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Steinberg P, van der Voet H, Goedhart PW, Kleter G, Kok EJ, Pla M, Nadal A, Zeljenková D, Aláčová R, Babincová J, Rollerová E, Jaďuďová S, Kebis A, Szabova E, Tulinská J, Líšková A, Takácsová M, Mikušová ML, Krivošíková Z, Spök A, Racovita M, de Vriend H, Alison R, Alison C, Baumgärtner W, Becker K, Lempp C, Schmicke M, Schrenk D, Pöting A, Schiemann J, Wilhelm R. Correction to: Lack of adverse effects in subchronic and chronic toxicity/carcinogenicity studies on the glyphosate-resistant genetically modified maize NK603 in Wistar Han RCC rats. Arch Toxicol 2020; 94:1779-1781. [PMID: 32328701 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-020-02751-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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In the original publication, the starting point in time for the three feeding trials.
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- Pablo Steinberg
- Institute for Food Toxicology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15, 30173, Hannover, Germany. .,Max Rubner-Institut, Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food, Haid-und-Neu-Str. 9, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany.
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- Wageningen University and Research, Biometris, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen University and Research, Biometris, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- RIKILT Wageningen University & Research, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708 WB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- RIKILT Wageningen University & Research, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708 WB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Food and Agricultural Technology, University of Girona, Campus Montilivi, 17003, Girona, Spain.,CRAG-CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, 08193, Cerdanyola, Spain
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- Institute of Food and Agricultural Technology, University of Girona, Campus Montilivi, 17003, Girona, Spain
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- Slovak Medical University, Faculty of Public Health, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Faculty of Public Health, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Faculty of Public Health, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Faculty of Public Health, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Faculty of Public Health, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Faculty of Public Health, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Faculty of Public Health, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Faculty of Medicine, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Faculty of Medicine, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Faculty of Medicine, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Faculty of Medicine, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Graz University of Technology, Schlögelgasse 2, 8010, Graz, Austria.,Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Schlögelgasse 2, 8010, Graz, Austria
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- Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Schlögelgasse 2, 8010, Graz, Austria.,Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge, CB1 1PT, UK
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- LIS Consult, Hogesteeg 9, 3972 JS, Driebergen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 17, 30559, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 17, 30559, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 17, 30559, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinic for Cattle, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15, 30173, Hannover, Germany
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- Food Chemistry and Toxicology, University of Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Straße 52, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Erwin-Baur-Str. 27, 06484, Quedlinburg, Germany
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- Institute for Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Erwin-Baur-Str. 27, 06484, Quedlinburg, Germany
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Steinberg P, van der Voet H, Goedhart PW, Kleter G, Kok EJ, Pla M, Nadal A, Zeljenková D, Aláčová R, Babincová J, Rollerová E, Jaďuďová S, Kebis A, Szabova E, Tulinská J, Líšková A, Takácsová M, Mikušová ML, Krivošíková Z, Spök A, Racovita M, de Vriend H, Alison R, Alison C, Baumgärtner W, Becker K, Lempp C, Schmicke M, Schrenk D, Pöting A, Schiemann J, Wilhelm R. Lack of adverse effects in subchronic and chronic toxicity/carcinogenicity studies on the glyphosate-resistant genetically modified maize NK603 in Wistar Han RCC rats. Arch Toxicol 2019; 93:1095-1139. [PMID: 30756133 PMCID: PMC7261740 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-019-02400-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Accepted: 01/24/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
In 2012, a controversial study on the long-term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and the glyphosate-tolerant genetically modified (GM) maize NK603 was published. The EC-funded G-TwYST research consortium tested the potential subchronic and chronic toxicity as well as the carcinogenicity of the glyphosate-resistant genetically modified maize NK603 by performing two 90-day feeding trials, one with GM maize inclusion rates of 11 and 33% and one with inclusion rates of up to 50%, as well as a 2-year feeding trial with inclusion rates of 11 and 33% in male and female Wistar Han RCC rats by taking into account OECD Guidelines for the testing of chemicals and EFSA recommendations on the safety testing of whole-food/feed in laboratory animals. In all three trials, the NK603 maize, untreated and treated once with Roundup during its cultivation, and the conventional counterpart were tested. Differences between each test group and the control group were evaluated. Equivalence was assessed by comparing the observed difference to differences between non-GM reference groups in previous studies. In case of significant differences, whether the effects were dose-related and/or accompanied by changes in related parameters including histopathological findings was evaluated. It is concluded that no adverse effects related to the feeding of the NK603 maize cultivated with or without Roundup for up to 2 years were observed. Based on the outcome of the subchronic and combined chronic toxicity/carcinogenicity studies, recommendations on the scientific justification and added value of long-term feeding trials in the GM plant risk assessment process are presented.
