title: Toxicity of monochloroacetic acid administered by gavage to F344 rats and B6C3F1 mice for up to 13 weeks.
abstract: Groups of 20 rats and 20 mice of each sex were administered monochloroacetic acid (MCAA) once daily, 5 days per week, in water by gavage for up to 13 weeks. Doses used were 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, or 150 mg/kg for rats and 0, 25, 50, 100, 150, or 200 mg/kg for mice. Compound-related deaths occurred at the four highest dose levels in rats and at the highest dose level in mice. Mean body weights of treated groups of rats and mice surviving until the end of the study were similar to those of the controls. A dose-related increase in blood urea nitrogen, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, as well as a dose-related increase in the relative liver and kidney weights was observed in rats but not in mice. A dose-related increase in the incidence and severity of cardiomyopathy occurred in rats. This lesion may be related to the inhibition of heart mitochondrial aconitase activity. No compound-related lesions were observed in mice. The results of this study indicate that F344 rats are more sensitive than B6C3F1 mice; sexes within the species were equally sensitive. The no-observable-effect level was estimated as 30 mg MCAA/kg body weight for rats and 100 mg MCAA/kg body weight for mice.
authors.affiliation: NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Bryant
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Jokinen
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Eustis
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Abdo
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000633:toxicity*; D000154:Aconitate Hydratase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000633:toxicity*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D002273:Carcinogens; C006972:chloroacetic acid; D000154:Aconitate Hydratase