Toxicity and carcinogenicity study in F344 rats following 2 years of whole-body exposure to naphthalene vapors

Abdo, KM; Grumbein, S; Chou, BJ; Herbert, R

HERO ID

1469138

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

2001

Language

English

PMID

11696867

HERO ID 1469138
In Press No
Year 2001
Title Toxicity and carcinogenicity study in F344 rats following 2 years of whole-body exposure to naphthalene vapors
Authors Abdo, KM; Grumbein, S; Chou, BJ; Herbert, R
Journal Inhalation Toxicology
Volume 13
Issue 10
Page Numbers 931-950
Abstract The toxicologic and carcinogenic potential of naphthalene was studied by exposing groups of 49 male and 49 female F344 rats to atmospheres containing 0, 10, 30, or 60 ppm of the chemical for 6 h daily, 5 days/wk for 2 yr. Mean body weights of exposed groups of male rats were less than for the control group throughout most of the study. Mean body weights of exposed female rats were generally similar to those of controls. Survival of exposed and control rats was similar. Under the conditions of this 2-yr inhalation study, naphthalene was carcinogenic to male and female F344/N rats, causing increased incidences of respiratory epithelial adenoma (males: control, 0%; low dose, 12%, mid dose, 17%; high dose, 31%; females: 0%; 0%; 8%; 4%) and olfactory epithelial neuroblastoma (males: control, 0%; low dose, 0%; mid dose, 8%; high dose, 6%; females: 0; 4%; 6%; 24%) of the nose. In both sexes of rats, exposure to naphthalene also caused significant increases in the incidences of nasal lesions including hyperplasia, atrophy, chronic inflammation, and hyaline degeneration of the olfactory epithelium and hyperplasia; squamous metaplasia, hyaline degeneration, and goblet-cell hyperplasia of the respiratory epithelium; and glandular hyperplasia and squamous metaplasia.
Doi 10.1080/089583701752378179
Pmid 11696867
Wosid WOS:000171103100005
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Keyword Naphthalenes; decalin; 88451Q4XYF; Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; 9035-51-2; Index Medicus; Species Specificity; Nose -- drug effects; Nose -- pathology; Rats, Inbred F344; Administration, Inhalation; Lung -- pathology; Lung -- drug effects; Animals; Volatilization; Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System -- physiology; Nose Neoplasms -- chemically induced; Nose Neoplasms -- pathology; Naphthalenes -- toxicity; Naphthalenes -- metabolism; Naphthalenes -- administration & dosage
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