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Marty MS, Erraguntla N, North C, Barranco WT, Kirman CR, Cagen S, Rushton EK, Shen H, Koehler MW, Budinsky R. A reproductive and developmental toxicity screening study of 1,3-butadiene in Sprague-Dawley rats. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2021; 127:105066. [PMID: 34699959 DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2021.105066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Revised: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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1,3 Butadiene (BD) is an industrial intermediate used primarily in product manufacturing with the greatest exposure potential via inhalation. BD was evaluated for reproductive and developmental effects in a Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)-compliant, extended OECD 421 guideline study (completed 2003). Twelve-week old rats (12/sex/dose) were exposed via whole-body inhalation to BD vapor (0, 300, 1500, 6000 ppm) for 6 h/day, 7 days/week, starting 14 days prior to mating through the day prior to euthanasia (total exposures: 83-84 days for F0 males 60-70 days for F0 females). Select F1 offspring (1/sex/litter) were dosed 7 days (postnatal days 21-27 or 28-34), then necropsied. At 1500 and 6000 ppm, treatment-related facial soiling was seen in F0 males and females with decreased body weights/gains in F0 males. F1 males and females exhibited similar effects at 1500 and 6000 ppm. Importantly, the F0 generation had no evidence of altered sperm production, testicular effects, or ovarian atrophy, which were sensitive responses in mice. The no-observed-adverse-effect-level (NOAEL) is 300 ppm due to decreased body weight/gain and facial soiling at 1500 ppm, whereas 6000 ppm serves as a NOAEL for reproductive and developmental endpoints. This study contributes to the weight-of-evidence of differential BD reproductive toxicity in rats and mice.
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- M Sue Marty
- The Dow Chemical Company, Toxicology & Environmental Research & Consulting, Midland, MI, USA
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- Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX, USA
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- The Dow Chemical Company, Toxicology & Environmental Research & Consulting, Midland, MI, USA.
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- The Dow Chemical Company, Toxicology & Environmental Research & Consulting, Midland, MI, USA
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Marty MS, Borgert C, Coady K, Green R, Levine SL, Mihaich E, Ortego L, Wheeler JR, Yi KD, Zorrilla LM. Distinguishing between endocrine disruption and non-specific effects on endocrine systems. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2018; 99:142-158. [PMID: 30217484 DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2018.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2018] [Accepted: 09/04/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The endocrine system is responsible for growth, development, maintaining homeostasis and for the control of many physiological processes. Due to the integral nature of its signaling pathways, it can be difficult to distinguish endocrine-mediated adverse effects from transient fluctuations, adaptive/compensatory responses, or adverse effects on the endocrine system that are caused by mechanisms outside the endocrine system. This is particularly true in toxicological studies that require generation of effects through the use of Maximum Tolerated Doses (or Concentrations). Endocrine-mediated adverse effects are those that occur as a consequence of the interaction of a chemical with a specific molecular component of the endocrine system, for example, a hormone receptor. Non-endocrine-mediated adverse effects on the endocrine system are those that occur by other mechanisms. For example, systemic toxicity, which perturbs homeostasis and affects the general well-being of an organism, can affect endocrine signaling. Some organs/tissues can be affected by both endocrine and non-endocrine signals, which must be distinguished. This paper examines in vitro and in vivo endocrine endpoints that can be altered by non-endocrine processes. It recommends an evaluation of these issues in the assessment of effects for the determination of endocrine disrupting properties of chemicals. This underscores the importance of using a formal weight of evidence (WoE) process to evaluate potential endocrine activity.
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- M Sue Marty
- The Dow Chemical Company, Toxicology & Environmental Research and Consulting, 1803 Building, Midland, MI, 48674, USA.
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- Applied Pharmacology and Toxicology, Inc., C.E.H.T. Dept. Physiological Sciences, University of FL College of Veterinary Medicine, 2250 NW 24th Avenue, Gainesville, FL, 32605, USA.
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- The Dow Chemical Company, Toxicology & Environmental Research and Consulting, 1803 Building, Midland, MI, 48674, USA.
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- Dow AgroSciences, 3b Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4RN, United Kingdom.
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- Monsanto Company, Global Regulatory Science, 700 Chesterfield Parkway W, Chesterfield, MO, 63017, USA.
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- Environmental and Regulatory Resources, LLC, 6807 Lipscomb Drive, Durham, NC, 27712, USA.
