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Leveraging human genetic and adverse outcome pathway (AOP) data to inform susceptibility in human health risk assessment. Mamm Genome 2018; 29:190-204. [DOI: 10.1007/s00335-018-9738-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2017] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Characterization and assessment of two biocontrol bacteria against Pseudomonas syringae wilt in Solanum lycopersicum and its genetic responses. Microbiol Res 2017; 206:43-49. [PMID: 29146259 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2017.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Revised: 09/08/2017] [Accepted: 09/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Pseudomonas and Bacillus species are attractive due to their potential bio-control application against plant bacterial pathogens. Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain D4 and Bacillus stratosphericus strain FW3 were isolated from mine tailings in South Korea. In these potent bacterial strains, we observed improved antagonistic activity against Pseudomonas syringae DC3000. These strains produced biocatalysts for plant growth promotion, and in vivo examination of Solanum lycopersicum included analysis of disease severity, ion leakage, chlorophyll content, and H2O2 detection. In addition, regulation of the defense genes pathogen-related protein 1a (PR1a) and phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) was compared with treated plants and untreated control plants. The results suggest that these two bacterial strains provide protection against plant pathogens via direct and indirect modes of action and could be used as a bio-control agent.
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Miao R, Ding B, Zhang Y, Zhao R, Li Y, Zhu B. Large-scale label-free proteomics analysis of occupational poisoned patients of 1-bromopropane, workers exposed to 1-bromopropane and healthy individuals. Hum Exp Toxicol 2017; 37:3-12. [PMID: 28120620 DOI: 10.1177/0960327117689911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- R Miao
- The 8th People’s Hospital of Wuxi, Wuxi, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing, China
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- The 8th People’s Hospital of Wuxi, Wuxi, China
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- The 8th People’s Hospital of Wuxi, Wuxi, China
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- The 8th People’s Hospital of Wuxi, Wuxi, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing, China
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Zong C, Garner CE, Huang C, Zhang X, Zhang L, Chang J, Toyokuni S, Ito H, Kato M, Sakurai T, Ichihara S, Ichihara G. Preliminary characterization of a murine model for 1-bromopropane neurotoxicity: Role of cytochrome P450. Toxicol Lett 2016; 258:249-258. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2016.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2016] [Revised: 06/13/2016] [Accepted: 07/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Zong C, Zhang X, Huang C, Chang J, Garner CE, Sakurai T, Kato M, Ichihara S, Ichihara G. Role of cytochrome P450s in the male reproductive toxicity of 1-bromopropane. Toxicol Res (Camb) 2016; 5:1522-1529. [PMID: 30090453 DOI: 10.1039/c6tx00164e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2016] [Accepted: 08/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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1-Bromopropane (1BP) is widely used as an alternative to ozone-depleting solvents. The present study investigated the role of P450s in 1BP-induced male reproductive toxicity. Mice co-treated with 1-aminobenzotriazole (ABT), a non-selective P450 inhibitor, were exposed to 1BP at 0, 50, 250, or 1200 ppm, while saline-treated control mice were exposed to 1BP at 0, 50, or 250 ppm, for 4 weeks. In the saline-treated mice, exposure to 1BP at 250 ppm decreased the sperm count and sperm motility. Histopathological examination showed that exposure to 1BP at 50 and 250 ppm increased the number of elongated spermatids retained at the basal region of stage IX, X and XI seminiferous tubules, while exposure to 1BP at 250 ppm increased the number of periodic acid-Schiff (PAS)-positive round structures in stage IX, X, and XI seminiferous tubules. Co-treatment with ABT prevented the above changes induced by exposure to 1BP at 50 or 250 ppm. However, ABT-treated mice exposed to 1BP in the 1200 ppm group showed decreases in the weights of reproductive organs, epididymal sperm count and motility, increases in epididymal sperm with abnormal heads, retained spermatids and PAS-positive round structures in stages IX-XI, depletion of spermatogenic cells in part of the seminiferous tubules, and a small number of round spermatids in stage VII seminiferous tubules. The results at 50 and 250 ppm of 1-BP exposure indicate that P450s play important roles in 1BP-induced testicular toxicity. The control of P450 activity reduced 1BP-induced male reproductive toxicities including spermiation failure, reduction of epididymal sperm count and motility, and formation of PAS-positive round structures at postspermiation stages.
