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       Investigation  of  the  Metabolism of

       Chlorinated  Hydrocarbons  in Subhuman Species
      Cincinnati Univ.,  Oil
      Prepared  for


      Health Effects  Research  Lab.

      Research  Triangle  Park,  NC
      Jan 85
                         EPA-600/1-85-001, January 1985

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                                               EPA-600/1-85-001
                                               January  1985
INVESTIGATION OF THE 'METABOLISM OF CHLORINATED
       HYDROCARBON'S IN SUBHUMAN SPECIES
                      by
       Carl C. Smith, Steven T. Cragg.
   Orald'ne F. Wolfe, and Walter W. Wei<>el
      Department of Environmental Health
           University of Cincinnati
             College of Medicine
           Clnclnnntl, Ohio   45267
               Grant *R-803963
               Pro.Joet Officer

                 P.ohf;rt Mn£p,
            Rptdomlolop.y Division
      Hc.ilth Effects Rcac=»rch Laboratory
           Cincinnati, Ohio  4526H
      HEALTH KKFKCTS RKSEARCH LABORATORY
      OKKICK OF RESEARCH AN'!) OEVKl.OPMENT
     ir.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AfiENCY
RKSKARCH TRI ANCLE ('ARK , NORTH CAROLINA  27711

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   EPA-60Q/1-85-001
4 TITLE AN3 SUBTITLE
 Investigation of the Metabolism of Chlorinated
 Hydrocarbons in Subhuman Species
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                                                            January  1985
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  L/H
Carl C.  Saith,  Steven T. Cragg, Ceraldine F.
and Walter W. Welgel
                                              Wolfe
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). PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS
University  of  Cincinnati
College of  Medicine
Cincinnati,  Ohio   45267
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                                                             R-803963
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Health  Effects Research Laboratory
Office  of  Research and Development
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research Triangle  Park, North Carolina
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                                                           ?inal Project Report-lU/Vs/TS
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                                                               EPA-600/11
                                         27711
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P.O.  H.P.  Ringhand,  CSSB, TMD, HERL (CI); original Project Officer Robert C.
                                                                               Lingg.
16. ABSTRACT

    The  purpose of this research program was to provide  metabolic data on four rather
 conmon  drinking water contandnants.  The compounds  were 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene (TCB),
 tronodichloronethane (BDC). bis(2-chloroisopropyl)  ether (BCIE) and bis (2-chloroethyl)
 ether (BCZ£).   The compounds, laJbeled with 14C, were administered orally and scraetirr.es
 intravenously, to rats and rhesus monkeys.  Studies on  TCB included excretion and
 tissue  distribution in rats, phamacokinetic  studies in mor.keys and subchronic studies
 in  monkeys.   Daily oral doses of 174 ng/Xg were uniformly fatal to monkeys in less than'
 one month.  Activity of liver enzymes was increased. Pharwacokinetics and tissue dis-  ,
 tribution of BDC was examined in rats and monkeys.   The compound was excreted primarily
 via the lung either unchanged or as COj.  BCIE in monkeys was also excreted via the
 lung and was very toxic to the eyes and kidneys following multiple 30 mgAg oral doses.
 Preliminary studies of BCEE in two rhesus monkeys produced the cane signs of peri-
 orbital toxicity as BCIE when oral doses of 10 mgAg were administered.
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                                   FOREWORD
     The nany  benefits  of  our  nodorn,   developing,  inriustrl.il  society are
accompanied by  certain hazards.   Careful assessment of  the relative risk of
existinf, and  new  man-made environmental  hazards  is  necessary for the estab-
lishment of sound  regulatory  policy.   These  regulations serve to enhance the
quality of our  environment  In order to promote the public health and welfare
and the productive capacity of our Nation's population.

     The complexities  of  environmental problems  originate in the deep Inter-
dependent relationships between  the  various  physlca?  and biological segments
of L-an's natural  and  social world. Solutions to  these envlromental problems
require an Integrated  progran  of research and development using input from a
number of  disciplines.   The  Hf.ilth  Kffects  Research  Laboratory,  Research
Triangle Park,  NC and Cincinnati,  0!!,  conducts  a coordinated environmental
health research  progran  in  toxlcoloey,   epidemiology,  and  clinical  studies
using hunan volunteer  subjects.  Wide ranges of pollutants known or suspected
to cause health problems are studied.   The research focuses on air pollutants,
water pollutants,  toxic  substinoes, hazirdous  wastes,  pesticides,  and  non-
ion1;tlnc> radiation.   The  laboratory   participates  In   the  development  and
revision of air and w.iter quality criteria and health assessment documents on
pollutants for  which  regulatory  actions  are  being considered. Tjlr*»et support
to the  regulatory  function  of the*  Agency la provided in the  for-a  of expert
testimony and  preparation  of  affidavits  as  well  as  expert  advice  to the
Adalnlst rtitor to  assure  the adequacy  of environmental  regulatory  decisions
involving the protection  of  the  health and welfare  of  all  U.S. Inhabitants.

     This report provides metabolic data. In rats  and rhesus monkeys, on four
drinking wat<*r  contaminants:   I,!? ,4-t r Ich lorobenzene,  hromodlchl oromethane,
bl sf3-rhloroIsopropyl) ether  and bln(2-chloroethyI)  ether.  Pharmicoklnetlc
and metabolic data  on  the  adsorption,  distribution  and elimination  of the
parent compound and Its metabolites  following oral  and intravenous administra-
tion allows one to predict whether tho chemical or Its metabolites accumulate
In the  Sody.   Comparative  phanacokI net: lc  studies  In  subhuman  species are
needed In  thf»  extrapolation   of toxl rolojil r.il   d.ita  from  anin.ili  to  nan.


                                      F.  Cordon Ilueter, Ph.D.
                                      Director
                                      Health Effects Research Laboratory
                                    Hi

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                                 ABSTRACT
     The purpose of this research program was to provide metabolic data on
four rather common drinking water contaminants.  The compounds were 1,2,4-
trichlorobenzene (TCB), bromoaichloromethane (BDC), bis(2-chloroisopropyl)
ether (BCIE) and bis(2-chloroethyl) ether (BCEE).   The compounds, labeled
with ^4C, were administered orally and sometimes intravenously, to rats and
rhesus monkeys.

     Studies on TCB included excretion and tissue distribution in rats fol-
lowing oral and intravenous doses.  Pharmacokinetic parameters of TCB were
examined in rhasus monkeys.  Subchronic studies on orally administered TCP
were conducted in monkeys.  Daily oral doses of 25 mg/kg or less had no
observable effects on monkeys.  Liver biopsies indicated further that such
doses had little effect on the drug metabolizing or mixed function oxidase
(KFO) activity of the liver.  Using doses of 90 and 125 ng/kg one of four
monkeys on each of the dosage levels died but whether TCB toxicity was the
cause of death was uncertain.  Daily doses of 174 mg/kg killed two monkeys
and would have been uniformly fatal if continued beyond one month.  Recovery
from toxic effects was rapid and appeared to be complete.  TCB in doses of
90 to 174 mg/kg produced significant increases in the levels of four MFO
enzymes in the primate liver studied in, vitro.   The effect of TCB on the
in vivo metabolism of chlorguanide  was alto investigated.  The metabolic
fate of this compound can be used to estimate the level and type of hepatic
KFO activity.  The results of this in_ vivo test of MFO activities correlated
well with the in vitro measurements of hepatic enzyme levels.

     The pharmacokinetics and tissue distribution of BDC was examined in
rats and monkeys.  UDC was excreted primarily via the lung as parent compound
or C02-   The maximum amount recovered in the urine was 1* in rats and 6*
in monkeys.  Monkeys excreted 0.5 to 1.5% in feces.

     Pharmacokinetic studies cf BCIE following oral and intravenous adminis-
tration in rhesus monkeys showed that only about one-third of the adminis-
tered radio-activity was recovered in the urine and feces, therefore, one
of the primary routes of excretion munt have been via the lungs.  BCIE was
very toxic to the eyes and kidneys whon multiple 30 mg/kg doses were admin-
istered.  Preliminary studies of BCFE in two rhesus monkeys produced the same
signs of periorbital toxicity observed with BCIE; in monkeys BCEE was more
toxic than BCIE.

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                                 CONTENTS
*'otice
Foreword
                                                                          iv
Figures [[[    vii
Tables [[[     lx
Acknowledgment [[[   xiii
  1.  Introduction ..................................................      1
  2 .  Conclusions [[[      2
  3 .  Recommendations ...............................................      3
  4.  In Vivo Studies on Trichlorobenzene ...........................      *
        I.  Excretion and tissue distribution of 1 ,2 ,4-trichloro-
            benzene (TCB) following single oral doses in rats .......      4
        II. Excretion and tissue distribution of 1 ,2 ,4-trichloro-
            benzene  (TCB) following single intravenous doses in rats.      5
        Ill.Pharmacokinetic study of TCB-  C in rhesus monkeys ......     16
        IV. First subchronic study of TCB in monkeys.   Introduction
            and preliminary findings ................................     17
        V.  Second TCB subchronic study ..................... . .......     26
  5.  In V] tro Studies on Trichlorcbenssne ................. .........     42
        I .  In vitro enzyme assays ..................................     42
        II. Extraction of TCB metabolites from rat urine ............     53
        III. Preliminary characterization of metabolites of TCB in

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6.  Metabolisr. of Bromodichloromethane in Rats and Rhesus Monkeys ..    62

      I.  Introduction	    62
      II. Preliminary pharmacokir.etic studies on bromodichlorometh-
          ane (BDC) in rats 	    62
      Ill.Pharmacokinetics of BDC in rhesus monkeys 	    63

      IV. Kutagenicity tests 	    *>""

7.  Studies on Bis(2-Chloroisopropyl)Ether 	    76
                                                          14
      I.  Pharmacokinetics of bis(2-chloroisopropyl)ether-  C in
          rhesus monkeys following single intravenous or oral doses.    76

      II. Multiple dose study of bis(2-chloroisopropyl)ether in
          monkeys 	 ....    78

8.  Phamacokinetic Study cf Bis (2-Giloroethyl) Ether in Two Rhesus
    Monkeys 	   110

References 	   11 *>

Appendix	   t' 7

    Metabolism of S-Haloethers in Rats and Monkeys.  Smith, C.C.
    and R.D.  Lingg - Paper presented at the International
    Symposium on the Analvsis of Hydrocarbons and Halogenated
    Hydrocarbons in the Aquatic Environment, May 23-25, 1978,
    Hamilton, Ontario 	   119
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                                  FIGURES

Kuaber                                                                  Page

   1     Cunulative Percent Excretion in Urine of  1,2,4-Trichloro-
           benzene  (as 14C) in vtfiesus Monkeys Following  a  Single
           Oral or  Intravenous Dose of 10 ing/kg  . •	   21

   2     Effect of  30 Days TCB Pretreatment on Urinary Chlorguanide
           Excretion Parameters  (TCB Treated Monkeys Compared  to
           Vehicle Treated Controls) .,	   39

   3     Effect of  30 Days TCB Pretreatoent on Urinary Chlorguanide
           Excretion Parameters  (TCB treated "L's" compared  to
           control  "A's", where A=post-treatnent values  minus  pre-
           treatnent baselines)	   40

   4     Effect of  30 Days TCB Pretreatment on Urinary Chlorguanide
           Excretion Parameters  (Post-treatment  values compared to
           their O*..TI baselines by paired t test)  	   41

   5     Aminopyrine U-Demethylase Activity  (as  nM/gm liver/rain)
           Correlated With Eight Chlorguanide Urinary Excretion
           Parameter a 	   48
         Benzohetitfnir.e N-Demethylase Activity  (as nM/gm  liver/min)
           Correlated With Eight Chlorguar.ide Urinary  Excretion
           Parar-etei a 	   49

         Zoxazolamin« Hydroxylase Activity  (AS nm/gra liver/min)
           Correlate-! With Eight Chlorguanida Urinary  Excretion
           Paraneteri: 	   50

         Blood Concentrations of BDC  (as    C) in Female  Rhesus  Monkeys
           Single Intravenous Dose of 10 ryj/kg 	   69
                                         14
         Blood Concentrations of BDC  (as    C) in Female  Rhesus  Monkeys
           Single Oral Dose of 10 mgAg
  10     Cumulative Urine Excretion of BDC in Kor>.eys.  Single
           Intravenoun Dose of 10 tug/kg  ..............................   73

  11     Cumulative Urine Excretion of BDC in Monkeys.  Single
           Oral Dose 3f 10 mgAg .....................................   7*
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  12     Blood Levels of BCIE in Monkeys.  Single Intravenous
           Dose of 30 rogAg ..........................................   8^
  13     Blood Levels ^f BCIE in Monkeys.  Single Oral Dose of
           30
  14     Cumulative Urinary Excretion of BCIE in Monkeys.  Single
           Intravenous Dose of 30 mgAg
  15     Cumulative Urinary Excretion of BCIE in Monkeys.  Single
           Oral Dose of 30 mgAg
  16     Urine Volumes in Rhesus Monkeys Before and After 3 Oral
           Doses of BCIE 30 mgAg ....................................   98
                                   14
  17     Concentration of BCIE  (as   C) in Blood of Kiesus Monkeys
           Oral Doses of 30 mgAg ....................................  1Q0
                                   14
  18     Concentration of BCIE  (as   C) in Plasma in Rhesus Monkeys
           3 Oral Doses of 30 mgAg ..................................  102
                                      14
  19     Recovery of Urinary BCIE (as   C) in mg in Rhesus Monkeys
           3 Daily Oral Doses of 30 mgAg ............................
                                                  14        O
  20     Cumulative Urinary Excretion of BCIE (as   C) in 1 +
           3 Oral Doses of 30 mgAg ..................................
                                                  14        o
  21     Cumulative Urinary Excretion of BCIE (as   C) in 96+
           3 Oral Doses of 30 mgAg ..................................  107

  22     Cumulative Urinary Excretion of BCIE (as  4C) in 98 ?
           2 Oral Doses of 30 mgAg ..................................
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                                TABLES

                                                                    Page
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       Cur.ulative Excretion of 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene  (as   C)
in Male Pats.  Single Oral Dose of 10 ngAg  ...............   7

ssue Distribution of 1 ,2 ,4-Trichlorobenzene  (as   C)
in Kale Rats.  Single Oral Dcse of 10 mgAg  ........ , ......   8

                                                14
ssue Distribution of 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene  (as   C)
in Percent Dose.  Single Oral Dose of 10 mgAg  (Kale  Rats) .  10

covery of 1,2,4-Trichlorobenz
Single Oral Dose of 10 mgAg

mulative Excretion of 1,2,4-
Kale Hats.  Single Intravenous Dose of 10 mgAg

ssue Distribution of 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene  (as
Male Rats.  Single Intravenous Dose of 10 mgAg
                                              14
       Recovery of 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene  (as   C) in Male Rats.
                                                          14
       Cumulative Excretion of 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene  (as   C) in
                                                         14
       Tissue Distribution of 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene  (as   C) in
         Percent Dose.  Single Intravenous Dose of 10 mgAg
       Recovery of 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene  (as   C) in Male Rats.
         Single Intravenous Dose of 10 ngAg
       Blood and Plasma Concentration of 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
         (as l^C) in Female Rhesus  Monkeys.  Single Intravenous
         Dose of 10 mgAg and Single Oral Dose of 10 mgAg
                                                          14
10     Cumulative Excretion of 1 ,2 ,4-Trichlorobenzere  (as   C) in
         female Rhesus Monkeys.  Single Intravenous Dose of 10 mgAg  *9

                                                          14
11     Cumulative Fxcretion of 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene  (as   C) in
         Female khesus Monkeys.  Single Oral Dose of 10 mgAg ......  2®

12     SKA 12/60 Results on Monkeys Before Treatment With TCB ......  24

13     SKA 12/60 Results on Monkeys After Treatment With TCB
         for Two Months ............................................  7t>

14     Weights of Monkeys on Daily Treatment With TCB  ..............  29
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  15     Her.atocri.ts of Mcr.keys on Daily Treatment With TCB  ...........   30

  16     Liver Weight, Body Weight and Liver Weight/Body Weight
           Ratios  (as Percentages) ot TCB Treated Konkeys  and Controls.   31

  17     Significance Levels  (P) Comparing  Liver Weights and Liver
           Weight /Body Weight  Percentages Amon-g Control  ana TCB
           Treated Groups  .............................................   32

  18     Effects of 30 Days TCB Treatment on Urinary Chlorguanide
           Excretion Parameters ........ ........... . ...................   33

  19     Effects of 60 Days TCB Treatment on Urinary Chlorguanide
           Excretion Parameters ......................................   ^5
  20     Effects of 90 Days TCB Treatment on Urinary Chlorguanide
           Excretion Parameters .......................................   37

  21     Results of In Vitro Hepatic MFO Tests  in  Rhesus  Monkeys
           Treated With TCB  (Nanoirole/Minute/Gram  Liver  ........... . ...   44

