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Shaw IC. Surgical mesh and cancer risk. Hum Exp Toxicol 2020; 40:550-552. [PMID: 32869678 DOI: 10.1177/0960327120954245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- I C Shaw
- Human Toxicology Research Group, School of Physical & Chemical Sciences, 2496University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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UNLABELLED Over the past four decades, the incidence of feline thyroid hyperplasia (FTH) has steadily increased. Concomitantly, cats' exposure to thyroxine (T4)-mimicking environmental contaminants and food additives has also increased. KATE HILL and IAN SHAW: hypothesise that the two could be linked.
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- K E Hill
- Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North, New Zealand 4442 e-mail:
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand 8140 e-mail:
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McIver CR, Shaw IC, Gin S, Ellis MJ. Can thyroid hormone mimics affect thyroid hormone measurement by immunoassay? Clin Biochem 2013; 46:1302-4. [PMID: 23850848 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2013.06.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2013] [Revised: 04/23/2013] [Accepted: 06/25/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study aims to determine whether the environmental pollutant and thyroid mimic, tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), interferes with thyroid hormone measurement by immunoassays. DESIGN & METHODS Hormone-relevant concentrations of TBBPA were added to thyroid hormone-stripped human serum and subjected to 6 different thyroid hormone immunoassays. RESULTS TBBPA was negative in all of the thyroid hormone immunoassays tested except at very high concentration (above that expected in serum of TBBPA-exposed workers) where it gave a marginally positive result in one immunoassay (in house T4 radioimmunoassay (RIA)). CONCLUSIONS Serum TBBPA present as a result of workplace exposure or its use as a fabric flame retardant is very unlikely to give false positive results in thyroid hormone immunoassays.
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- C R McIver
- Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Methyl bromide (MeBr) is a chemically reactive compound that has found use as a fire retardant and fumigant used for wood, soil, fruits and grains. Its use is banned in many countries because of its ozone-depleting properties. Despite this ban, the use of MeBr persists in some parts of the world (e.g. New Zealand) due to its important role in maintaining strict biosecurity of exported and imported products. Its high chemical reactivity leads to a broad toxicological profile ranging from acute respiratory toxicity following inhalation exposure, through carcinogenicity to neurotoxicty. In this article, we discuss the chemistry of MeBr in the context of its mechanisms of toxicity. The chemical reactivity of MeBr clearly underlies its toxicity. Bromine (Br) is electronegative and a good leaving group; the δ+ carbon thus facilitates electrophilic methylation of biological molecules including glutathione (GSH) via its δ- sulphur atom, leading to downstream effects due to GSH depletion. DNA alkylation, either directly by MeBr or indirectly due to reduction in GSH-mediated detoxification of reactive alkylating chemical species, might explain the carcinogenicity of MeBr. The neurotoxicity of MeBr is much more difficult to understand, but we speculate that methyl phosphates formed in cells might contribute to its neurone-specific toxicity via cholinesterase inhibition. Finally, evidence reviewed shows that it is unlikely for Br⁻ liberated by the metabolism of MeBr to have any toxicological effect because the Br⁻ dose is very low.
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- A T Bulathsinghala
- Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Graham LA, Shaw IC. Does the oestrogen receptor encourage oestrogenicity in environmental pollutants? The case of 4-nonylphenol. SAR QSAR Environ Res 2011; 22:329-350. [PMID: 21598197 DOI: 10.1080/1062936x.2011.569899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A computer-aided docking study was conducted to explore in detail the binding interactions between the structurally unlikely environmental oestrogen 4-nonylphenol (4NP) and three of its metabolites with the human oestrogen receptor alpha (hERα). Docking was done within the Schrodinger Suite 2008 using both a conventional rigid receptor with flexible ligand and the induced-fit docking protocol. Induced-fit docking allows side-chain and backbone movement in the receptor to accommodate the ligand. This study has revealed unconventional interactions between the ligands and the hERα binding pocket that could explain the observed oestrogen-like behaviour of 4NP and suggests some of the metabolites of 4NP may also be oestrogenic.