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- Bayer CropScience, 2 TW Alexander Dr, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA.
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- Dow AgroSciences, 3b Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4RN, United Kingdom.
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- Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 410 S Wing Rd, Greensboro, NC, 27409, USA.
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- Bayer CropScience, 2 TW Alexander Dr, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA.
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Neal BH, Bus J, Marty MS, Coady K, Williams A, Staveley J, Lamb JC. Weight-of-the-evidence evaluation of 2,4-D potential for interactions with the estrogen, androgen and thyroid pathways and steroidogenesis. Crit Rev Toxicol 2017; 47:345-401. [PMID: 28303741 DOI: 10.1080/10408444.2016.1272094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A comprehensive weight-of-the-evidence evaluation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) was conducted for potential interactions with the estrogen, androgen and thyroid pathways and with steroidogenesis. This assessment was based on an extensive database of high quality in vitro, in vivo ecotoxicological and in vivo mammalian toxicological studies. Epidemiological studies were also considered. Toxicokinetic data provided the basis for determining rational cutoffs above which exposures were considered irrelevant to humans based on exceeding thresholds for saturation of renal clearance (TSRC); extensive human exposure and biomonitoring data support that these boundaries far exceed human exposures and provide ample margins of exposure. 2,4-D showed no evidence of interacting with the estrogen or androgen pathways. 2,4-D interacts with the thyroid axis in rats through displacement of thyroxine from plasma binding sites only at high doses exceeding the TSRC in mammals. 2,4-D effects on steroidogenesis parameters are likely related to high-dose specific systemic toxicity at doses exceeding the TSRC and are not likely to be endocrine mediated. No studies, including high quality studies in the published literature, predict significant endocrine-related toxicity or functional decrements in any species at environmentally relevant concentrations, or, in mammals, at doses below the TSRC that are relevant for human hazard and risk assessment. Overall, there is no basis for concern regarding potential interactions of 2,4-D with endocrine pathways or axes (estrogen, androgen, steroidogenesis or thyroid), and thus 2,4-D is unlikely to pose a threat from endocrine disruption to wildlife or humans under conditions of real-world exposures.
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- B H Neal
- a Exponent® , Alexandria , VA , USA
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- a Exponent® , Alexandria , VA , USA
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- b Toxicology & Environmental Research and Consulting, The Dow Chemical Company , Midland , MI , USA
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- b Toxicology & Environmental Research and Consulting, The Dow Chemical Company , Midland , MI , USA
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- a Exponent® , Alexandria , VA , USA
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Halpern WG, Ameri M, Bowman CJ, Elwell MR, Mirsky ML, Oliver J, Regan KS, Remick AK, Sutherland VL, Thompson KE, Tremblay C, Yoshida M, Tomlinson L. Scientific and Regulatory Policy Committee Points to Consider Review: Inclusion of Reproductive and Pathology End Points for Assessment of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity in Pharmaceutical Drug Development. Toxicol Pathol 2016; 44:789-809. [PMID: 27235322 PMCID: PMC4979743 DOI: 10.1177/0192623316650052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Standard components of nonclinical toxicity testing for novel pharmaceuticals include clinical and anatomic pathology, as well as separate evaluation of effects on reproduction and development to inform clinical development and labeling. General study designs in regulatory guidances do not specifically mandate use of pathology or reproductive end points across all study types; thus, inclusion and use of these end points are variable. The Scientific and Regulatory Policy Committee of the Society of Toxicologic Pathology (STP) formed a Working Group to assess the current guidelines and practices on the use of reproductive, anatomic pathology, and clinical pathology end points in general, reproductive, and developmental toxicology studies. The Working Group constructed a survey sent to pathologists and reproductive toxicologists, and responses from participating organizations were collected through the STP for evaluation by the Working Group. The regulatory context, relevant survey results, and collective experience of the Working Group are discussed and provide the basis of each assessment by study type. Overall, the current practice of including specific end points on a case-by-case basis is considered appropriate. Points to consider are summarized for inclusion of reproductive end points in general toxicity studies and for the informed use of pathology end points in reproductive and developmental toxicity studies.
