The rate of 2,5-hexanedione intoxication, not total dose, determines the extent of testicular injury and altered microtubule assembly in the rat.
Charles River CD rats (220 g) were intoxicated with 1.0, 0.5, or 0.25% 2,5-hexanedione (2,5-HD) in the drinking water for a total of 21, 35, or 69 days, respectively. All rats received a total dose of 131 +/- 2 mmol/kg 2,5-HD at dose rates ranging from 1.9 to 6.1 mmol/kg/day. Rats were sacrificed 4 weeks after ending intoxication to evaluate the extent of testicular injury. An exposure rate of 6.1 mmol 2,5-HD/kg/day produced uniformally low testis weights (49% of control) and severe germ cell depletion, while exposure at 1.9 mmol/kg/day gave normal testis weights and histology. Exposure at the intermediate dose rate of 3.8 mmol 2,5-HD/kg/day produced an intermediate degree of testicular injury. In a separate experiment, testis pyrrole content and microtubule assembly behavior were measured in rats exposed to 2,5-HD at the various dose rates for 3 weeks. The rate of intoxication determined the extent of biochemical abnormality. Rats exposed to 1.0, 0.5, or 0.25% 2,5-HD had microtubule nucleation times 55, 63, and 72% of control and pyrrole contents equivalent to 2.14, 1.40, and 1.18 nmol 2,5-dimethylpyrrole/mg testis protein. These data demonstrate that 2,5-HD-induced testicular injury, unlike the nervous system toxicity, is dependent upon the rate of intoxication independent of total dose.[1]References
- The rate of 2,5-hexanedione intoxication, not total dose, determines the extent of testicular injury and altered microtubule assembly in the rat. Boekelheide, K., Eveleth, J. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. (1988) [Pubmed]
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