  22     Significance Levels  (P) Comparing  In_ Vitro MFO Activity Anong
           Control and TCB Treated Groups  (Nar.omoles/Minute/Gran
           Liver) ........................................... , . ........   'lr>

  ^3     IlL yj-Jfcjg. Hepatic Enzyme Tests  in Phesus Monkeys  Treated With
           TCB  C.'anomole/Kinute/KG Kicrosomal Protein)  ................   46

  24     Significance Levels  (P) Which  Compare  In^  Vitro MFO Activity
           of TCB Treated Monkeys to Controls  (Nar.omoles/Minute/
           KG Microsomal Protein) .....................................   47

  25     MFO Concentrations and Peak Locations  from Control and TCB
           Treated Monkeys ............................................   51

  26     Statistic-3 Comparing MFO Concentrations  (as NM/G Liv«r)
           Ariong Control and TCB Treated Groups .......................   '32
                        14
  27     Extraction of   C-Labeled Metabolites of  Trichlorobenzene
           in Hydrolyzed Rat  Urir.e by  Various Organic  Solvents
           Effect of Added  (NHJ.SO.  ..................................   54
                               42  4

  28     Chromogenic Reactions ........................................   55
  29     Rf Values
  30     CC Retention Times  ...........................................   56

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Number

  31     Recovery of Radict.-tivAty  f r -re .Monkey  Plasma  in Percent ......   <;"

  32     Treatment Protocol  ...........................................   58

  33     Toxicity  (T) or Activity of TCB  Metabolites  ..................   60

  34     Control Hutagenicity  Test  Data Using Ames  Tester Strains
           TA98 anJ TA100  .............................................   61
                                                          * «
  35     Tissue Distribution of Bromoditnlororw thane (as * C)  in Kale
           Hats.  Single  Intravenous  Dose  of  10  «ng/Xg/kg	  fl 1

                                          14
  43     Blood Concentrations of PCIE  (as   C)  in Monkeys.   Single
           Oral Dose  30 r.v
                                            14
  44     Plasma Concentrations of  BCIE  (as   C)  in Monkeys.   Single
           Oral Dose of  30
                                           14
  45     Cumulative Excretion of  HCIE  (as  C)  in  Monkeys.   Single
           Intravenous  Dose of  30 nqA'J  	  ST>
                                           14
  46     Cumulative Excretion of  BCIE  !*s  C)  in  Monkeys.Single Oral
           Dose of 30 KwAq	  :\~
                                          14
  47     Tissue Distribution of  BCIE  (as   C)  in  Monkeys,   Single
           Intravenoua  Doae of  30  wjA^	•	•  89
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       Tissue Distribution of BCIE  (as   "*O  in  Monkeys.   Single
Intravenous Dose of 30 ngAg



ssue Distribution of BCIE  (a

Cral Dose of 30 ngAg   (wg/g)
                                        14
49     Tissue Distribution of BCIE  (as   C;  in  .Monkeys.   Single
                                        14
SO     Tissue Distribution of BCIE  (as   C)  in Monkeys.   Single

         Oral Dose of  30 tngAg   (*  dose)



51     Ocular Effects  of BCIE
                                         14
52     Blood Concentrations of BCIE  (as   C)  in  Monkeys.   Three

         Consecutive Daily Oral Doses of 30 mg/kg  .................   9 9


                                          14
53     Plasma Concentrations of BCIE  (as  C)  in Monkeys.   Three
         Consecutive Daily Oral Doses of  30 rvg/kg
54     Recovery of BCIE in Monkey Urine.   30 ingAg  Once  Dally for

         3 Days


                                        14
55     Cumulative Recovery of BCIE  (as   C) in  Monkey Urir.e Bused

         on Single Dose  (30 ngAg)  or Additive  Dose (30,60,90

         3 Consecutive Oral Daily Doses of  30 mgAg
                                        i «

       Cumulative Recovery of BCIE  (as   "*O  in  Monkey  Keces Eased

         on Single Dose  (30 ing/kg) or Additive  Dose  (30.60,90

         3 Conaecutivo Daily Oral Doses of  30 rx/Ag
                                         14
57     Cumulative Excretion of BCEE  (as   C)  in  Monkeys.   Single
         Oral Dose of 10 mq/kg
                                           14
58     Urine Volumes and Feces Weights of   C- BCEE- Treated Monkeys.

         Single Oral Dose of 10 mg/kg  .... ..........................   113



59     sy.A 12/60 Asisay un Khe!>u:J  1+ at 72  Hours  Following Single

         Oral 10 tng/kq/Dose of Bis U-Chloroc.thyl) Ether ..............
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                              ACKN'OW LEDGEMENT
     We wish to express cur thanks to Thomas Hatcher, Steve Batson and
James Buchanan for their dedicated assistance with the monkey experiments.
Dr. Robert G. Tardiff participated in the initial planning and provided
continuing support and guidance while the studies were in progress.  The
active participation of Dr. Robert Lingg and fruitful discussions with other
members of the EPA staff are gratefully acknowledged.  The editorial acumen
of Dot Reynolds and the typing skill of Mary Jo Loftus were important com-
ponents in the completion of the document.
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                                 SECTION 1

                               INTRODUCTION

     In the volume "Drinking Water and Health" the first summarized recom-
mendation for additional research lists "Studies of the physiological and
biochecical nechanistns by which the toxic substances in water produce theit
effects" (1).  We have approached this objective by studying the metabolic
fate and pharmacokinetics of four of the common contaminants of chlorinated
drinkir.g water.  The compounds chosen include trichlorobenzene, a bromine
analogue of chloroform and two bis-2-chloroalkyl ethers.  We have used rats
and monkeys with special emphasis on the use of subhuman primates since
studies by the author and by many other investigators support the hypothesis
that in general the metabolic fate cf compounds in monkeys more closely
simulates the fate in man than do corresponding data obtained in ether
common laboratory animals such as dogs or rodents  (C. C. Smith, in press).

     Although there are some data on the metabolic fate of 1,2,4-trichloro-
ber.zer.e in rats and the effects of this compound on metabolism of foreign
ccnpounds (2,3) the data obtained in this study were designed to corroborate
and extend these previous studies.

     In the case of the chloroform analogue and the two bischloroalkyl ethers,
very little previous data were available.  Very recently Lir.gg et ad. , have
published data on the metabolic fate of bis(2-chloroethyl)cther and bis{2-
chloroisopropy1)ether after single oral doses in rats (4).

     Wh^n these studies were undertaken, it was hoped that the data they
would provide using subhunan privates would be useful in judging the poten-
tial toxicity of these materials in ruin.

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                                 SECTION 2

                                CONCLUSIONS
     These studies on the metabolism of four halogen-containing water contam-
inants have shown certain characteristics and differences in metabolic
patterns and associated toxic effects.  Trichlorobenzene (TCB) is probably
the least toxic compound when administered chronically but is probably the
only cocpound with the potential of inducing liver drug-metabolizing enzywes.
The compound has toxic effects at daily doses in excess of 125 F"j/Xg and is
lethal in about 25 days when the daily oral dose is 174 mgAg.  The data on
effect of TCB on chlorguanide metabolism demonstrated in this study suggest
that measurement of the ratio of chlorguanide metabolites after singla oral
doses can be used as a method for estimating the rttia of P-450/P-448 enzyme
activities in vivo.

     Bromodichlororaetharse appears to b« rapidly metabolized or exhaled but
the amount of labeled materials excreted in the urine appears to be greater
than occurs following chloroform administration.  This is almost certainly
the result of the greater lability of the Br-C bond compared to the Cl-C bond.

     The two bischloroethers appear to be exhaled either unchanged or ns CCH.
The occurrence of periocular irritation following single oral closes suggnsts
that significant anounts of the parent compounds or ac» ve metabolites are
being exhaled.  Bis(2-chloroethyl)ether  is probably t.i.~ghtly more toxic than
its isopropyl analogue, bis (2-chloroiscpropyl)e'"v;er.

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                                 SECTION 3

                              RECOMMENDATIONS
     The results on trichlorobenzene  (TCB) obtained in this study correlating
the in vivo measurement of KFO activities and P-450/P-448 ratios using chlor-
guanide  with in vitro measurements of typical MFC enzyme activities suggest
that this procedure merits further trial as a possible method for estimating
the state of hepatic drug metabolizing enzymes in vivo in human subjects.
Although an attempt was made to test  the effect of a typical P-448 inducer
(3-methylcholanthrene) the experiment provided inconclusive data and should
b« repeated.  The data on hepatic enzyme induction in monkeys produced by
TCB suggests that an attempt be nade  to see if TCB induces the came pattern
of response in humans.

     The data on bromodichloromethane (BDC) and on the two chloroethers are
interesting and suggest the need for  additional studies.  Specific goals of
these studies should be to treasure the chronic toxicity of BDC in rodents
and subhunan primates and to define the nature of the urinary metabolites.

     More extensive metabolic and chronic toxicity studies of the two chloro-
alkylethers studied in this report are necessary to decide whether the renal
and periorbital toxicity of these compounds is due to the parent compound or
to a more active metabolite.  There is a suggestion in thes.e limited studies
that these chloroethers may affect the menstrual cycle in monkeys and this
jx>ssible sidfl effect requires better  definition.  Since these chloroalkyl
ethers are unstable, future studies should include special precautions to
insure that the results obtained are  due to defined compounds and not to the
effects of undefined decomposition or degradation products.

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                                 SECTION 4

                    IN VIVO STUDIES CN TRICKLOFCBENZENE
I.   EXCRETION AND TISSUE DISTRIBUTION OF 1 ,2 ,4-TRICH:X>RCBENZENE  (TCB)
     FOLLOWING SINGLE OFAL DOSES  IN  RATS

     The purposes of this study were to determine the excretion and tissue
distribution of TCB and metabolites  in rats  following single oral doses and
to compare these results with those  obtained when the compound was adminis-
tered intravenously.

Materials and Methods

     Seven groups of four young  (300-350 g) Charles River male albino rats
were housed in stainless steol metabolism cages permitting separation of
urine and feces.  One group of four  was killed at i, 6, 12, 24,48, 72, and 96
hours post-tredtnent.

     Treatment solution contained 2.0 mg  '0.45 uCi -4C) 1,2,4-TCB per ml of
water :ethanol :Driulr.hor** (8:1 :l ,v/v/v) .  Each rat was given this solution by
oral gavage in a dose of 10
     Urine and feces werw collected at  24 hour  intervals or at necropsy.
Aliquots of urine were prepared  ii-mediatoly after collection for liquid
scintillation counting  (LSC) and  the  remainder  of each sample stored plet« by 2-1 hours
*f:muiphor-EL-62CH"- w*3 obtained from the GAF Corporation and consists of a
 polyoxyethylated vegetable oil soluble in water.

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and was COL  etc by 48 hours.  One can estimate the T*s of TCB in rats follow-
ing oral do-,-s to range  from  four to six hours.  This fast or a phase is
followed by  i much longer slow 6 phase.

     Data on tissue distribution of TCB and metabolites  (as *4C) are -present-
ed in Tdble 2.  The highest tissue concentrations were observed at three
hours.  By 24 hours most tissues except the GI tract contained less than
3 u g/g as   C.  In percent dose, the tissues, other than the GI tract, whicii
accounted for most of the TCB-derived 14C were blood, liver, and kidney
(Table 3).  At 24 hours  there was very little ^4C in the stomach, about 3.5%
in the rest of the GI tract,  and only 1% in all other tissues.  The snail
amounts in the stomach compared to the persistence of   C in the rest of the
GI tract suggested tha«-  the compound and its metabolites were not actively
secreted by the stomach, but  nay have been actively secreted via the bile.
Some radioactivity persisted  in the fat, kidney, and liver for at least 96
hours after single oral doses.

     Data on excretion,  tissue distribution, and total recovery are sunmar-
ized in Table 4.  Essentially all the administered ^-4C was accounted for in
the urine, feces, and analyzed tissues after 12 hours.  The   C not accounted
for during the early periods  after treatment was probably present in the fat
and other pools, presently unidentified, which provided temporary depots
until the levels in blood, liver, lung, etc., began to fall due to metabol-
ism and urinary excretion of metabolites.  Probably less than 2% of the ^ C
administered persists in the  rat beyond 48 hours.


II.  EXCRETION AND TISSUE DISTRIBUTION OF 1,2,4-TRICHLOROBENZENE (TCB)
     FOLLOWING SINGLE INTRAVENOUS DOSES IN RATS

     The purposes of this study were to (1) determine the excretion and
tissue distribution of TCB in rats following single intravenous doses and
(2) compare these data to the results obtained following single oral doses.

Materials and Methods

     Seven groups of four young (300-350 g) Charles Pdver male albino rats
were used.  The rats were housed in stainless steel metabolism cages per-
mitting separation of urine and fccas.  One group of four rats was killed
at 3,6.12,24,48,72 and 96 hours post-treatrxsnt.

     The treatment solution was prepared by adding 193 vl (280.7 mg) of un-
labeled 1,2.4-TCB and 150 ul  (218.1 nq, R4 uCi) of 14C-labeled 1,2,J-TCB to
10 ml of a 1:1 (v/v) nixturo of I'mulphor® and absolute alcohol; this solution
was diluted to SO ml with distilled HTO.  The final treatment solution con-
tained io rrvy 1,2,4-TCB (1.68 uCi 14C) per ml.

     One femoral vein of each rat was exposed under light other anesthesia
and injected with & dose of 10 r.«j TCB (labeled as above) por kg body weight.

     Urine, fecca, and tissues wore handled and assayed for   C activity
using tho sane proctsduroa described previously.

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Pesultb

     ""he results of these studies expressed as ug TCB/gran tissue or percent
dose (as ^4C) are surwvarized in Tables 5 to 8.  As shown in Table 5, excre-
tion of ^4C was pnnarily via Vhe urir.e  (83-86%) and about 12% appeared in
the feces.  Excretion of 14C was 90% complete by 24 hours and virtually 100%
by 48 hours.

     Data on tissue distribution of TCB and metabolites are presented in
Tables 6 and 7.  The data in Table 6 indicate that maximum tissue levels of
^4c occurred in sone tissues at six hours  (blood ar.d plasma, liver and kid-
ney) while in the other tissues the peak occurred at three hours or the three
and six hour values were equal.  Concentrations were higher in fat than in
any other tissue analyzed.  After 24 hours concentrations were higher than
1 wg/g in fat, kidney, and liver.  Levels of ^C were roost persistent in the
fat but at 96 hours were still appreciable in kidney and liver.

     The data in Table 7 point out the inportance of the blood con-.partaent,
liver, and kidney in the pharaacokinetics of TCB in the rat.  Since the drug
was administered intravenous, the prominent radioactivity in the snail in-
testine, cecum and large intestine demonstrate the biliary excretion of TCB
and/or trtetabolites and the probability of enterohepatic circulation (see GI
tract data in Table 8).

     In sunsnar/, after intravenous doses of ^C-labeled XCB, 85 to 90% of
the ^*-C appears in the urine with only about 10 to 15% appearing in the
feces.  There was early accumulation of radioactivity  (assumed to be parent
compound) in the fat and l^C activity persisted in this tis3ue longer than
in any other.  Only about 2% of the dose was present in the body at 24 hours
and much less at later periods.

Discussion

     If we compare these data after intravenous injection with the previous
data following equivalent oral dosos, we note that the overall metabolic
patterns arc quite similar following the two routes.  The intravenous data
denwnstrate 1) that the compound undergoes active enterohepatic circulation,
and 2) that the tissue levels are higher after intravenous injection.  This
is particularly evident when we compare the tissue levels (as 1<5C in ug/g)
at six hours in the fat, liver, spleen, kidney, lung, heart, brain, mu»cl«,
and Rkin.  Nevertheless, the overall excretion patterns in urine and feces
are essentially the same.

