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commercial applications, and have been found to be both ubiquitous and highly<br />

persistent in the environment. Previous studies have indicated robust developmental<br />

toxicity associated with exposure to PFOS, PFOA, and PFNA individually in<br />

laboratory rodent models. However, multiple PFAAs are present in the environment<br />

and detectable to varying extent in humans. Hence, effects <strong>of</strong> these chemicals<br />

in mixtures must be taken into consideration for their health risk assessment. <strong>The</strong><br />

current study examines the developmental effects <strong>of</strong> various mixtures <strong>of</strong> PFAAs and<br />

makes comparisons to exposures to individual compounds. Timed-pregnant CD-1<br />

mice were given PFAAs either alone (8 mg PFOA/kg, 12 mg PFOS/kg, 4 mg<br />

PFNA/kg) or in mixtures (4 mg PFOA/kg + 2 mg PFNA/kg; 4 mg PFOA/kg + 6<br />

mg PFOS/kg; or 6 mg PFOS/kg + 2 mg PFNA/kg) by oral gavage daily from gestation<br />

day 1-17; controls received 0.5 % Tween vehicle. PFOS, PFOA and PFNA<br />

singly produced developmental effects as previously reported. In mixtures, PFAAs<br />

appeared to have a dose additive effect on maternal weight gain, pup body weight,<br />

as well as maternal and neonatal liver weights. In contrast, PFAAs in mixtures induced<br />

a less-than- dose additive effect on neonatal mortality. In particular, the<br />

PFOS + PFOA group responded less than PFOS or PFOA alone, where as PFOS +<br />

PFNA had no response at all. <strong>The</strong>se data suggest that prenatal exposure to a mixture<br />

scheme <strong>of</strong> PFAAs with higher carbon-chain length (C-8 and C-9) containing<br />

either a carboxylic or sulfonic functional group produce additive effects on some<br />

endpoints and less-than-additive effects on neonatal mortality in CD-1 mice. This<br />

abstract does not necessarily reflect U.S. EPA policy.<br />

831 MAMMARY GLAND DEVELOPMENT AND RESPONSE<br />

TO PRENATAL ATRAZINE EXPOSURE IN THE<br />

SPRAGUE-DAWLEY AND LONG-EVANS RAT.<br />

C. J. Wolf, J. P. Stanko and S. E. Fenton. Toxicity Assessment Division, U.S. EPA,<br />

ORD, NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC.<br />

Mammary gland (MG) tumor development in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats is increased<br />

by long-term dietary exposure to the chlorotriazine herbicide atrazine<br />

(ATR). ATR is proposed to cause these changes in the adult SD rat by altering hormonally-regulated<br />

estrous cyclicity. In Long-Evans (LE) rats, both puberty and MG<br />

development are delayed by brief prenatal ATR exposure. Prenatal exposure has not<br />

been tested in SD rats. We have observed that dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA)<br />

treatment results in a greater incidence <strong>of</strong> MG tumors in LE compared to SD rats<br />

and we hypothesize that this increased susceptibility is due to strain differences in<br />

the rate <strong>of</strong> MG differentiation, and that these differences are compounded by exposure<br />

to ATR. <strong>The</strong> purpose <strong>of</strong> this study was to assess the differences in MG development<br />

<strong>of</strong> female <strong>of</strong>fspring <strong>of</strong> vehicle and ATR-exposed LE and SD rats. Timedpregnant<br />

LE and SD rats (n=9/treatment group) were orally gavaged with 0, 12.5,<br />

25, or 50 mg ATR/kg body weight 2x/day on gestational days 15-19. Mammary<br />

glands were collected from female <strong>of</strong>fspring on PNDs 4, 25, 33, and 45 and MG<br />

whole mounts were scored according to previously established developmental criteria.<br />

