Two-year inhalation toxicity study of propylene in F344/N rats and B6C3F1 mice |
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Authors: | J A Quest J E Tomaszewski J K Haseman G A Boorman J F Douglas W J Clarke |
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Affiliation: | 1. National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, 20205 USA;1. National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27709 USA;2. Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Richland, Washington 99352 USA |
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Abstract: | Chronic toxicity studies of propylene were conducted by exposing groups of 50 F344/N rats and 50 B6C3F1 mice of each sex in chambers to air containing the chemical in concentrations of 5000 and 10,000 ppm, 6 hr per day, 5 days per week, for 103 weeks. Groups of 50 rats and 50 mice of each sex in similar chambers received clean air only on the same schedule and served as controls. Survival and mean body weights of exposed and control male and female rats and mice were similar. In exposed rats, increased incidences of nonneoplastic lesions were observed in the nasal cavity. These consisted of epithelial hyperplasia in female rats exposed to the high concentration, and squamous metaplasia in female rats exposed to both concentrations and in male rats exposed to the low concentration. In addition, inflammatory changes characterized by an influx of lymphocytes, macrophages, and granulocytes into the submucosa and by granulocytes into the lumen occurred in male rats of both exposure groups. There was no evidence of nasal cavity lesions in exposed mice, suggesting a species difference in sensory irritation to propylene. There were no treatment-related increases or decreases in tumor incidence in the exposed groups relative to controls for either rats or mice. These data suggest that inhaled propylene induces signs of nasal cavity toxicity in rats but not in mice, and that the chemical is not carcinogenic to either species at the concentrations tested. |
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