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TABLE 1.  CUMULATIVE EXCRETION' OF 1,2,4 - TRICHLOROBENZEHE (AS   C) IN MALE RATS



                          SINGLE ORAL DOSE OF 10 MG/KG

Cu-ulative Excretion in Per Cent Dose
Collection Tericxl
Hours
0-3
0-6
0-12
0-24
0-43
0-72
0-96
Urine
12.
37.
79.
84.
87.
87.
8S.
5
8
7
5
2
3
1
i 5
.4
i 20.0
i 7
i 6
i 5
i 5
± 5
.Q
.8
.4
.0
.4
(3)
(•J)
(•1)
(16)
(12)
(8)
(-5)
Feces
0.4 (1)
0.2 (2)
2.1 i 1.1 (4)
11.2 i 0.8 (4)
14.3 ± 0.4 (4)
14.7 1 0.6
14.9 i 0.7
Urine and Feces
12.9
38.0
81.8
9f>.7
101.5
102.0
100.0

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TABLE 2.  TISSUE DISTRIBUTION OF 1,2,4 - TRICHLOROBENZENE (AS 14C) IN MALE RATS




                         SINGLE ORAL DOSE OF 10 KG/KG

Tissue

Blood
riasr-a
Liver
$i>lcen
Kidney
Uir.5
Heart
Testes
Brain
rat
ug/g at Various Hoars Post-Treatment
3
5.7a
1.0-11.3
10.4
1.6-20.9
8.1
1.9-15.7
0.92
0.11-2,0
31.7
7.1-64.8
3.0
0.57-6.2
2.1
0.45-3.4
1.1
0.19-2.3
0.52
0.13-0.76
17.2
4.6-24.4
6
2.7
2.5-4.0
5.1
3.9-6.8
4.6
4.1-5.2
O.J3
0.27-0.69
22.4
17.0-25.4
1.6
1.3-2.0
1.1
0.65-1.6
0.67
0.50-0.82
0.27
C. 23-0. 29
13.8
6.8-17.1
12
1.1
0.65-1.5
1.7
0.94-2.4
2.1
1.5-2.9
0.29
0.14-0.51
6.2
4.1-7.4
0.71
0.48-0.96
0.59
0.40-0.96
0.33
0.24-0.49
0.15
0.10-0.24
4.3
2.7-6.6
24
0.42
0.2C-0 08
0.62
0.32-0. 52
1.1
0.76-1.5
0.19
0.11-0.28
2.4
1.7-3.4
0.45
0.27-0.61
0.33
0.12-0.52
0.18
0.06-0.33
0.12
0.06-0.17
2.8
2.0-3.8
48
0.09
0.02-0.20
0.15
0.06-0.24
0.59
0.45-0.79
0.11
0.06-0.19
0.06
0.43-1.3
0.21
0.15-0.33
0.18
0.09-0.25
0.08
0.03-0.17
0.06
<0. 01-0. 12
1.5
C. 87-2. 6
72
0.03
<0. 01-0. 04
0.05
0.03-0.07
0.38
0.27-0.44
0.03
<0. 01-0. 07
0.57
0.37-0.88
0.08
0.03-0.12
0.05
0.02-0.13
0.07
<0. 01-0. 11
0.05
<0. 01-0. 07
0.80
0.57-0.99
96
<0.02
<0.01-0.u5
0.03
0.02-0.06
0.32
0.22-0.44
0.02
<0. 01-0. 04
0.29
0.18-0.37
0.04
<0. 01-0. 08
0.03
<0. 01-0. 07
0.03
<0. 01-0. 05
0.03
<0. 01-0. 06
0.62
0.33-0.90
                                                                                (continued)

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TABLE 2  (continued)
Tissu*

Muscle

SXin

pg/q at Various Hours Post-Treatment
3
0.74
0.09-1.5
2.78
0.64-4.6
6
0.49
0.32-0.8:
1.24b
l.CX-1.34
12
0.17
0.06-0.31
0.63
0.34-1.4
24
0.09
0.01-0.14
0.43
0.22-0.93
48
0.05
0.02-0.09
0.31
0.15-0.44
72
O.Ob
<0. 01-0. 07
0.26
0.15-0.34
96
0.03
<0. 01-0. 05
0.15
0.09-0.26

 Average  of 4 ar.ir.als ar.d  ran<]«.


b
 Average  of 3 anir-als and  range.

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TABLE 3.  TISSW DISTRIBUTION 0V 1,2,4 - TRICHLOROBEN7,ENE (AS 14C) IN F'ER CENT DOSE
                           SINGLE ORAL DOSE OF 10 HG/KG
                                     KALE KATS

TJ.ssue

Blood

Liver

Kidney

Lur.9

Stonv.ch

Srwill
tr.tcstine
Cccua

Large
Intestine
Other
Tissues
Per Cent Dose
3
4.6
0.82-9.3
2.8
0.79-4.8
2.3
0 56-4.2
0.13
0.02-0.29
6.2
0.3-9.9
13.4
5.2-21.5
1.2
0.06-2.4
0.23
0.06-0.33
0.23
O.C6-0.44
6
2.6
2.2-3.2
1.5
1.4-1.6
1.9
1.4-2.4
0.07
0.00-0.08
0.50
0.05-1.4
8.0
6.0-9.3
3.2
1.5-5.6
1.6
0.23-2.9
0.12
0.09-0.16
12
0.94
0.59-1.3
0.76
0.60-0.95
C.48
0.32-0.62
0.03
0.02-0.04
0.07
0.05-0.09
4.1
2.2-5.8
3.1
2.4-3.7
4.7
2.6-6.3
0.07
0.04-0.10
At Various Hours rest-Treatment
24
0.36
0.15-0.57
0.39
0.28-0.49
0.19
0.11-0.26
0.02
0.01-0.03
0.05
0.02-0.08
1.1
0.46-1.6
1.1
0.5-2.7
1.3
0.5-3.9
0.04
0.01-0.06
49
0.09
0.02-0.19
0.25
0.16-0.37
0.07
0.03-0.11
0.01
<0. 01-0. 02
0.02
0.01-0.03
0.17
0.12-0.24
0.20
0.14-0.29
0.23
0.05-0.47
0.02
0.01-0.04
72
0.02
<0. 01-0. 04
0.15
0.11-0.19
0.05
0.03-0.07
<0.01

0.01
0.01-0.02
0.07
0.04-0.00
0.05
0.04-0.06
0.05
0.03-0.10
0.01
<0. 01-0. 01
96
0.02
<0.01-0
0.12
0.09-0
0.02
0.01-0
<0.01

0.01
0.01-0
0.06
0.0-J-O
0.05
0.03-0
0.07
0.02-0

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               TABLE 4.  FiCCVERV OF 1,2,4 - TKICHLOPOatNZENE (A3  "O  IN MALE RATS




                                   SI:K.;LK CK,V~ rxtE CF  10 MVK^



lit' JilU
Faces
G-I Tract
Tissues
Total
Recovery

3*
12.!*
0.4
2i.O
10.2
44.1
Per Cent
6
17.0
0.2
13.3
e.i
57.4
Douc
12
7-J.7
"> 1
12.1
2.3
96.2
at Various Hours
24
U0.4
11.2
3.6
1.0
102.2
Post- Treatment
4B
Ud.4
14.3
0.6
0.4
103.7
72
Ui,.*
14.7
0.2
0.3
105.1
'JO
o ^ . y
14.9
0.2
0.2
100.3
4 rats per tir.c period.

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14
SIN'.IX i:,.r/.VL.';^-;s I/XL a 10 KG/KG

Car.uiativi- fcxcrotion in For Cent of Dose
y.car. ar.d Standard Deviation
Collection Period
Hcurs Urine l-'ecoa
C-3 €.0 ± !.!> !4)a <0.1 (1)
O-o 31.1 1 4.2 (4) 0.1 (2)
0-12 50.0 1 11.2 (4) 0.1 (4)
0-24 77. C i C.e (16) 7.0 * 3.6 (1C)
0-4B 83.2 i C.e (12) 11.5 i 3.2 (12)
0-72 80.0 i 5.C (8) 11.0 ± 2.6 (8)
0-96 83.2 i 4.7 (4)b 12.4 i 1.9 (4)

Urino anJ l-'t-coy
fc.O i 1.5 (4)
31.1 i 4.2 (4)
57.0 t 9.1 (4)
B4.6 i 5.U (10)
94.7 « 4.4 (12)
97.1 t 3.7 (d)
95.5 i 3.3 (4)
•
Sj.rvix.-r of aniT^l".




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TASLE 0.  TISSUE  DISTRIBUTION OF i.2,4  - TRICIiLCKCHLNIENE  (AS 14C)  IN MALE PATS



                       srsju: iriTfvY.T.'iC'JS DOSC or 10 KG/KG
— __. .... 1 	 . ._.
Tissue

yg/g at Various Hours Post

3
biv^a 3.70
3.19-3.94
Plasr-a
Liver
Spleen
Kidney
Lur.g
Heart
Tcstcs
train
tat
Muscle
am
3
3.43
5
5.10
.79
-4.55
.47
-5.93
O.fci
0.63-0. *:>
10
15.2
2 . GO
.0
-i7.5
-3.05
2 . 04
1.08-2.27
0
rl U f
J * ;; v
1.13
51
3-:. 7
0.9--
3
1.30
.9S
-1.01
."*..•
-l.t-,7
.6
-04.7
-",3
.24
-4.62
0
4.40-5.74
7.02
6.17-3.08
S.74
5.10-6.03
0.82
0.72-0. Si
32.2
22.8-30.7
2.17
1.95-2.32
1.60-1.00
O.b9
0 . 02
O.S3-S.7;
41. >
29.0-47.1
1.20
0. 97-1.40
1.05
1.30-1.91
12
2 .  •
0.10
0.05-0.
0.40-1.
0.11
C. 09-0.
0 . 1 >j
0.12-0.

17
O'J
52
20
95
50
35
19
10
4 J
u-
- J

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TABLE 7.  TISSUE DISTJ-H^TION OF 1,2,4 - TRlCHLOKGbLNZKHi: (AS   C) IN PER CENT LOLE




                         sitiGLE ir;TfAVE:;ous DCGL OK   10 MG/KG
""* " ~ " TT---T- --, . -u. __ __ i i - ill ™-._L_ j^r L . — - . . T — - i r. - — __-jiMi-mr J _. _ _. .i~ _. TV— -_ .. T--± . ... . . -T-: JL -_.. _ — -. - __ ,.- -_ 	 •_, i i ii ,..- — —
Tissue

Blcod

Livur

Ridr.cy

LUT/J

Stcwch

Sr^ll
Ir.*.estine
Cccun

Large
Ir.tcstir.c
Other Tissues




3

2

1

0

0

8

C

0

1

3
3.39
.07-3.61
2.30
.10-2.72
1.17
.07-1.26
0.10
.O-0. 13
0.57
.40-1.00
9.41
.73-10.1
0.35
.25-0. CO
0.34
.19-0.53
1.93
.53-2.26
Per Ce
t>
4.43
4.12-4.93
2.20
2.01-2.40
2.23
1.77-2.86
0.03
0.08-0.10
0.34
0.17-0.49
15.8
13.4-18.5
3.55
2.27-4.42
0.79
0.5f>-1.22
1.59
1.16-1. 68
fit


1.

0.

0.

C.

0.

3.

1.

2.

0.
Lose at
12
2.16
59-2.65
1.11
95-1.39
1.03
75-1.64
0.0&
04-0.09
0.34
17-0.4%
4.31
5C-5.24
4.83
97-6.90
4.38
90-6. 34
0.81
76-0.33
Varioun Hours
24
0.64
0.47-0.79 0
0.49
0.39-0.48 0
0.23
0.19-0.28 0
0.02
0.02-0.03 0
0.09
0.05-0.13 <0
1.26
1.01-1.56 0
1.80
0.92-2. 12 0
2.06
0.60-3.16 0
0.30
0.18-0.48 0
Post -Treatment
4b
0.21
.15-0.31
0.27
.19-0.33
0.10
.04-0.13
0.02
.02-0.03
0.03
.01-0.07
0.21
.05-0.37
0.25
.18-0.35
0.29
.07-0.79
0.14
.10-0.18


0

0

0

<0

<0

0

0

C

0
72
0.13
.09-0.19
0.22
.18-0.27
C.04
.03-0.00
0.01
.01-0.01
0.02
.01-0.04
O.C9
.03-0.13
0.06
.02-0.11
0.15
.04-0.52
0,07
.05-0.09
96
0.09
C.G4-0.
0.20
0.18-0.
0.04
0.03- 0.
<0.01
(
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                       3.   KrCCVXKY O.r  1,2,4  - TKICHLCF.Cl'ENr4:NU  (AS   4C)  IN KAI^  RATS*



                                   S:::-.I.E  XNTKAYE:;::US DOSE OK lo MG/KG


j
urine 6.0
^ Fecss <0.1
en
G-I Tract 10.7
Tissues 8.3
Total Recovery 25.6
Per Cent

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III. PHAKXACCKINETIC STtDY  CF TC3-14C IN RHESUS MONKEYS

          14
     TC3-  C has b«en administered in sir.gle 10 mg/kg doses to 4 rhesus non-
keys; 2 received the corpo-ond intravenous and 2 orally.  The purpose of this
study was to collect range-finding data en the pharcacokinetics of TCB in
rhesus oonkeys. dsta to be  used in designing the subchronic studies to follow.

Materials ar.d Methods

     The  treatrent  solution was prepared by dissolving 220 u 1 (320 wj) of
l^.S-trichlorober.zene-^C  (0.56 uCi/nl ) and 124 u 1 (180 ng) of unlabeled
TCB  (Eastman Kodak  Lot »1641)  in 10 nl of EnulphosO.ethanol (1:1, v/v) and
Diluting  this to a  total volume of 50 rsl with distilled HjO.  This solution
contained 10 tag TCB sr>d 2.14 u Ci  **C per nl.

     Mult fervale rhesus monkeys were tranquilired with ketamine HC1  (4.5
rig/kg) and placed in restraining chairs three days prior to the administra-
tion of the coryound.   There was no apparent reaction to either intravenous
or oral treatments  with the compound.  Blood samples were taken before treat-
ment and  at 1.2.4,6,8,12,24,48,72 ar.d 96 hours post- treatment,  frir.e sarplts
were collected at 6,12,24,48,72 and 96 hours post-treatment; feres were col-
lected at 24 hour intervals for seven days.

     Hentatocrit was determined on each blood sar.ple, and whole blood, plasma,
urine, ar.d feces samples were analyzed for total ^C content employing the
standard procedures used in this laboratory.
          on tho blood  and plasma levels of intravenous and orally treated
animals are contained in  Table  9.  When TC8-"C was Administered intravenous
there was A aranatic drop in  *  C content of whole blood 'row an <-stirmted
rote tine level of about  112 u g/tnl  to a level of 2.0-2.9 ug/ml one hour
; r.ext
four days to levels of  0.2 ug/sl.   The plasma concentrations of TCB-^C wcr«
higher th.in the r«"Sf>«ctive whole  blcxxi concentrations rnnyim) fron 3.1 to
4.9 ug/nl at orm hour  and declining biphasically to 0.24 ug/ml at 9b hours.

     Wiesus nonkey Ik).  3  which received th« cowpound orally, exhibited a
p«.ik blood level of 3 ug/ml  (4.6 ug/ml plasna)  at one hour.  Khesua ronkey
No. 4, also orally treated, had a peak blood lev?»l of 2.3 ug/sl (3.6 u ij/nl
;>l.t:i--i) at twn hoars j>O3t-tr<"Atswnt .   P-jrir.>-> the rorvsinlnq y#nols ot
the intravenous .'.nrl or«\lly treated  .«ninvi)a.

     Urinary oxcreiion  following  intravenous administration accounted for
About Jy* of the do»«  in  four  day*;  2.'i was excreted during the first 34 hours
(r.ne Table 10).  In the jnonkeys receiving TCB orally, urinary excretion
accounted for a significantly  greater onount of the cor4X>und; 36 to 40* WAS
recovered durin'i th« firat 24  hours and 56 to 73* of the dos« in fovt days
CUbio Ii).
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     Figure 1 shows the draruitic difference between  the  urinary excretion of
7CB following single oral   cr intravenous doses.  This  difference  in  urin-
ary excretion between the 'ani~als receiving this compound  intravenous  and
orally nay be due to the  fact that the parent, TCB,  is very  lipid soluble
ar
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9.
              AND  PLASMA CC.VCLNTKATICN ci*  1,2,4  -  TRictiLOKQi>r.N::uJE  (AS    c)  IK mavLE KHLCUS MONKXYS


TIRO Post \
Hours
1 45
2 44
4 43
6 42
e 41
12 41
24 45
4& 37
72 35
96 34
Sir.-jie Jritraver.c
No. 1
Blood riaw.,i

2.9 4.9
2.0 4.5
1.6 3.0
1.3 2.3
1.2 2.1
0.8 1.4
0.43 0.7fc
0.35 0.54
0.23 0.36
0.18 0.24
us Done of 10
NO. 2
%
iict Bloc•') 1.5 2.0
:;s 30 1,4 2.2 41 l.i 1.6
0.75 32 0.94 1.4 39 0.07 1.0
0.53 32 0.54 0.79 37 0.43 O.vO
0.33 32 0.29 0.30 37 0.27 O.Jii
32 0.19 0.25 3d 0.22 0.30
31 0.10 0.19 39 0.17 0.21
Phesus ronkey Slo.  2  dtvclcpvd a detached scat-pad and was returned  to  C&-JQ at 50 hours post
trcatrcr.t.