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- L A Graham
- Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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AIMS To investigate the ability of baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) to degrade the herbicide glyphosate during the fermentation cycle of the breadmaking process. METHODS AND RESULTS Aqueous glyphosate was added to bread ingredients and kneaded by commercially available breadmaking equipment into dough cultures. Cultures were incubated in the breadmaker throughout the fermentation cycle. The recovery of glyphosate levels following fermentation was determined, thus allowing an estimation of glyphosate degradation by yeast. CONCLUSIONS It was shown, for the first time, that S. cerevisiae plays a role in metabolizing glyphosate during the fermentation stages of breadmaking. Approximately 21% was degraded within 1 h. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY As a result of projected increases in the glyphosate use on wheat and the role of bread as a dietary staple, this may contribute to more informed decisions being made relating to the use of glyphosate on glyphosate-resistant wheat, from a public health/regulatory perspective.
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- F L Low
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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The thermal and pH stabilities of cypermethrin during food processing were investigated using tomato as a model food system and high-performance liquid chromatography as the analytical method. Cypermethrin was thermally unstable in aqueous conditions, where the hydrolysis of the pesticide was accelerated by heat. The mean proportion remaining after heating cypermethrin in water for 10 min was 66%, falling to 27% after 1 h. Similarly, thermal processing of canned tomatoes caused cypermethrin to degrade, with remaining levels in the final product ranging from 30 to 60% of the original. Cypermethrin was unstable at extreme pHs, with acid hydrolysis occurring faster than alkaline hydrolysis in phosphate buffers. The acidity of tomato paste (pH 4.3) caused cypermethrin levels to decrease by 30% within 12 days at 5 degrees C. The studies indicate that cypermethrin residues are likely to degrade by hydrolysis during food processing, thus reducing the exposure of consumers to cypermethrin. 3-Phenoxybenzaldehyde, a hydrolysis breakdown product of cypermethrin, was detected in the tomato paste and from the heating of cypermethrin in water at 100 degrees C. There is concern that the risk of breakdown products in terms of endocrine activity is unknown since in vitro studies reported that cypermethrin breakdown products display endocrine activity.
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- H M Lin
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800 Christchurch, New Zealand
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Burke ER, Holden AJ, Shaw IC, Suharyanto FX, Sihombing G. Organochlorine pesticide residues in human milk from primiparous women in Indonesia. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 2003; 71:148-155. [PMID: 12945855 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-0142-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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- E R Burke
- Department of Environmental Management, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Shaw IC, Mills GH, Turnbull D. The effect of propofol on airway pressures generated by magnetic stimulation of the phrenic nerves. Intensive Care Med 2002; 28:891-7. [PMID: 12122527 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-002-1347-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2001] [Accepted: 04/11/2002] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To assess the effect of propofol on the change in airway pressure produced by diaphragmatic contraction. DESIGN AND SETTING Prospective, controlled study in patients anaesthetised with propofol in a university hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS We stimulated the phrenic nerves before and immediately after induction of anaesthesia in 11 subjects, using a pair of 43-mm mean diameter double magnetic coils and measured the change in airway pressure at the mouth (TwPmo) produced by the resulting diaphragmatic contraction. Supramaximality of stimulation was confirmed with electromyogram and pressure measurements. We recorded the change in Resting End Expiratory Position (REEP) using a spirometer. We applied an approximate correction for the effect of lung volume on the amplitude of twitch pressure produced by diaphragmatic contraction. INTERVENTION Following the initial stimulations, the patients were anaesthetised with a propofol infusion. Once stable, repeat measurements were made. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS Following induction, REEP fell by mean 0.3 l standard deviation (SD) 0.2 l. TwPmo fell by mean 14.2% SD 14.0% ( P = 0.01), mean 22.3% SD 11.7% corrected ( P < 0.001). Twitch transdiaphragmatic pressure fell by 18.1% and 20.0% (25.8% and 27.7% corrected) in two further subjects studied with oesophageal and gastric balloon catheters. CONCLUSION Propofol does reduce the effectiveness with which diaphragmatic contraction produces changes of pressure in the airway.