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- Pablo Steinberg
- Institute for Food Toxicology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15, 30173, Hannover, Germany.
- Max Rubner-Institut, Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food, Haid-und-Neu-Str. 9, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany.
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- Wageningen University and Research, Biometris, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen University and Research, Biometris, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- RIKILT Wageningen University & Research, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708 WB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- RIKILT Wageningen University & Research, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708 WB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Food and Agricultural Technology, University of Girona, Campus Montilivi, 17003, Girona, Spain
- CRAG-CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, 08193, Cerdanyola, Spain
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- Institute of Food and Agricultural Technology, University of Girona, Campus Montilivi, 17003, Girona, Spain
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- Slovak Medical University, Faculty of Public Health, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Faculty of Public Health, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Faculty of Public Health, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Faculty of Public Health, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Faculty of Public Health, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Faculty of Public Health, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Faculty of Public Health, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Faculty of Medicine, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Faculty of Medicine, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Faculty of Medicine, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Faculty of Medicine, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Graz University of Technology, Schlögelgasse 2, 8010, Graz, Austria
- Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Schlögelgasse 2, 8010, Graz, Austria
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- Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Schlögelgasse 2, 8010, Graz, Austria
- Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge, CB1 1PT, UK
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- LIS Consult, Hogesteeg 9, 3972 JS, Driebergen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 17, 30559, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 17, 30559, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 17, 30559, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinic for Cattle, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15, 30173, Hannover, Germany
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- Food Chemistry and Toxicology, University of Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Straße 52, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Erwin-Baur-Str. 27, 06484, Quedlinburg, Germany
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- Institute for Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Erwin-Baur-Str. 27, 06484, Quedlinburg, Germany
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Sharbati J, Bohmer M, Bohmer N, Keller A, Backes C, Franke A, Steinberg P, Zeljenková D, Einspanier R. Transcriptomic Analysis of Intestinal Tissues from Two 90-Day Feeding Studies in Rats Using Genetically Modified MON810 Maize Varieties. Front Genet 2017; 8:222. [PMID: 29312443 PMCID: PMC5742243 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2017.00222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2017] [Accepted: 12/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background: Global as well as specific expression profiles of selected rat tissues were characterized to assess the safety of genetically modified (GM) maize MON810 containing the insecticidal protein Cry1Ab. Gene expression was evaluated by use of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) as well as RT-qPCR within rat intestinal tissues based on mandatory 90-day rodent feeding studies. In parallel to two 90-day feeding studies, the transcriptional response of rat tissues was assessed as another endpoint to enhance the mechanistic interpretation of GM feeding studies and/or to facilitate the generation of a targeted hypothesis. Rats received diets containing 33% GM maize (MON810) or near-isogenic control maize. As a site of massive exposure to ingested feed the transcriptomic response of ileal and colonic tissue was profiled via RT-qPCR arrays targeting apoptosis, DNA-damage/repair, unfolded protein response (UPR). For global RNA profiling of rat ileal tissue, we applied NGS. Results: No biological response to the GM-diet was observed in male and in female rat tissues. Transcriptome wide analysis of gene expression by RNA-seq confirmed these findings. Nevertheless, gene ontology (GO) analysis clearly associated a set of distinctly regulated transcripts with circadian rhythms. We confirmed differential expression of circadian clock genes using RT-qPCR and immunoassays for selected factors, thereby indicating physiological effects caused by the time point of sampling. Conclusion: Prediction of potential unintended effects of GM-food/feed by transcriptome based profiling of intestinal tissue presents a novel approach to complement classical toxicological testing procedures. Including the detection of alterations in signaling pathways in toxicity testing procedures may enhance the confidence in outcomes of toxicological trials. In this study, no significant GM-related changes in intestinal expression profiles were found in rats fed GM-maize MON810. Relevant alterations of selected cellular pathways (apoptosis, DNA damage and repair, UPR) pointing toward intestinal toxicity of the diets were not observed. Transcriptomic profiles did not reveal perturbations of pathways associated with toxicity, underlining the study results revealed by classical OECD endpoints.
