Electrophysiological changes induced by different doses of 1-bromopropane and 2-bromopropane

Zhao, WY; Aoki, K; Xie, TX; Misumi, J

HERO ID

1733660

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

1999

Language

English

HERO ID 1733660
In Press No
Year 1999
Title Electrophysiological changes induced by different doses of 1-bromopropane and 2-bromopropane
Authors Zhao, WY; Aoki, K; Xie, TX; Misumi, J
Journal Journal of Occupational Health
Volume 41
Issue 1
Page Numbers 1-7
Abstract To ascertain the neurotoxicity of 2-bromopropane and 1-bromopropane, three doses of 2-bromopropane (1.1, 3.7 and 11.0 mmol/kg), two doses of 1-bromopropane (3.7 and 11.0 mmol/kg), and a dose of 2,5-hexanedione (2,5-HD) as a positive reference (2.6 mmol/kg) dissolved in olive oil were subcutaneously injected into rats once a day, 5 d/wk for 4 weeks. A control group were injected with olive oil alone. The maximum motor conduction velocity (MCV) and the motor latency (ML) in rat tail nerve, as indexes of the electrophysiological changes, were investigated for 4 weeks. From 2 weeks after the injections, the MCV in the 1-bromopropane and 2-bromopropane-treated groups began to decrease in a dose-dependent fashion. These dose-related decreases continued, and the MCV in the groups injected with 1-bromopropane (11.0 mmol/kg) and 2-bromopropane (3.7 and 11.0 mmol/kg) decreased significantly compared with that in the control group. The ML in the 1-bromopropane and 2-bromopropane-treated groups increased in reverse correlation with the MCV decreases. The changes in ML occurred earlier than the MCV changes in the 1-bromopropane and 2-bromopropane-treated groups. The potency of the peripheral neurotoxic changes induced by 1-bromopropane and 2-bromopropane at the doses used in the present study was weaker than that observed in the positive reference 2,5-HD (2.6 mmol/kg) group.
Doi 10.1539/joh.41.1
Wosid WOS:000078493900001
Url http://dx.doi.org/10.1539/Joh.41.1
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Keyword 1-bromopropane; 2-bromopropane; different doses; peripheral neurotoxicity; motor conduction velocity; motor latency