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- WIL Research, a Charles River Company, Hillsborough, North Carolina, USA
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- Food Safety Commission of Japan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Comparing effect levels of regulatory studies with endpoints derived in targeted anti-androgenic studies: example prochloraz. Arch Toxicol 2016; 91:143-162. [DOI: 10.1007/s00204-016-1678-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2015] [Accepted: 01/28/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Investigations of putative reproductive toxicity of low-dose exposures to flutamide in Wistar rats. Arch Toxicol 2015; 89:2385-402. [PMID: 26525394 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-015-1622-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2015] [Accepted: 10/20/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The current investigation examines whether the model anti-androgenic substance flutamide is capable of disrupting endocrine homeostasis at very low doses. The data generated clarify whether a non-monotonic dose-response relationship exists to enhance the current debate about the regulation of endocrine disruptors. Moreover, it is part of a series of investigations assessing the dose-response relationship of single and combined administration of anti-androgenic substances. A pre-postnatal in vivo study design was chosen, which was compliant with regulatory testing protocols. The test design was improved by additional endpoints addressing hormone levels, morphology, and histopathological examinations. Doses were chosen to represent a clear effect level (2.5 mg/kg bw/d), a low endocrine effect level (LOAEL, 0.25 mg/kg bw/d), a NOAEL for endocrine effects (0.025 mg/kg bw/d), a further dose at 0.0025 mg/kg bw/d flutamide, as well as an "ADI" (0.00025 mg/kg bw/d or 100-fold below the NOAEL) for the detection of a possible non-monotonic dose-response curve. Anti-androgenic changes were observable at LOAEL and the clear effect dose level but not at lower exposures. Nipple retention appeared to be the most sensitive measure of anti-androgenic effects, followed by age at sexual maturation, anogenital distance/anogenital index and male sex organ weights, as well as gross and histopathological findings. The results of all five doses indicate the absence of evidence for effects at very low dose levels. A non-monotonic dose-response relationship was not evident for the anti-androgenic drug flutamide.
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Crincoli CM, Brathwaite WA, Casterton PL, Rihner MO, Nikiforov AI, Sloter ED, Harris SB. A dietary two-generation reproductive toxicity study of (2R,4R)-monatin salt in Crl:CD(SD) rats. Food Chem Toxicol 2015; 91:167-80. [PMID: 26514697 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2015.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2015] [Revised: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 10/23/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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(2R,4R)-Monatin salt [sodium/potassium 2R,4R-2-amino-4-carboxy-4-hydroxy-5-(3-indolyl) pentanoate] was fed at 5000, 15,000, or 35,000 ppm to Crl:CD(SD) rats over two generations. Reduced body weights were observed at all dose levels. Sustained effect on body weight gain at 35,000 ppm in the F0 and F1 parental animals was associated with lower feed efficiency, soft stool, and slightly lower numbers of implantation sites. Lower numbers of pups born and live litter size at 35,000 ppm were considered secondary to slightly lower numbers of former implantation sites in the dams. Spermatogenic endpoints, estrous cyclicity, reproductive performance, mean gestation length, and parturition were unaffected in the F0 and F1 generations. There were no effects on F1 and F2 generation postnatal survival. Reduced pre-weaning pup body weights at 35,000 ppm resulted in lower F1 and F2 body weights at study termination. Slight delays in pubertal landmarks in the F1 offspring were considered secondary to the reduced pup body weights. The no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) was 15,000 ppm for systemic, reproductive, and neonatal effects based on test article-related effects on body weight and food efficiency, slight decrease in maternal implantation sites and corresponding reduction in live litter size, and reductions in pre-weaning pup body weights at 35,000 ppm.
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- Toxicology Regulatory Services, 2365 Hunters Way, Charlottesville, VA 22911, USA.
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- Toxicology Regulatory Services, 2365 Hunters Way, Charlottesville, VA 22911, USA.
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- WIL Research Laboratories, 1407 George Road Ashland, OH 44805, USA.
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- ReproTox Consulting, Inc. d/b/a/ Stephen B. Harris Group, 6109 Madra Ave., San Diego, CA, 92120, USA.
