-four laying hens were allocated into two groups: Group A was treated with fipronil in feed, two single doses of 1 mg kg-1 day-1 ; Group B was administered a single dose of 1 mg kg-1 by the topical route. Fipronil egg residues were quantified by HPLC-MS/MS. Fipronil and its sulphone metabolite (fipronil-SO2 ) were measured in egg after both treatments. The highest egg residual profile was always for fipronil-SO2 . Mean maximum egg concentrations (Cmax ) of 228.5 ± 79.8 ng/g (fipronil) and 1,849 ± 867 ng/g (fipronil-SO2 ) were found after fipronil administration in feed. The lowest residual levels were quantified after the topical treatment with Cmax of 27.1 ± 4.9 and 163 ± 26 ng/g for fipronil and fipronil-SO2 . Mean fipronil marker residues and established MRLs allowed calculating the withdrawal periods, the shortest being 74 days after topical administration. Such a long withdrawal period is difficult to meet in egg production systems. Thus, the extra-label use of fipronil in laying hens should not be recommended under any circumstances.
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- Lucila Canton
- Laboratorio de Farmacología, Centro de Investigación Veterinaria de Tandil (CIVETAN, UNCPBA-CICPBA-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Tandil, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Farmacología, Centro de Investigación Veterinaria de Tandil (CIVETAN, UNCPBA-CICPBA-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Tandil, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Farmacología, Centro de Investigación Veterinaria de Tandil (CIVETAN, UNCPBA-CICPBA-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Tandil, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Farmacología, Centro de Investigación Veterinaria de Tandil (CIVETAN, UNCPBA-CICPBA-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Tandil, Argentina
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA, Balcarce, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Farmacología, Centro de Investigación Veterinaria de Tandil (CIVETAN, UNCPBA-CICPBA-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Tandil, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Farmacología, Centro de Investigación Veterinaria de Tandil (CIVETAN, UNCPBA-CICPBA-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Tandil, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Farmacología, Centro de Investigación Veterinaria de Tandil (CIVETAN, UNCPBA-CICPBA-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Tandil, Argentina
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Viguié C, Chaillou E, Gayrard V, Picard-Hagen N, Fowler PA. Toward a better understanding of the effects of endocrine disrupting compounds on health: Human-relevant case studies from sheep models. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2020; 505:110711. [PMID: 31954824 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2020.110711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2019] [Revised: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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There are many challenges to overcome in order to properly understand both the exposure to, and effects of, endocrine disruptors (EDs). This is particularly true with respect to fetal life where ED exposures are a major issue requiring toxicokinetic studies of materno-fetal exchange and identification of pathophysiological consequences. The sheep, a large, monotocous, species, is very suitable for in utero fetal catheterization allowing a modelling approach predictive of human fetal exposure. Predicting adverse effects of EDs on human health is frequently impeded by the wide interspecies differences in the regulation of endocrine functions and their effects on biological processes. Because of its similarity to humans as regards gestational and thyroid physiologies and brain ontogeny, the sheep constitutes a highly appropriate model to move one step further on thyroid disruptor hazard assessment. As a grazing animal, the sheep has also proven to be useful in the evaluation of the consequences of chronic environmental exposure to "real-life" complex mixtures at different stages of the reproductive life cycle.
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- Catherine Viguié
- Toxalim (Research Center in Food Toxicology), Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, INP-Purpan, UPS, 31300, Toulouse, France.
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- PRC, INRAE Val de Loire, UMR85 Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, CNRS, IFCE, Université de Tours, 37380, Nouzilly, France
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- Toxalim (Research Center in Food Toxicology), Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, INP-Purpan, UPS, 31300, Toulouse, France
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- Toxalim (Research Center in Food Toxicology), Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, INP-Purpan, UPS, 31300, Toulouse, France
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- Institute of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK
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Abouelghar GE, El-Bermawy ZA, Salman HMS. Oxidative stress, hematological and biochemical alterations induced by sub-acute exposure to fipronil (COACH ®) in albino mice and ameliorative effect of selenium plus vitamin E. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 27:7886-7900. [PMID: 31889272 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-06579-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Fipronil (FIP) is a highly effective, broad-use insecticide that belongs to the phenylpyrazole chemical group. It is extensively used in the agriculture and veterinary medicine for controlling a wide variety of pests. Though FIP showed lower toxicity in vertebrates than in insects, it was recognized to have a variety of toxic effects in mammals. The present study was undertaken to evaluate FIP-induced alterations in the blood biochemical markers and oxidative stress parameters in male albino mice via oral sub-acute toxicity exposure. The possible ameliorative effect of the pretreatment with selenium plus α-tocopherol (vitamin E) against the harmful effects of FIP was also investigated. Mice in FIP-test groups were exposed to different sublethal doses, i.e., 1.43, 2.87, and 4.78 mg active ingredient (AI)/kg body weight (b.w.), equal to 1/100, 1/50, and 1/30 LD50 of FIP, respectively, for 28 days. Mice in the amelioration groups were orally administered with selenium + vitamin E (0.3 mg + 22.5 mg/kg b.w., respectively) 14 days prior to exposure to the higher dose (4.78 mg/kg) of FIP for