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Biologically-Based Dose-Response Models for Low Dose Exposures to Chemicals and<br />

Radionuclide Mixtures<br />

Study Control Number: PN00016/1423<br />

Charles Timchalk, William B. Chrisler, Richard Corley<br />

A challenge associated with DOE’s massive cleanup efforts is understanding the impact of concurrent exposures to, or<br />

mixtures of, radionuclides and toxic chemicals. Current human health risk assessment procedures are cumbersome,<br />

address one chemical or radionuclide at a time, and are oftentimes overly conservative. This research looks at methods to<br />

assess health risks from mixtures of chemicals and radionuclides.<br />

Project Description<br />

In recent years, advances in biologically based models of<br />

internal radiation dosimetry and response modeling have<br />

provided unique opportunities to understand and predict<br />

the human health risks associated with mixed exposures.<br />

In a previous study, a representative chemical (benzene<br />

that is toxic to the bone marrow) and a bone-seeking<br />

radionuclide (yttrium-90 that is capable of irradiating<br />

bone marrow and thus causing toxicity), were evaluated<br />

for toxicological interactions in the CBA/Ca mouse model<br />

(a strain of inbred mice) (Timchalk et al. 2000). The<br />

results from these in vivo studies were consistent with<br />

previously published reports where benzene and radiation<br />

both independently target hematopoiesis. However, the<br />

overall biological responses following a co-exposure were<br />

complex since benzene and radiation appeared to cause<br />

different shifts in the myeloid and erythroid cell<br />

populations.<br />

A pharmacodynamic model was developed to describe<br />

cytotoxicity and cell kinetics following benzene exposure<br />

in mice (Scheding et al. 1992; Cox 1996). The model will<br />

eventually be adapted to quantitatively evaluate the<br />

biological response from a co-exposure to benzene and<br />

radiation. Since benzene and radiation share a common<br />

target tissue (bone marrow) and toxicological response<br />

(hematotoxicity, acute myelogenous leukemia), it is<br />

reasonable to anticipate that these two agents, in<br />

collaboration, are capable of producing a dose-dependent<br />

hematotoxic interaction. The model as described by<br />

Scheding et al. (1992) consists of a set of compartments<br />

representing specific cell populations including: CFU-S,<br />

CFU-E, CFU-GM, and mature erythrocytes and<br />

granulocyte/macrophage cells. As depicted in Figure 1,<br />

the erythrocytic (CFU-E) and granulocytic (CFU-GM)<br />

cell lineage descend from a common progenitor stem cell<br />

38 FY 2000 <strong>Laboratory</strong> Directed Research and Development Annual Report<br />

(CFU-S) and the hematopoiesis process (cell<br />

differentiation/proliferation) is under feedback control (I).<br />

CFU-S stem cells are self-renewing and capable of<br />

differentiating into CFU-E or CFU-GM. In addition,<br />

CFU-GM and CFU-E progenitors are under feedback<br />

control (II) from erythro- and granulopoietic bone marrow<br />

cells, respectively. Benzene and radiation are believed to<br />

act on all proliferating cell stages and the loss coefficients<br />

(KH1, KH2, KG1, KG2, KE1, KE2) will be used to quantify<br />

the extent of damage to the various precursor cell<br />

populations.<br />

I<br />

CFU-S<br />

II<br />

II<br />

KH 2<br />

KH 1<br />

CFU-GM<br />

KG 1<br />

CFU-E<br />

KG 2<br />

Mature<br />

Granulocyte<br />

Benzene Radiation<br />

KE 1<br />

KE 2<br />

Mature<br />

Erythrocyte<br />

Proliferation Maturation<br />

Figure 1. Structure of the pharmacodynamic model for<br />

benzene/radiation interaction on hematopoiesis. The model<br />

incorporates feedback regulation (I and II) for self-renewal,<br />

differentiation, and proliferation. Benzene metabolites and<br />

radiation are both assumed to act on proliferating cell<br />

stages. Model adapted from Scheding et al. (1992).<br />

The focus of this project was to develop an in vitro stem<br />

cell culture using bone marrow cells obtained from<br />

CBA/Ca mice to evaluate the toxicological response<br />

following benzene metabolite and radiation exposures.<br />

Development of this in vitro stem cell culture system is<br />

needed to experimentally develop and validate<br />

pharmacodynamic models of cell injury.

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