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- Jutta Sharbati
- Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Chair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Chair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute for Food Toxicology and Analytical Chemistry, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Faculty of Public Health, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Zeljenková D, Aláčová R, Ondrejková J, Ambrušová K, Bartušová M, Kebis A, Kovrižnych J, Rollerová E, Szabová E, Wimmerová S, Černák M, Krivošíková Z, Kuricová M, Líšková A, Spustová V, Tulinská J, Levkut M, Révajová V, Ševčíková Z, Schmidt K, Schmidtke J, Schmidt P, La Paz JL, Corujo M, Pla M, Kleter GA, Kok EJ, Sharbati J, Bohmer M, Bohmer N, Einspanier R, Adel-Patient K, Spök A, Pöting A, Kohl C, Wilhelm R, Schiemann J, Steinberg P. One-year oral toxicity study on a genetically modified maize MON810 variety in Wistar Han RCC rats (EU 7th Framework Programme project GRACE). Arch Toxicol 2016; 90:2531-62. [PMID: 27439414 PMCID: PMC5043003 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-016-1798-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2016] [Accepted: 07/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
Abstract
The GRACE (GMO Risk Assessment and Communication of Evidence; www.grace-fp7.eu ) project was funded by the European Commission within the 7th Framework Programme. A key objective of GRACE was to conduct 90-day animal feeding trials, animal studies with an extended time frame as well as analytical, in vitro and in silico studies on genetically modified (GM) maize in order to comparatively evaluate their use in GM plant risk assessment. In the present study, the results of a 1-year feeding trial with a GM maize MON810 variety, its near-isogenic non-GM comparator and an additional conventional maize variety are presented. The feeding trials were performed by taking into account the guidance for such studies published by the EFSA Scientific Committee in 2011 and the OECD Test Guideline 452. The results obtained show that the MON810 maize at a level of up to 33 % in the diet did not induce adverse effects in male and female Wistar Han RCC rats after a chronic exposure.
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- Dagmar Zeljenková
- Faculty of Public Health, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Public Health, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Public Health, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Public Health, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Public Health, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Public Health, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Public Health, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Public Health, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Public Health, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Public Health, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice and TOPALAB, Kamenicna 7, 01015, Košice, Slovakia
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- University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice and TOPALAB, Kamenicna 7, 01015, Košice, Slovakia
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- University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice and TOPALAB, Kamenicna 7, 01015, Košice, Slovakia
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- BioMath GmbH, Schnickmannstr. 4, 18055, Rostock, Germany
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- BioMath GmbH, Schnickmannstr. 4, 18055, Rostock, Germany
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, 08193, Cerdanyola, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, 08193, Cerdanyola, Barcelona, Spain
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- Universitat de Girona (UDG), Edifici EPS1, Campus Montilivi, 17071, Girona, Spain
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- RIKILT Wageningen UR, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- RIKILT Wageningen UR, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Oertzenweg 19b, 14163, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Oertzenweg 19b, 14163, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Oertzenweg 19b, 14163, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Oertzenweg 19b, 14163, Berlin, Germany
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- INRA, UR496 Immuno-Allergie Alimentaire, CEA/IBiTeC-S/SPI, CEA de Saclay, 91191, Gif Sur Yvette Cedex, France
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- IFZ-Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture (IFZ), Schlögelgasse 2, 8010, Graz, Austria
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- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology, Julius Kühn-Institut, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Erwin-Baur-Str. 27, 06484, Quedlinburg, Germany
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- Institute for Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology, Julius Kühn-Institut, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Erwin-Baur-Str. 27, 06484, Quedlinburg, Germany
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- Institute for Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology, Julius Kühn-Institut, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Erwin-Baur-Str. 27, 06484, Quedlinburg, Germany
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- Institute for Food Toxicology and Analytical Chemistry, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15, 30173, Hannover, Germany.