another 14 days. Fipronil exposure at medium and high doses showed lowered values of red blood cell count (RBC), hematocrit (HCT), hemoglobin (HGB), white blood cell (WBC), and platelet (PLT) counts after 28-day exposure, compared to the control. All three doses caused significant increases in levels of liver-function biomarkers, i.e., aspartate amino transaminase (AST), alanine amino transaminase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), cholesterol, and bilirubin levels compared to the control. Levels of biomarkers related to kidney functions, i.e., urea, uric acid, and creatinine, increased significantly than these of the control. Likewise, the oxidative stress indices, i.e., hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and malondialdehyde (MDA), significantly increased at the higher and medium doses, while antioxidant enzymes, catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD), decreased significantly. On the other hand, prior administration of selenium + vitamin E in the FIP-exposed mice led to restore values of most hematological parameters nearly to these of the control. Also, the levels of AST, total protein, and creatinine seemed to be restored to the control values. Interestingly, pretreatment with selenium + vitamin E restored the levels of antioxidant enzymes, CAT and SOD, to the control values, whereas, oxidative stress indices, H2O2 and MDA, remained significantly high. It is our thought that the sublethal dose less than 1.43 mg/kg b.w. of commercial formulation of FIP (COACH® 200 SC) could be considered as no-observed-adverse-effect-level(NOAEL) under our present experimental conditions at short-term toxicity study. On the other hand, the higher sublethal doses, 4.78 and 2.87 mg/kg b.w., induced significant adverse effects in biomarkers and may be deleterious to human health following long-term exposure.
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- Gamal E Abouelghar
- Department of Pesticides, Faculty of Agriculture, Menoufia University, Shebin Elkom, MNF, 32511, Egypt.
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- Department of Pesticides, Faculty of Agriculture, Menoufia University, Shebin Elkom, MNF, 32511, Egypt
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- Department of Pesticides, Faculty of Agriculture, Menoufia University, Shebin Elkom, MNF, 32511, Egypt
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Martin PGP, Dupouy V, Leghait J, Pineau T, Polizzi A, Lasserre F, Roques BB, Viguié C. Transcriptomic modifications of the thyroid gland upon exposure to phytosanitary-grade fipronil: Evidence for the activation of compensatory pathways. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2019; 389:114873. [PMID: 31881178 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2019.114873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2019] [Revised: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 12/21/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Fipronil is a phenylpyrazole insecticide used for the control of a variety of pest for domestic, veterinary and agricultural uses. Fipronil exposure is associated to thyroid disruption in the rat. It increases thyroid hormone (TH) hepatic clearance. The effect on thyroxine (T4) clearance is about four fold higher than the effect on T4 plasma concentrations suggesting that the thyroid gland might develop compensatory mechanisms. The aim of this study was to document the potential effects of fipronil treatment on the thyroid transcriptome together with its effects on TSH and TH blood levels under well characterized internal exposure to fipronil and its main metabolite fipronil sulfone. Fipronil (3 mg/kg/d by gavage for 14 days) clearance increased while its half-life decreased (about 10 fold) throughout treatment. Fipronil treatment in adult female rats significantly decreased total T4 and free triiodothyronine (T3) concentrations. Key genes related to thyroid hormone synthesis and/or cellular dynamic were modulated by fipronil exposure. RT-PCR confirmed that thyroglobulin gene expression was upregulated. A trend toward higher Na/I symporter expression was also noted, while sulfotransferase 1a1 gene expression was down-regulated. The expression of genes potentially involved in thyroid cell dynamic were upregulated (e.g. prostaglandin synthase 1, amphiregulin and Rhoa). Our results indicate that both pathways of TH synthesis and thyroid cell dynamics are transcriptional targets of fipronil and/or its main sulfone metabolite. The underlying mechanisms remain to be elucidated.
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- Pascal G P Martin
- ToxAlim (Research Centre in Food Toxicology), Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, INP-Purpan, UPS, 180 chemin de Tournefeuille, BP93173, F-31027 Toulouse Cedex 03, France
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- ToxAlim (Research Centre in Food Toxicology), Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, INP-Purpan, UPS, 180 chemin de Tournefeuille, BP93173, F-31027 Toulouse Cedex 03, France; IntheRes, INRAE, ENVT, 23 chemin des Capelles, BP87614, F-31076 Toulouse Cedex 03, France
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- ToxAlim (Research Centre in Food Toxicology), Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, INP-Purpan, UPS, 180 chemin de Tournefeuille, BP93173, F-31027 Toulouse Cedex 03, France
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- ToxAlim (Research Centre in Food Toxicology), Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, INP-Purpan, UPS, 180 chemin de Tournefeuille, BP93173, F-31027 Toulouse Cedex 03, France
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- ToxAlim (Research Centre in Food Toxicology), Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, INP-Purpan, UPS, 180 chemin de Tournefeuille, BP93173, F-31027 Toulouse Cedex 03, France
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- ToxAlim (Research Centre in Food Toxicology), Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, INP-Purpan, UPS, 180 chemin de Tournefeuille, BP93173, F-31027 Toulouse Cedex 03, France
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- ToxAlim (Research Centre in Food Toxicology), Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, INP-Purpan, UPS, 180 chemin de Tournefeuille, BP93173, F-31027 Toulouse Cedex 03, France; IntheRes, INRAE, ENVT, 23 chemin des Capelles, BP87614, F-31076 Toulouse Cedex 03, France
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- ToxAlim (Research Centre in Food Toxicology), Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, INP-Purpan, UPS, 180 chemin de Tournefeuille, BP93173, F-31027 Toulouse Cedex 03, France.
