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CHAPTER 2Experimental <strong>Approach</strong>es to Evaluate Mechanismsof Developmental ToxicityElaine M. Faustman, Julia M. Gohlke, Rafael A. Ponce, Thomas A. Lewandowski,Marguerite R. Seeley, Stephen G. Whittaker, and William C. GriffithCONTENTSI. Introduction ..........................................................................................................................16A. Definitions....................................................................................................................16B. General Mechanistic Considerations...........................................................................16C. Guidelines for Evaluating Critical Events ..................................................................18D. Levels of Mechanistic Inquiry.....................................................................................20E. Genomic Conservation ................................................................................................21F. Processes of Organogenesis and Implication of Three-DimensionalContext of Evaluation..................................................................................................231. Cell-Signaling Pathways........................................................................................232. Cell-Cell Communication......................................................................................27II. Examples of Mechanistic <strong>Approach</strong>es.................................................................................28A. Mitotic Interference .....................................................................................................291. 5-Fluorouracil ........................................................................................................292. Radiation................................................................................................................303. Antitubulin Agents.................................................................................................304. Methylmercury.......................................................................................................30B. Altered Energy Sources...............................................................................................321. Inhibitors of Mitochondrial Respiration................................................................322. Cocaine ..................................................................................................................333. Rhodamine Dyes....................................................................................................33C. Enzyme Inhibition .......................................................................................................331. Methotrexate ..........................................................................................................332. Chlorpyrifos ...........................................................................................................343. 5-Fluorouracil ........................................................................................................354. Mevinolin...............................................................................................................35D. Nucleic Acids...............................................................................................................351. Hydroxyurea ..........................................................................................................352. Cytosine Arabinoside.............................................................................................36E. Mutations .....................................................................................................................371. Alkylating Agents ..................................................................................................382. Aromatic Amines...................................................................................................393. Radiation................................................................................................................3915© 2006 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC

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