MG development was delayed by ATR on PND4 and PND25 in the SD rat at<br />

50 mg/kg, and on PND33 in both strains at 25 and 50 mg/kg (p< 0.05). At<br />

PND45, MG differentiation was delayed in both strains at all doses (12.5 mg/kg,<br />

p< 0.01 in LE, p< 0.05 in SD; 25 mg/kg, p< 0.01 in LE, p< 0.001 in SD; 50<br />

mg/kg, p< 0.001 in LE and SD). Additionally, MG <strong>of</strong> SD <strong>of</strong>fspring were much<br />

more developed than that <strong>of</strong> LE <strong>of</strong>fspring at respective ages, although age at VO<br />

was not different between strains. In summary, ATR delayed MG development in<br />

both LE and SD with a LOAEL <strong>of</strong> 25 mg/kg/day (12.5 mg/kg/dose), despite the<br />

difference in MG maturity between the strains. <strong>The</strong>se data suggest less developed<br />

MG in the LE may render this strain more susceptible to DMBA-induced tumor<br />

promotion. This abstract does not necessarily reflect EPA policy.<br />

832 DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY EVALUATION IN THE<br />

CYNOMOLGUS MONKEY: VARIABILITY OF<br />

PREGNANCY LOSS AND STATISTICAL GROUP SIZE<br />

CONSIDERATIONS.<br />

G. F. Weinbauer 1 , P. Jarvis 2 , S. Srivastav 1 , E. Vogelwedde 1 , J. Stewart 2 and T.<br />

Mitchard 2 . 1 Covance Laboratories GmbH, Muenster, Germany and 2 AstraZeneca<br />

Pharmaceuticals, Macclesfield, United Kingdom.<br />

<strong>The</strong> cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis) provides the established primate<br />

model for preclinical assessment <strong>of</strong> developmental toxicity. Group sizes are generally<br />

smaller than those used in rodent and rabbit studies. We explored in the monkey<br />

model the pregnancy outcome in control animals from 78 embry<strong>of</strong>etal development<br />

(EFD) studies terminated either on gestational day 100 or 150 and 14<br />

pre-/postnatal development (PPND) studies until day 7 postpartum, comprising<br />

1069 pregnancies during 1981-2000. Neither study type nor route/duration <strong>of</strong><br />

dosing affected pregnancy outcome. Hazard rate was higher pre-1989 (0.3,<br />

104/347) compared to post-1989 (0.13, 94/722). Hazard was greatest in early gestation<br />

(< gestational day 50) and at parturition. Monte-Carlo simulation experiment<br />

results closely correlated to the actual losses indicating that losses within and<br />

between studies were independent. Reference data for the variability and likelihood<br />

<strong>of</strong> pregnancy success could be derived. Systematic data were generated for predicting<br />

pregnancy outcome and hazard detection relative to group size at study initiation.<br />

For example, EFD studies with an initial vehicle group size <strong>of</strong> 16 and 20 will<br />

have 13 and 16 ongoing pregnancies, respectively, at gestational day 100 with 80%<br />

probability. For PPND studies with initial vehicle group sizes <strong>of</strong> 16, 20 and 28, life<br />

infant number at day 7 postpartum will be 9, 11 and 16, respectively, with 80%<br />

likelihood. With regard to statistical power, a PPND study initiated with a group<br />

size <strong>of</strong> 20 could detect a trebling <strong>of</strong> the hazard to live infant outcome. Moreover, the<br />

simulation data provide an objective tool facilitating decisions in ongoing studies<br />

whether supplementation with additional pregnant animals is indicated or not.<br />

833 NEUROPATHY TARGET ESTERASE (NTE) MIGHT BE<br />

PLAYING A RELEVANT ROLE DURING CELL<br />

DIFFERENTIATION.<br />

M. A. Sogorb, D. Pamies, C. Estevan, A. C. Romero and E. Vilanova. Unidad<br />

de Toxicología y Seguridad Química, Instituto de Bioingeniería, Universdad Miguel<br />

Hernández de Elche, Elche, Alicante, Spain.<br />

Neuropathy Target Esterase (NTE) is a protein known because is the target <strong>of</strong> a delayed<br />

polyneuropathy caused by exposure to certain organophosphorus compounds.<br />

However, certain in vivo studies suggest that NTE might be relevant during<br />

the embryonic development because mice deficient in both NTE alleles are not<br />

viable. We have discriminated, using organophosphorus inhibitors, NTE activity<br />

among the pool <strong>of</strong> carboxylesterases found in embryonic stem cells (ESC) from<br />

mouse belonging to D3 line. <strong>The</strong>se cells express an NTE activity <strong>of</strong> 23 nmol phenol/min/mg<br />