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dos Santos GCM, Rosado LHG, Alves MCC, de Paula Lima I, Ferreira TP, Borges DA, de Oliveira PC, de Sousa Magalhães V, Scott FB, Cid YP. Fipronil Tablets: Development and Pharmacokinetic Profile in Beagle Dogs. AAPS PharmSciTech 2019; 21:9. [PMID: 31797083 DOI: 10.1208/s12249-019-1571-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Increased human-pet interactions have led to concerns related to the prevention and treatment of ectoparasite infestations. Fipronil (FIP) is a widely used ectoparasiticide in veterinary medicine available for topical administration; however, its use may cause damage to the owners and the environment. The aim of the study was to develop immediate-release tablets of FIP, as well as to determine its pharmacokinetic properties after oral administration in beagle dogs. The prepared FIP tablets were evaluated for pre-compression (angle of repose, speed flow, and Carr's index) and post-compression (weight variation, friability, thickness, hardness, disintegration time, and dissolution rate) parameters. Orally administered FIP at a dose of 2 mg/kg was rapidly absorbed with Cmáx of 3.13 ± 1.39 μg/mL at 1.83 ± 0.40 h post treatment (P.T.) and metabolized with 1.27 ± 1.04 μg/mL at 2.33 ± 0.82 h P.T. for fipronil sulfone (SULF) (the primary metabolite). The elimination of FIP and SULF occurred slowly and had maintained quantifiable plasma levels in the blood for up to 28 days P.T. The goal of the study is aligned with the concept of One Health, which aims to collaboratively achieve the best health for people, animals, and the environment. Therefore, the use of FIP tablets for the control of ectoparasites in dogs may be a safer alternative for owners and the environment.
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Xu C, Niu L, Liu J, Sun X, Zhang C, Ye J, Liu W. Maternal exposure to fipronil results in sulfone metabolite enrichment and transgenerational toxicity in zebrafish offspring: Indication for an overlooked risk in maternal transfer? ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2019; 246:876-884. [PMID: 31159137 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.12.096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2018] [Revised: 12/29/2018] [Accepted: 12/31/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Ecotoxicological studies show the association between pesticide pollution and transgenerational toxicity in aquatic organisms. However, a less considered risk is that many pesticides can be metabolized and transferred to offspring as new toxicants. In this study, we used zebrafish to evaluate the maternal transfer risk of fipronil (FIP), which is a great threat to aquatic organisms with toxic metabolite formation. After 28-day exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations (1.0, 5.0 and 10.0 μg/L) of FIP in adult female zebrafish (F0), the toxicants off-loading and transgenerational toxicity in offspring were studied. High burdens of FIP and its sulfone metabolite were found in both F0 and the embryos (F1), resulting in increased CYP450 activity. The residual levels of the metabolite were higher than those of the parent compound. Chiral analysis further showed a preferential accumulation of S-enantiomer of FIP in both F0 and F1. Maternal exposure to FIP increased the malformation rate and decreased the swim speed in larvae. Additionally, after exposure, the levels of thyroid hormones (THs), including triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4), decreased in both generations, particularly in the F1. Gene transcription expression along the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis was also significantly affected. Maternal exposure to FIP increased sulfone metabolite enrichment and cause multiple toxic effects in F1. Findings from this study highlight the key role of biologically active product formation in the maternal transfer of pollutants and associated risk assessment.
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- Chao Xu
- College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310032, China.
