title: Subchronic toxicity of ingested 1,3-dichloropropene in rats and mice.
abstract: Male and female Fischer 344 rats and B6C3F1 mice (10/sex/ dose group) were given 0, 5, 15, 50, or 100 mg/kg/day (rats) or 0, 15, 50, 100, or 175 (mice) mg/kg/day racemic 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D), respectively, via their diets for 13 weeks. Satellite groups of rats (recovery = 10 rats/sex/group) ingesting 0 or 100 mg/kg/ day 1,3-D were provided control feed for an additional 4 weeks to examine recovery. The test material was stabilized in the feed by microencapsulation in a starch/sucrose matrix (80/20). The body weights of male and female rats ingesting > or = 5 and > or = 15 mg/kg/ day, respectively, and of all treatment groups of mice were decreased relative to controls. The terminal body weights of high dose group rats and mice were decreased approximately 13-16%. A number of changes in serum biochemical parameters and decreases in organ weights accompanied the depressed body weights of these animals. Histologically, the only treatment-related change observed was a slight degree of basal cell hyperplasia and hyperkeratosis in the nonglandular portion of the stomachs of a majority of male and female rats ingesting > or = mg/kg/day. After the 4-week recovery period, most treatment-related changes were noted to be reversible in nature. No treatment-related histopathological changes were observed in the tissues of treated mice. Based upon relatively slight depressions in body weights at the lowest dosages tested, the no-observed-adverse-effect levels for male rats and both sexes of mice were determined to be 5 mg/kg/day and 15 mg/kg/ day, respectively. A no-observed-effect level of 5 mg/kg/day was established for female rats.
authors.affiliation: Mammalian and Environmental Toxicology Research Laboratory, Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan 48674, USA.
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Haut
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Stebbins
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Shabrang
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Stott
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000498:Allyl Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000633:toxicity*; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007306:Insecticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009929:Organ Size; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344
chemical_list: D000498:Allyl Compounds; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D007306:Insecticides; C023891:1,3-dichloro-1-propene