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Two-Generation Reproductive Toxicity Study of Inhaled Acrylonitrile Vapors in Crl:CD(SD) Rats

WIL Research Laboratories, LLC, Ashland, Ohio, USA

J. P. Van Miller

Toxicology/Regulatory Services, Inc., Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

M. L. Pershing

WIL Research Laboratories, LLC, Ashland, Ohio, USA

D. E. Strother

INEOS, Arlington, Virginia, USA

Correspondence: Address correspondence to Mark D. Nemec, BS, DABT, 1407 George Road, Ashland, OH 44805, USA. E-mail:mnemec{at}wilresearch.com

To assess the effects of acrylonitrile (AN) exposure on reproduction, Sprague-Dawley rats (25/sex/group) were exposed to vapor atmospheres of AN via whole-body inhalation at concentrations of 0, 5, 15, 45 (two offspring generations) and 90 ppm (one offspring generation), 6 h daily, 1 litter/generation, through F2 weanlings on postnatal day 28. After approximately 3 weeks of direct exposure following weaning, exposure of the F1 animals at 90 ppm was terminated due to excessive systemic toxicity in the males. There were no exposure-related mortalities in adult animals, no functional effects on reproduction or effects on reproductive organs, and no evidence of cumulative toxicity or of enhanced toxicity in pregnant and lactating dams or in developing animals. Adult systemic toxicity was limited to body weight and/or food consumption deficits in both sexes and generations (greater in males) at 45 and 90 ppm and increased liver weights in the 90 ppm F0 males and females and 45 ppm F1 males. Neonatal toxicity was expressed by F1 offspring weight decrements at 90 ppm. Clinical signs of local irritation during and immediately following exposure were observed at 90 ppm. Microscopic lesions of the rostral nasal epithelium, representing local site-of-contact irritation, were observed in some animals at 5 to 45 ppm. The no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) for reproductive toxicity over two generations and neonatal toxicity of AN administered to rats via whole-body inhalation was 45 ppm. The NOAEL for reproduction was 90 ppm for the first generation. The NOAEL for parental systemic toxicity was 15 ppm.

Key Words: Acrylonitrile (AN) • CAS 107-13-1 • Inhalation • Rat • Reproductive Toxicity • Two-Generation

International Journal of Toxicology, Vol. 27, No. 1, 11-29 (2008)
DOI: 10.1080/10915810701876463


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