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 TABLE  10.   CL-MULATIVE EXCRETION CF  1,2,4  - TBICHLORCEEI.'ZEI.T  (AS   C)

                       I!J FEMALE P-KESUS  MONKEYS



                 SINGLE INTFAYE^GL'S  DOSE CF 10 MG/KG

.'to. 1

HOMTS

0-24
24-48
48-72
72-96
96-120
liO-144
144-163
'Jrir.e Feces
Peritd Total Period Total
a b
22 22 -IS
5.4 27.4 <0.01
6.2 33.6 0.1 0.1
4.7 33.3 1.7 1.3
1.1 2.9
0.5 3.4
0.4 3. Q
orir.e and Feces
Period Total

22 22
5.4 27.4
6.3 33.7
6.4 40.1
1.1 41.2
0.5 41.7
0.4 42.1
!.'o. 2

Hours
0-24
24-48
48-72
72-96
96-120
120-144
144-108
Urine Feces
Period Total I'criod Total
21. B 21. a r;s
6.3 23. C KS
1.3 29.3 rJS
- c - 0.4 0.4
0.9 1.3
0.2 1.5
0.3 1.8
Urin«» jrxJ Feces
Period Total
21.8 21. H
6.3 28.0
1.3 29.3
0.4 29.7
0.9 30.6
0.2 30. b
0.3 31.1
Approximately  752 of  total  sanple lost.


SS- no snnplc.


Khcuua roonkev  No. 2 developed a detached seat-pud  and  w.is  returned

to cnpo at bb  hra post  treatment.

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 TABU; '11.   CUMULATIVE EXCRETION CF 1.2,4  -  '."
                        IN FI-^-M-E RHESUS MCNYXY
                      SIJJGLE CPAL DOSE CP  10  HC/KG
(AS

Jto. 3

Hours
0-24
24-48
43-72
72-9o
96-120
120-144
144-1C8
Urine
Period Total
39.8 J9.8
25.6 65.4
4.5 69.9
3.2 73.1
a
-
-
Feces
Period
<0.1
0.9
2.0
0.8
0.1
0.2
0.1
Total
-
0.9
2.9
3.7
3.B
4.0
4.1
Urine ar.d
Period
39.8
26.5
6.5
4.0
0.1
0.2
0.1
Feces
Total
39.8
66.3
72.8
76.6
76.9
77.1
77.2
No. 4

Hcurn
0-24
24-48
48-72
72-96
96-120
120-144
144-KB
Urine
Period Total
3G.7 36.7
10.1 46.8
5.7 52.5
4.2 56.7
_a
-
-
Fc
I'wriod
0.1
0.1
<0.1
0.5
O.B
G.6
0.6
cos
Total
0.1
0 2
0.2
0.7
1.5
2.1
2.7
Urine and
Period
36.0
10.2
5.7
4.7
0.8
0.6
0.6
Feces
Total
36.8
47.0
52.7
57.4
58.2
W. a
S'>.4

Aninal returned  to  cac,e—no further urin«. collections evade.
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   ioo
    so
UJ
I/)
O
u.
O
i.  60
ce
UJ
Q.
 UJ
 cc
 CJ
 X
UJ
    20
      0
                                  FIGURE 1
CUMULATIVE PERCENT EXCRETION  IN  URINE  OF 1,2,'t - TRICHLOROBEHZEilE  (AS WC)
IN RHESUS nONKEYS FOLLOWING A  SINGLE ORAL OR INTRAVENOUS DOSE OF 10 MG/KG
   O  ORAL
   A  INTRAVENOUS
                               '13

                          TIME IN HOURS
                                                                          72
_J
96

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     When urine and  feces  collections  were required, the animals were placed
in individual metabolism cages  specially fabricated for primate iretabolisa
studies.  During these  periods,  Mnne  was collected in iced containers and
the portion not analyzed iimediately was stored at -20°C.
                 «
     V^or.V.eys were gavaged  with  TC3 each mcrr.i:;q, seven days per weeh for
three nor.ths.  Treatments  occurred at  the same tire each irsorr.ir.g ar.d re-
quired no triore than  45  minutes.   Each  week when the monXeys were weighed, a
blood sanple was drawn  for TC2  netabolite analyses.  Cr.ce ncnthly, addition-
al blood was taXen for  SMA ll'/60 clinical chenistry analyses.  Chlorguanide
(CG) netatolite profile tests were performed at 30-day intervals after ini-
tiation of TCB treatment.

     Liver biopsies  for enzyire  analyses were obtained at the end of the
three ncnth treatment period through the generous cooperation of the staff
veternariar.s in Dr.  Steele Mattingly's Department of Laboratory Anical Medi-
cine, University of  Cincinnati,  College of Kedicine.  The aniir.als all
recovered without sequelae in five days fron this procedure.

     B.  Chemicals.  1.2,4-trichlorobenzene (TCB), was obtained frcn Aldrich
Chemical Co., and most  of  the chenicals used in the in vitro KFO assays
were obtai.-sd from Fisher.  Sigtsa or Aldrich.  One graa of benzphetanine
hydrochloride i»as procured directly from the UpJohn Co., Kalamazoo, Michigan.

     Chlorguanide hydrochloride  (CG-HC1)  was obtained fron the DuFont Chen-
ical Co.  This compound was recrystallized to a cvelting point range of lose
than 1°C and an extinction coefficient at 258 nn of 712 in inethanol.  Kadic-
labeled CXJ'HCl was purchased from Kew  England Nuclear, Inc. with ^4C at
position 1 or 2 of the  phenyl rir.g.  This material had a very narrow neltinq
point range and showed  r.o  radiolabeled contamination when chrotnatound
metabolized primarily by this aystcm.   Ideally, th« co:npouiicl selected for


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this purpose should be netabolized  to discrete  products by each of the two
najor types of Mi'O, P-450 and P-448.  In  this way,  the urinary concentrations
of each metabolic prodvct can be  used to  cstinate  the relative activities of
P-450 and P-443 in the liver.  Furtherr»ore,  the ccrpound should normally be
excreted in part unchanged so that  or.e  could raeasure the relative activity of
each nvonoxygenase cor-ponent present by  cotrparing '•IFO-specific metabolites to
parent coapour.d.

     One compound neeting these criteria  is  the intirnalarial. chlorguanide
(CG).  It is oxidized by P-448 to the active antinalarial metabolite, chlor-
guanide tnazir.e (CGT), and by P-450 to the  inactive product, p-chlorophenyl
biguanide (PBG) (5,6).  Parent CG is also excreted (6).  The metabolic path-
way is shown below:
       tCCT)
    To determine its metabolic profile  in  urine  we have developed cclori-
netric and microbiological rwthods  for  measuring CG,  CGT,  PBG (after conver-
sion to CGT) and total CG tnet.«Jx>lites.   These  procedures have been used in
estimating CG and its principal metabolites  CGT  and PBG in blood, plasna,
aj>d urine  (  6 ).  More recently, when radiolab«led CG became available, we
developed a method  for separating CG and its metabolites using TLC (S.T.
Cragg, Doctoral Thesis, University  of Cincinnati, 1980) &nd thia latter pro-
cedure was the one  enployed principally in the studies reported here.  Essen-
tially the cvcithod is based on th« extraction and separation of CG, cr,T and
PbG from a two day  urine pool foJlowing CXJ dosing.   An appropriate amount of
the extract is spotted on a TLC plato and  after  development, the radioacti-
vity in spots corresponding to the  lor«tion  of tho 3 CG rvetabolic products
is determined by LSC.  The oothod has been shown to b« reproducible and as
will b« (lcff>onstrated fiubsequently appears  to be  predictive of the relative
activities of the "P-448" and "P-45G" components of the ?.  Thus, if th«
"P-450" component is induced we would «xp«ct n»re PBG in th« urine and
correspondingly less CG and/or CGT.  A  "P-448" inducer like 3-HC should in-
crease CGT formation and excretion  at the  expense of CG and/or PBG while an
induc«r like the PCB Aroclor 1254 should increase the forrvation of both CGT
and PBG with a concurrent reduction in  urinury CC.
Results
    Tho monkeys, which wore treated with doaos of TCB of 1,5, arid 25 wgAl
for 3 nonths, showed neither weight loss,  changes in clinical chemistry an-
alyses (SMA 12/60)  Tnbles 12 and 11, nor aiijnificar.t  changes in their urin-
ary CG rwt.sboilt« profiles.  Furthermore,  thnro  wore  no significant differ-
ences in the T*> values for labeled  TCB  (aa ^C)  when  a single intrav«nou«
douo w,-« adr-.ir.i atered to t!*e control and 23  mg/Xg (TCB) groups at the end of
3 raontt.H tre«t.T«nt,.  for the aak« of brevity these dat* »ro not included
but cor t-o r-id« available to anyone upon request.

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                         TABLE 12.   SKA 12/60 KS:SUL7S ON MONKEYS  IU.FCKE TREATMENT Will! TCB

Dose Monkey
03 /x<| ;:o .
0



1



5



25



125



Basclir.o
Values
S.X.
573
433
Jcu
405
543
223
264
i04
634
505
237
39
343
110
503
276
012
C-14
C-18
253



Sugar
rwOO
304
250
257
249
166
290
196
223
237
171
225
170
245
175

271.2
+24.6
P
4.7
3.6
2.8
2.1
3.2
2.4
4.3
2.8
5.6
4.3
3.4
4.1
4.4
3.4
5.1
3.0
3.3
2.6
2.8
3.3

3.56
+0.21
Alk.!'.
mU/rol
183
81
252
195
75
252
>350
159
189
120
62
223
105
118
83
134
225
91
274
154

166.3
+ 17.5
Crt
9.4
10.2
9.5
9.5
9.3
8.1
9.9
10.3
11.0
10.4
9.7
9.9
9,1
9.1
9.3
9.2
10.7
10.1
10.9
10.0

9.78
+ 0.16
Direct
Bili-
rubin
ing %
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

0.12
+ 0.01
Total
Bili-
rubin
my %
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.5
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.3
0.3
0.1
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2

0.26
+0.02
Tro-
tcin
g %
8.0
7.7
7.4
7.2
e.r
C.4
8.1
6.6
8.5
8.2
7.9
8.1
8..)
'J.I
8.4
7.5
7.6
\J • m.
8.0
0.3

8.01
+0.13
Alb
g %
3.6
3.8
3.9
3.7
3.5
2.6
2.7
4.3
3.8
3.9
4.2
3.5
3.6
3.9
4.0
3.3
4.3
4.0
4.t
4.2

3.77
+ 0.11
Hor.fceys 573-276  assayed 12/17/76.
«:rJK-ys CI2-253  assayed 6/24/7?.

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                  7A3I£ 13.   SKA 12/60 KLSCLTS  ON MONXfcYS  AFTER TREATMENT WITi! TCB FOR TWO MONTHS

Dcso
0_



1



5



2rj



125


baseline
Values
Mcr.kcy
573
463
366
495
543
223
264
C04
634
505
267
39
343
110
500
276
C-12
C-14
C-18


m t
77
81
85
82
80
65
1U
95
84
85
78
90
63
97
88
55
' 85
77
73

67.3
Uric
acid
ag *
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.3
0.1
1.1
1.0
1.0

0.69
Choi
ISO
151
175
162
175
205
150
150
125
100
198
160
188
200
200
205
142
145
169

173.9
SOOT
rVYnl
31
24
25
19
29
20
20
4:
17
19
23
25
17
20
16
20
9
5
16

30.4
LDH
r.U/nl
295
226
255
215
255
249
210
335
232
360
255
335
223
189
245
210
155
123
195

288.0
Tig %
3.6
3.1
2.5
2.3
4.2
3.8
3.7
4.4
3.3
2.2
2.4
2.5
4.2
3.2
4.9
4.3
4.7
3.5
2.9

3.70
Alk.P.
ir.U/ml
255
137
206
217
96
227
324
170
185
178
95
144
131
117
140
188
247
159
167

161.3
Ca
Iftf] \
8.8
9.*
9.4
9.2
9.4
9.5
9. J
10.0
9.9
10.4
10, 3
9.6
9.0
9.8
10.3
9.8
9.6
9.7
10.6

9.62
Direct
Bili-
rubin
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
. o.o
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0

0.12
Total
BJli-
rubln
ir.cj %
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0

0.28
Pro-
tein
8.0
7.9
7.6
7.6
Q.9
6.1
B . (•
8.9
7.8
8.1
8.4
8.4
8.4
9.0
9.2
9.0
7.8
8.5
8.6

7.99
Alb

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V.   SECCJ.'O TC3 SCBCHROMC STJDY

     Afrer the  first TCB stuiy h«d t-een  in  progress about one nonth  it  be-
case cbvicas  that nor.e of t_r.e ar.isals vere  shoving tcxic symptoms and that
cr.e of the irrrortant objectives of the study,  ar. estimation of the chronic
caxxeun tolerated dose of 1CB, was not likely  to be accomplished.  Therefore,
we added another geometrically-spaced dose  level, 125 »g/Xg, which we ex-
pected to be  toxic.   After one zienth it  again  becane clear that although  two
nc-rjceys frors  the 125 ng/kg group showed  teaporary weight loss and one aninal
died an 1C- days, the three retiring anir-als appeared healthy, began to gain
wight, and showed no signs cr syr$>toeis  of  toxicity specifically related  to
TCB.

     We had demcnstrated to our satisfaction that the 1,5 and 25 xq/Y« cages and th« urinary  profile* of chlorguanii'.e  (CO)
netalxjlite* w«ro  rwavutcd.  Alto at ccnthly interval* blood 5*.v.-.pl«u w«re
collected for SMA 12/fcO clinical chemistry  analysas.   At the end ot 12 w**ks ,
or at death.  th«  .ini.-sal* v«re nccropsied and  liver slices uore froren in
liquid  tJj tor ^~45C r*latcd ensyc* assays.

t^r.eral Tcxxcity  of 7rn

     Th« ronkcys  rec«ivir;<7 these higher dos«K of  TCB exhibited definite
;icf«-rclat«d  evidence cf toxicity.  7 ho or.e an in A! on th« 90 sna/kg rto»e
thit dl«id in  tho  ?th wok (47 d) lest {).'; kq.   However, the lack o£ .!rofil« (T^blc 14).  ""!'.<• wt»i:r«4tcst
         to TCB .it  4-t.
     The ct-.ar.fjosi  in reut>e!.R* to the Iwj r/;A<;  done hav» b«en r«ntloncJ  abov« .
Main vm note  that  tt.« ts,ixjp-y» t*»fonii« to  TCh Arp«ar» to coac alfr 4-6
       .reatiwM. A riot  which ih* anir^ld either IJOC.VT* stabl* or i
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     The  174  rag/kg dose was definitely lethal ar.d would hav« killed all  four
ffenkeys in  this group had we  not  discc-r.tir.ued treat-sent a:ter day 25.  At
this tine the two surviving ncr-Aeys shewed s/Eptons  of extrer* intoxication
including weight loss, weakness,  trerors, ar.d increased susceptibility to
pulmonary infection.

     pjecovery fron the visibly  toxic effects of TCB  was rapid &ft\.: treat-
ment was  discontinued.  Although  one additional rer-key difed after treat r«r.t
was discontinued, this anicjl (*343) appeared to be  recovering but apparent-
ly succuc-Jyed  to acute gastric dilatation, probably the result of overeating
due to careless overfeeding.

     The  weight changes in the  nor.keys treated with  large doses of TCB are
shown in  Table 14.  The controls  showed ho significant weight changes during
the 10 weeic period sr.own in the table.  For the 90 ar.d 125 =?gAg groups  the
responses were quite variable.  Tvo nonkeys on tho 90  rag/kg lost 1 and 2 kg,
respectively.  A third raonkey did not charge weight  significantly.  The
fourth aninal died but lost weight prinarily in the  last week of treatment.
This death  we believe tr-ay not be  due to TCB.  In the case of the 125 eg/kg
dose the  monkey that died  (»I53)  lost 0.9 kg in two  weeks and died on day 16.
The other two aor.keys (C18 ar.d  C14) showed e^tly large weight losses  tC.»
ar.d 0.9 kg) but then becaae stable ar.d at the end they, and C12, were gaining
weight.

     It would appear likely that  if the ants-*! responds to TCB by developing
hepatic Ki'O induction, then the liver will b* able to  better hindle the
ccer.-ound  ar.d  from this i«oir.t  on the increased snetacdisn will reduce th«
effective dose.

     Change*  in henvatocrit -at*  *hovp in Table IS .ir,i in general on« se«» th«
sane trends observed with th« ch«»:.'jes in weight. TCB  tr«>*tn«nt tends to c..^us«
a decline in  tho packed r«-J cell  volu»e.  Xe *.jv» not  nad« ar-.y .utterq^t to
pxawine th« unJerlyir.q cause* of  this ph«nor*r>on.

     The  changes in li%'er to  tc-Jy w«i jht ratios  (ai  *) are shov^ in Table*
10 and 1?.  >or '.*•.<• (»3 rxi/kg  dose, t!-.<* oniy highly significant change WAS
seen in r«r.kcy «11-,) wt.ich died  a!tcr 47 days of trpatfwr.t .  The j>ercent.v3es
for the other three rxinkey* wwre  scarcely atxjve the  ncrw-al ranae.  All the
-cr.kcys r<»cpivinn 1.'5 And 1^4 P«J.>l
jfter rtijriniatrat lor. of I'.'V f.;r r.r.o month 4i«? '>j'ict«>cl graphically in TtT-ire
2.  "'!>* graphs in
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ratio.