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Moore NP, Boogaard PJ, Bremer S, Buesen R, Edwards J, Fraysse B, Hallmark N, Hemming H, Langrand-Lerche C, McKee RH, Meisters ML, Parsons P, Politano V, Reader S, Ridgway P, Hennes C. Guidance on classification for reproductive toxicity under the globally harmonized system of classification and labelling of chemicals (GHS). Crit Rev Toxicol 2014; 43:850-91. [PMID: 24274377 DOI: 10.3109/10408444.2013.854734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The Globally Harmonised System of Classification (GHS) is a framework within which the intrinsic hazards of substances may be determined and communicated. It is not a legislative instrument per se, but is enacted into national legislation with the appropriate legislative instruments. GHS covers many aspects of effects upon health and the environment, including adverse effects upon sexual function and fertility or on development. Classification for these effects is based upon observations in humans or from properly designed experiments in animals, although only the latter is covered herein. The decision to classify a substance based upon experimental data, and the category of classification ascribed, is determined by the level of evidence that is available for an adverse effect on sexual function and fertility or on development that does not arise as a secondary non-specific consequence of other toxic effect. This document offers guidance on the determination of level of concern as a measure of adversity, and the level of evidence to ascribe classification based on data from tests in laboratory animals.
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Marty MS, O'Connor JC. Key learnings from the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) Tier 1 rodent uterotrophic and Hershberger assays. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 101:63-79. [PMID: 24515841 PMCID: PMC4309517 DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.21098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2013] [Accepted: 01/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In 2009, companies began screening compounds using the US Environmental Protection Agency's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP). EDSP has two tiers: Tier 1 includes 11 assays to identify compounds with potential endocrine activity. This article describes two laboratories' experiences conducting Tier 1 uterotrophic and Hershberger assays. The uterotrophic assay detects estrogen receptor agonists through increases in uterine weight. The advantages of the uterotrophic rat models (immature vs. adult ovariectomized) and exposure routes are discussed. Across 29 studies, relative differences in uterine weights in the vehicle control group and 17α-ethynylestradiol–positive control group were reasonably reproducible. The Hershberger assay detects androgen receptor (AR) agonists, antagonists, and 5α-reductase inhibitors through changes in accessory sex tissue (AST) weights. Across 23 studies, AST weights were relatively reproducible for the vehicle groups (baseline), testosterone propionate (TP) groups (androgenic response), and flutamide + TP groups (antiandrogenic response). In one laboratory, one and four compounds were positive in the androgenic and antiandrogenic portions of the assay, respectively. Each compound was also positive for AR binding. In the other laboratory, three compounds showed potential antiandrogenic activity, but each compound was negative for AR binding and did not fit the profile for 5α-reductase inhibition. These compounds induced hepatic enzymes that enhanced testosterone metabolism/clearance, resulting in lower testosterone and decreased capacity to maintain AST weights. The Hershberger androgenic and antiandrogenic performance criteria were generally attainable. Overall, the uterotrophic and Hershberger assays were easily adopted and function as described for EDSP screening, although the mode of action for positive results may not be easily determined.
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- M Sue Marty
- Toxicology & Environmental Research and Consulting, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan
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Relevance Weighting of Tier 1 Endocrine Screening Endpoints by Rank Order. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 101:90-113. [DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.21096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2013] [Accepted: 12/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Stump DG, O'Connor JC, Lewis JM, Marty MS. Key lessons from performance of the U.S. EPA Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) Tier 1 male and female pubertal assays. BIRTH DEFECTS RESEARCH. PART B, DEVELOPMENTAL AND REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY 2014; 101:43-62. [PMID: 24510766 PMCID: PMC4313686 DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.21097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2013] [Accepted: 01/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The male and female pubertal assays, which are included in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) Tier 1 battery, can detect endocrine-active compounds operating by various modes of action. This article uses the collective experience of three laboratories to provide information on pubertal assay conduct, interlaboratory reproducibility, endpoint redundancy, and data interpretation. The various criteria used to select the maximum tolerated dose are described. A comparison of historical control data across laboratories confirmed reasonably good interlaboratory reproducibility. With a reliance on apical endpoints, interpretation of pubertal assay effects as specifically endocrine-mediated or secondary to other systemic effects can be problematic and mode of action may be difficult to discern. Across 21-23 data sets, relative liver weight, a nonspecific endocrine endpoint, was the most commonly affected endpoint in male and female assays. For endocrine endpoints, patterns of effects were generally seen; rarely was an endocrine-sensitive endpoint affected in isolation. In males, most frequently missed EPA-established performance criteria included mean weights for kidney and thyroid, and the coefficient of variation for age and body weight at preputial separation, seminal vesicle weight, and final body weight. In females, the frequently missed EPA-established performance criteria included mean adrenal weight and mean age at vaginal opening. To ensure specificity for endocrine effects, the pubertal assays should be interpreted using a weight-of-evidence approach as part of the entire EDSP battery. Based on the frequency with which certain performance criteria were missed, an EPA review of these criteria is warranted.
