Pulmonary Response to Toner upon Chronic Inhalation Exposure in Rats |
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Authors: | MUHLE, H. BELLMANN, B. CREUTZENBERG, O. DASENBROCK, C. ERNST, H. KILPPER, R. MACKENZIE, J. C. MORROW, P. MOHR, U. TAKENAKA, S. MERMELSTEIN, R. |
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Affiliation: | *Geslischaft f?r Strahlen- und Umweltforschung 8042 Neuherberg, Germany Corporate Environmental Health & Safety, Xerox Corporation (W843), Joseph C Wilson Center for Technology , Webster, New Work 14580 University of Rochester Rochester, New York 14642 Received October 19, 1990; accepted February 5, 1991 |
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Abstract: | Pulmonary Response to Toner upon Chronic Inhalation Exposurein Rats. MUHLE, H., BELLMANN, B., CREUTZENBERG, O., DASENBROCK,C., ERNST, H., KILPPER, R., MACKENZIE, J. C., MORROW, P., MOHR,U., TAKENAKA, S., AND MERMELSTEIN, R., Fundam. Appl. Toxicol.17, 280299. A chronic inhalation study of a test tonerwas conducted by exposure of groups of F-344 rats for 6 hr/day,5 days/week for 24 months The test toner was a special Xerox9000 type xerographic toner, enriched in respirable-sized particlescompared to commercial toner, such that it was about 35% respirableaccording to the ACGlH criteria. The target test aerosol exposureconcentrations were 0, 1.0 (low), 4.0 (medium), and 16.0 (high)mg/m3. Titamum dioxide (5 mg/m3) and crystalline silicon dioxide(1 mg/m3), used as negative and pasitive controls for fibrogenicity,were also evaluated. Inhalation of the test toner or the controlmaterials showed no signs of overt toxicity. Body weight, clinicalchemistry values, food consumption, and organ weights were normalin the toner- and TiO2-exposed groups, except for a 40% increasein lung weight in the toner highexposure group. All of the changesin the toner-exposed groups were restricted to the lungs orassociated lymph nodes. A chronic inflammatory response wasevident from the bronchoalveolar lavage parameters for the tonerhigh-exposure group. The incidence of primary lung tumors wascomparable among the three toner-exposed groups and the TiO2-exposed,and air-only controls, as well as consistent with historicalbackground levels A mild to moderate degree of lung fibrosiswas observed in 92% of the rats in the toner high-exposure group,and a minimal to mild degree of fibrosis was noted in 22% ofthe animals in the toner high-exposure group. The pulmonarychanges in the toner high-exposure group were smaller in magnitudethan those found in the crystalline silica-exposed group. Thecomparative fibrogenic potency of TiO2, toner, and SiO2 wasestimated to be 1:5:418 using a dasimetric model and assuminga common mechanistic basis. There were no pulmonary changesof any type at the toncr low-exposure level, which is most relevantin regard to potential human exposures The lung alterationsin the toner high-exposure group are interpreted in terms of"lung overloading," a generic response of the respiratory systemto saturation of its detoxification capacity. The maximum tolerateddose (MTD) criterion was met at the toner high (16 mg/m3)-exposurelevel. |
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