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- I C Shaw
- The University Department of Surgical and Anaesthetic Sciences, Department of Anaesthesia, K Floor, The Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2JF, UK
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Shaw IC, Stevens J, Krishnamurthy S. The influence of intraperitoneal bupivacaine on pain following major laparoscopic gynaecological procedures. Anaesthesia 2001. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2001.02215.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We present the results of a randomised, double-blind controlled trial to determine the effect of adding bupivacaine to intraperitoneal Hartmann's solution, used to reduce the incidence of postoperative adhesions, on postoperative pain and on analgesic consumption in patients presenting for major laparoscopic gynaecological procedures. Fifty-six women were studied and postoperative analgesic requirements and visual analogue scores were used to assess the pain experienced by the treatment group when compared with the control group. There was no statistical difference in the pain scores between the two groups at any time during the study period (Student's t-test; p = 0.29-0.74) nor was there any difference in analgesic consumption (Mann-Whitney U-test; p = 0.34-0.79).
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- I C Shaw
- Specialist Registrar in Anaesthetics, Consultant Anaesthetist and Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Chesterfield Royal Hospital, Calow, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S44 5BL, UK
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The increasing use of combined spinal-epidural analgesia in obstetric practice has arisen from a desire to achieve a rapid onset of analgesia while reducing the intensity of the motor block. Although the procedure has an excellent safety profile, as with any technique there are potential problems. Difficulty in assessing the position of the epidural catheter after establishment of the spinal blockade may lead to an abnormally extensive block when a full-strength local anaesthetic solution is used. We present a case in which the use of 0.5% bupivacaine to top-up the epidural component of a combined spinal-epidural resulted in a total spinal block. The possible causes of this complication are discussed.
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- I C Shaw
- Department of Anaesthetics, The Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK
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Holden AJ, Chen L, Shaw IC. Thermal stability of organophosphorus pesticide triazophos and its relevance in the assessment of risk to the consumer of triazophos residues in food. J Agric Food Chem 2001; 49:103-6. [PMID: 11170565 DOI: 10.1021/jf0002589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The degradation of triazophos in aqueous solutions was monitored at 205 and 254 nm after separation using high-performance liquid chromatography. An ODS column was used with a mobile phase of 60% acetonitrile and 0.04% phosphoric acid at a flow rate of 1.4 cm(3) min(-)(1). When dissolved in distilled water, approximately 30% of the original triazophos was detected. The effect of heating time and temperature on a 0.5 mg dm(-3) standard was investigated. Over a 150 min period at 100 degrees C the peak area detected for the standard decreased by 58.67 +/- 6.19 and 65.03 +/- 4.61% when measured at 254 and 205 nm, respectively. The precision of the absorbance detected at 205 and 254 nm was 3.54 +/- 2.8 and 3.86 +/- 3.9%, respectively. There was a significant difference (P = 0.10) between the precision of the results obtained at each wavelength. The t(calcd) value was -2.236 and the t(crit) value was 1.94. The most sensitive wavelength was 205 nm. A 54% difference in the gradients of the calibration graphs obtained at each wavelength was observed. The results suggest that approximately 72% of triazophos is degraded during a 20 min cooking period at 100 degrees C, due to ambient and elevated temperature hydrolysis. Therefore, the dose to the consumer of triazophos residues in cooked food is likely to be approximately 72% lower than in the raw food, with a concomitant reduction in toxicological risk.
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- A J Holden
- Department of Environmental Management, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom.
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Shaw IC. Book Reviews : Biomarkers for Agrochemicals and Toxic Substances: Applications and Risk Assessment Editors: JN Blancato, RN Brown, CC Dary and MA Saleh American Chemical Society, Washington DC. 1996, 282pp., $94.95. Hum Exp Toxicol 1997. [DOI: 10.1177/096032719701600609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Awake fibreoptic intubation is well established as the optimum method of securing the airway in patients in whom difficulty is anticipated. We report a patient undergoing awake fibreoptic intubation in whom the use of topical local anaesthetic precipitated acute loss of the airway so that urgent surgical intervention was required.