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Schmidt K, Döhring J, Kohl C, Pla M, Kok EJ, Glandorf DCM, Custers R, van der Voet H, Sharbati J, Einspanier R, Zeljenková D, Tulinská J, Spök A, Alison C, Schrenk D, Pöting A, Wilhelm R, Schiemann J, Steinberg P. Proposed criteria for the evaluation of the scientific quality of mandatory rat and mouse feeding trials with whole food/feed derived from genetically modified plants. Arch Toxicol 2016; 90:2287-2291. [PMID: 27325310 PMCID: PMC4982882 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-016-1762-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Institute for Food Toxicology and Analytical Chemistry, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15, 30173, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology, Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Erwin-Baur-Str. 27, 06484, Quedlinburg, Germany
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- Edifici EPS1, Universitat de Girona (UDG), Campus Montilivi, 17071, Girona, Spain
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- RIKILT Wageningen UR, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- GMO Office, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment/Centre for Safety of Substances and Products, Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, 3721 MA, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- VIB (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology), Rijvisschestraat 120, 9052, Zwijnaarde, Belgium
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- Wageningen University and Research Centre, Biometris, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Oertzenweg 19b, 14163, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Oertzenweg 19b, 14163, Berlin, Germany
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- Slovak Medical University, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt
- Wien Graz, Schlögelgasse 2, 8010, Graz, Austria
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- Food Chemistry and Toxicology, University of Kaiserslautern, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology, Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Erwin-Baur-Str. 27, 06484, Quedlinburg, Germany
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- Institute for Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology, Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Erwin-Baur-Str. 27, 06484, Quedlinburg, Germany
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- Institute for Food Toxicology and Analytical Chemistry, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15, 30173, Hannover, Germany
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Zeljenková D, Ambrušová K, Bartušová M, Kebis A, Kovrižnych J, Krivošíková Z, Kuricová M, Líšková A, Rollerová E, Spustová V, Szabová E, Tulinská J, Wimmerová S, Levkut M, Révajová V, Ševčíková Z, Schmidt K, Schmidtke J, La Paz JL, Corujo M, Pla M, Kleter GA, Kok EJ, Sharbati J, Hanisch C, Einspanier R, Adel-Patient K, Wal JM, Spök A, Pöting A, Kohl C, Wilhelm R, Schiemann J, Steinberg P. Ninety-day oral toxicity studies on two genetically modified maize MON810 varieties in Wistar Han RCC rats (EU 7th Framework Programme project GRACE). Arch Toxicol 2014; 88:2289-314. [PMID: 25270621 PMCID: PMC4247492 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-014-1374-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2014] [Accepted: 09/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
Abstract
The GMO Risk Assessment and Communication of Evidence (GRACE; www.grace-fp7.eu ) project is funded by the European Commission within the 7th Framework Programme. A key objective of GRACE is to conduct 90-day animal feeding trials, animal studies with an extended time frame as well as analytical, in vitro and in silico studies on genetically modified (GM) maize in order to comparatively evaluate their use in GM plant risk assessment. In the present study, the results of two 90-day feeding trials with two different GM maize MON810 varieties, their near-isogenic non-GM varieties and four additional conventional maize varieties are presented. The feeding trials were performed by taking into account the guidance for such studies published by the EFSA Scientific Committee in 2011 and the OECD Test Guideline 408. The results obtained show that the MON810 maize at a level of up to 33 % in the diet did not induce adverse effects in male and female Wistar Han RCC rats after subchronic exposure, independently of the two different genetic backgrounds of the event.
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- Slovak Medical University, Limbová 12, 83303 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Limbová 12, 83303 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Limbová 12, 83303 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Limbová 12, 83303 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Limbová 12, 83303 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Limbová 12, 83303 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Limbová 12, 83303 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Limbová 12, 83303 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovak Medical University, Limbová 12, 83303 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Edifici CRAG, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), Campus UAB, Cerdanyola, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Edifici CRAG, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), Campus UAB, Cerdanyola, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Edifici EPS1, Universitat de Girona (UDG), Campus Montilivi, 17071 Girona, Spain
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- RIKILT Wageningen UR, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- RIKILT Wageningen UR, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin, Germany
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- INRA, UR496 Immuno-Allergie Alimentaire, CEA/IBiTeC-S/SPI, CEA de Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
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- INRA, UR496 Immuno-Allergie Alimentaire, CEA/IBiTeC-S/SPI, CEA de Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
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- IFZ-Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture (IFZ), Schlögelgasse 2, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology, Julius Kühn Institute, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Erwin Baur Str. 27, 06484 Quedlinburg, Germany