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- Donald G Stump
- Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology, WIL Research Laboratories, LLCAshland, Ohio
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- DuPont Haskell Global Centers for Health and Environmental SciencesNewark, Delaware
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- DuPont Haskell Global Centers for Health and Environmental SciencesNewark, Delaware
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- Toxicology & Environmental Research and Consulting, The Dow Chemical CompanyMidland, Michigan
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Melching-Kollmuß S, Fussell KC, Buesen R, Dammann M, Schneider S, Tennekes H, van Ravenzwaay B. Anti-androgenicity can only be evaluated using a weight of evidence approach. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2014; 68:175-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2013.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2013] [Revised: 10/06/2013] [Accepted: 10/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Marty MS, Neal BH, Zablotny CL, Yano BL, Andrus AK, Woolhiser MR, Boverhof DR, Saghir SA, Perala AW, Passage JK, Lawson MA, Bus JS, Lamb JC, Hammond L. An F1-extended one-generation reproductive toxicity study in Crl:CD(SD) rats with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. Toxicol Sci 2013; 136:527-47. [PMID: 24072463 PMCID: PMC3858197 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kft213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) was assessed for systemic toxicity, reproductive toxicity, developmental neurotoxicity (DNT), developmental immunotoxicity (DIT), and endocrine toxicity. CD rats (27/sex/dose) were exposed to 0, 100, 300, 600 (female), or 800 (male) ppm 2,4-D in diet. Nonlinear toxicokinetic behavior was shown at high doses; the renal clearance saturation threshold for 2,4-D was exceeded markedly in females and slightly exceeded in males. Exposure was 4 weeks premating, 7 weeks postmating for P1 males and through lactation for P1 females. F1 offspring were examined for survival and development, and at weaning, pups were divided in cohorts, by sex and dose, and by systemic toxicity (10), DNT (10), DIT (20), and reproductive toxicity (≥ 23). Remaining weanlings were evaluated for systemic toxicity and neuropathology (10–12). Body weight decreased during lactation in high-dose P1 females and in F1 pups. Kidney was the primary target organ, with slight degeneration of proximal convoluted tubules observed in high-dose P1 males and in high-dose F1 males and females. A slight intergenerational difference in kidney toxicity was attributed to increased intake of 2,4-D in F1 offspring. Decreased weanling testes weights and delayed preputial separation in F1 males were attributed to decreased body weights. Endocrine-related effects were limited to slight thyroid hormone changes and adaptive histopathology in high-dose GD 17 dams seen only at a nonlinear toxicokinetic dose. 2,4-D did not cause reproductive toxicity, DNT, or DIT. The “No Observed Adverse Effect Level” for systemic toxicity was 300 ppm in both males (16.6mg/kg/day) and females (20.6mg/kg/day), which is approximately 6700- to 93 000-fold higher than that reported for 2,4-D exposures in human biomonitoring studies.
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- Mary Sue Marty
- * Toxicology and Environmental Research & Consulting, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan
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Becker RA, Bergfelt DR, Borghoff S, Davis JP, Hamby BT, O'Connor JC, Kaplan AM, Sloan CS, Tyl RW, Wade M, Marty MS. Interlaboratory study comparison of the 15-day intact adult male rat screening assay: evaluation of an antithyroid chemical and a negative control chemical. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 95:63-78. [PMID: 22127959 DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.20343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2011] [Accepted: 10/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Validation of the 15-day intact adult male rat screening assay (IAMRSA), an endocrine activity screen, was extended beyond the 28 substances evaluated to date. Two independent laboratories evaluated specificity using allyl alcohol (AA), a putative negative control, and DE-71 (technical grade pentabromodiphenyl ether) for comparison with previous pubertal assays that demonstrated thyroid effects. Male rats (15/group) were gavaged daily with AA (0, 10, 30, or 40 mg/kg/day) or DE-71 (0, 3, 30, or 60 mg/kg/day) for 15 days. Body and organ weights and serum hormone concentrations were measured, and a limited histopathological assessment was conducted. AA results were considered negative at doses that did not exceed the maximum tolerated dose (MTD); effects reported were dose-related decreases in weight gain, increased liver weights and, although the pattern varied across studies, alterations in some androgen-sensitive endpoints in the high-dose where the maximum tolerated dose was exceeded. In the DE-71 studies, dose-dependent increases in liver weights (consistent with hepatic enzyme induction), decreases in tri-iodothyronine and thyroxine, concomitant thyroid stimulating hormone increases were observed and one laboratory reported histopathological thyroid changes in mid- and high-dose groups, and the other increased thyroid weights. For DE-71, the IAMRSA was comparable in sensitivity to the pubertal assays. Overall, the specificity and sensitivity of the IAMRSA for deployment in an endocrine screening battery are supported. However, differentiating primary endocrine-mediated effects from secondary effects caused by systemic toxicity will be challenging, emphasizing the need to utilize a battery of assays and a weight of evidence approach when evaluating the potential endocrine activity of chemicals.