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, 310036, China; International Joint Research Center for Persistent Toxic Substances (IJRC-PTS), College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Environmental Monitoring Centre, Hangzhou, 310012, China
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- Zhejiang Environmental Monitoring Centre, Hangzhou, 310012, China
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- College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310032, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, 201418, China
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- International Joint Research Center for Persistent Toxic Substances (IJRC-PTS), College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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Kim YA, Yoon YS, Kim HS, Jeon SJ, Cole E, Lee J, Kho Y, Cho YH. Distribution of fipronil in humans, and adverse health outcomes of in utero fipronil sulfone exposure in newborns. Int J Hyg Environ Health 2019; 222:524-532. [PMID: 30718154 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2019.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Revised: 01/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Fipronil is a highly effective insecticide with extensive usages; however, its distribution and toxic/health effects in the human population after chronic exposure have not yet been clearly identified. Our objectives were to determine the levels of serum fipronil and fipronil sulfone, a primary fipronil metabolite, in a general and sensitive human population using a birth cohort of parent-infant triads in Korea. We further investigated whether in utero exposure to fipronil and fipronil sulfone can affect health outcomes in newborn infants. Blood and umbilical cord blood from 169 participants, 59 mother-neonate pairs and 51 matching biological fathers, were collected; serum fipronil and fipronil sulfone (both blood and cord blood) and serum thyroid hormones (cord blood) were measured. Demographic, physiological, behavioral, clinical, and socioeconomic data for each participant were collected via a one-on-one interview and a questionnaire survey. Fipronil sulfone was detected in the serum of mothers, fathers, and infantile cord blood, while fipronil itself was not. Maternal fipronil sulfone levels were correlated to those of matched biological fathers and newborn infants. Adjusted analyses identified significant associations between parental fipronil sulfone levels and household income. Infantile fipronil sulfone levels were significantly associated with both maternal and paternal levels as well as maternal pre-pregnant BMI. Furthermore, infantile fipronil sulfone levels were inversely associated with cord blood T3 and free T3 levels as well as 5-min Apgar scores of newborn infants. Serum fipronil sulfone was detected in a specific population of mother-neonate pairs and their matched biological fathers in a manner suggestive of regular exposure to fipronil among urban residents. The findings also suggest that serum fipronil sulfone placentally transfers to the fetus and affects infantile adverse health outcomes. This is a first of its kind study; therefore, future studies are warranted.
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- Young Ah Kim
- Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 10380, Republic of Korea
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- Departments of Family Medicine, Center for Health Promotion, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 10380, Republic of Korea
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- Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 10380, Republic of Korea
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- Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 10380, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 59812, USA
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- Department of Health, Environment and Safety, School of Human & Environmental Service, Eulji University, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13135, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Health, Environment and Safety, School of Human & Environmental Service, Eulji University, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13135, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 59812, USA.
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Wang K, Vasylieva N, Wan D, Eads DA, Yang J, Tretten T, Barnych B, Li J, Li QX, Gee SJ, Hammock BD, Xu T. Quantitative Detection of Fipronil and Fipronil-Sulfone in Sera of Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs and Rats after Oral Exposure to Fipronil by Camel Single-Domain Antibody-Based Immunoassays. Anal Chem 2019; 91:1532-1540. [PMID: 30521755 PMCID: PMC7144541 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b04653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The insecticide fipronil can be metabolized to its sulfone in mammalian species. Two camel single-domain antibodies (VHHs) F1 and F6, selective to fipronil and fipronil-sulfone, respectively, were generated and used to develop enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) for the detection of the two compounds in the sera of black-tailed prairie dogs and rats. The limits of detection of fipronil and fipronil-sulfone in the rodent sera by the corresponding ELISAs were 10 and 30 ng mL-1, and the linear ranges were 30-1000 and 75-2200 ng mL-1. ELISAs showed a good recovery for fipronil and fipronil-sulfone cospiked in the control sera of the black-tailed prairie dogs (90-109%) and rats (93-106%). The VHH-based ELISAs detected fipronil and fipronil-sulfone in the sera of the rodents that received a repeated oral administration of fipronil. The average concentration of fipronil-sulfone was approximately 3.2-fold higher than fipronil in the prairie dog sera (1.15 vs 0.36 μg mL-1) and rat sera (1.77 vs 0.53 μg mL-1). ELISAs agreed well with a liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry method for the quantification of both fipronil and fipronil-sulfone in real serum samples. Fipronil-sulfone was identified as the predominant metabolite of fipronil in the black-tailed prairie dog and rat sera.
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- Kai Wang
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Entomology and UCD Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Entomology and UCD Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- Department of Entomology and UCD Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center, Carr, Colorado 80612, United States
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- Department of Entomology and UCD Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1955 East–West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Entomology and UCD Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Entomology and UCD Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Oliveira KJ, Chiamolera MI, Giannocco G, Pazos-Moura CC, Ortiga-Carvalho TM. Thyroid Function Disruptors: from nature to chemicals. J Mol Endocrinol 2018; 62:JME-18-0081. [PMID: 30006341 DOI: 10.1530/jme-18-0081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2018] [Revised: 07/03/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The modern concept of thyroid disruptors includes man-made chemicals and bioactive compounds from food that interfere with any aspect of the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid axis, thyroid hormone biosynthesis and secretion, blood and transmembrane transport, metabolism and local action of thyroid hormones. This review highlights relevant disruptors that effect populations through their diet: directly from food itself (fish oil and polyunsaturated fatty acids, pepper, coffee, cinnamon and resveratrol/grapes), through vegetable cultivation (pesticides) and from containers for food storage and cooking (bisphenol A, phthalates and polybrominated diphenyl ethers). Due to the vital role of thyroid hormones during every stage of life, we review effects from the gestational period through to adulthood, including evidence from in vitro studies, rodent models, human trials and epidemiological studies.