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- I C Shaw
- Department of Anaesthetic, Northern General NHS Trust, Sheffield, UK
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Mitchell JD, Fitzmaurice PS, Knight JM, Shaw IC. CNS distribution of free-radical inactivating enzymes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Ann Neurol 1996; 40:689-90. [PMID: 8871594 DOI: 10.1002/ana.410400425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) has provided a novel means of studying the brain biochemistry of motor neurone disease/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (MND/ALS) patients in vivo in situ. Previous studies have demonstrated changes in the ratios of areas under specific spectral peaks in MND/ALS patients (Jones et al., 1995). However, the significance of such findings cannot be fully elucidated without first ascertaining the biochemical identity of each peak. Each peak in a MRS spectrum corresponds to the resonance of specific protons in a particular chemical environment. Many biochemicals contain similar protons in similar environments so it is possible that a single spectral peak could represent protons from more than one biochemical. In this study of major brain MRS peaks we have demonstrated that peaks are potentially composed of a number of protons from different chemicals. For example, the peak at chemical shift 2.01 ppm, conventionally recognised as the neurotransmitter N-acetyl aspartate, may actually be a result of the protons of the N-acetyl moiety (Frahm et al., 1991). We have consequently shown that other N-acetylated compounds such as N-acetyl glutamate are also capable of producing a peak here, whereas their non-acetylated derivatives are not. We have also shown GABA is capable of producing a peak at chemical shift 3.00 ppm, a peak which is generally assigned to creatine/phosphocreatine. These findings have important implications in the identification of spectral peaks in MRS studies and in the interpretation of spectral differences between MND patients and controls.
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- J M Knight
- Centre for Toxicology, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
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Fitzmaurice PS, Shaw IC, Kleiner HE, Miller RT, Monks TJ, Lau SS, Mitchell JD, Lynch PG. Evidence for DNA damage in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Muscle Nerve 1996; 19:797-8. [PMID: 8609941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Shaw IC, Fitzmaurice PS, Mitchell JD, Lynch PG. Studies on cellular free radical protection mechanisms in the anterior horn from patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurodegeneration 1995; 4:391-6. [PMID: 8846232 DOI: 10.1006/neur.1995.0047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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There have been no reports of changes in free radical inactivating enzymes in the anterior horn of the spinal cord in ALS despite great interest in the possibility that free radicals might be important in the aetiology of the disease. In this study we have measured copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (Cu/ZnSOD), manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSHPX) activities in anterior horn tissue obtained from patients with ALS and from controls. Total SOD activity was no different in the anterior horn of ALS cases compared to controls, but Cu/ZnSOD activity was reduced, and that of MnSOD increased, at thoracic cord level only. No detectable activity of GSHPX or cytochrome P450 (unpublished data) was found. These latter negative findings are important because they suggest that generation of free radicals from exogenous chemicals is not important in ALS and further that the neurone (as compared to other cell types) is poorly protected against the toxicity of hydrogen peroxide.
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- I C Shaw
- Centre for Toxicology, University of Central Lancashire, Preston
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Mitchell JD, Houghton E, Rostron G, Wignall C, Gatt JA, Phillips TM, Kilshaw J, Shaw IC. Serial studies of free radical and antioxidant activity in motor neurone disease and the effect of selegiline. Neurodegeneration 1995; 4:233-5. [PMID: 7583688 DOI: 10.1006/neur.1995.0028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Studies on anterior horn dissected from MND patients have demonstrated that MnSOD activity is increased when expressed as a percentage of total SOD activity when compared to controls. Total SOD activity (mean +/- SD) in controls = 414 +/- 105 U mg-1 tissue and in MND patients = 373 +/- 115 U mg-1 tissue, whereas CuZnSOD activity was higher in controls (290 +/- 91 U mg-1 tissue) than in MND patients (197 +/- 81 U mg-1 tissue). The reduction in CuZnSOD was compensated for by a concomitant elevation of MnSOD activity (control = 123 +/- 40.5 U mg-1 tissue, MND patients = 175 +/- 47 U mg-1 tissue). These data not only show an important deficit in anterior horn cell body protection against free radical-mediated cell damage, but are also are the first measurements of SOD isoenzymes in anterior horn neurones.