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- Institute for Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology, Julius Kühn Institute, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Erwin Baur Str. 27, 06484 Quedlinburg, Germany
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- Institute for Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology, Julius Kühn Institute, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Erwin Baur Str. 27, 06484 Quedlinburg, Germany
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- Institute for Food Toxicology and Analytical Chemistry, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15, 30173 Hannover, Germany
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Szabová E, Zeljenková D, Molokáč R, Kovrižnych J, Véghová E, Brašeňová D, Nesčáková E, Molnárová A, Fedeleš J. Cranio-facial anomalies in the Slovak Republic. Reprod Toxicol 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2010.05.079] [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: 10/19/2022]
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Cvíčelová M, Nagyová M, Molnárová A, Fedeleš J, Bieliková E, Szabová E, Zeljenková D, Kovrižnych J. Anthropometric parameters of cases with oral clefts. Reprod Toxicol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2009.05.052] [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: 11/25/2022]
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Ujházy E, Dubovický M, Balonová T, Jansák J, Zeljenková D. Teratological assessment of stobadine after single and repeated administration in mice. J Appl Toxicol 1994; 14:357-63. [PMID: 7822685 DOI: 10.1002/jat.2550140507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Teratological studies were performed with stobadine, a compound with antiarrhythmic and antihypoxic activity. Single i.v. injections of stobadine in the form of dihydrochloride (DH 1011) to ICR mice on days 3, 6, 9 or 12 of gestation at doses of 1 and 3 mg kg-1 had no teratogenic effect. Slight fetal toxicity was manifested by decreased fetal weight after treatment on days 3 and 6, increased incidence of rudimentary ribs after treatment on days 9 and 12 of gestation and non-significantly increased postimplantation loss after injection on day 6 of gestation. The effect of repeated oral administration in the form of dipalmitate salt (DP 1031) was studied in doses of 12.2, 61.0 and 122.0 mg kg-1 on days 4-16 of gestation. Oral exposure to 61.0 mg kg-1 DP 1031 resulted in significant reduction of implantations, live fetuses and litter weight, and after 122.0 mg kg-1 DP 1031 the fetal weight was significantly decreased. External and skeletal examinations of the fetuses revealed no evidence of teratogenesis. The relevance of the two routes of stobadine administration for risk involvement is discussed.
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- E Ujházy
- Institute of Experimental Pharmacology, SAS, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Balonová T, Zeljenková D, Durisová M, Nosál R, Jakubovský J, Líska J, Stolc S. Reproductive toxicity studies with cis-(-)-2,3,4,4a,5,9b-hexahydro-2,8-dimethyl-1H-pyrido-[4,3-b]indole dipalmitate in rats. Arzneimittelforschung 1991; 41:1-5. [PMID: 2049110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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cis-(-)-2,3,4,4a,5,9b-Hexahydro-2,8-dimethyl-1H-pyrido-[4,3-b]indole dipalmitate (stobadin dipalmitate; in the following briefly called STB) a new prospective cardioprotective drug, was evaluated for effects on fertility, general reproductive performance, prenatal and peri-postnatal development in the rat. Doses of 5, 15 and 50 mg/kg/d were administered orally in aqueous suspension to rats in all studies. Daily treatment of male rats for 70 days before mating and female rats for 14 days before mating and during gestation and lactation had no adverse effects on fertility, survival rate and weight gains of parental animals or on prenatal and postnatal development of pups. There was only evidence of slight adult toxicity late in the experiment, significant increase of anomalous foetuses in both the 15 and 50 mg/kg/d doses and decreased body weight of the young at 50 mg/kg/d on day 21 post partum. Daily oral treatment of pregnant rats with STB throughout organogenesis (day 4 to 16) had no overt effects on dams or on embryo-foetal development, except of increased incidence of some skeletal variations in all treated groups. In the peri-postnatal toxicity study treatment of pregnant dams with STB continuously from day 15 of gestation through parturition and lactation had no adverse effects on reproductive parameters of dams or on survival and development of F1 offspring at any dose used. There were only signs of slight maternal toxicity at 50 mg/kg/d, which consisted of sedated behaviour, reduced liver weight and reversible histopathological changes in kidney tissue. The results of these studies did not reveal serious developmental hazard potentials of STB administered to rats in doses up to 50 mg/kg/d.
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- T Balonová
- Institute of Experimental Pharmacology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava
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Balonová T, Ujházy E, Nosál' R, Durisová M, Zeljenková D. [Characteristics of new approaches for evaluation of embryotoxic effects of chemical substances]. BRATISL MED J 1990; 91:593-600. [PMID: 2207730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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New approaches to the evaluation of embryotoxic effects of xenobiotics are characterized in the light of mother--fetus interrelationship. The first part of the paper analyzes problems of evaluating maternal and embryofetal toxicity and substantiates the necessity of sensitive selection and precise evaluation of individual parameters of toxicity. The second part presents a survey of classical testing procedures and of alternative methods used in assessing the safety of new drugs. The third part characterizes methods of quantitative determination of risks inherent to chemical substances. A detailed description of the principles of the new method is presented which is based on the interrelationship of maternal and embryofetal toxicity (adult/developmental--A/D). The acceptability of the new method has been verified experimentally on evaluating some new prospective drugs according to standard teratological studies.
