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OECD SIDS<br />
4-<strong>METHYLPENTAN</strong>-2-<strong>OL</strong><br />
assessment. The NOAEL for females was 100 mg/kg bw/day, and the only effect seen in the males<br />
at this dose was the rat-specific kidney lesion.<br />
3.1.6 Mutagenicity<br />
Studies in Animals<br />
In vitro Studies<br />
A series of bacterial mutation assays with Reliability of 2 have been conducted with MIBC. These<br />
are summarized in the following table:<br />
Table 5<br />
Bacterial Mutation Assays<br />
Test System Assay Concentrations Result Reference<br />
Salmonella typhimurium<br />
strains: TA98, TA100,<br />
TA1535, TA1537,<br />
TA1538<br />
S. typhimurium strains:<br />
TA98, TA100, TA1535,<br />
TA1537, TA1538<br />
Escherichia coli WP2<br />
uvr A pkm 101<br />
Reverse<br />
mutation<br />
Reverse<br />
mutation<br />
Reverse<br />
mutation<br />
E. coli WP2 uvr A Reverse<br />
mutation<br />
Saccharomyces<br />
cerevisiae JD1<br />
31.25 – 4000 µg/plate Negative with and<br />
without metabolic<br />
activation<br />
1 – 5000<br />
µg/plate<br />
Negative with and<br />
without metabolic<br />
activation; 5000 µg/plate<br />
was cytotoxic to all<br />
strains<br />
31.25 – 4000 µg/plate Negative with and<br />
without metabolic<br />
activation<br />
1 – 5000<br />
µg/plate<br />
Negative with and<br />
without metabolic<br />
activation; 5000 µg/plate<br />
was cytotoxic<br />
Gene mutation 0.01 – 5.0 mg/ml Negative with and<br />
without metabolic<br />
activation; 5.0 mg/ml<br />
was cytotoxic<br />
Clare, 1983<br />
Shimizu et al.,<br />
1985<br />
Clare, 1983<br />
Shimizu et al.,<br />
1985<br />
Clare, 1983<br />
MIBC was tested in a cytogenetic assay using rat liver RL4 cells without metabolic activation; rat<br />
liver RL4 cells are metabolically competent. Concentrations of 0, 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 mg/ml were<br />
tested. MIBC was found to be negative in this assay (Clare, 1983).<br />
Genetic toxicity in vitro with HMP<br />
HMP was negative in the Bacterial Reverse Mutation Assay with and without metabolic activation<br />
(Ministry of Health and Welfare: Japan, 1997; Reliability = 1). Four strains of Salmonella<br />
typhimurium and one strain of Escherichia coli were tested at concentrations from 313 to 5000<br />
µg/plate. HMP was also tested for chromosomal aberrations in CHL/IU cells according to OECD<br />
TG 473. The test was conducted at concentrations ranging from 0.30 to 1.2 mg/ml; cytotoxicity<br />
was not observed at 1.2 mg/ml. Polyploidy (1.25 and 1.00%) was increased significantly at 0.60<br />
and 1.2 mg/mL. However the authors concluded that these were not cytogenetic effects because a<br />
trend test showed no dose-dependence. The study concluded that HMP was not mutagenic in this<br />
assay.<br />
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