     Ccnparison of the data after one no nth  TCB  treatment (Table 18 ar.d
ii-ijre 2) with the findings after two and  three  norths  (Figures 3 and 4)
suqqests that administration of TCB lei to an  induction of  MFO activity in
the liver and that this ir.cre.ise appedred  to be  restricted  to the P-450 class
cf KTO's.  We found a decrease in CG excretion,  an  increase in FBG, and a
decrease or no change in CGT excretion as  well as changes in certain ratios,
especially CGT/FBG.

     At the termination of TCB administration  the nonkeys were necropsied,
•.he li-.-ers vere weiqhed, ar.d slices of liver were stored in liquid N2 for
ill V3-trc assay of MFC activity using several substrates.  The results of
t.r«ese in vitro studies are described later.

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               TABIZ 14.  WEIGHTS CF KCNKEYS ON DAILY  TRl^TyXNT WITH TCB

Do'.te JVr.key
r»j/Xt| No.
0 573
433
366
4>S
DO 6 34
505
110
SOO
1^5 cia
cu
C12
253
174 267
33
343
276
iMt ial
K'J '
7.5
6.0
5,5
5.6
7.8
6.4
5.9
6.3
5.1
6.3
5.0
5.3
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.3
1
7.4
5.9
5.5
5.5
7.0
(j.'j
5.9
6.3
4.7
5.8
5.1
5.1
5.8
5.9
5.4
5.8
•>
* . 4
5.9
5.5
5.6
6.4
6.3
5.8
6.4
4.3
5.4
5.1
4.4
5.5
5.2
5.2
5.4
3
7.C
6.2
5.6
5.6
5.6
6.1
5.7
6.4
4.3
5.6
5.1
Died
5.0
4.5
5.4
5.0
Time in Weeks
456
Woifjht in Kg
7.6
6.3
5.7
5.7
5.3
5.8
5.6
6.3
4.3
5.b
5.2

Diod
4.2*
4.1J*
Died
7.5
6.2
5.6
5.6
5.6
5.6
5.5
6.5
4.5
6.1
5.2


4.3
5.2

7.6
6.2
5.6
5.7
5.2
5.7
5.2
6.5
4.6
6.6
5.3


4.8
Died*

7
7.6
6.4
5.6
5.9
5.1
5.5
Died
6.3
4.9
6.6
5.2


5.2


8
7.6
6.4
5.5
5.8
5.4
5.5

6.4
5.3
6.7
5.1


5.6


9
7.0
6.4
5.5
5.8
5.6
5.5

6.3
5.3
6.7
5.4


5.6


10
7.6
6.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.4

6.1
5.3
6.7
5.5


5.0



       cJiscor.tinucd on  day 25.

Iij«d of a; j'-trer.t overeat ir,
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                 TABU: 15.
u:s  cr K,:;KJ.YS
DAILY TI-XAIMI.NT WITH  TCH

Do:;« .Her. key
,) 573
4d3
3'- 6
435
90 634
5:5
no
5C3
i::» cis
C14
C12
253
174 :;7
32
343
276
Initial
Hct
45
43
47

45
' 47
41
31
46
44
43
4ti
41
46
41
44
1
_
-
-
-
46
46
42
31
42
41
39
40
42
46
46
44
2
49
52
51
39
45
44
42
33
45
41
3b
(Dit;i
40
46
43
44
3
47
52
49
39
44
••••S
42
34
40
.36
37
day If,)
39
43«
39*
4:
4
47
50
47
40
40
44
42
35
36
39
40

(Died
40
41
(Die,!
Time in
5
49
53
51
42
37
42
43
35
36
37
40

day 28)
38
40
day 24)
Wcfka
6
47
51
50
41
40
41
43
35
39
34
37

-
39
(Died
-
7
47
49
48
43
34
39
(Oied
35
39
34
J9

-
41
day 35
-
8
48
54
48
42
37
40
day 47)
35
40
40
38

-
43
of over«:at
-
9
48
52
49
42
39
40
-
35
39
3!;-
3B

.
44
in-;)
-
10
49
52
49
43
41
41
-
35
40
J7
39

-
45
-
-
.~ , . _ 	
disccnr.ir.ucl or, day 25.

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       10.  UVtR WEIGHT,  fcCOY «UGHT  AND LIVJ:K WtlCHT/UODY WEIGHTS  RATIOS (AS ri:r0.135
Initial
B&Jy Wt
7.50
6. CO
5.50
5-fiO
7. BO
0.40
5.90
6.30
5.10
6.30
5.00
5.30
f>.20
6.40
6.30
6.30
Sacrifice
IV- '.Jy wr
7.40
6.50
5.35
5.80
6.10
5.40
4.70
5.95
5.10
5 90
5.85
4.40
4.70
5.20
6.10
4.50
I.iver Wt x 100
Init Ko.jy Wt
1.93
2.51
2.39
2.37
2.20
2.40
3.73
2.37
3.04
3.40
3.63
4.04
3.53
3.25
2.02
>2.1
Uvf>r Wt x 100
Z,\<: IV.Jy Wt.
1.90
2.32
2.45
2.28
2.81
2.05
4.08
2.50
3.04
3.70
3.10
4.06
4.66
4.00
2.70
>3.0

 Mor.keys wf.ich ditj  during trcat,ner.t.

 Thi* subject hj-1  t«en withdraw  lto>a  trc.itr»»r.t  for  over one month  prior tc-sacrifice.

»2
 Not all of this subject'* liver was recovered.

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       :  17.   SlC'.r.'Ir ICA.NCE I.KVI.LS  (D  COMt'AKINC. LIVt:K WEIGHTS  AND UVi:R WT./UODY WT.
                                CONTKOL A.ND TCB TKLATKD GROUPS*

I.iver Wt . , „„

.1: inon
"Overall" F
I.ivor
p « 0
Wts.
.0141
I n 1 1 1 
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TABU: 13.  i:m:crs CF 30 DAYS ics TKI:/OU,::T 0:1 VKJNAKY CHIX>KGUANIDE  KXCRI;TION


TVB Dc:u» K-.-.key
r»;.-*=7/J.iy No.
0 573
483
366
4?5
Mean
SE.M
S3 634
505
110
500
Ke.in
SEM
125C C13
C14
C12
.'x an
StM
174d 343
39
Mean
i
B*
10.1
17.8
17.7
17.6
15.8
11.90
12.0
14.5
11.5
n.i
12.0
10.92
15.4
14.6
15.2
15.1
10.24
10.7
14.1
12.4
crcent C
Treated
13.9
22.0
17.0
18.3
17.8
11.C3
12.2
15.7
9.C-6
13.2
12.3
11.19
9. BO
12.6
10.5
11.0
+ 0.64
10.6
11.0
10.8
»
3.8
4.2
-0.7
0.7
2.0
11.2
0.2
1.2
-1.5
3.1
0.7
+ 1.0
-5.6
-2.0
-4.7
-4.1
11.1
-0.1
-3.1
-1.6
I
B
37.5
39.7
36.6
40.8
38.7
10.97
36.9
39.6
41.6
38.6
39.2
I0-98
59.0
40.5
43.4
41.0
11.29
30.8
33.6
38.7
'ercent. TDG
Treated D
38.4
39.5
37.5
41.9
39.1
10.97
47.2
46.2
46.0
44.4
«!5.9
10.58
54.1
44.1
50.0
49.4
12 . 90
47.3
49.0
40.2
0.9
-1.2
0.9
1.1
0.4
10.5
10.3
6.6
4.4
5.8
6.8
11.3
15.1
3.6
6.6
8.4
O.4
8.5
10.4
9.5
rercent CX'T
H Trc.'itejd D
52.4
42.5
45.7
41.5
45.5
12.46
51.1
45.9
48.9
47.3
4h . 3
— *
45-. 7
44.8
41.4
44.0
11.31
50.4
47.3
48.8
47.8
39.4
45.4
39.8
43.1
+ 2.08
40.6
38.0
44. .2
42.4
41. J
11.32
36.1
43.3
39.5
39.6
12.08
42.2
39.9
41.0
-4.6
-3.3
-0.3
-1.7
-2.5
+ 0.94
-10.5
-7.9
-4.7
-4.9
-7.9
11.4
-9.6
-1.5
-1.9
-4.3
O.6
-0.2
-7.4
-7.8
                                                                                       (continued)

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7ABIX 18  (continued)
TCS Scsc Mor-key
rvj/Xq 'r!,iv Jk>.
0 573
433
366
405
Mean
SLM
9O 634
505
110
500
MC3U1
SLM
125C CH
C14
C12
Mean
sr.M
174J 343
39
Ko an
B*
5,17
2.38
2.59
2.35
3.12
+0.69
4.25
3.16
4.26
4.0.8
4.0-3
+0.33.
2.93
3.07
2.72
2.92
+ 0.10
4.72
3.35
4.04
CGT/CG
Tre-itp 1
3.44
1.78
2.68
2. 18
2.52
t_0.36
3.35
2.45
4.52
2.38
3.43
+ 0.42
3.68
3.42
3.77
3.62
+ 0.10
4.10
3.61
3.86
jjb
-1.73
-C.60
0.10
-0.17
-o.to
+_0.40
-0.90
-0.71
0.26
-1.30
-0.66
I0-33
0.70
0.35
1 . 05
0.70
^0.20
-0.62
0.26
0.18
B
3.71
2.22
2.07
2.31
2.58
+_0.38
3.07
2.73
3.46
4.22
3.37
+ 0.32
2.54
2.77
2.86
2.72
+ 0.10
3.64
2.74
3.19
PBG/CC.
Treated
2.7C.
1.75
2.21
2.29
2.25
+^0.21
4.88
2.96
4.70
3.49
4.01
+_0.46
5.52
3.48
4.77
4.59
+^0.60
4.39
4.44
4.52
D
-C.-55
-0.47
0.14
-0.02
-0.33
±°-25
1.81
0.23
1.24
-0.73
0.64
+0.56
2.98
0.71
1.91
1.87
+0.66
0.95
1.70
1.33
n
1.40
1.07
1.25
1.02
1.19
+0.09
1.38
1.16
1.23
1.11
1.22
±° • OG
1.17
1.11
0.953
I.Ob
I0-06
1.30
1.22
1.26
Tro.itvd
1.24
1.02
1.21
0.95f>
1.11
±°-07
0.863
O.R24
0.901
0.959
0.904
_+0.030
0.668
0.982
0. 790
0.812
+0.090
0.890
O.H14
O.HSO
v
-0.lf.-0
-0.050
-0.040
-0 .004
-0.0t!.0
+0.030
-0.517
-0. 3?0
-0.269
-C.I SI
-0. 320
+0.080
-0.502
-0.126
-0. 163
-0.264
+C.120
-0.410
-0.406
-0.408

 8 m Biselir.c  (pret-rcatafnt values).

t
 D (i>clt
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7A3l£ 19.  ErFECTS OK CO DAYS TCB TRLATKUJT  ON  URINARY CHLORGUANIDi: EXCKKTION FAKAMtTLJvS


TO> rose Hcr.Xf/
0 573
493
366
4)5
Moan
sun
90 634
505
5: j
.He, in
SEM
125° C18
CU
CJ2
MCTica!.o^
47.2
40.2
46.4
43.1
44.2
+ 1.61
41.4
41.8
43.H
42. 1
+_0.74
36.8
39.4
40.6
39. G
+ 0.53
.T
D
-5.2
-2.3
0.7
l.f.
-1.3
I1-5
-9.7
-4.1
-3.5
-3.8
+ 2 . 0
-6 . )
-5.4
-0.6
-4.4
+ 1.8
                  14.1     11.;*     -2,9     38.6    41.3e     2.7     4/.3    47.5*      0.2
                                                                                       (continued)'

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TABU;  U  (continue i)
7Cfa Ccs« !Vjr.>.cy
ru-'Vi M.V.- S'o.
0 573
4t!3
366
415
Xoar.
StM
90 634
505
5:0
.Ho tin
5J-M
125C C18
C14
C12
He if.
St."
174d 39°
n
5
T
*k
2
T
3
+ 0
4
3
4
4
+ 1
1
3
2
2
1°
3
a
.17
.3a
.58
. 35
.12
.69
.25
.16
.63
.03
.45
.98
.07
.72
.92
.10
.35
c^r/cx;
Tf <-• 3t f !
3.32
2.01
3.18
2.72
2. el
+ 0. 30
2 . 99
2 . 99
3.36
3.11
+ 0.12
3.30
1.99
3.20
2.93
*_0.42
4.26C
,J
-1
-0
0
0
-0
1°
-1
-0
-1
-0
+ 0
0
-1
0
-0
1°
0
L>
.155
.37
.60
.37
.31
.55
.26
.17
.32
.92
.37
.32
.08
.48
.09
.50
.91
U
3.71
2.22
2.07
2.31
2.58-
±0.38
3.07
2.73
4.22
3.34
K>.45
2.54
2.77
2.86
i.72
^0.10
2.74
TBG/CG
2,71
1.98
2.67
2.58
2.49
+ 0.17
3.24
3.16
3.30
3.23
+ 0.04
4.21
2.07
3.67
3.32
+_0.64
3.71C
D
-1.00
-0.24
0.60
0.27
-0.09
+_0.35
0.17
0.43
-0.02
-0.11
+ 0.41
1.67
-0.70
0.81
0.59
+ 0.69
0.97
n
1.40
1.07
1.25
1.02
1.19
+,0.09
1.38
1.16
1.11
1.22
+ O.OB
1.17
1.11
0.953
1.08
+0.06
1.22
CGT/i Ji;:;
1.22
1.01
1.20
1.06
1.12
+0.050
0.924
0.946
1.02
0.900
+ O.CV-)
0.784
0,965
0.871
0.870
+_0.050
i.M-
r •,
-0.1HO
-0.060
-0.050
0.040
-o.oto
+O.C50
-0.456
-0.214
-0.090
-0.250
+0.110
-o. :<«(>
-0.145
-0.082
-0.204
+0.090
-0.080

 B « iUsiel:r.o (|.: etre,it merit  valucn) .


 D  (Delta!  • 30 djy trcJtc 5'V.iluot. r.ir.us bJi.clir.CK.

^
 Cr,c ncrj.cy died t«forc tt.c  first CC, teat.

d
 A thlrJ  Wir.kcy frcsi this group cUed t* first And  second CG tcstSi

^2
 Kcr.k«y  J9  h.^j teen withdrawr.  frctr. TCB treatncnt for over 1 month prior  to  this CG test.

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7A3IX 20.  in~l.CT3 OF 90 DAYS  TCB  TREATMENT ON URINARY CHLORC-UAWIDE EXCRETION PARAMETERS

.
TCB I»s«
r^-'V-T/J^
125°




MorJwy
Ko.
C18
C14
C12
Mean
SE.M
Icrcent OG
B°
15.4
14.6
15.2
15.1
*0.24
Tre.U*-;!
6.41
18.4
12.7
12.5
*3 46
Db
-8.99
3.80
-2.50
-2.56
+ 3.t9
Percent PBG
n
39.0
40.5
43.4
41.0
+ 1.29
Treated
55.6
43.8
47.0
48.8
+ 3.52
D
16.6
3.3
3.6
7.8
+4.4
Percent CX.T
B
45.7
44.8
41.4
44.0
+1.31
Treated
37.9
37.7
40.3
38.6
+ 0.84
D
-7.8
-7.1
-1.1
-5.3
+2.1
                                                                                        (continued)

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7A3U: 20  (continued)
TCii COk
2-
3.
t
4 .
2.
+0.

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07
72
32
10
CC.
Tr
5
2
3
3
-l
T/CG
.92
.05
.18
.72
.15
D*>
2.
-1.
0.
0.
I1-

94
02
46
79
16
&
2.54
2.77
2 . H6
2.72
±C.10
ruc/cr.
Treated
6
2
3
4
+_!
.6fl
.30
.71
.92
.92
D
6.
-0.
0.
2.
-*'
14
39
85
20
00
b
1.17
1.11
0.953
1.08
+ 0.06
a.
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0.
0.
0.
0.
i°-
T/I i.u;
ated
662
Hf>0
BS9
600
060
D
-0.4(39
-0.250
-0.0')4
-0.283
+0.110

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                                    SECTIC-M >

                                   iE" C,S TRICHLCRCBENZEKE
I.    IN VITRO ENZYME ASSAYS

Preparation of Mi crosc .?»..•> 1 Susp-ensior.s

      Liver Sir-tie*  were taken  directly frors  liquid nitrogen  ar.d placed  ir.  a
large  be.3>.er .->•;•. taming XCl-Tns buffer  (0.15  M ar.d . ^'j n  .  respectively,  at
; h ~.~>      -.-plea ar.d buffer were continually  nixed inside larqe tweakers
vh _    .ere placed in a large volun* of water to help thaw  the  sarnies within
.; to  30 rr.ir.utes.   This process  had to be performed rapidly  ar.d consistently
since  thawing tine  will affect nixed function  oxidase  (KFO)  stability.  All
subsequent procedures (until incubation) were  carried out  at 0-5°C.