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- P S Fitzmaurice
- Centre for Toxicology, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
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Jones AP, Gunawardena WJ, Coutinho CM, Gatt JA, Shaw IC, Mitchell JD. Preliminary results of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in motor neurone disease (amytrophic lateral sclerosis). J Neurol Sci 1995; 129 Suppl:85-9. [PMID: 7595630 DOI: 10.1016/0022-510x(95)00072-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Possible changes in brain metabolites in motor neurone disease/amytrophic lateral sclerosis (MND/ALS) were investigated using 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). A series of normal, healthy volunteer controls and MND patients have been studied using a spin echo (SE) 135 ms sequence, acquiring spectra from the region of the motor cortex. A further limited series of studies have been made for similar groups of volunteers and MND patients using a STEAM 20 ms sequence (stimulated echo). Analysis of the SE 135 ms spectra indicates there are statistically significant differences in the ratios of N-acetyl-aspartate to creatine and N-acetyl-aspartate to choline between controls and MND patients. Furthermore, metabolites identified using the STEAM 20 ms may be of great importance in the investigations of free radical mediated mechanisms, which have been postulated as being important contributors to the disease process. Preliminary results indicate that 1H MRS may provide important data to help understand the disease processes in MND and it could form a useful method for monitoring the effects of future trial treatment regimens.
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- A P Jones
- North Western Medical Physics Department, Royal Preston Hospital, UK
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In 1990 an outbreak of ataxia occurred in over 700 pigs in the north of England. Epidemiological studies demonstrated that the disorder was associated with the consumption of feed from a particular supplier and that one component (wheat screenings) was common to the batch of feed with which the ataxia was associated. An analysis of the feed demonstrated the presence of an organophosphorus pesticide, later identified as isofenphos, a pesticide not approved for use in the United Kingdom. The wheat screenings had been imported from France and the warehouse in which they had been stored was contaminated with isofenphos, which is approved for restricted use in France. Isofenphos is known to cause delayed neuropathy. The dose to which the pigs were theoretically exposed would be expected to have resulted in neuropathy (manifested as ataxia).
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- I C Shaw
- Biochemistry Department, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Addlestone, Surrey
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Until recently, the mechanism of carcinogenesis has been regarded as a two-stage phenomenon involving damage to the genetic material, which initiates the process, followed by a cell-division stimulus, which promotes the development of the tumour. However, exposure to some chemicals has been shown to result in carcinogenesis without involvement of the initiation step. The mechanism of non-genotoxic carcinogenesis is not fully understood, but is believed to involve stimulation of cell division with a consequent increased probability of a mutation occurring spontaneously. In this article, Ian Shaw and Huw Jones review the theories of non-genotoxic carcinogenesis with reference to specific examples of known non-genotoxic carcinogens.
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- I C Shaw
- Centre for Toxicology, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
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Cawley GD, Shaw IC, Jackson F, Turner R, Levon D. Levamisole toxicity in fibre goats. Vet Rec 1993; 133:627-8. [PMID: 8128558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Sainz-Pardo Clares LA, Shaw IC. In vitro studies on the metabolism of antipyrine in the pig and rat: with special reference to veterinary medicine licensing. Hum Exp Toxicol 1993; 12:537-9. [PMID: 7904472 DOI: 10.1177/096032719301200613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Preparation of product licence applications for veterinary medicines requires metabolic studies in the target species. This experimental procedure uses animals and is costly. In the present report of preliminary studies it is demonstrated that pig liver homogenates prepared from abattoir material and homogenates of rat liver show the interspecies metabolic differences that would be expected in vivo. The results therefore support the use of abattoir-derived liver homogenates in preliminary studies to investigate target species metabolism in veterinary drug development.
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- L A Sainz-Pardo Clares
- Department of Pharmacology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Extremadura, Caceres, Spain
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Mitchell JD, Gatt JA, Phillips TM, Houghton E, Rostron G, Wignall C, Whittington J, Shaw IC. Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase free radicals, and motoneuron disease. Lancet 1993; 342:1051-2. [PMID: 8105281 DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(93)92906-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Hoogenboom LA, Berghmans MC, Polman TH, Parker R, Shaw IC. Depletion of protein-bound furazolidone metabolites containing the 3-amino-2-oxazolidinone side-chain from liver, kidney and muscle tissues from pigs. Food Addit Contam 1992; 9:623-30. [PMID: 1302201 DOI: 10.1080/02652039209374117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Ten 3-month-old pigs were treated with feed containing 300 mg furazolidone per kg for a period of 7 days, followed by withdrawal periods of 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 weeks (two per group). The treatment resulted in the formation of protein-bound metabolites containing an intact 3-amino-2-oxazolidinone (AOZ) side-chain that could be chemically released and then detected in liver, kidney and rump muscle tissues even 4 weeks after dosing. In tissues from animals killed at the end of the medication period, 993, 600 and 124 ng of AOZ were released from 1 g of liver, kidney and muscle respectively. In the tissues of the animals killed after a further 4 weeks the corresponding levels were 41, 7 and 10 ng/g respectively. It may be concluded that long withdrawal periods prior to slaughter for human consumption are required for pigs treated with furazolidone, because of the long residence time of protein-bound AOZ and the possibility that it might be released from its protein-bound form in the stomach and subsequently be transformed into a hydrazine.
