TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment in rats of the gonadotoxic and hepatorenal toxic potential of dibromochloropropane (DBCP) in drinking water
AU - Heindel, J. J.
AU - Berkowitz, A. S.
AU - Kyle, G.
AU - Luthra, G. Kyle
AU - Bruckner, J. V.
N1 - Funding Information:
’ Supported in part by NIEHS Training Grant ES07090. * Formerly of Departments of Pharmacology and Reproductive Medicine and Biology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX. 3 Law Department, 800 Bell, Suite 186 1, Exxon USA, Houston, TX. 4 Clinical Laboratories, MD Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston, TX.
PY - 1989/11
Y1 - 1989/11
N2 - This investigation was undertaken to assess the potential of ingested l,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) to cause tes-ticular and hepatorenal injury, in light of the paucity of data applicable to risk assessment of DBCP in drinking water. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were supplied ad libitum with water containing 0, 5, 50, 100, and 200 ppm DBCP for 64 days. A dose-related decrease in water consumption occurred during the study. The 200-ppm animals drank less than half as much water as controls, consumed less food, and subsequently exhibited significantly lower body weight gain. DBCP ingestion thus was not directly proportional to the level of chemical in the water, although daily and cumulative intake of DCP were concentration dependent. Average daily intake of DBCP for the 64-day exposure period was as follows: 5 ppm = 0.4 mg/kg/day, 50 ppm = 3.3 mg/kg/day; 100 ppm = 5.4 mg/kg/day; 200 ppm = 9.7 mg/kg/day. Blood samples were taken after 2,4, and 6 weeks of exposure and at the terminal sacrifice and assayed for serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase, glutamic-pyruvic transaminase, sorbitol dehydrogenase, and ornithine-carbamyl transferase activities and BUN levels. No evidence of liver damage at any exposure level was indicated by either the clinical chemistry indices or histopathology. His-tologic examination revealed an apparent increase in the number of nuclei per renal proximal tubule cross-section in the 200-ppm group, possibly indicative of an increased turnover of proximal tubular cells. A slight, but statistically significant, decrease in absolute testicular weight was manifest in the 200-ppm animals, although the decrease was not significant when testicular weight was calculated as g/100 g body wt. Epididymal sperm counts and serum luteinizing hormone, follicle stimulating hormone, and intratesticular testosterone levels were not altered by any dose of DBCP. A qualitative histopathological examination of the testicular seminiferous epithelium failed to reveal any abnormalities in the spermatogenic process.
AB - This investigation was undertaken to assess the potential of ingested l,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) to cause tes-ticular and hepatorenal injury, in light of the paucity of data applicable to risk assessment of DBCP in drinking water. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were supplied ad libitum with water containing 0, 5, 50, 100, and 200 ppm DBCP for 64 days. A dose-related decrease in water consumption occurred during the study. The 200-ppm animals drank less than half as much water as controls, consumed less food, and subsequently exhibited significantly lower body weight gain. DBCP ingestion thus was not directly proportional to the level of chemical in the water, although daily and cumulative intake of DCP were concentration dependent. Average daily intake of DBCP for the 64-day exposure period was as follows: 5 ppm = 0.4 mg/kg/day, 50 ppm = 3.3 mg/kg/day; 100 ppm = 5.4 mg/kg/day; 200 ppm = 9.7 mg/kg/day. Blood samples were taken after 2,4, and 6 weeks of exposure and at the terminal sacrifice and assayed for serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase, glutamic-pyruvic transaminase, sorbitol dehydrogenase, and ornithine-carbamyl transferase activities and BUN levels. No evidence of liver damage at any exposure level was indicated by either the clinical chemistry indices or histopathology. His-tologic examination revealed an apparent increase in the number of nuclei per renal proximal tubule cross-section in the 200-ppm group, possibly indicative of an increased turnover of proximal tubular cells. A slight, but statistically significant, decrease in absolute testicular weight was manifest in the 200-ppm animals, although the decrease was not significant when testicular weight was calculated as g/100 g body wt. Epididymal sperm counts and serum luteinizing hormone, follicle stimulating hormone, and intratesticular testosterone levels were not altered by any dose of DBCP. A qualitative histopathological examination of the testicular seminiferous epithelium failed to reveal any abnormalities in the spermatogenic process.
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U2 - 10.1093/toxsci/13.4.804
DO - 10.1093/toxsci/13.4.804
M3 - Article
C2 - 2620797
AN - SCOPUS:0024802764
SN - 1096-6080
VL - 13
SP - 804
EP - 815
JO - Toxicological Sciences
JF - Toxicological Sciences
IS - 4
ER -