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- Richard A Becker
- American Chemistry Council, Washington, District of Columbia 20002, USA.
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Yousofi M, Saberivand A, Becker LA, Karimi I. The effects of Cannabis sativa L. seed (hemp seed) on reproductive and neurobehavioral end points in rats. Dev Psychobiol 2011; 53:402-12. [DOI: 10.1002/dev.20534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2010] [Accepted: 01/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Freyberger A, Schladt L. Evaluation of the rodent Hershberger bioassay on intact juvenile males—Testing of coded chemicals and supplementary biochemical investigations. Toxicology 2009; 262:114-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2009.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2009] [Revised: 04/29/2009] [Accepted: 05/15/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Reproductive effects of maternal and pre-weaning undernutrition in rat offspring: age at puberty, onset of female reproductive senescence and intergenerational pup growth and viability. Reprod Toxicol 2009; 28:489-94. [PMID: 19539024 DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2009.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2009] [Revised: 05/13/2009] [Accepted: 06/05/2009] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Maternal and/or postnatal undernutrition are widespread in human populations and are components of many experimental developmental and reproductive toxicology bio-assays. This study investigated in utero and/or pre-weaning undernutrition effects on reproductive maturation and senescence in the Sprague-Dawley rat as well as potential intergenerational effects. Pregnant rats were given food ad libitum or at 50% of normal dietary intake throughout pregnancy. Their offspring (control or IUGR) were cross-fostered to control dams with litter sizes of 8 or 16 pups (control and undernourished). Offspring body weights were reduced and onset of male puberty slightly delayed in animals from large postnatal litters. Similar body weight effects were observed in females but there was no difference in the age of vaginal opening. Female reproductive senescence as measured by onset of estrus acyclicity occurred at a younger age in IUGR-8-pup and Control-16-pup groups compared to Control-8-pup or IUGR-16-pup groups. Females were bred to control males and no evidence of adverse reproductive effects was found in any F2 groups. The offspring of the F1 generation did not show an intergenerational effect as documented in humans.
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Hutchinson TH, Bögi C, Winter MJ, Owens JW. Benefits of the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and maximum tolerated concentration (MTC) concept in aquatic toxicology. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2009; 91:197-202. [PMID: 19124163 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2008.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2008] [Revised: 11/02/2008] [Accepted: 11/04/2008] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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There is increasing recognition of the need to identify specific sublethal effects of chemicals, such as reproductive toxicity, and specific modes of actions of the chemicals, such as interference with the endocrine system. To achieve these aims requires criteria which provide a basis to interpret study findings so as to separate these specific toxicities and modes of action from not only acute lethality per se but also from severe inanition and malaise that non-specifically compromise reproductive capacity and the response of endocrine endpoints. Mammalian toxicologists have recognized that very high dose levels are sometimes required to elicit both specific adverse effects and present the potential of non-specific "systemic toxicity". Mammalian toxicologists have developed the concept of a maximum tolerated dose (MTD) beyond which a specific toxicity or action cannot be attributed to a test substance due to the compromised state of the organism. Ecotoxicologists are now confronted by a similar challenge and must develop an analogous concept of a MTD and the respective criteria. As examples of this conundrum, we note recent developments in efforts to validate protocols for fish reproductive toxicity and endocrine screens (e.g. some chemicals originally selected as 'negatives' elicited decreases in fecundity or changes in endpoints intended to be biomarkers for endocrine modes of action). Unless analogous criteria can be developed, the potentially confounding effects of systemic toxicity may then undermine the reliable assessment of specific reproductive effects or biomarkers such as vitellogenin or spiggin. The same issue confronts other areas of aquatic toxicology (e.g., genotoxicity) and the use of aquatic animals for preclinical assessments of drugs (e.g., use of zebrafish for drug safety assessment). We propose that there are benefits to adopting the concept of an MTD for toxicology and pharmacology studies using fish and other aquatic organisms and the development of sound criteria for data interpretation when the exposure of organisms has exceeded the MTD. While the MTD approach is well established for oral, topical, inhalational or injection exposure routes in mammalian toxicology, we propose that for exposure of aquatic organisms via immersion, the term Maximum Tolerated Concentration (MTC) is more appropriate.