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- Karen J Oliveira
- K Oliveira, Laboratório de Fisiologia Endócrina e Metabologia, Physiology and Pharmacology, Federal Fluminense University, Niteroi, Brazil
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- M Chiamolera, Endocrinology, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- G Giannocco, Laboratório de Endocrinologia Molecular e Translacional, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- C Pazos-Moura, Laboratório de Endocrinologia Molecular, Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- T Ortiga-Carvalho, Laboratório de Endocrinologia Translacional, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Wang J, Hallinger DR, Murr AS, Buckalew AR, Simmons SO, Laws SC, Stoker TE. High-Throughput Screening and Quantitative Chemical Ranking for Sodium-Iodide Symporter Inhibitors in ToxCast Phase I Chemical Library. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2018; 52:5417-5426. [PMID: 29611697 PMCID: PMC6697091 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b06145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Thyroid uptake of iodide via the sodium-iodide symporter (NIS) is the first step in the biosynthesis of thyroid hormones that are critical for health and development in humans and wildlife. Despite having long been a known target of endocrine disrupting chemicals such as perchlorate, information regarding NIS inhibition activity is still unavailable for the vast majority of environmental chemicals. This study applied a previously validated high-throughput approach to screen for NIS inhibitors in the ToxCast phase I library, representing 293 important environmental chemicals. Here 310 blinded samples were screened in a tiered-approach using an initial single-concentration (100 μM) radioactive-iodide uptake (RAIU) assay, followed by 169 samples further evaluated in multi-concentration (0.001 μM-100 μM) testing in parallel RAIU and cell viability assays. A novel chemical ranking system that incorporates multi-concentration RAIU and cytotoxicity responses was also developed as a standardized method for chemical prioritization in current and future screenings. Representative chemical responses and thyroid effects of high-ranking chemicals are further discussed. This study significantly expands current knowledge of NIS inhibition potential in environmental chemicals and provides critical support to U.S. EPA's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) initiative to expand coverage of thyroid molecular targets, as well as the development of thyroid adverse outcome pathways (AOPs).
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- Jun Wang
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
- Endocrine Toxicology Branch, Toxicity Assessment Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27711, USA
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- Endocrine Toxicology Branch, Toxicity Assessment Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27711, USA
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- Endocrine Toxicology Branch, Toxicity Assessment Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27711, USA
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- Endocrine Toxicology Branch, Toxicity Assessment Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27711, USA
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- National Center for Computational Toxicology, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27711, USA
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- Endocrine Toxicology Branch, Toxicity Assessment Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27711, USA
- Corresponding authors: (Phone: 919-541-0173 Fax: 919-541-5138) and (Phone: 919-541-2783 Fax: 919-541-5138)
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- Endocrine Toxicology Branch, Toxicity Assessment Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27711, USA
- Corresponding authors: (Phone: 919-541-0173 Fax: 919-541-5138) and (Phone: 919-541-2783 Fax: 919-541-5138)
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Wang X, Martínez MA, Wu Q, Ares I, Martínez-Larrañaga MR, Anadón A, Yuan Z. Fipronil insecticide toxicology: oxidative stress and metabolism. Crit Rev Toxicol 2016; 46:876-899. [DOI: 10.1080/10408444.2016.1223014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Romero A, Ramos E, Ares I, Castellano V, Martínez M, Martínez-Larrañaga MR, Anadón A, Martínez MA. Fipronil sulfone induced higher cytotoxicity than fipronil in SH-SY5Y cells: Protection by antioxidants. Toxicol Lett 2016; 252:42-9. [PMID: 27067106 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2016.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2015] [Revised: 04/04/2016] [Accepted: 04/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Fipronil is a broad spectrum insecticide from the phenyl pyrazole family, which targets GABA receptor. Limited information is available about the metabolite fipronil sulfone cytotoxic actions. This study examined in vitro neurotoxicity of fipronil and fipronil sulfone and evaluated Trolox (vitamin E analog) (0.3, 1μM), N-acetyl-cysteine (0.5, 1mM), melatonin (0.1, 1μM) and Tempol (superoxide dismutase analog) (0.3, 0.5mM) protective role in SH-SY5Y cells. MTT and LDH assays were carried out to assess the cytotoxicity of fipronil and fipronil sulfone at 3-100μM concentrations. Fipronil sulfone was more toxic than fipronil. Tempol showed the best neuroprotectant profile against fipronil (50 and 150μM) and fipronil sulfone (3 and 10μM) reaching control levels. Fipronil (100μM) and fipronil sulfone (3μM) treatments induced a 4.7- and 5-fold increases in lipid peroxides measured as malondialdehyde (MDA) and a 2.2- and 2.0-fold increases in the levels of nitric oxide (NO). These results suggest that oxidative stress observed may be one of the major mechanisms of fipronil-induced neurotoxicity and it may be attributed in part to fipronil disposition and metabolism. Our results led us postulate that metabolite fipronil sulfone might be responsible for the fipronil-induced toxicity rather than fipronil itself.
