title: A search for an animal model of the Spanish toxic oil syndrome.
abstract: To date, pathology characteristics of toxic oil syndrome (TOS), a disease associated with consumption of a contaminated cooking oil in Spain in 1981, have not been reproduced in an animal model. As vasculitis, eosinophilia, and a rise in circulating IgE levels were features of the acute phase of TOS, leading to an autoimmune outcome, a review of predisposition to these aspects across species was conducted. The intent was to determine predisposed strains or species that potentially might be effective in testing the toxic oils and thus defining the precise identity of the toxic contaminant(s). A number of potential candidates emerge from this review. Among mice, these include the NZB mouse hybrids, the MRL/lpr and SJL/J strains, and a transgenic mouse model of eosinophilia. The Brown Norway may be the most appropriate rat strain, while beagle dogs inbred to be genetically predisposed to immune complex disease and vasculitis are also a candidate species. Of the more exotic species, the mink and ferret have characteristics that might make them suitable candidates for testing oil samples.
authors.affiliation: American Health Foundation, 1 Dana Road, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA. gordonhard@msn.com
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Hard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D003296:Cooking; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004285:Dogs; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000276:immunology; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; D005289:Ferrets; D005506:Food Contamination; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000097:blood; D016239:MEDLINE; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008907:Mink; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000633:toxicity*; D000074262:Rapeseed Oil; D051381:Rats; D011914:Rats, Inbred BN; D013030:Spain; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; D010938:Plant Oils; D000074262:Rapeseed Oil; D007073:Immunoglobulin E