Long-term carcinogenicity bioassays on trichloroethylene administered by inhalation to Sprague-Dawley rats and Swiss and B6C3F1 mice

Maltoni, C; Lefemine, G; Cotti, G; Perino, G

HERO ID

65264

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

1988

Language

English

PMID

3389663

HERO ID 65264
In Press No
Year 1988
Title Long-term carcinogenicity bioassays on trichloroethylene administered by inhalation to Sprague-Dawley rats and Swiss and B6C3F1 mice
Authors Maltoni, C; Lefemine, G; Cotti, G; Perino, G
Journal Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Volume 534
Page Numbers 316-342
Abstract Trichloroethylene was administered by inhalation, 7 hours daily, 5 days weekly, for 8 weeks, at concentrations of 600, 100 and 0 ppm, to Sprague-Dawley rats and Swiss mice; and for 104 weeks to Sprague-Dawley rats; and for 78 weeks to Swiss and B6C3F1 mice at concentrations of 600, 300, 100 and 0 ppm. The animals were kept under observation until spontaneous death. In the experiments reported herein, 3768 animals were studied. Under the experimental conditions, trichloroethylene appears to be carcinogenic in rats and mice (particularly in male Swiss mice). The most relevant finding was the dose-related increased incidence of Leydig cell tumors in male rats, and the onset of few renal tubuli adenocarcinomas at the highest dose, always in rats (4/130 males and 1/130 females). The renal tubuli adenocarcinomas were preceded by, and associated with, a characteristic lesion of the kidney: tubuli cell karyomegaly (megalonucleocytosis).
Doi 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1988.tb30120.x
Pmid 3389663
Wosid WOS:A1988Q080100028
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Language Text English