title: Effects observed on gestational day 13 in rat embryos exposed to albendazole.
abstract: Albendazole (ABZ) was utilized as a model to investigate the pathogenesis of benzimidazole-induced abnormalities. Pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats were treated po with 0, 10, 20, and 30 mg/kg on gestational days (GD) 10 to 12. The embryos were examined on GD 13, as a window for observing the origin of alterations detected at term. Embryolethality and growth reduction showed dose-related increases at the three dose levels. At 10 mg/kg, an increased developmental delay of limb buds and a less than 5% incidence of embryos with abnormal head or shape were detected. At 20 and 30 mg/kg, > 20% of embryos showed morphologic alterations involving mainly shape abnormalities and the development of forelimb buds, branchial bars, eye, and telencephalon; closure of neuropores was unaffected. Dose-response relationships for morphologic alterations showed steeper slopes than for growth reduction and embryolethality.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Tossicologia Comparata ed Ecotossicologia, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mantovani
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ricciardi
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Stazi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Macrì
mesh_terms: D015766:Albendazole / Q000633:toxicity*; D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D020964:Embryo Loss / Q000139:chemically induced; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013723:Teratogens / Q000633:toxicity*; D015017:Yolk Sac / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D013723:Teratogens; D015766:Albendazole