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- Cai Zong
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health , Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Tokyo University of Science , Noda 278-8510 , Japan . ; ; Tel: +81-4-7121-361.,Department of Occupational and Environmental Health , Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine , Nagoya 466-8550 , Japan
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health , Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Tokyo University of Science , Noda 278-8510 , Japan . ; ; Tel: +81-4-7121-361.,Department of Occupational and Environmental Health , Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine , Nagoya 466-8550 , Japan
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health , Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine , Nagoya 466-8550 , Japan
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- School of Public Health , Medical College of Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China.,Department of Occupational and Environmental Health , Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine , Nagoya 466-8550 , Japan
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- Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute , Albuquerque , New Mexico 87108 , USA
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health , Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Tokyo University of Science , Noda 278-8510 , Japan . ; ; Tel: +81-4-7121-361
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health , Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine , Nagoya 466-8550 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Regional Innovation Studies , Mie University , Tsu 514-8507 , Japan
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health , Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Tokyo University of Science , Noda 278-8510 , Japan . ; ; Tel: +81-4-7121-361
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Huang F, Ichihara S, Yamada Y, Banu S, Ichihara G. Effect of 4-week inhalation exposure to 1-bromopropane on blood pressure in rats. J Appl Toxicol 2016; 37:331-338. [PMID: 27452781 DOI: 10.1002/jat.3364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2015] [Revised: 06/18/2016] [Accepted: 06/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The pathophysiology of hypertension is complex and multifactorial, and includes exposure to various chemical substances. Several recent studies have documented the reproductive and neurological toxicities of 1-bromopropane (1-BP). Given that 1-BP increased reactive oxygen species in the brain of rats, we hypothesized that 1-BP also has cardiovascular toxicity through increased oxidative stress. To test this hypothesis, male F344 and Wistar Nagoya rats (n = 7-8 per group per test) were exposed to 0 or 1000 ppm of 1-BP via inhalation for 4 weeks (8 h per day, 7 days per week). The exposure to 1-BP increased systolic blood pressure. This effect was associated with a significant decrease in the reduced/oxidized glutathione ratio. A significant increase in nitrotyrosine levels, activation of the NADPH oxidase pathway, which was evidenced by upregulation of gp91phox, a NADPH oxidase subunit, and significant decreases in the expressions of antioxidant molecules such as Cu/Zn- and Mn-superoxide dismutase catalase, and nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2, were observed in the aortas of Wistar Nagoya rats exposed to 1-BP. Our results indicate that subacute (4-week) inhalation exposure to 1-BP increases blood pressure and suggest that this cardiovascular toxic effect is due, at least in part, to increased oxidative stress mediated through activation of the NADPH oxidase pathway. Further study is needed to assess whether NADPH oxidase activation causes the increase in blood pressure in the rats exposed to 1-BP. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Fen Huang
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.,School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Anhui, China
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- Department of Human Functional Genomics, Life Science Research Center, Mie University, Tsu, Japan
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- Department of Human Functional Genomics, Life Science Research Center, Mie University, Tsu, Japan.,Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College Hospital and Research Center, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.,Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Japan
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Garner CE, Liang S, Yin L, Yu X. Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling for 1-bromopropane in F344 rats using gas uptake inhalation experiments. Toxicol Sci 2015; 145:23-36. [PMID: 25634537 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfv018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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1-Bromopropane (1-BP) was introduced into the workplace as an alternative to ozone-depleting solvents and increasingly used in manufacturing industry. The potential exposure to 1-BP and the current reports of adverse effects associated with occupational exposure to high levels of 1-BP have increased the need to understand the mechanism of 1-BP toxicity in animal models as a mean of understanding risk in workers. Physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model for 1-BP has been developed to examine 2 metabolic pathway assumptions for gas-uptake inhalation study. Based on previous gas-uptake experiments in the Fischer 344 rat, the PBPK model was developed by simulating the 1-BP concentration in a closed chamber. In the model, we tested the hypothesis that metabolism responsibilities were shared by the p450 CYP2E1 and glutathione (GSH) conjugation. The results showed that 2 metabolic pathways adequately simulated 1-BP closed chamber concentration. Furthermore, the above model was tested by simulating the gas-uptake data of the female rats pretreated with 1-aminobenzotrizole, a general P450 suicide inhibitor, or d,l-buthionine (S,R)-sulfoximine, an inhibitor of GSH synthesis, prior to exposure to 800 ppm 1-BP. The comparative investigation on the metabolic pathway of 1-BP through the PBPK modeling in both sexes provides critical information for understanding the role of p450 and GSH in the metabolism of 1-BP and eventually helps to quantitatively extrapolate current animal studies to human.