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- T Balonová
- Ustavu experimentálnej farmakológie CFV SAV, Bratislave
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Szabová E, Rovenský J, Melník M, Zeljenková D. [Testing of Cu(nif)2(ron)2 for mutagenicity of in mouse bone marrow cells]. Pharmazie 1990; 45:636-7. [PMID: 2080222] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- E Szabová
- Staatliches Institut für Arzneimittelprüfung, Bratislava, CSFR
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Ujházy E, Onderová E, Horáková M, Bencová E, Durisová M, Nosál R, Balonová T, Zeljenková D. Teratological study of the hypolipidaemic drugs etofylline clofibrate (VULM) and fenofibrate in Swiss mice. Pharmacol Toxicol 1989; 64:286-90. [PMID: 2726692 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1989.tb00648.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Teratological studies of the hypolipidaemic drugs etofylline clofibrate (VULM) and fenofibrate were carried out in mice. Pregnant mice were given etofylline clofibrate and fenofibrate in doses 11.7, 117.1, and 585.5 mg/kg orally from day 7 to 16 of gestation. Terminal maternal body weight was significantly decreased after all doses of etofylline clofibrate in a non-dose-related fashion compared to the control group. The foetuses were examined on day 19 of gestation. They were weighed and inspected for external, skeletal and visceral abnormalities. The low and middle doses of etofylline clofibrate and fenofibrate had no adverse effects on embryofoetal development. The highest etofylline clofibrate dose induced a significant decrease of foetal weight at term, likewise postimplantation loss was significantly increased after the highest dose of fenofibrate. The incidence of external, skeletal and visceral anomalies was not dose-dependent. In this study no teratogenic effects were detected, yet with the highest etofylline clofibrate and fenofibrate doses some foetotoxic effects were observed.
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- E Ujházy
- Institute of Experimental Pharmacology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
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Ujházy E, Chalupa I, Blasko M, Siracký J, Zeljenková D, Nosár R, Benes L. Genotoxicological study of the local anaesthetic pentacaine in vitro micronucleus test. Pharmazie 1988; 43:560. [PMID: 3237754] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- E Ujházy
- Institute of Experimental Pharmacology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
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Ujházy E, Nosál R, Zeljenková D, Balonová T, Chalupa I, Siracký J, Blasko M, Metys J. Teratological and cytogenetical evaluation of two antihistamines (pipethiadene and pizotifen maleate) in mice. Agents Actions 1988; 23:376-8. [PMID: 3394590 DOI: 10.1007/bf02142592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 01/05/2023]
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The teratogenic and cytogenetic effects of two drugs with antihistamine properties, Pipethiadene and Pizotifen maleate, were investigated. Three groups of pregnant mice were treated daily with oral doses (0.24, 0.6 and 1.2 mg/kg) of these drugs from day 4 to day 16 of gestation. The following parameters were investigated: reproductive health of the dams, external, skeletal and visceral malformations of fetuses and frequencies of micronuclei and chromosome aberrations in bone marrow cells of dams. Oral administration of Pipethiadene or Pizotifen maleate produced no teratogenic effects. No elevation was observed in the frequencies of micronuclei and chromosome aberrations. However, the significant reduction of fetal weight after all doses of Pipethiadene or Pizotifen maleate was found to correlate well with the decreased values of the mitotic indices of bone marrow cells of mice, suggesting a potential embryotoxic effect of the tested substances.
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- E Ujházy
- Institute of Experimental Pharmacology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
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Chalupa I, Blasko M, Siracký J, Ujházy E, Zeljenková D, Nosál' R, Benes L. [The micronucleus test of the local anesthetic pentacaine on human fibroblastoid cells in vitro]. BRATISL MED J 1987; 88:396-401. [PMID: 3676862] [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: 01/06/2023]
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Ujházy E, Zeljenková D, Chalupa I, Rauko P, Blasko M. [The effect of beta-aescin, a saponin, on prenatal development in mice]. BRATISL MED J 1987; 87:76-84. [PMID: 3828852] [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: 01/07/2023]
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Chalupa I, Blasko M, Siracký J, Ujházy E, Zeljenková D. [Effect of beta-aescin on the incidence of sister chromatid exchanges in V79 cells]. BRATISL MED J 1987; 87:51-61. [PMID: 3548892] [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: 01/06/2023]
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