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Cis-Urocanic Acid Increases Immunotoxicity and Lethality of Dermally Administered Permethrin in C57BL/6N Mice

Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

R. M. Gogal, Jr.

Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

B. L. Blaylock

College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana, USA

S. D. Holladay

Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

Immunomodulatory effects of a single topical permethrin exposure, 5-day exposure to cis-urocanic acid (c UCA), or a combination of the two chemicals were evaluated in 4- to 5-week-old female C57BL/6N mice. Permethrin alone decreased thymic weight and cellularity. Although c UCA alone did not affect thymic end points, coexposure to topical permethrin and c UCA exacerbated the thymolytic effects of permethrin. The single topical dose of permethrin also depressed several immune responses in isolated splenic leukocytes. This included splenic T-cell proliferative response to mitogen, splenic macrophage hydrogen peroxide production, and splenic B lymphocyte-specific antibody production. Unlike the effect of coexposure to these agents on thymic end points, c UCA did not exacerbate permethrin's adverse effect on any of the splenic end points examined. These results appear to suggest divergent mechanisms by which these compounds affect precursor and functionally mature T cells. At the doses used in this study, permethrin caused neurotoxic effects, including lethality, in a portion of the mice. For undetermined reasons, c UCA significantly increased the rate of lethality caused by permethrin. Although the permethrin doses used in this study exceed that typically used in human medicine, these results raise some concerns about the possibility that sunlight, via c UCA, may increase the risk of adverse central nervous system and immune effects caused by permethrin alone.

Key Words: Chemical Mixtures • cis-Urocanic Acid • Immunotoxicity • Permethrin • Risk Assessment

International Journal of Toxicology, Vol. 22, No. 1, 35-42 (2003)
DOI: 10.1080/10915810305070


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