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- C Edwin Garner
- *Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108 and Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602
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- *Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108 and Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602
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- *Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108 and Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602
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- *Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108 and Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602
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Garner CE, Yu X. Species and sex-dependent toxicokinetics of 1-bromopropane: the role of hepatic cytochrome P450 oxidation and glutathione (GSH). Xenobiotica 2014; 44:644-56. [PMID: 24438363 DOI: 10.3109/00498254.2013.879624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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1. The objectives of the current studies were to evaluate the factors influencing the toxicokinetics of 1-bromopropane (1-BP) in rodents after intravenous (IV) and inhalation exposure. 2. F-344 rats were administered 1-BP via IV bolus injection at 5 and 20 mg/kg and blood concentration determined versus time. F-344 rats and B6C3F1 mice were also exposed to starting inhalation concentrations 70, 240, 800 and 2700 ppm 1-BP in a closed gas uptake system and chamber 1-BP levels were monitored for 6 h. Plasma bromide concentrations were determined to estimate total metabolized dose. Rats were pretreated with chemical inhibitors of cytochrome P450 and glutathione (GSH) synthesis, prior to exposure to 1-BP at 800 ppm within inhalation chambers. 3. Systemic clearance of 1-BP in rat was rapid and decreased with increasing dose. As inhalation chamber concentration of 1-BP increased, the terminal elimination rates decreased. Half-life of 1-BP in rats following inhibition of P450 (9.6 h) or depletion of GSH (4.1 h) increased relative to controls (2.0 h) at 800 ppm. The percentage of 1-BP metabolized decreased with increasing inhalation exposure. Hepatic levels of GSH were significantly lowered regardless of the exposure level in both rats and mice. Chamber concentration-time curves were fit to a two compartment model which was used to estimate metabolic rate constants. 4. These data suggest that in rat, 1-BP clearance is saturable and that elimination is highly dependent on both P450 and GSH-dependent metabolism. This investigation in rodents may provide an understanding of interspecies differences in toxicokinetics and eventually aid translation of animal studies to human risk assessment.
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- C Edwin Garner
- RTI International, Research Triangle Park , NC , USA and
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Zhang L, Nagai T, Yamada K, Ibi D, Ichihara S, Subramanian K, Huang Z, Mohideen SS, Naito H, Ichihara G. Effects of sub-acute and sub-chronic inhalation of 1-bromopropane on neurogenesis in adult rats. Toxicology 2012; 304:76-82. [PMID: 23266320 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2012.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2012] [Revised: 12/11/2012] [Accepted: 12/14/2012] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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PURPOSE 1-Bromopropane (1-BP) intoxication is associated with depression and cognitive and memory deficits. The present study tested the hypothesis that 1-BP suppresses neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus, which is involved in higher cerebral function, in adult rats. METHODS Four groups of 12 male Wistar rats were exposed to 0, 400, 800, 1000 ppm 1-BP, 8 h/day for 7 days. Another four groups of six rats each were exposed to 0, 400, 800 and 1000 ppm 1-BP for 2 weeks followed by 0, 200, 400 and 800 ppm for another 2 weeks, respectively. Another four groups of six rats each were exposed to 0, 200, 400 and 800 ppm 1-BP for 4 weeks. Rats were injected with 5-bromo-2'-deoxy-uridine (BrdU) after 4-week exposure at 1000/800 ppm to examine neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus by immunostaining. We measured factors known to affect neurogenesis, including monoamine levels, and mRNA expression levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and glucocorticoid receptor (GR), in different brain regions. RESULTS BrdU-positive cells were significantly lower in the 800/1000 ppm-4-week group than the control. 1-Week exposure to 1-BP at 800 and 1000 ppm significantly reduced noradrenalin level in the striatum. Four-week exposure at 800 ppm significantly decreased noradrenalin levels in the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex and striatum. 1-BP also reduced hippocampal BDNF and GR mRNA levels. CONCLUSION Long-term exposure to 1-BP decreased neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus. Downregulation of BDNF and GR mRNA expression and low hippocampal norepinephrine levels might contribute, at least in part, to the reduced neurogenesis.