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- L A Hoogenboom
- State Institute for Quality Control of Agricultural Products (RIKILT-DLO), Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- I C Shaw
- Biochemistry Department, Central Veterinary Laboratory, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey
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In 14 pig kidneys containing streptomycin, an average distribution ratio of 2.5:1 was found for the streptomycin between the cortex and medulla. It is suggested here that cortex alone be used, instead of mixed kidney tissue, in regulatory meat monitoring schemes.
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- P J Brush
- Biochemistry Department, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge, Surrey, UK
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A case of possible malicious poisoning of dogs by endrin was investigated. A variety of tissues were analysed. The stomach contents of one dog contained 5 g/kg endrin. The results are compared with recorded data from feeding studies pursued elsewhere to aid the diagnosis of dieldrin and endrin intoxication. A number of organochlorine compounds closely related chemically to endrin were tentatively identified.
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Shaw IC, Aas P. In vitro inhibition of brain glutamic acid decarboxylase by sodium 2-mercaptoethanesulphonate and endogenous thiols and its possible in vivo consequences. Hum Toxicol 1989; 8:221-4. [PMID: 2501215 DOI: 10.1177/096032718900800303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- I C Shaw
- Toxicology Laboratory, University College London, UK
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Shaw IC. Book review. Clin Exp Metastasis 1988. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01580410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Boehringer Ingelheim Limited, Bracknell, Berks, U.K
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Shaw IC, Weeks MS. Excretion of disodium bis-2-mercaptoethanesulphonate (dimesna) in the urine of volunteers after oral dosing. Eur J Cancer Clin Oncol 1987; 23:933-5. [PMID: 3117563 DOI: 10.1016/0277-5379(87)90338-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Dimesna was given to volunteers (n = 6) and levels of free thiols, mesna, cysteine and disulphides measured in urine. Mesna is excreted in the urine following oral dimesna administration. Peak urinary free thiol levels occur between 10 and 20 hr. Cysteine and mixed disulphides are also excreted. Mesna might be useful in prolonged bladder protection during oxazaphosphorine cancer chemotherapy.
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- Toxicology Laboratory, University College London, U.K
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- Toxicology Laboratory, University College London, U.K
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Shaw IC, Graham MI, Jones MS. The fate of [14C]-mesna in the rat. Arzneimittelforschung 1986; 36:487-9. [PMID: 3085684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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[14C]-Mesna (sodium 2-mercaptoethanesulphonate) has a short serum t1/2 (about 16.5 min) and is excreted in the urine. Within 24 h approx. 77% of the administered dose appeared in the urine. It is bound to serum albumin and immunoglobulins. Total serum protein binding is about 9.7% of the total amount present in serum. [14C]-mesna + [14C]-dimesna (bis[2-mercaptoethane sulphonate]) are present in the blood stream, and so are found in the body organs at low concentration, however, localisation of radioactivity occurs in the kidneys. The binding of [14C]-mesna to proteins and the localisation of [14C]-mesna or [14C]-dimesna in the kidneys are discussed in the context of the cell killing efficacy of the oxazaphosphorines.
