0000000000477796
AUTHOR
R.j. Laib
Evidence of chloroethylene oxide being the reactive metabolite of vinyl chloride towards DNA: comparative studies with 2,2′ -dichloro-diethylether
The roles of chloroethylene oxide (CEO) and chloroacetaldehyde (CAA) in carcinogenicity of vinyl chloride (VC) have been studied by comparing biological effects of VC exposure with those of 2,2'-dichlorodiethylether (bis(chloroethyl)ether, BCEE) as a metabolic precursor of CAA. Biological end-points investigated were covalent protein binding, nucleic acid (RNA and DNA) alkylation and the potency of the two chemicals to induce preneoplastic ATPase-deficient foci in rat liver. After exposure of rats to [1-14C]BCEE, BCEE derived radioactivity was bound to liver proteins. Analysis of hydrolysates of liver RNA and DNA gave no indication for the formation of either 7-N-(2-oxoethyl)guanine, 1,N6-e…
Metabolic Activation and Pharmacokinetics in Hazard Assessment of Halogenated Ethylenes
Halogenated ethylenes play an important role in occupational and environmental medicine. Several attempts at toxicological evaluation of such compounds have been recently published (Maltoni 1977; Lee et al. 1978; Gehring et al. 1979; Kappus and Ottenwalder 1980; Henschler et al. 1980; Bolt 1980). The principal question is that of possible carcinogenicity. It is now clear that vinyl chloride (Maltoni 1977) and vinyl bromide (Bolt et al. 1979) are carcinogenic; some data also argue in favor of carcinogenicity of vinylidene chloride (Lee et al. 1978). Trichloroethylene (Henschler et al. 1980) and perchloroethylene (Bolt and Link 1980), according to present data, appear devoid of cancerogenic p…