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TRISOMBOON H, TOHEI A, MALAIVIJITNOND S, WATANABE G, TAYA K. Oral Administration of Kaempferia parviflora did not Disturb Male Reproduction in Rats. J Reprod Dev 2008; 54:375-80. [DOI: 10.1262/jrd.20028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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- Hataitip TRISOMBOON
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University
- Laboratory of Veterinary Physiology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Laboratory Animal Research Center, Dokkyo University School of Medicine
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Physiology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
- Department of Basic Veterinary Science, the United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Physiology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
- Department of Basic Veterinary Science, the United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University
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Laws SC, Stoker TE, Ferrell JM, Hotchkiss MG, Cooper RL. Effects of altered food intake during pubertal development in male and female wistar rats. Toxicol Sci 2007; 100:194-202. [PMID: 17728285 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfm219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is currently validating assays that will be used in a Tier I Screening Battery to detect endocrine disrupting chemicals. A primary concern with the Protocols for the Assessment of Pubertal Development and Thyroid Function in Juvenile Male and Female Rats is that a nonspecific reduction in body weight (BWT) during the exposure period may potentially confound the interpretation of effects on the endocrine endpoints. Wistar rats were underfed 10, 20, 30, or 40% less than the ad libitum food consumed by controls from postnatal days (PNDs) 22 to 42 (females) or PNDs 23 to 53 (males). Terminal BWT of females and males were 2, 4, 12, and 19% and 2, 6, 9, and 19% lower than controls, respectively. In the females, neither the age of pubertal onset nor any of the thyroid hormone endpoints were affected by food restriction (FR) that led to a 12% decrease in BWT. Similarly, none of the male reproductive endpoints examined were altered by FR that led to a 9% BWT decrease. However, decreased triiodothyronine and thyroxin was observed in FR males with a 9% reduced BWT. While these data support the use of the maximum tolerated dose for BWT (10%) for the female protocol, effects on the male thyroid endpoints indicate that a slightly lower limit (<or= 6% BWT loss) may be appropriate for the male pubertal protocol, and in cases where the BWT loss approaches 9-10%, additional studies and/or a weight of evidence approach should be used when interpreting the data for the thyroid endpoints.
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- Susan C Laws
- National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, USA.
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Yamasaki K, Ohta R, Okuda H. OECD validation of the Hershberger assay in Japan: Phase 3. Blind study using coded chemicals. Toxicol Lett 2006; 163:121-9. [PMID: 16289407 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2005.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2005] [Revised: 10/06/2005] [Accepted: 10/06/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has initiated the development of new guidelines for the screening and testing of potential endocrine disrupters. The Hershberger assay is one of the assays selected for validation based on the need for in vivo screening to detect androgen agonists or antagonists by measuring the response of five sex accessory organs and tissues of castrated juvenile male rats: the ventral prostate, the seminal vesicles with coagulating glands, the levator ani and bulbocavernosus muscle complex (LABC), Cowper's glands, and the glans penis. The Phase 1 feasibility demonstration stage of the Hershberger validation program has been successfully completed with a single androgen agonist and a single antagonist as reference substances. The Phase 2 validation study was performed, employing a range of additional androgen agonists and antagonists. Recently, the Phase 3 validation study was conducted and performed in several International laboratories. Three Japanese laboratories have contributed to the blind study using coded materials of Phase 3 validation. Four coded test substances in the agonistic version and seven substances in the antagonistic version were orally administered by gavage for 10 consecutive days, respectively. In the antagonist version of the assay, 0.2mg/kg/day of testosterone propionate (TP) was coadministered by subcutaneous injection. All five accessory sex reproductive organs and tissues consistently responded with statistically significant changes in weight within a narrow window in both versions. Therefore, the Japanese studies support the Hershberger assay as a reliable and reproducible screening assay for the detection of androgen agonistic and antagonistic effects.
