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Title: Characterization of Variability in Toxicokinetics and Toxicodynamics of Tetrachloroethylene Using the Collaborative Cross Mouse Population.

Authors: Cichocki, Joseph A; Furuya, Shinji; Venkatratnam, Abhishek; McDonald, Thomas J; Knap, Anthony H; Wade, Terry; Sweet, Stephen; Chiu, Weihsueh A; Threadgill, David W; Rusyn, Ivan

Published In Environ Health Perspect, (2017 May 30)

Abstract: Evaluation of interindividual variability is a challenging step in risk assessment. For most environmental pollutants, including perchloroethylene (PERC), experimental data are lacking, resulting in default assumptions being used to account for variability in toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics.We quantitatively examined the relationship between PERC toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics at the population level to test whether individuals with increased oxidative metabolism are be more sensitive to hepatotoxicity following PERC exposure.Male mice from 45 strains of the Collaborative Cross (CC) were orally administered a single dose of PERC (1,000 mg/kg) or vehicle (Alkamuls-EL620) and euthanized at various time points (n = 1/strain/time). Concentration–time profiles were generated for PERC and its primary oxidative metabolite trichloroacetate (TCA) in multiple tissues. Toxicodynamic phenotyping was also performed.Significant variability among strains was observed in toxicokinetics of PERC and TCA in every tissue examined. Based on area under the curve (AUC), the range of liver TCA levels spanned nearly an order of magnitude (~8-fold). Expression of liver cytochrome P4502E1 did not correlate with TCA levels. Toxicodynamic phenotyping revealed an effect of PERC on bodyweight loss, induction of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-alpha (PPARα)-regulated genes, and dysregulation of hepatic lipid homeostasis. Clustering was observed among a) liver levels of PERC, TCA, and triglycerides; b) TCA levels in liver and kidney; and c) TCA levels in serum, brain, fat, and lung.Using the CC mouse population model, we have demonstrated a complex and highly variable relationship between PERC and TCA toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics at the population level. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP788.

PubMed ID: 28572074 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: Animals; Body Weight/drug effects; Kidney/chemistry; Kidney/drug effects; Liver/chemistry; Liver/drug effects; Male; Mice; Oxidation-Reduction; PPAR alpha/metabolism; Tetrachloroethylene/administration & dosage; Tetrachloroethylene/pharmacokinetics; Tetrachloroethylene/toxicity*; Toxicokinetics; Trichloroacetic Acid/analysis; Triglycerides/analysis

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