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Jones MS, Murrell RD, Shaw IC. Excretion of sodium 2-mercaptoethanesulphonate (MESNA) in the urine of volunteers after oral dosing. Eur J Cancer Clin Oncol 1985; 21:553-5. [PMID: 3924627 DOI: 10.1016/0277-5379(85)90079-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Sodium 2-mercaptoethanesulphonate (MESNA) is a uroprotective agent generally given i.v. to prevent haemorrhagic cystitis during oxazaphosphorine cancer chemotherapy. Oral administration of the drug is described since this might be an important route during long-term oxazaphosphorine treatment. MESNA is absorbed from the GI tract and excreted in the urine (about 41.5% of the dose), peak excretion being 2-3 hr after administration. A proportion of the excreted dose is as free thiols (about 24.2%) and the remainder is as disulphides. MESNA is shown to enhance excretion of cysteine in urine.
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Meanwell CA, Blake AE, Latief TN, Blackledge G, Mould JJ, Blake DR, Shaw IC, Honigsberger L, Spooner D, Williams AC. Encephalopathy associated with ifosphamide/mesna therapy. Lancet 1985; 1:406-7. [PMID: 2857462 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(85)91432-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Sidau B, Shaw IC. Determination of sodium 2-mercaptoethanesulphonate by high-performance liquid chromatography using post-column reaction colorimetry or electrochemical detection. J Chromatogr 1984; 311:234-8. [PMID: 6440899 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(00)84716-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Hackett AM, Shaw IC, Griffiths LA. The prevention by (+)-Cyanidanol-3 of hepatitis-induced changes in the disposition of imipramine in the rat. Biochem Pharmacol 1984; 33:2179-84. [PMID: 6466342 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(84)90651-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The administration of (+)-Cyanidanol-3 [+)-catechin) to the rat using a subchronic dosing regime based on that currently used in the therapy of acute viral hepatitis in man, largely prevented the changes in the disposition of a single dose of [14C]imipramine hydrochloride induced by the hepatotoxin, D-(+)-galactosamine hydrochloride in rats. Complete return to normal pharmacokinetics was not attained due to interaction between (+)-Cyanidanol-3 and imipramine. Biliary excretion of imipramine metabolites was 79.3% of the dose in control rats. This was reduced to 69.3 and 39.8% by the separate administration of (+)-catechin and galactosamine respectively. Concurrent administration of (+)-Cyanidanol-3 and galactosamine resulted in 64.8% of the imipramine dose appearing in bile. These results were reflected in changes in faecal and renal excretion of imipramine metabolites in surgically unmodified rats in which galactosamine injection caused an elevation of urinary excretion from 31.0 to 69.8% of the imipramine dose. Concurrent Cyanidanol administration reduced the effect of galactosamine so that only 46.9% was excreted in urine. These changes were due to decreased biliary excretion and increased renal excretion of the glucuronide conjugates of 2-hydroxyimipramine, 2-hydroxydesmethylimipramine and 10-hydroxyimipramine. None of the treatments used impaired the overall ability of the rat to metabolize imipramine, although the plasma clearance of imipramine was reduced by 42% as a result of galactosamine administration and by 21% during treatment with (+)-catechin alone or combined catechin and galactosamine treatment.
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The effect of experimental hepatitis, induced by i.p. D-galactosamine, on the metabolism and excretion of [14C]imipramine in the rat is reported. The major consequence was an increase of the conjugated metabolites of imipramine excreted in urine, resulting in a four-fold increase in 2-hydroxyimipramine glucuronide and two-fold increases in 2-hydroxydesmethylimipramine glucuronide and 10-hydroxyimipramine glucuronide. The total excretion of 14C-labelled metabolites in urine of galactosamine-treated rats was 69% dose compared with 37% in untreated animals. Faecal excretion of [14C]imipramine metabolites was lowered from 68% dose in untreated animals to 27% in animals with induced hepatitis. Induction of a galactosamine hepatitis decreased markedly the biliary excretion of imipramine metabolites in bile duct-cannulated rats; 80% dose was excreted in bile in normal rats, and 35.5% in rats with hepatitis. Plasma clearance of imipramine, after i.v. dosage, was decreased by 60% and clearance of metabolites (excluding imipramine) by 40%, in galactosamine hepatitis; the pharmacokinetics changed from a two- to a single-compartment system reflecting decreased extraction and/or metabolism, by the liver. The clinical implications of these findings are discussed in relation to the hazard attending the use of imipramine in patients suffering from liver disease.
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