     After sar-ples  v>ere thawed,  blotted dry  and carefully weighed, 3 Rls of
ice cold KCl-Tris buffer  (as above)  were added per qraa of liver.   A "Tis-
suizer" (TeXrvar Inc.)  was used to blend buffer and liver and the resulting
hoooqenate was spun dcvn at 10, COO x g. for  20 sunutes in  &  refriqerated
Scrvail KC-2B centrifuge.  "his  process was  recited on the  supernatant
whereujon 10 r-.la  of the second sup«rn\tant were placed in  ultraeentr xf uqe
tube*  and spun at ICC, 000 x q. for t>0 mnutes  in a refrigerated tfeck.»an
Spinco .vodel L^-t>'iB preparative  ult racentri f uae .  Su; r in  v:tri- Kf'O tests
,>Md .v.ad to b» u«c>5  within ars.   Ir, th« carbon ronoxi^'.e rirJing
studies for the >;-jant i t.ttxon and oh.tr.icTsrif atlcn of KfO,  phcs;:h.ito buffer
v.ia substxtatud for fCl-'Iris buffer.  I rotom  concentration* of tnese cicro-
       suspensions wwre  rt-asurpd  by the* rethcxl  of Lowry *t  al.  ( ">  } as
          by Killer  *_t jj_. ( a  ).
In Vitro HtX> Testa

     KFO cn2yn.it tc  activity  (P-44C and P-4^C)  wa» quantitateJ  t_n_ vt^ro usinq
fcur mubstrAtes wMc-h wi»re ir.cvX.ttr«?rar,st icnn *r,.i «?ss«>n-
t»al cr-f actcr 3 .   Asitnot-yr »(•.« »r.,.i  i^n-'-hrt _>-sr.r f.'--:irr«?thy lat lot. r.itcs were
a'>9.iyc«i  by p«?.»sur ir. .  T-- xazol,rnSr.» hydrorj'lat xon activit,'
waa i!et*imr.«"d fcy r^.r.it or in ; d i»,ij p«*r .inrj? r,f  parent (11!.   Th« (reduction
<,{ p-anini^phifiol  v^s -j-iAtit it .itcJ  in  • Ivn ,^-iline hydroxyl.^ais  reaction *ft#r
tr.« r«tthc«.J« of C -.latino «-?. -•> 1 .  £1.^.15).  '• t P 1 : slnary »tu  fc^ro con "uctod
with pr>r-k*y livor ricro K<.?W a to initurv lir.Bj»rity of tho roactlcn r.>t«>» of
4li fc-ur sul^ttat«!» ovr>r ?. lie in.v.b^f.lon j«tlods.  Thus, klfi«sti«:« v-nre B.itur-
at^j arul V.I o v.-i*  niable  t^,rr^^'7^.f1ut thn it-.', ufr* tic-ton.  ^«'^ction  r.it»» *«pr«
tFportcd *-st?cr as  r.M -,-r R-jimf r nitt i-r>r .vot t«»<5 {-or an liver t-«r  tainu»« or an
f.M. i«r r- ; mf ir>s>r4Ml prn'oin p«r  rihijtc,  Aba^n t inns w«r« c1«t«r»inei1 on *
i pr* tn-f ir.r.r '>'?*>  nt w.»« «l?.o
•„*•:.. I «,o  <(«.•«*-,« s t. at«  KK'' by i-.irl^ n  fw>rfOKt-ie Mn;!lr;
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      In  Table 21 we report  t.".«* results of  the  i_n v x t r o assays  using four
substrates,  -isir.opyr i.-.e  (Ai>). t-er.rpheta:Mre  (BZ) , zcxazci Arune (~X) ar.d ani-
line  (AJL) .   The first  two substrates are prir.&rily N-deaethylated  while the
last  two are rrinarily hy-ircxylated.  Inspection cf the data in  Table 21
shows  t-hat  t.-.ere were  sivjnifica.it increases  in activity against  all four
substrates.   for Af- the  increases following  90 and 125 ng/kg TCB doses
averaged J02 and 2sfc%; for  bZ. 331 ar.d 302%;  for ZX. 356 ar.d 310%; ar.d for
AL,  3£4  ar.d 234%.  Although the averages for  the scnkeys on the  174 &g/k-}
dose  were elevated, the  data are ccrplicatcd  fcy overwhelming tcxicity of the
cossycund at  this dcse  level requiring cessation of treacner.t.  Thus, th*
jxjssxble ir. •. :r itirg or potentiating effects of acute weight, loss ar.d reduced
fcod  intake   %-:.ot be  evaluated frees the data  ir. this jrirt of  the  experirsnt.

      If  or.*  ar. a; >'?es the data using a cne-way  analysis of variance (ANG\fA)
af.d elir.ir.ates hi^n dos« r»or.Jcey« *39 and #343  froa the analysis  ve obtain
the data ir.  Table 22.  The  "overall" F coepanng TCB-treated groups to
vehicle-treated controls has a f of 0.003  to  0.01.  Evaluation of  th<» con-
trasts indicated in the  table shov that th«  ?0 Bq/Vg and 125 svq/kg doses are
accotrpanied by significant  increases in activity against all four  substrates.
The 174  ng/Tc(j dose also  produces increases in  all the associated enzym
activities  but the induction it. net as great  probably b«caus«  the  dos« also
produces both hepatic  ar.d general toxicity.
     Sir.ilar results were  obtained when the  data are expressed on  tne
of r.sx>l/Pir./p<| ra c ro SCJEW 1  srotein.  T?» data ar« not quite as consistent
Sdjta not  included for  brevity)  .ma oii« ext/lanation of this nay  b« the var-
iability we ct»«rv«d with  th«s Lowry ricro»<«'-al  protein procedure.

     Tata  on the ht-j-.atic >U O concent rat jor.s  pr*i*f-.t in «?*--^i contiol and
treated  liver, based or. CO bin ling stu«Jt«s«,  are ahov» In T.tM« *.}.   lh« ilat*
arm {resented A* rjnols/grA* of liver ar.d r.nol*  KJ'C/rsq S5lcro»f!c.al protein and
the corr««jx>r.-l»r,<7 i-eak  location of th« KF<"> raxiem in rjs *re also listed.
Ct.p c.in  sen that tl* fcak  location* for th«  TCB-tr»»«t«d ar.Jrala  w«i« indik-
tir.guish,xble Jri-a th« contruls but th« activity in njRola wjs always ircr«*zed
(«xco[)t  for tr.c toxic 1?4  rKj/Tcfi anirula) and this was nost {>rc««incnt in ty.e
     gr  liver figures (Table 22).
              v« h.tv» r.»d«  s<>n* correlations  (as *catt«r
t>,« v.trio.js  ehlorcxrujr. id*  urir,,»ty «xcr»tion  i ararwtcrs aurh at  %IHG.  O.
etc., an.!  rf*» various  )n virr,; «»tim,»r«n of  ni'O activity usir,-;  t*ic  c!af*
obtained with .irir.c; yr irv ,  i«>r.ri •hetar.xt.e- ,  Kv^xaycl.vaine and .tr.ilin*.
of t?-oa« ccr rci A? .if n»  a.»  jTetontod in iigui^n  S to 7.  7^0 fi'jurcs w«r»
     rui;tf«;!   i-;ir.>j t.v«s  voiwrs ctt ASr.eti for  nil  treated ar.isjil's on  which w«
     in vivo c» **c r«>t lor.  r.»rjl |jitt<>rn8 vfir.'i nil  thrro Bjb»tr^t«»s j rr>»f>r. tr J.  With--
               th«i» in A !-ot»ti%'«? cvrro lotion  i«^WT>«n urir-ary »1! M*>.-', CtiT v,*lu
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r^:,,.,,,,.,^ uv,,,

TCI* less K:r.fc«y
r-jAj/dv/ flo.
0 D7)
4BJ
366
49i
93 634
'03
no
-^
125 CIS
c:4
C12
253
174 ;r»7
39*
343
276
r.r ir.cj/yr ir.c
r<-rr t hj-l »:;c
76.6
53.2
55.5
54.4
199
165
192
168
192
125
173
195
142
73. a
76.6
64.4
txrr. r; ^t.x.T.lr:«
155
120
131
123
-62
376
5J5
363
435
2C2
393
508
375
158
liiO
256
! Zox.izolarr.ir.e
llyiiroxyloro
32.4
6.90
19.8
19.0
67.2
60.3
96.4
53.4
65.2
49.4
55.4
76.1
74.1
17.8
19.3
29.2
Anilii.e
14.2
11.4
11.7
12.0
31.0
35.0
61.8
50.5
35.0
19.9
31.4
59.4
42.4
12.1
-
40.9

This &• r.xoy  h,v.1 \+<>n witKiravri fror, treatncnt.  for over 1 ronth prior to  r,.icr i! ice.

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           SIG.'iU :CA.';CT l£Vs.i-S  {!') CGKTAKINC; £N VITRO MKO ACTIVITY AM'.'NG CONTKOL
           AND TCB  TK.A"LD cro'.:*:i*

                            (SW:<:f,.; L-^S/KINCTE/CRAM  MVCH)
	 ,11.-.-. .1 - . -.
Corp a r i so n
•overall" F
Cor, irol vs. i 'co lei

Do sc • PC s- ; or. s c
Curvilir.carity
Cor.'; re In vs. 'JO's
Cc.n-rois vs. 12S'»
Cor.trols va. 174's


Arir.oj yr ir.c
p " O.CC03

0 C " 0 ^
0.0079
0.135S
0.0001
O.C002
0.0:>5S


licr.rj;het.ur,ir.e
0.0008

0 0"02
0.0872
O.CC45
O.OC02
0.0005
0.0184


Zoxazolanino
MydroxylaKc
O.OOUO

n on??
0.2 560
0.9274
0.0018
0.0054
0.0514


An! lir.c
Hyflroxy In'.v
0.0130

o on? \
0.7047
0.7C57
o. oojrjon capable of contrast

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TA3U. ;:i.   IN VI7K) HKTATIC



7C3 :,06C Kcr.ir.cy
0 573
493
3CO
4«
93 634
505
110
500
125 CIS
C14
C12
2S3
174 287
3'>*
343
276




Ar ir.oj •/*»«"•«
!>•:•«• '..hyl.v P
2.18
1.87
1.61
1.39
4.02
J.69
4.81
4.17
3.77
2.92
3.75
4.6'J
3.18
2.C2
2.89
1.75




thrift hylii' e
4.42
4.21
3.80
3.14
') . 3 .1
8.18
13.4
9.50
8.53
6.14
6.54
12.2
8.40
4.32
6.79
6.99

PI'OTUIN)


Zox.izolamino
Hy.Jroxyl xae
0.92
0.24
0.57
0.48
1.36
1.31
i.42
1.32
1.28
1.16
1.20
1.82
1.66
0.49
0.73
o.eo




Anil ir.c
0.36
0.40
0.34
0.26
0.64
0.76
1.56
1.08
0.69
0.49
0.68
1.16
O.H7
0.33
-
0.77

his ssorJtcy  had been vi*hrir
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          4.   sir.rjirzcANct  u;vx:^  ID  WHICH COMI-AKT.  IN VITKO wo ACTIVITY CK  rcu
              TH-AIt-D .«.. •:;>•!.Vi 71; CONTROLS


Aair.-.; y: ir.c lx-n/j>het anino
** '~» **•*«• _ ,*• '• ~L \ ,\ r •-, t ^
..-•erJii 1 J' ^ • >• — •* u.U'Oj
7CB Trc.itcJ Crou;.a 0.0007 0.0014
&-se-;-*:,;-or;^c O.:'0'}5 0.1742
C.rvil ir.pdrity 0.2633 0.9714
Control:* vu. O0'» O.CC-02 0.0010
Cor. « re, is* vs. 125's 0.0008 O.OC42
Ccr.troU v*. 174's 0.2106 0.0437



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                        4(CGT/PBG)
0
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0
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r * 0 696
p< 0.005
              0
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                                      r "-0.635
                                      p<002
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                         PBG "ACGT

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                                  0

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    r =-0 686
    p<0.05
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    TABLE 25.  KFO COJJCUrrRATlONS AliD PEAK  LOCATIONS FRCM
               cx/:JTftOL AND TCB TREATED MONKEYS

Treatment

Eaulphor
Vehicle


90 tag/kg
TCB


125 (ogAq
TCB


174 BKj/Xg
TCB

Monkey
No.
573
483
366
495
634
505
110
500
CIS
C14
C12
253*
287*
39*
343*
276
r.M yTO
g liver
25.5
18.0
29.9
24.2
56.3
60.0
61.0
40.2
54.9
48.8
48.8
-
-
24.2
13.8
34.7
nM MFC
rn
451.0 -
451.5 -
451.0 -
451.0 -
451.0 -
451.0 -
451.0 -
451.0 -
451.0 -
451.0 -
451.0 -
-
_
451.0 -
451.0 -
451.5 -

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indicated "f" ar.d  "j *  values wh.i.::: w*r« calculated us 11.1.3  st.Aii.iari pie-*dur«t»,
it  is  ir.triguiny to reccgr.ize  that t'.ese ccrre. itic:-.* are ail ir. "he  dir«?c-
ticn we  wculd h*ve  ar.tici; atei bas.«ri on tr.e  hy%<. thesis  t.-. j.-.  increase  ir.
r.epatic  I'J-'C activity  ct t.';e P--4t>0  *_•/:« s:,r-uld ir. crease  Ptv_, «'xcr«-* : or.  <«r.-J
reduce CCT excretirr.  ar.ci possibly  C "."- as well.
      These data have  also beer <»v .tiuited rcr-.p-araaaetrieally  using the « i 1 c
Signea  RarJc. and the Wilcoxo.--. KirJc  Sur: Tests  (  IS!.  Mthcuqh th« charts
sho*.ir;".e  treatment wit^i  TC'S
and chin^es ir. the  -rir.ary excretlcr. ;. jtterr.s  of C-1 netabolxtcs.  "r.ese
ar.alysas car. be kjicie  ivjiiaiile if  desired.   Tr.es* results in conjunction vit
the ANCVA analyses sh-cvr. creviccaly  i .:rr--ort  the ccnclusion  that daily  sdaur,-
istraticn of 7CT to norJceys in doses cf 90 to  174 nq/k.-T for 2 or 3 r\cr.ths
causes  a definite iruiucticri of hepatic MrO activity and this ir.creased  a-ti-
vity  can t« rather accurately predicted usir.g  ti;e new in  vivo OS excretion
procedure descried in this j
II.   EXTRACTION OK  TCB KETABC'LJTES  FFC*4 WIT  URINE

Prellair.ary Sata
     A pooled ;4-h<^'jr  treatment  urir.* sAi^plc  ccntaining  1  N HC1 was refluxed
tor one hour.  Thi..  hydrolyred urine p-ool was then buffered to pH 2 with
0.4 M  phosphate And  1  tsl aliquot*  w«>rc extracted with 10 r,l of various or-
qAnic  solvents* listed  in Table ."*7.   A duplicate srt of aliquot* was ru.'i which.
in adj'tion rontaii»ed  1 «<"*» o'  (KH.i^SO  .
                                      i .  4

     As shown in l.thle 21 a.'.vlition  cf »  »'  rtliyl h*xar.ol >  ETXT » Kt)!»«x >
r.CC •  ethyl nthur  *  CKCl j > L«r,ror,«  • r?lo»T.c > CC14 > s>«troleur» «thcr >
cyclch«x.tne.  At ;.-r«scnt th« hast  *oi*.vr.^s  ,d Tea  r«-r ju.>ol» tcs R'jch as I'-^nol* and dlhy-iro-
diols  And  c.tt«chol8.   Th«»c wore prr-to£ly present in th« original urir*1
Darples a* conjugates.

     W» also carried out c-hror-sT.o<;r«r.v.ic  studio* cf hydrolyrrd urine *"\ !
urine  extracts u:»lr.j both TLC .ir.d  pA}«»t  chior.atcir.iphy.  Th* ar.tir ij.---»te J TCB
r*. t ,»t--ol i teis wt?rc :  ^ , j , S-t 1 1 r;ii-7vri, ^ , 4 . S- tr i chloroph*nol
(.' ,i,S-T'.-p) , J, 3.«.-trlchlr fophenol  i . . ' .1--T-,"! ! . ,v -J i .4 ,'.-»,r IchJoiothtcph.onoi
{* ,4,i-TCT«') .  ';h*v  could tx? v. -; ;al : ,-n-i u-iir.} d: arot iicul p-ni t roar.i 1 Ire
di.izotii<"d sulfanllic  acid .v.rl   »vo  ' .' c •-••- ".'*>>    . -vn in  T.xtle *8.