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- A Romero
- Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Cid YP, Ferreira TP, Magalhães VS, Correia TR, Scott FB. Injectable fipronil for cattle: Plasma disposition and efficacy against Rhipicephalus microplus. Vet Parasitol 2016; 220:4-8. [PMID: 26995714 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2016.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2015] [Revised: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 02/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Fipronil is a phenylpyrazole class insecticide. It is widely used as an insecticide in agriculture and in the control of ectoparasites in veterinary medicine. The application of fipronil in an injectable form (subcutaneously) becomes an innovation, since there is no commercially available preparation containing fipronil herein. The present study aimed at fipronil usage, applied subcutaneously in cattle, to control Rhipicephalus microplus. The assessing criteria used in the research have been the construction of the plasma concentration curve and efficacy studies. A method using High Performance Liquid Chromatograph with ultraviolet detection was developed for determination of fipronil in bovine plasma samples, providing a fast and simple process with good reproducibility and low limit of quantification. The validation of the analytical method showed linearity, selectivity, precision, accuracy, sensitivity and stability, thus proving it as suitable for routine analysis. This method showed to be an important investigative tool in the analysis of fipronil plasma concentration in cattle. Fipronil administered via subcutaneous in bovine reached the systemic circulation (Cmax=378.06±137.44 ng/mL), was quickly absorbed (t(max)=10±0.87 h), and its elimination occurred slowly (t(1/2)=12 days), while maintaining quantifiable blood plasma levels (23.79±12.16 ng/mL) for up to 21 days after the treatment with a 1 mg/kg dosage. The in vivo efficacy tests proved that fipronil applied subcutaneously in a single dose of 1 mg/kg in cattle exhibited a mean efficacy of 82.41% against R. microplus. The potential of subcutaneous injection as an alternative treatment route in cattle encourage the development of an injectable formulation of fipronil.
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- Yara P Cid
- Chemical Department, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, km 7, 23897-000 Seropédica, RJ, Brazil.
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- Animal Parasitology Department, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, km 7, 23897-000 Seropédica, RJ, Brazil
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- Animal Parasitology Department, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, km 7, 23897-000 Seropédica, RJ, Brazil
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- Animal Parasitology Department, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, km 7, 23897-000 Seropédica, RJ, Brazil
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- Animal Parasitology Department, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, km 7, 23897-000 Seropédica, RJ, Brazil
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Lopez-Antia A, Ortiz-Santaliestra ME, Camarero PR, Mougeot F, Mateo R. Assessing the Risk of Fipronil-Treated Seed Ingestion and Associated Adverse Effects in the Red-Legged Partridge. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2015; 49:13649-13657. [PMID: 26448319 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Fipronil is an insecticide commonly used in agriculture, but there are growing concerns over its environmental impacts (e.g., harmful effects on pollinators). Fipronil-treated seed ingestion might threaten granivorous farmland birds, in particular, Gallinaceous birds that are particularly sensitive to this insecticide. We report here on exposure risk and effects in a game bird of high socioeconomic importance, the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa). We fed captive birds with untreated maize (controls) or with a mixture of untreated-treated maize (ratio 80:20; exposed birds) during 10 days at the beginning of the breeding period (n = 12 pairs in each group). We first show that exposed partridges did not reject treated seeds but reduced food intake and lost body condition. We further studied the effects of treated seed ingestion on adult survival, oxidative balance, plasma biochemistry, carotenoid-based coloration, cellular immune response, steroid hormone levels, and reproduction. Fipronil exposure altered blood biochemistry and sexual hormone levels and reduced cellular immune response, antioxidant levels, and carotenoid-based coloration. Exposed pairs also had reduced egg fecundation rate and produced eggs with fewer antioxidants and offspring that had reduced cellular immune response. These negative effects on adult partridges, their reproductive performance, and offspring quality highlight that fipronil-treated seed ingestion is a significant threat to wild birds.
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- Ana Lopez-Antia
- Institute of Research in Game Resources (Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos, IREC), CSIC-UCLM-JCCM , Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Institute of Research in Game Resources (Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos, IREC), CSIC-UCLM-JCCM , Ciudad Real, Spain
- Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Koblenz-Landau , Landau, Germany
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- Institute of Research in Game Resources (Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos, IREC), CSIC-UCLM-JCCM , Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Institute of Research in Game Resources (Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos, IREC), CSIC-UCLM-JCCM , Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Institute of Research in Game Resources (Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos, IREC), CSIC-UCLM-JCCM , Ciudad Real, Spain
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Gibbons D, Morrissey C, Mineau P. A review of the direct and indirect effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on vertebrate wildlife. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 22:103-18. [PMID: 24938819 PMCID: PMC4284370 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3180-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 368] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2014] [Accepted: 06/06/2014] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
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Concerns over the role of pesticides affecting vertebrate wildlife populations have recently focussed on systemic products which exert broad-spectrum toxicity. Given that the neonicotinoids have become the fastest-growing class of insecticides globally, we review here 150 studies of their direct (toxic) and indirect (e.g. food chain) effects on vertebrate wildlife--mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles. We focus on two neonicotinoids, imidacloprid and clothianidin, and a third insecticide, fipronil, which also acts in the same systemic manner. Imidacloprid and fipronil were found to be toxic to many birds and most fish, respectively. All three insecticides exert sub-lethal effects, ranging from genotoxic and cytotoxic effects, and impaired immune function, to reduced growth and reproductive success, often at concentrations well below those associated with mortality. Use of imidacloprid and clothianidin as seed treatments on some crops poses risks to small birds, and ingestion of even a few treated seeds could cause mortality or reproductive impairment to sensitive bird species. In contrast, environmental concentrations of imidacloprid and clothianidin appear to be at levels below those which will cause mortality to freshwater vertebrates, although sub-lethal effects may occur. Some recorded environmental concentrations of fipronil, however, may be sufficiently high to harm fish. Indirect effects are rarely considered in risk assessment processes and there is a paucity of data, despite the potential to exert population-level effects. Our research revealed two field case studies of indirect effects. In one, reductions in invertebrate prey from both imidacloprid and fipronil uses led to impaired growth in a fish species, and in another, reductions in populations in two lizard species were linked to effects of fipronil on termite prey. Evidence presented here suggests that the systemic insecticides, neonicotinoids and fipronil, are capable of exerting direct and indirect effects on terrestrial and aquatic vertebrate wildlife, thus warranting further review of their environmental safety.