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- Lingyi Zhang
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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Exposure to 1-bromopropane induces microglial changes and oxidative stress in the rat cerebellum. Toxicology 2012; 302:18-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2012.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2012] [Revised: 07/12/2012] [Accepted: 07/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Huang Z, Ichihara S, Oikawa S, Chang J, Zhang L, Subramanian K, Mohideen SS, Ichihara G. Proteomic identification of carbonylated proteins in F344 rat hippocampus after 1-bromopropane exposure. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2012; 263:44-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2012.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2012] [Revised: 04/18/2012] [Accepted: 05/26/2012] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Mathias PI, Cheever KL, Hanley KW, Marlow KL, Johnson BC, B'hymer C. Comparison and evaluation of urinary biomarkers for occupational exposure to spray adhesives containing 1-bromopropane. Toxicol Mech Methods 2012; 22:526-32. [PMID: 22519856 DOI: 10.3109/15376516.2012.686536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Three metabolites of 1-bromopropane (1-BP) were measured in urine samples collected from 30 workers exposed to 1-BP at two facilities making furniture seat cushions and evaluated for use as biomarkers of exposure. The mercapturic acid metabolite, N-acetyl-S-(n-propyl)-l-cysteine (AcPrCys), 3-bromopropionic acid (3-BPA), and bromide ion levels (Br(-)) were quantitated for this evaluation. The high exposure group consisted of 13 workers employed as adhesive sprayers who assembled foam cushions using 1-BP containing spray adhesives and the low exposure group consisted of 17 non-sprayers, who worked in various jobs without spraying adhesives. All workers' urine voids were collected over the same 48 h period at work, and at home before bedtime, and upon awakening. Urinary AcPrCys and Br(-) levels were elevated in the sprayers compared to that of non-sprayers. Following HPLC-MS/MS analysis of mercapturic acid metabolite levels, 50 urine samples having the highest levels of AcPrCys were analyzed for 3-BPA. No 3-BPA was detected in any of the samples. The data collected from this study demonstrate that AcPrCys and Br(-) are effective biomarkers of 1-BP exposure, but 3-BPA is not.
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- Patricia I Mathias
- US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Applied Science and Technology, Biomonitoring and Health Assessment Branch , Robert A. Taft Laboratories, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226 , USA
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Ichihara G, Kitoh J, Li W, Ding X, Ichihara S, Takeuchi Y. Neurotoxicity of 1-bromopropane: Evidence from animal experiments and human studies. J Adv Res 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jare.2011.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Morgan DL, Nyska A, Harbo SJ, Grumbein SL, Dill JA, Roycroft JH, Kissling GE, Cesta MF. Multisite carcinogenicity and respiratory toxicity of inhaled 1-bromopropane in rats and mice. Toxicol Pathol 2011; 39:938-48. [PMID: 21859883 DOI: 10.1177/0192623311416374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Two-year 1-bromopropane (1-BP) inhalation studies were conducted because of the potential for widespread exposure, the lack of chronic toxicity and carcinogenicity data, and the known carcinogenicity of structurally related compounds. Male and female F344/N rats and B6C3F1/N mice were exposed by inhalation to 0, 62.5 (mice only), 125, 250, or 500 (rats only) ppm 1-BP for 6 hr/day, 5 days/week for 105 weeks. Exposure of male and female rats to 1-BP resulted in significantly increased incidences of adenomas of the large intestine and skin neoplasms. In male rats, the incidence of malignant mesothelioma of the epididymis was statistically significantly increased at 500 ppm, but the biological significance of this common lesion is unclear. Incidences of pancreatic islet adenoma in male rats were significantly increased at all concentrations relative to concurrent controls but were within the historical control range for inhalation studies. There was no evidence of carcinogenic activity of 1-BP in male B6C3F1 mice; however, significantly increased incidences of alveolar/bronchiolar neoplasms of the lung were present in female mice. Exposure to 1-BP also resulted in increased incidences of nonneoplastic lesions in the nose of rats and mice, the larynx of rats and male mice, the trachea of female rats and male and female mice, and the lungs of mice. Inflammatory lesions with Splendore Hoeppli (S-H) material were present primarily in the nose and skin of exposed male and female rats, indicating that 1-BP caused immunosuppression.