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- Kanji Yamasaki
- Chemicals Evaluation and Research Institute, 3-822 Ishii, Hita, Oita 877-0061, Japan
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Katsiadaki I, Morris S, Squires C, Hurst MR, James JD, Scott AP. Use of the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) as a sensitive in vivo test for detection of environmental antiandrogens. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2006; 114 Suppl 1:115-21. [PMID: 16818256 PMCID: PMC1874185 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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We have previously shown that exposure to exogenous androgens causes female sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) to produce the glue protein, spiggin, in their kidneys. This protein can be quantified by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay developed and validated at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science. Here we report the development of an in vivo test for the detection of environmental antiandrogens. The system involves the simultaneous exposure of female sticklebacks to 17alpha-methyltestosterone (a model androgen) at 500 ng/L and suspected environmental antiandrogens over a period of 21 days. The spiggin content of the kidneys is then measured, and any antiandrogenic activity is evaluated by comparing the spiggin levels of female fish exposed to antiandrogens to those of female fish exposed solely to the model androgen. The assay detects the antiandrogenic activity of flutamide, vinclozolin (both used at 250 microg/L), linuron (at 150 microg/L), and fenitrothion (at 15 and 150 microg/L). These results provide the first evidence of in vivo antiandrogenic activity of both linuron and fenitrothion in teleosts. Although there are other suggested fish species that could be used for this purpose, the stickleback is the only widely available species in which it is now possible to study both estrogenic and antiandrogenic end points in the same individual. Furthermore, the species is endemic and ubiquitous in Europe, and it possesses many ecological traits that make it better suited than other potential species for field research into endocrine disruption.
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- Ioanna Katsiadaki
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom.
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Charles GD, Kan HL, Schisler MR, Bhaskar Gollapudi B, Sue Marty M. A comparison of in vitro and in vivo EDSTAC test battery results for detecting antiandrogenic activity. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2005; 202:108-20. [PMID: 15589981 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2004.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2004] [Accepted: 06/14/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The androgen receptor (AR) transactivation, binding, and Hershberger assays are being developed for large-scale screening of chemicals for endocrine activity. The goal of this study was to evaluate the correlation between in vitro and in vivo antiandrogenicity assays using a variety of compounds (p,p'-DDE, flutamide (FLUT), spironolactone, procymidone, RU486, methoxychlor (MXC), benzo(a)pyrene (BAP), and selected metabolites). For the AR transactivation assay, AR(+) LNCaP prostate carcinoma cells were transfected with an inducible luciferase reporter construct (pGudLuc7ARE) and exposed for 24 h to test materials (< or = 10 microM) in the presence and absence of 1 nM of the AR agonist R-1881. Each of these materials, including the hydroxlated metabolites of BAP and MXC, produced significant antiandrogenic activity in vitro as evidenced by their inhibition of the response to R-1881. Similarly, in vitro AR binding experiments using the recombinant ligand-binding domain (LBD) of the human AR and fluorescence polarization (FP) methodology yielded IC50s comparable to that of testosterone for RU486 and 9-OH-BAP. Other parent compounds and metabolites exhibited lesser binding affinity. In vivo antiandrogenic activity was evaluated with the Hershberger assay, wherein castrated male CD rats were dosed by gavage for 10 days with (mg/kg per day): MXC (10, 50, 100, and 200), BAP (1, 10, 50, and 100), RU486 (1, 5, 10, and 25), and FLUT (10) in the presence of 0.4 mg/kg per day (sc) of testosterone propionate (TP). Neither BAP nor MXC produced significant decreases in accessory sex tissue (AST) weights relative to TP control. However, 200 MXC resulted in a significant decrease in body weight and 100 BAP significantly increased absolute and relative liver weights. RU486 (25) produced significant decreases in ventral prostate, seminal vesicle, and Cowper's gland weights without affecting body weight. FLUT (10) decreased all AST weights measured. The antiandrogenic activities of the remaining materials (p,p'-DDE, spironolactone, and procymidone) have been demonstrated in previous Hershberger assays. These data indicate the importance of including in vivo results in assessing the endocrine activity of test materials and further stress the importance of a weight of evidence approach in assessing endocrine activity of test materials.
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- Grantley D Charles
- Toxicology and Environmental Research and Consulting, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI 48674, USA.
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