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- David Gibbons
- RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, RSPB, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 2DL, UK,
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Cravedi JP, Delous G, Zalko D, Viguié C, Debrauwer L. Disposition of fipronil in rats. CHEMOSPHERE 2013; 93:2276-2283. [PMID: 24016625 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.07.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2013] [Revised: 07/24/2013] [Accepted: 07/30/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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In the scientific literature, little attention has been paid to the disposition of fipronil, a phenyl pyrazole insecticide. In this study, the tissue distribution, the metabolic fate, and the elimination of fipronil was investigated in rats using radiolabeled fipronil. When a single oral dose of (14)C-fipronil (10 mg kg(-1) b.w.) was given to rats, the proportion of dose eliminated in urine and feces 72 h after dosing was ca 4% for each route. At the end of the experiment the highest levels of radioactivity were found in adipose tissue and adrenals. The main part of the radioactivity present in investigated tissues (adipose tissue, adrenals, liver, kidney, testes) was due to fipronil-sulfone. Five additional metabolites, isolated from urine were characterized by LC-MS/MS. Most of them are formed by the loss of the trifluoromethylsulphinyl group and subsequent hydroxylation and/or conjugation to glucuronic acid or sulfate. In conclusion, the retention of the metabolite fipronil sulfone in tissues following fipronil administration raises the question of the potential toxicity of this insecticide.
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- J P Cravedi
- INRA, UMR1331, Toxalim, Research Centre in Food Toxicology, Toulouse, France; Université de Toulouse, INPT, UPS, Toulouse, France.
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Fipronil-Induced Biochemical Alterations During Oral Subacute Toxicity in Buffalo Calves. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s40011-013-0167-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Viguié C, Collet SH, Gayrard V, Picard-Hagen N, Puel S, Roques BB, Toutain PL, Lacroix MZ. Maternal and fetal exposure to bisphenol a is associated with alterations of thyroid function in pregnant ewes and their newborn lambs. Endocrinology 2013; 154:521-8. [PMID: 23150491 DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-1401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The putative thyroid-disrupting properties of bisphenol A (BPA) highlight the need for an evaluation of fetal exposure and its consequence on the mother/newborn thyroid functions in models relevant to human. The goals of this study were to characterize in sheep a relevant model for human pregnancy and thyroid physiology, the internal exposures of the fetuses and their mothers to BPA and its main metabolite BPA-glucuronide (Gluc), and to determine to what extent it might be associated with thyroid disruption. Ewes were treated with BPA [5 mg/(kg · d) sc] or vehicle from d 28 until the end of pregnancy. Unconjugated BPA did not appear to accumulate in pregnant ewes, and its concentration was similar in the newborns and their mothers (0.13 ± 0.02 and 0.18 ± 0.03 nmol/ml in cord and maternal blood, respectively). In amniotic fluid and cord blood, BPA-Gluc concentrations were about 1300-fold higher than those of BPA. Total T(4) concentrations were decreased in BPA-treated pregnant ewes and in the cord and the jugular blood of their newborns (30% decrease). A similar difference was observed for free T(4) plasma concentrations in the jugular blood of the newborns. Our results show in a long-gestation species with a similar regulatory scheme of thyroid function as humans that BPA in utero exposure can be associated with hypothyroidism in the newborns. If such an effect were to be confirmed for a more relevant exposure scheme to BPA, this would constitute a major issue for BPA risk assessment.
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- Catherine Viguié
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Institut National Polytechnique/Université Paul Sabatire, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse, Laboratoire de Physiologie, 23 chemin des Capelles, BP 87614, F-31076 Toulouse cedex 3, France.