<strong>of</strong> protein (0.99 mg phenol/min/106 cells). <strong>The</strong> expression <strong>of</strong> Pnpla 6<br />

(the gen codifying for NTE) increased in D3 ESC immediately after initiated the<br />

differentiation, reaching a maximum <strong>of</strong> expression around 5 or 30 hours after triggered<br />

the differentiation when cells were cultured in monolayer or forming embryonic<br />

bodies, respectively. This maximum <strong>of</strong> Pnpla6 expression also correlated with<br />

a maximum <strong>of</strong> enzymatic activity in monolayer cultures. <strong>The</strong> NTE activity and the<br />

Pnpla6 expression returned to basal levels after 48 hours (in monolayer cultures)<br />

and 10 days (in EBS) <strong>of</strong> differentiation, respectively. <strong>The</strong> changes in the Pnpla6 expression<br />

in D3 embryonic bodies did not correlate with changes noted in the expression<br />

<strong>of</strong> intermediate neur<strong>of</strong>ilament (gene marker <strong>of</strong> neuroectoderm development),<br />

alpha-fetoprotein and Amnionless (both gene markers <strong>of</strong> endoderm<br />

development) and myosin heavy chain and Flk1 (both gene markers for mesoderm<br />

development). <strong>The</strong>se results suggest that NTE may play an important role in the<br />

initial stages <strong>of</strong> cell differentiation and that mouse ESC might be a model for studying<br />

this role. Acknowledgment: This study was supported by Ministry <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Environment <strong>of</strong> the Government <strong>of</strong> Spain (Grant A051/2007/3-14.4).<br />

834 SPECIES DIFFERENCES IN CATALASE AND ALCOHOL<br />

DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY IN MICE AND RABBITS.<br />

J. Sweeting 1 and P. G. Wells 1, 2 . 1 Pharmaceutical Sciences, <strong>The</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Toronto,<br />

Toronto, ON, Canada and 2 Pharmacology and <strong>Toxicology</strong>, <strong>The</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Toronto,<br />

Toronto, ON, Canada.<br />

Predictions <strong>of</strong> human risk for methanol (MeOH) developmental toxicity are based<br />

largely on rodent studies. Unlike humans, rodents use catalase rather than alcohol<br />

dehydrogenase (ADH) to metabolize MeOH, and use catalase and a non-saturable<br />

folate pathway for metabolizing the toxic formic acid (FA) metabolite, thereby preventing<br />

its accumulation and the subsequent acute toxicity observed in humans.<br />

However, catalase in both rodents and humans also detoxifies reactive oxygen<br />

species (ROS), which are implicated in the developmental toxicity <strong>of</strong> MeOH in rodents.<br />

Due to this potentially confounding dual role <strong>of</strong> catalase for MeOH in rodents<br />

but not humans, rodents may not constitute a reliable animal model for accurately<br />

assessing the human potential for MeOH teratogenesis. We previously<br />

showed that New Zealand white (NZW) rabbits more closely than mice reflect primate<br />

MeOH and FA disposition, exemplified by slower MeOH clearance and<br />

greater FA accumulation. Herein we report preliminary data for the enzymes responsible<br />

for MeOH and FA metabolism in rabbits. Catalase activity in hepatic tissue<br />

from male NZW rabbits and CD-1 mice was assessed using the Ferrous<br />

Oxidation in Xylenol Orange (FOX) assay. <strong>The</strong> mean catalase activity in mice was<br />

about 3-fold higher than that in rabbits (p < 0.0001), indicating a substantial<br />

species difference. Compared to mice, the hepatic catalase activity <strong>of</strong> rabbits more<br />

closely approximated that reported in primates, providing biochemical evidence<br />

that rabbits may be a more appropriate animal model for assessing the potential teratological<br />

risk <strong>of</strong> MeOH in humans. Studies examining the activity <strong>of</strong> ADH and<br />

other relevant enzymes in adult and fetal mice and rabbits are ongoing, the results<br />

<strong>of</strong> which will permit a more comprehensive assessment <strong>of</strong> these models. (Support:<br />

Methanol Fdn., CIHR)<br />

SOT 2010 ANNUAL MEETING 177

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