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Shin, J.H. et al.

Jae-Ho Shin, Hyun Ju Moon, Il Hyun Kang, Tae Sung Kim, Su Jung Lee, Ji Youn Ahn, Hoon Bae, Eui Bae Jeung, Soon Young Han,

OECD validation of the rodent Hershberger assay using three reference chemicals; 17alpha-methyltestosterone, procymidone, and p,p'-DDE.

The rodent Hershberger assay is being validated as an in vivo test method for detecting androgenic or antiandrogenic compounds by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). As part of the international validation work, we studied 17alpha-methyltestosterone for evaluating androgenic activity, and procymidone and p,p'-DDE for evaluating antiandrogenic activity. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were castrated at postnatal day 42, and only the rats that showed preputial separation were used in this study. Seven days after castration, chemicals were administered daily by gavages to groups of rats for 10 days, as recommended by OECD phase-2 protocol. Administration of 17alpha-methyltestosterone induced increases of weights of accessory sex tissues and glands in a dose-dependent manner. Administration of procymidone and p,p'-DDE produced a dose-dependent decrease of weights of accessory sex tissues and glands in the rats co-treated with testosterone propionate (0.4 mg/kg/day) subcutaneously. Our data strongly suggested that the current protocol of OECD Hershberger assay (phase-2) should be used as a reliable method for the detection of endocrine related toxicity of other chemicals.[1]

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OECD validation of the rodent Hershberger assay using three reference chemicals; 17alpha-methyltestosterone, procymidone, and p,p'-DDE. Shin, J.H., Moon, H.J., Kang, I.H., Kim, T.S., Lee, S.J., Ahn, J.Y., Bae, H., Jeung, E.B., Han, S.Y. Arch. Toxicol. (2007) [Pubmed]

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