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Roques BB, Lacroix MZ, Puel S, Gayrard V, Picard-Hagen N, Jouanin I, Perdu E, Martin PG, Viguié C. CYP450-Dependent Biotransformation of the Insecticide Fipronil into Fipronil Sulfone Can Mediate Fipronil-Induced Thyroid Disruption in Rats. Toxicol Sci 2012; 127:29-41. [DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfs094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Reynaud S, Worms IAM, Veyrenc S, Portier J, Maitre A, Miaud C, Raveton M. Toxicokinetic of benzo[a]pyrene and fipronil in female green frogs (Pelophylax kl. esculentus). ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2012; 161:206-214. [PMID: 22230087 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.10.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2011] [Revised: 08/03/2011] [Accepted: 10/21/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A general consensus that an increased logK(ow) led to an increase in xenobiotic uptake and bioaccumulation is accepted. In this study we compared the toxicokinetics of two chemically different xenobiotics, i.e. benzo[a]pyrene and fipronil in female green frogs. Surprisingly, the uptake rates and the bioconcentration factors (BCF) of the two contaminants were not predicted by their logK(ow). The uptake rates obtained were of the same order of magnitude for the two contaminants and the BCFs measured for fipronil were about 3-fold higher than those obtained for benzo[a]pyrene. Fipronil appeared to be more recalcitrant than benzo[a]pyrene to detoxification processes leading to the accumulation of sulfone-fipronil especially in the ovaries. This phenomenon may explain reproductive influence of this contaminant described in other studies. Detoxification processes, including metabolism and the excretion of pollutants, are of importance when considering their persistence in aquatic organisms and trying to quantify their risks.
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- Stéphane Reynaud
- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA, UMR 5553 CNRS-Université), Equipe « Pollution Environnement Ecotoxicologie Ecoremediation » Domaine Universitaire de Saint-Martin d'Hères. 2233, rue de la piscine Bât D Biologie, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
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Gayrard V, Picard-Hagen N, Viguié C, Toutain PL. Competitive binding to plasma thyroid hormone transport proteins and thyroid disruption by phenylbutazone used as a probe. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2011; 174:225-31. [PMID: 21933675 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2011] [Revised: 08/31/2011] [Accepted: 09/02/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
A model of thyroidectomized sheep intravenously supplemented with thyroid hormone (TH) was developed to mimic endogenous TH exposure and to analyze the impact on plasma TH homeostasis of xenobiotic interference with TH binding to plasma proteins. TH was displaced from plasma protein binding sites by using phenylbutazone (PBZ) as a test xenobiotic, to compare the effect of PBZ on steady state free and total plasma TH concentrations between the in vivo situation and an in vitro system. While PBZ increased free TH in vitro, PBZ administration in vivo produced an immediate reduction in both total and free plasma TH. The decrease in the total TH was consistent with a PBZ-induced displacement of TH from its plasma binding proteins, leading to an increase in total TH plasma clearance. However, this reduction in total TH was not expected to be accompanied by a parallel decrease in free plasma TH since the free TH is determined by the clearance of the free plasma TH. This suggested that PBZ may also have interfered with the clearance mechanisms of free TH. It can be concluded that our thyroidectomized sheep model enables a dual action of a xenobiotic on plasma TH to be distinguished, namely a displacement of TH from its binding proteins leading to a decrease in the total plasma concentration, which is not relevant to thyroid function versus an interference with the intrinsic TH clearance leading to a change in the free plasma TH, which has a major impact in terms of thyroid disruption.
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Herin F, Boutet-Robinet E, Levant A, Dulaurent S, Manika M, Galatry-Bouju F, Caron P, Soulat JM. Thyroid function tests in persons with occupational exposure to fipronil. Thyroid 2011; 21:701-6. [PMID: 21615307 DOI: 10.1089/thy.2010.0449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Fipronil represents a chemical class of insecticides acting at the γ-aminobutyric acid receptor in pests. [corrected] Fipronil has been associated with a significant increase in the incidence of thyroid gland tumors concomitant with prolonged exposure to thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in rats. An association between human TSH concentration and thyroid cancer has been also reported. The primary objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that chronic occupational fipronil exposure may be associated with abnormal thyroid function tests. METHODS In 2008, 159 workers of a factory manufacturing fipronil-containing veterinary drugs were assessed. Serum concentrations of TSH, total thyroxine, free thyroxine, fipronil, and fipronil sulfone were measured. RESULTS A positive and significant correlation was observed between serum fipronil or fipronil sulfone levels and duration of fipronil exposure. Serum fipronil sulfone concentration was negatively correlated with TSH concentration in fipronil-exposed workers, but with no significant increase in thyroid function test abnormalities. CONCLUSION This study did not show that chronic fipronil exposure was associated with an increase of thyroid function test abnormalities. But, despite the fact that fipronil exposure in rats has been associated with increased serum TSH, fipronil sulfone concentrations were negatively correlated with serum TSH concentrations in fipronil-exposed workers, raising the possibility that fipronil has a central inhibitory effect on TSH secretion in humans. Close occupational medical surveillance, therefore, appears to be required in factory workers manufacturing fipronil-containing veterinary drugs. Larger epidemiological studies as well as investigations on possible thyroid-disrupting mechanisms of fipronil are also required.
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Affiliation(s)
- Fabrice Herin
- 1 Inserm U558, National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) and The University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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