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TABLE 27.   LXTKACTION  CF   C-1ABELTD METJBCLITES  OF
            7?:CHLCF.CbEN;:i:.VE IN HYDfCLYCEO RAT VRISE
            BY VA.'.IO','S  CJCANIC SCLVTNTS

             EFFECT CF  AICED [hH,),SO,
                                 t  .   4

Solvent Vooled
(10 tl) Urir.e
n-assyl alcohol 1 rsl
2-ethylhexanol
i'DC * 2 etr.ylhexar.ol (8:2)
ethylen* dich.ond* (EtXT)
ethyl ether
OfCl 3
^r,r.r,*
to lucre
CCl .
«»
^t.ol..^ .0,-r
cy c lo^vc xAf(<4 "*
% 14c
No Salt
67.7
77.8
64.5
W.7
45.'.
js.:
26.5
23.1
1 S . t>
«. , H
9. J
Extracted
INH4),S04
90.9
62.6
73.8
S3. 9
49.9
3>.<;
2 3 . i<
27. a
19.5
10.;
10.0

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                       TABLE 26.   CHRCMOCENIC Ki'ACi'
IL . . .1
Star.
2,3,
2,3,
2,3.
2,4,
iard
5-TCP
5-TC°
t-rce
5-TCTF
: - r. 1 1 r car. 1 1 ir.e
Crar.-^e
Violet
Magenta
Yellow
* vl*dl"1*^c AC * d
Cran«je
Violet
Yellow
Yellow

The solvent systems  employed were (A) benzene - acetic  acid - water  (1:1:2;
v/v/v)  Ar.a IB) N-hutanol - ethar.ol - 1.5  S dzsaonium acetate (40:11:19;
v/v/v).   Ttve Hf values for the  postulated metabolites in the two  solvant sye-
      using either  cellulose or  silica  0.69
,4.5-TCTf O.'l
Silic*
Ce 1
0.2')
0.29
0.23
3 , t' f>
i'olvpr.t Systc» H
Silica
C>Hul<.»« '.>!
0.,* 0.6)
0.71 O.C6
O.BQ O.C1
O.HJ 0.70

      An  interfering  red t.tck'irouf.d in &olver.t -y-tfa  B cot>)J r>« r«?r>over«yin<) with 1 N  !!,:.O  »«»\l>or,»l  r-ir,ut«8  a£t«t '-'^ ^   spraying.
              fr>-)«r.  N>th the TIX .tnJ j .t(x>r  chr< pwit ot« not
        sr. H<. ^"^d the f'rp&«fr.c*  of  .tt Ic.iKt two r»»t Jl^Jlilc* {ur ciasfs tj
tnet*i>o!ii«e j wfucrt chroPJito'jr.iij'h  it»f>rav h«d on cclluloa* f-latc*  in  nolvor'.t
&>'ftt0tr. A (r.or.j'oiar )  »f>r,w«d con»i Jor juLIc r»'Uo*cl ivit y  at tf,« uil-un,  7T.i*
•t"tt«'Jty co-^id r.ot l/« '^iucutoftlde or nuJfat* con }u )
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had been  acid hydrolyz«-J  1 ?r or.e ho>_:r.   ""h^reicre .  it  sj-j:0.

                        TABU: 30.  GC  FXTEJ.Ti.ON TIKES
                                           corresponding
              Standard       K~ (rin.)     fron ether extract


              2.3.5-TCP        4.09                y*>«

              2.4.5-TCP        4.S8                yes

              2,3,6-TCP        5.20                no

              2.4.5-TCTP       H.Oi                yes
               tcd ether  extract*  (!£>-«)  of ur.hydiolyzed ui ir.« i'r-«Kl
               to 2.J.S-  ,u-,d 2.4.5-1XT.   No f« j « iiK %.ith an  identic*! r*t«ntlor> tirse .!• th« 2,4.5-
TCTr w«*  alsio  ol--»*rvw.1 j  f-,c»™?vtir. thi* ««• ur.«kfi«cte'i  from ur.hydroi yted  urir.e,
bittc* thlojh«riOl ic net Afc«l it«>» ar« usually ccfl»id*r»d  tn t*» 'if'jra i.«* ion pro-
ducts frop» r«rc.icturat»« after (.y.irolysi* und«r »cror.<;ly aclilic or La*ic
rfflux  conditions.   :t was  surm6»d  th.»t hi'jh tnl*t jx^rt t«»rs}-*r»tur«  tculd
bo dcqradini r«rcaptur*te which had  t*<»n «xtrat:t«d into wth«r (Th«»«  ccnlu-
      arc slowly extractabl* ir.to ether).  When the inlet j-ort tprj;-et aturc
      ^vi^d frcn 300°C to  13J°C, th* rrourtpttv* thiov^nol i-«>*k dinao^arctl
                t »uc(-h«r.ol j*** K*» still visible at the a.\ra* hr.  7h«  lr-i«t
               r» <'f  1 3./-T  stsll left the two f«4k' ccrr««;>rT.,Jir.<7 to tr«*
             r.ed ih^tioln  ir.t.v.-t *r.d at th^ir rp«.}-«Jct iv* K»'a,  Jt i«.  ^.V.«r»*
Joto, tontativw'.y tv r.clu i«-»l ly rt«..' KA
     <*>e  ml  *ach of 0,1,2.  ard 4 hour ;>1»BS&A «a)K|>i«»  fro» * i*':«r.k*y r«"C*>ivirn

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I:-  »xj/*3 roi was  added sic-wly t_  4 r.i cf.ir-%  ptrc.il one- acid ifC-ft) and
~_ixe,i  rapidly cr:  a  vortex to .-.-.sure i.rfe .- ;;. iratior. cf all prcteins.  7 he
j- CA-precipxtatei  plasra wia extracted vitr.  i  ?-.!  hexar.e 3 tiroes.   I'ach hex-
i:.*  extract was analyzed ;'c-r total riiioact ivity ej-;d t-'^e percent *"*C ex-
tracttd was calculated.   iollcwir.g t:.e third  r.exar.e extract,  the plasri4/*CA
residue was extracted 3 tir*s with S ni ^-orticr.s ot" ethyl ether.

     After .drying ov«r A.'.r.vircjs  Ka^Sc^, the  hexar.e extracts  were an*lyr«d
by  .'C-£C J!.'3.,--i*tector> cr. a fc'  K 2 •m, i.d.  coli?sn tacked  with  1CO-120
nesh Verjport>> coated wit". 3% SE-31; carrier  cas , !;> at 30  el/∈ colunn
terrier ature lOC'-'C;  iroection port, 3JO"C; detector over, 2'>00C;  sensitivity
2 x  iJ~*J ar^js/ev.

P^sul.ts

     Recovery fc^sed on ra-Hojctivity analysis of the hexar.* and  ether ex-
tracts is shown in  7ai>le 31.
                 TASIX 31.  fiCC-.TfV (»• KAriCACTIVITY KJOM
                             v .-r.w.y  riAsxA is IEBCEXT
7



ine
'; hr
1
i
4
; fXAT.e
Sclui>le
52.5
41.',
n.*.
j - - i n im
i t;-.er 'lotal
Jciufcl* Exrra.-ted
46 100. S
V3.S M>.0
-Kr- »» of th*  fir&t h*x-*r,« nxtractai revealed only cr.e [^?Ak r.ot present
in 5 arallel extracts  of  j'rrtr*atp*nt  (•l.is-rj.   '.'.'u» i-e»k h»i1  th* s,\rw ret^n-
tiv«i  ti»o «* i ,»',4-tt ichlcrv b«-nrcn«  (TCBl .  Attprj'.s to rd*r't»hl» rwteridi t^y GLC  «rt?re not «ucc«»sfui .tnd further research
in ".his  area was no?  carried out.

tv.   INHIBIT; --N w;r> VvTr.NTixTioN cr nu; I-'J-TAT-^TOXICITY cr I.J.A
      TT.e  f ."-I loving  study V3=> un.Jert .tk. er, to cordate t r 
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(ir. corn oil) .
                        TASLE  22.   Tr^AT^-TNT  PROTOCOL

i retreat-ner.t
Gioui Pretre.itrier.t 2fj'sc per day
1 H,0 2 r^lAg
2 PB in H.,0 75 »gAg
3 Corn Oil 2 rJ.Ag
4 PCS in Corn Cil 50 sngAg
5 3-MC in Corn Cil 20 mqA?
So. Days
Pretreataent
4
4
5
5
2

     TCB  was administered 24  hours after th«  last pretreataent and  the rat*
vere sacrificed six days liter for histoloqlcal  examination.  Aniaals were
v«ighed daily throughout the  entire *xp«riner.t .   The two hiqh dose  (1000
r*j/Kg) I'CS-pretreated r.its c!ieJ withxn ;-4 hours  after TCB aduinistration .
^'ne low cose TCB rat ir.d cr.«  hi;jh dose 3-HC- induced rat died four  ar.d three
days after  TCB adwir.ist-Jtion . respectively.   All other r«ts survsvert t;.«
i«riod of observation.  i'C.M uutl 5-MC pretreated  rats lost wore weiqht than
either li^O  or corr. oil f retreated cciitrol r^is.   i her.obariutAl  («'l5>«ctlve controls.
All rat*  vhith «urviv«.1 h,i,J -jxir.il vxsi-jht  loss  at days three or four ar.cl
then lt>'Mn  to .ination  indicated that the post  »<*vere
liver cKjraae occurred in '.-.cse ijioups which  lost t'iia no«t weight.   IB-troated
rats chov«,i 1«8» liver d.w^n;* than th* H,C~t»«ated controls.
                      th-»t  JB  pret »o<«tn*nt protected aqatn«t TCB
city Is  txir.tr ary to th«  fir.'S>nqs cf F0 ; .1 «rt  a 1 .  (  It  )  vho found  that PB-
iriJuction  rotentl atpcl the  •oxit-jt.y of low«-r  halmx-nated conxjurds fluoro-,
c-yiloro-. brcno-, sr.-ia-,  i . ." . ii chl. c- - . and 1 , 3-d ichloroberscrse .   Totentlation
of 7CB tsjxlftty t;y 5-VC  j-t ct r»>.»rnent  in pyr  »?«.<>•  i« al«o fJusctly c}-;-osits
to the c bscrvat lc*-, s cf ;  r.r.ey ,  .Miil«>r  ,->.d Killer  (  17) or. f hlorpt*n«cne And
,:ollo»t,  r.as^-a^l ior.o AJU!  -.,1 1 lrtt»-    It-) for  brcrolwn:«>n« .  These  lr.v*»t i<)«-
tora found that  J-KC lr:iu-.;t:c«i  t-.^.; « protective effect on the hepatot.oxicity
(•f chloto- or  btonot>«jriz«tn«.
  ihenob.arbit.il
stntle ot.ll  .Jos«» of TtB.
                                   J-es^thylchoJ *nthr*n« iricr«4««J  th«  toitlctty
                                        inn» on  tho histolrwjy Of lh«  livorn of

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the vari'-us groups  suggested that the tasis lor the  inhibitor a  (FB)  or
pctentiat i-r.  (3-MC)  «as  pro&auiy relat^j to the changes  in hepatctoxicity.

     ~jr;ccxiciTY AND KUTAGKNICITY CF res KLTABCLITES

     Xith the assistir.ee, of  Kr.  Steve Glasser ir. Dr, John C. Leper's labor-
atory w« have exar.ir.ed the cytetoxieity And tutagenicity of son*  of  the knovn
or jxjtential nfetabolites of  1,2 .^-tri^i-.lorobenrer.e  (7CB) using  two of  the
sensitive Aries Salnor.eIIa t_yj:hiaur 1 ua  tester strains TA98 and  TA100 (  20 ) .
A dose-respor.se cvvrve %as camec out for each ccrpound  both with and without
idded liver Bicrosor«s (S9)  derived frca rats treated optiBilly with FCB's.

     The data obtained fro»  delicate plates are summarized ir;  Table 33.   It
is obvious that although the conpouiids are generally toxic in the highest
concentrations used no increase  in nutation rate was obtained with non-toxic
concentrations.  Also. TCE,  the  parent compound, had no  outager.ic activity
with or without added liver  nicrosoaes based on data obtained previously  in
2r. Leper's laboratory.

     The data in Table 34 are presented only to show that the tester strains
are sensitive to the three known irjta jers, Mthylnethar.a sulfor.ate,  nitro-
quir.olir.e N-oxide and 2-aBunoai-.thracer.e.

     We aust conclude that TCB cr its kncwr-. or jxjter.tial phenolic mtatolltes
tre lractiv« as rutageni;.  t'urthenaor*. ccrj:ir.dt ion of TCB ,».rici  active  liver
"icios;or*» bailed to f rex!we 
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          7ABLE  33.   TCXICITY {T) Ck ACTIVITY CF  TCB  KE7ABGU7ES
                                                        in CKSO
                                              :o             i           .01
                                          733  T1CO     798  TlOO    793  710?
2.3,4 Tnchlorophenol         7T      __       __      __

2.3,5 Trichlorcphenol         7T      --       --      -     -

2,3,6 TrichlorcphenoX         7T      7-       --      --

2,4,5 7richlorophenol         7T      --       --      _.

2.4.C Trichlorophenol         7T      --       --      -     -

3,4,5 7richlorophervol         7T      --       -     -      -     -

2,4,5 7richlorothiopher.ol    T-      --       --      --

2.4   Dichlorcphenol         «_T     -     *7      -      «_7            -

2,5   Dichlorc5>h«nol.          7T      --       --      --

2.S   rs.chlorchydrtx:aincr.e   77      77       77      -7



7 • toxic

- «» riO ir.cro«s«  in  rutatxon iat« over th« Bpont*n*ou»  control i*t«.  Pr«»«nc«
    or Atn«r.?« of s /  fraction h.»di r;o sitrru i itar.t effect en the rcnuita «nd
    therefore le not  ir,.Ucate
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   TABLX 34.  CCNTKCL MVrAGEMCITY TKST ~ATA I'SING
              AMIS TESTER STRAINS TA98 AKD TAIOO
     Cheaical .Vddej	-S9*   *S9    -59   *S'J

Spontaneous nutrition  rat«      23     32     117   115

Methyl nethan* sulfor.ate                    1644

Nitroquir.olin* N-oxide        156

2-iair.oanthrac«n«                   3079          2114


•Liver aicrosoraes  (S-9) froa rat liver induced with fCB.

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                                  5LC7ION  6

       XTTABCLISK CF BROMOOiaiICf£.«ETHAME IN KATS AND RHESfS f.Ct.'
I.   ISTKCDCCTICK

     isronodichloreaethane (BDC) is one  cf  the halo-crgamcs  found  cortnanly
in potAble  water following cr.ionnation <  19).   It is an analogue  cf
chlorcfcra  and  very i-\t-.le data are available cor.cerr.ir.g its netabolic fate
in laboratory  aninals.  This report contains data or. trie pharaacckir.etics
    tissue  distribution of BDC in rats  *r.d rhesus aorJieys.
II.  PRELIMINARY FHAMUICCK1KETIC STUDIES  ON BRCMODICHLORCHETHANE  (BDC)  IN
     f0 rsj of a:c ar.d  i.O ^Ci  of labeled cos^xjund t*r  r«i.
Tt:9 ir.t ravenous  doso was fjiven vi* th« forwrai vein «x;.ose«J  un !er  light
                               w«r«
     To  treat  rats orally, a 1:5 dilution  of  the treatment solution  described
aix;v« WAS  prepared.   The solution cortatr.ed  ^.0 B»7/r.l &r,d 0.4 uCi/sl of
tro»odichloro«otn*r.e .  The oral done was .'0
                    ouvod irs stainl*»*  «t**l  cwt alioli&n ra^jes.   Crincs
collected  in  iced containers until  tr.o  AriicvAli* w«te killri) no  foc«»
excreted.
     fd* not««  froo t.h« yB, and  iusvjs.   Tf.«re
»t" srwill i.ui  irjK.rtAnt «iv>ur>t.« in t>v« til  t».i.- t ,. »u'M«*t tn
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cr.e observes that the peak  rcr.cer.tratio.-.s usually occur at  three hours but
in biocxl  ar.d plasr-a, liver,  Xii-'.cy, muscle,  oj-.^ Gl tract the  opposite hold*
true.   Jr.- terns of percent  Jcse,  t.-.e tat at: counts for rore  than 5C» of the
dose recovered in the tissues.   Very little  -"V is excreted in the urir.e or
ir. t' »  i'eces. even if or.e irclu.i«js the cor.te.it5 of the GI tract.

     K.-.en BDC was administered  to rats orally the data in Table 3€ indicate
at quite different distribution  pattern.  the cocfjxjur.d was slow to leave the
stcs&ach ar.d concentrations  ir. fat were hiqh  but lower than  whe.i the compound
was administered intravenously.   The ^"*C ccr.ter.t of the liver WAS high (pro-
bably because of first pass  effects) but wr.en one cos--pares  oral with ir.tra-
%-enous    administration one  sees that the tissues accounted for isuch les*
of tij« close when the coKpour.d is «jiven orally.