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- Daniel L Morgan
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Toxicology Program, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA.
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Frasch HF, Dotson GS, Barbero AM. In vitro human epidermal penetration of 1-bromopropane. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART A 2011; 74:1249-1260. [PMID: 21830855 DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2011.595666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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1-Bromopropane (1-BP; CAS number 106-94-5), also known as n-propyl bromide, is a halogenated short-chain alkane used as an organic solvent with numerous commercial and industrial applications, including garment dry cleaning and vapor degreasing of metals. The purpose of this study was to determine the dermal absorption characteristics and corrosivity of 1-BP. Heat-separated human epidermal membranes were mounted on static diffusion cells. Different exposure scenarios were studied (infinite dose, finite dose, and transient exposure) using neat 1-BP and saturated aqueous solution as donor. Steady-state fluxes for infinite-dose neat 1-BP exposure averaged 625 to 960 μg cm(-2) h(-1). The finite-dose (10 μl/cm(2) = 13.5 mg/cm(2)) unoccluded donor resulted in penetration of <0.2% of the applied dose (22 μg/cm(2)). A 10-min transient exposure to infinite dose resulted in total penetration of 179 μg/cm(2). Steady-state 1-BP fluxes from neat application of a commercial dry cleaning solvent were similar (441 to 722 μg cm(-2) h(-1)). The permeability coefficient of 1-BP in water vehicle was 0.257 ± 0.141 cm/h. The absorption potential of 1-BP following dermal exposure is dependent upon the type and duration of exposure. Donor losses due to evaporation were approximately 500-fold greater than dermal absorption flux; evaporation flux was 420 mg cm(-2) h(-1). 1-BP is cytotoxic but not corrosive, based on results from a cultured reconstructed human epidermal model (EpiDerm Skin Corrosivity Test).
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- H Frederick Frasch
- Health Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA.
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Liu F, Ichihara S, Valentine WM, Itoh K, Yamamoto M, Sheik Mohideen S, Kitoh J, Ichihara G. Increased susceptibility of Nrf2-null mice to 1-bromopropane-induced hepatotoxicity. Toxicol Sci 2010; 115:596-606. [PMID: 20211940 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfq075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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1-Bromopropane (1-BP) was introduced as an alternative to ozone-depleting solvents. However, it was found to exhibit neurotoxicity, reproductive toxicity, and hepatotoxicity in rodents and neurotoxicity in human. However, the mechanisms underlying the toxicities of 1-BP remain elusive. The present study investigated the role of oxidative stress in 1-BP-induced hepatotoxicity using nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2)-null mice. Groups of 24 male Nrf2-null mice and 24 male wild-type (WT) C57BL/6J mice were each divided into three groups of eight and exposed to 1-BP at 0, 100, or 300 ppm for 8 h/day for 28 days by inhalation. Liver histopathology showed significantly larger area of necrosis in Nrf2-null mice relative to WT mice at the same exposure level. Nrf2-null mice also had greater malondialdehyde (MDA) levels, higher ratio of oxidized glutathione/reduced form of glutathione, and lower total glutathione content. The constitutive level and the increase in ratio per exposure level of glutathione S-transferase (GST) activity were lower in the liver of Nrf2-null mice than WT mice. Exposure to 1-BP at 300 ppm increased the messenger RNA levels of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), glutamate-cysteine ligase modifier subunit (GcLm), glutamate-cysteine synthetase (GcLc), glutathione reductase, and NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) in WT mice but not in Nrf2-null mice except for GST Yc2. Nrf2-null mice were more susceptible to 1-BP-induced hepatotoxicity. That oxidative stress plays a role in 1-BP hepatotoxicity is deduced from the low expression levels and activities of antioxidant enzymes and high MDA levels in Nrf2-null mice.
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- Fang Liu
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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