III. PHAJy-ACCKISETICS OF &VC IH EKESUS MOKKTYS

     Two  feiaale rhesus loonXeys  were used in  a "crcss-ov*r"  study of blood
levels, excretion, and tissu* distribution of BDC.  Each aorJcey received
sir.qle  oral and intravenous dcses of 10 r*?/)cy.   !Jo. 3 received the intra-
venous  dose initially and an oral dos* 3 days later.  Finally after 82 day«
another oral dcse was ac.'r_inistered and 24 hours later the ncnxey was nec-
rcfsied for tissue distribution of BT/C- derived *"*C.  Jio. 13 received the
oral dote initially; single  intravenous cksses were injected 9 arid 62 day»
later.  After 24 hours the  tsor.key was r.e crops led *nd tissue levels of **€
\««r« det« mined.

      alt ar.d Methods
     TT;«  intr.tvcr.ous trcatrwnt ftolutlon vas  prepared by  adclvnij iOO u 1 of
l.ulphor*-et hoir.oi  (lil.
v/v) or.d  dilutinfj to ^0 ni  v»th diet i lie. ,J  w.»l«r.  Th«  resultir.-?  solution
contained <>.•> r-j/r,l ar.d  1.34 i-Ci/ril of HDC a« d«t«r»tr.«<1 by  replicate
                                                   *"N
     Thii solution waa diluted !:•> with Inuli hor^^thanol :wator  (1:1, -
v/v/v) to prepare the oral  tr«»JtPX>nt *o)uti,^n «*hich contained 1.98
and 0.147 yCi/»l of UIXT .is  doternnocl >.y replicate
     for th« tw> initial  treatmer.t* both ncr.ke-ya v<«re tranquil it«»d with
KetAKine liCi (S ir*iA-.>l .   Tor the terr.lr.jil  ttcatrxjnt* both  r»?nkey» were
sir-ply  restrained by the  anlcal t«chr.ici-an  curinq th« tr»at *x?nt proc«1ur«».
             r«o. J w«>j'jhinc)  4,'t'i k'j received  ^ rl of th«  ir,t ra-."«r,o«» tr<*at-
      nolution and r«n«ikcy  >K>.  13 v*l'.jhin'}  4.b K-j r^ccivfld  4.6  rl of the
intravenous tre.itrwnt R• ri.  for t!^e  f»n«l intravwnoua  tr*»t,p««nt tto.  1J
K wi>)h«in.  Thu
fir.*l  ir,tt4V*i-,ou» i  of tfn» crAl  tr«»tncr,t, solu-
tion .1 t~iiril sT.crti-". ir.tr »'}••» «*• r leal ly us»ircj  « tut>*r c«th«t«r.   Th«> C4ih«ter

                                       f 3

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     TABLX 35.   TlSifi: LISTKIELTION OF 6FCMCCIOilXPC-METHANE
                 (AS 14C)  IN  MALE FATS

                SINGLE IN7RAVESOCS DOSE 10 MG/KC


Tissue
Blotxi
Masr-a
Liver
Spleen
Kidney
Lur.
H5 " No
                            4")%

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TABLE 36.   TISSLT CICTJUBLTION  CF
            (AS 14C) IK MALE  FATS
                      CRAL DCSE 20 HG/KG

Ferc^r.t. Dose -9/i/
Tissua
blood
Flasiu
Liver
Spleen
Kidney
Lur.qs
Heart
testes
Brain
Fat"
Muscle ••
Skin*
Total Ti*cu*
r-to*^ach
Snail Irtestin*
Otcua
Lar<;« Int«-stir,«
CI Tr»ct I Cejit«r.t»
frln*
3 hours
1.16
-
1.8
O.C1
0.15
0.03
0.02
J.03
0.02
2.e
I. it
0.75
8.6
21.5
1.45
0.31
0 . 14
" J'4
0.06
NS
6 hours
o.sa
-
1.4
0.01
o.ia
0.02
0.01
0.02
0.01
0.71
0.62
0. J6
3.9
35.9
0.67
0.37
0.11
J7.1
KS
3 hours
2.6
2.1
9.0
2.1
4.2
1.5
l.fcO
0.82
0.89
6.9
0.91
0.88

2R4
9.5
3.2
1.9

10.fi
KS
6 hours
1.3
1.9
7.3
1.1
4.7
l.CO
0.97
0.4fc
O.S4
1.8
0.31
C.42

202
t.i
5.0
* • *

11.1
KS

SS « Ho «*rvl«.
T«t * <|u«intii.at*!y wt.






;>kin -
                a* 17% bo-iy wt.

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w,»s  flubl-.ed with 20 r-1  cf H.,0.  T*je rvor.Xeys were Reused ir. netabolisa cages
r*iir.tdir;fc j WJL-.^XI; exj-,r the f'.rst a  hours.  tT.cn tho tloocS level  of •'••C falls stuch more
slowly  ior the next 40 hours drc^pincj  finaiiy to about  25 u7/nl>  The values
for ».>.  J cr, H-I>-?O seea atr.uirr^lly Kw su«
j >»J'j«»t cf t. :n>  *JC iro« »>tr<; t--j;,t be «rx)i*l«'d t-Y the lur.g .   The ov«>r-
all siailarity of The bloo<5 2*»vel cur\-os  .ir..i t;rir,Aty Ar.d fecal excretion
curve* »utraHon j'layn little role  in thin
loss, via  the Ju,v;.
     T|KR,;P ctistr il/ut ion  data in T-Me  40 j'slnt u;>  fh»  Bmall aftnunta  of
*d»ini»t«np?5 ftA; that  apt^ar to r.«» n^'fynBtonid in .^ny  ttusue.  iTi  a wj/'
kaeie on«  r.ot«» that  tho  highent concefttrationa after  ar,  cral do?se w*>re

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fc.ur.ci  in the bile,  recur, and liver  su-jge-t ir.-j  t.'iat  sone ef  t:.o "  C is
£->.-rettJ via the tile- ^r._i r v/ not  i-« entire!'. re,iL^ort>ei.  Bile,  liver,  an.J
teci^s  were .'ii-j.'iest  iltc Alter intravenous a.-s-.ir.istraticr. ~ut  vere  r.ct as
.-—gh as t;.e oral v>.^es in these two rscr.f-.eys.   . t  seezis siie  to rcr.rluJe
that less tr.An S% ct  -.:.e adr-.ii;: stere- *"*C : rcr  i-TC is ;.rc=tnt tr:  t.'.e tc-iy
--1 hours alter a si'.-j*e oral or ij-.tr4ver.cas iose c{  10 r>^ "*•••.

     We c^n conclude  that although ccnkeys apc^ear  to r*tiT'Oliz. E^" slightly
r<,re extensively than !-U=!AT.S eietatoliii chlcro::>rrs t.ne ccspo-jr^    » chlcro-
fcrc is excreted  texhaiej) prirani.  via v.'^ lur.q.   The jreser.c    . ca ;.S%
of tr.e ^""C in the uri.-.e su99ests >:iat scsae aet&tolise  .1 =IC  o_. jrb but
prctaJDiy account? irr r.o rcre th-i-i atout 5% of  tr^e c!^*«.  :*:  dita  ate avail-
able to ir.dieate whether tr.e ***C is  exhaled as  j-arcr.t cowf-oi^n-i or  as CO-..
Ir. the case of hurvar.s,  About 50% of  the expired A JC froa stafcle-Iaiieled
chicrorcra aj^earsd as cr.icrotora  and t>0% as •'-'COj.

iv.  MUTACExicinr TESI-S

     Urir.e SAisf>les  frca the 12-24  hr. period foi' both ncrJceys 3 and 13 werr.
filtered as«ptic<«lly  ar.d us*»fi for  rutagenesis assays u»i-cj the 5alr-phiruri'jryaaaBuallar. ricrcsoaae bacterial assay !stra -.s TAv8 ana  7A1UO)
(-3)  ir. t.-.e laboratory of 5r. John  Loj^er, Professor of Kicrotiolcqy, t'niv^r-
sity of Cir.ciRT.Ati, College of .Kedicir.e.  The f;ltraticr. through Millifcre*'
filters reaoved no  radioactivity.  The analyses iridicated that theiM urine
SAPi{>les exr.itited no  cutas'er.ic activity toward  «nh*r ba--t«rial strain.

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 tAsii  3".  BLOCO coNCTJrrf'.ATiL'Ki,  ./  BDC  ;AS   c>  :r; XC-NXEYS



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.4
-
 >*crif J c*(J at  .'4
                                     CF  10
                     1J
    4           4>       2.2       *0       0.4          4«




    1,           42       1.?       --       C.<,          4fc




    H           V?       O. 'i       V»       0. ,t          4<-




   32           41       O.'i       rt       0.2          4^




   ;4           V.»       3.',       40       O.I          44*




   4«           <



>••* t If if Oil At.  .4 !>•--!<• 9.

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              BLOOD CONCENTRATIONS CF SIX (AS *;)C) IN FU1ALE RHESUS f»IYS
                             SINGLE INTRAVENOUS DOSE 10 MG/KG
  30
  2.5
  2O
C
O
O
   IS
   to
D 3   8-10-70


O 13   8-19-73


   13   11*9-78
                        12      16     20     24     28    32

                                      Time  in  Hour*
     36
-44

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                                            FIGURE  9
                 £lu:3 CCXENlRATICJiS Of BDC  (AS  lHC)  !>•» i
                                   SINGLE ORAL  DOSE 10 K-.
 c
   30
   2.6
   20
 o
5   V5
 •  10
                            13   8-10-76


                             3   8-19-76

                             3   11-9-76
                         12
16     20     24     28
   Tim«   in    Hour*

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   TABLE  33.   CUMULATIVE EXCFETICH OF BZC  CAS  '"o  IS M'.^JKEYS IN * DOSE


                      SINGU: i!*T RAVI sees DOSE  10 MG/KG

-                 _                      -_                      __

Hours     L'rir.e  races  I" i F    Urine  i'ec-»s  '„'  fc  F


  1        —      --     —       —     —      —      <0.01   —    <0.01


  2        --      —     --       —     —      —       0.14  0.02    0.16


  4       0.29    —    0.29     0.51   O.C4    0.55      0.29  0.06    0.35


  6        --      --     —       --     —      —       C.38   —     0.44


  8        --      --     --       --     --      —       O.S2   --     0.5'j


 12       C.fc4    --     -2.C4      "     --      —       0.67  0.0*    0.9«


 24       1.54   0..'0   1.74     2.11   0.15    2.26     •!.?;,  0.48    2.2fi


 4a       2.10    --    +.1'i     S.j'l   O..'l    6.20

•
 f-acrific»J *t 24 hour*.

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  TA3LE  39.   CX'yjLATlVE EXCRETION CF  BDC {AS   C) IK KCSXEYS IN % TCSE

                       Sir.'GU: ORAL tCSE  10 MG/KG
                _                      -                       _.
	lTir.«  Feces  'J t F    Vrir.c  Feces  U t F    frir.e  Ffces  U t F
 1                                       «-      -        *'jW*'^*—.*•('"'.*^1

 2       --      —     —       —      --     --        0.04   —     0.04

 4       0.10     —    0.10     0.10   0.03   0.13       0.23   —     0.23

 6       —      --     —      0.16   0.05   0.21       0.72   —     0.72

 tj       —      --     --       —      —     —        0.94   —     0.94

L2       —      —     —      0.20     --    0.25       l.Ce   --     1.08.

:4       l.l-.»    0.21    1.40     0.75   0.24   O.V>     »2.ti  0.0*    2.67

;rt       1.0y    I.i2    3.40     i.4;>   0.4-j   i.'>7

                i.CS    'S.SJ
        sil at  «4  hour*.

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u
                                             FIGURE 10
                           OHJLATIVE URINE .EXCRETION OF BDC IN MONKEYS
                                  SINGLE INTRAVENOUS DOSE 10 KG/KG
o
o

«•  2
                  8     12     16
 20     24    28     32     36    40    44
Timt  in   Hours
48

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                                        FIGURE 11
                      CUMULATIVE  URINE EXCRETION OF BDC III MONKEYS
                               SINGLE ORAL DOSE OF 10 KG/KG
 u
»
••
 5
 o
 o
                                                            O 13  8-10-76

                                                            Q  3  8-19-78

                                                            B  3  11-9-76
                                                         32     36    40     44     48
                                       Time   in   Hour*

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            TA8I.S 40.
:i£SV£ DISTRIBUTION OF EDC (A3 * C)  I'.
                          Sl!i.Z,E DOSE OF  10  H3/K.G

Tissue.
Blood
Plasoa
Liver
Gall Bladder
Bile
Pancreas
Spl*«n
JO.dr.ey
Adrenals
Lungs
Heart
Skeletal Muscle t
Abdcear,*! Muscle tt
Sinn tl*
Fat *r**
StOBACh*
Saall Xr.testir.**
CCCVSB*
L-ir-.-jo Ir.testifM*
Ovar t*»
Sex Tract"
t'rindry blaci^er
I'rai;.
L'y««
Lorv* Harrow
Jr. Crai
%
0.66
—
2.38
0.01
0.'06
0.0*
0.01
0.05
<0.01
O.C4
O.C2
0.97
0.53
<0.01
0.48
o.os
0.17
Ci.^J
1. J>

,). 01
0.07
o.ci
O.Oi
13R i.V.
cf Icse
0.41

i.e*
4

1.7
15.4
*."
1.1
0. V
o.t.
0.5
'v « Mi
J.u
13K I.V.
0.43
O.C3
9.0
2.3
1C. 2
0.5
0.6
0.5
1.0
C.5
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.3
1. J
0.7
1.1
4.t,
•> •>
* » *
o.<>
0.4
0.5
0.3
0.2
1.7

  Skeletal  nuscl* calculated as ?C% of body
   Al>it*tir.ai H"jacl« calculated »» 1~\ to^iy «ci
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                                   SIX? ION 7

                   S7VDIES CS bli 12-CHIX.F.CISCPFCFYL LTHEB)
      jhA>;vAcoxiKrrics  cr sis(2-CK:x>5i'isc?ROpyi.) ETKTR-'C IN f.Hrsus MONKEYS
      FC H>C%iI!« SI!iGU.  I!fTRA\TNOCS OR ORAL ICSES
Introduction

     Bis{2-chloroiscpropyl)  ether  (BCIE)  is one of several  halogenated or-
ganic  coepour.ds which have been detected  in potible water  supplies.  Our
early  preltainaxy  studies in rats  and aonkeys were published in 1977(21).More
recently we have extended these studies to include additional observations
in enorJteys giver, both single and multiple doses.

                    SINGLE DCSE S7X.T3IES OT  BCIE IN HOTKEYS

     A total of seven fertile rhesus ror.keys have been used  in defining the
single dose toxicity  of BCIE   Three v*>re dosed intravenously and four
orally &r.d sacrificed as follows:

     Intravenous dose-after 4. 1C8, and 169 hours

     Oral dose-after  4. 6. 16#, dr.d 1*>« hours

KAt*rl«l* Ar.d Methods
       h*  tr«at»x«nt  solution for intra\* «isiniatr*t '<.>n  was ; rcvjtec! by
        1.3 »l of fci» (i-chlos-CKli I sorrow 1 )  ctv.«r and ;X  >l  of  t-is (i-ctiloro-
       rcpyl)  «Ux.r-i4C (0.5 i»Ci/sil) to  IS  wl of r»ulv-^r!N- (TL-e 20}  iwthar.ol
 (ICC*)  (1:1.  v/v) «.nd  diluted with deic^m^d dintilied water  to SO »l.  TT^
resulting »olution  contained JJ.l s»--j/s>i  and 1 . )J uCi/«l  with  a »j««cific
activity  of Ht«.t8 di^ss/uq,  «8t*iilish«d k.-y tvplicate assays of  the treatment
solution.
     The  oral trcatrwnt  solution wa» pt*p«red l;y addlj-.q 20  r.1  of th<» intr.*-
ver.o«»  «r)lutio« described above to ^0 nl  of  IztuU-hor^-ethanol  (1:1, v/v) q.».
to 100  el with n?O.   TTi* r#»-jlt ir.fj solution  c«>'-it«in«?y rr>plicat« a**«y» of th*  oral  trpat**nt solution.

     Three fe»j>l« rJ.«eu *Jr,-jl* ir.tra-
v«r.c-u»  do«.«« of )0 rvj/k I.   < 'tie r«.r.**y,  .'•/?• f «.f< k-j!, WA»  ir. *»ct»J via t.'.o
(.wjhAlic  •-••in o,f the  loft f':-rp*rf!i| t *«>  m-r.k*y« J >« (S.t k'jj  »hd 10:i (^.7 kq>,
w«r«» if, ;«»ct*'S vi* h«r.ou* vein c.>f  the  IpJt !oj.  f .** of ?fi* ri-wf-.tM ty
                            c«thet«?r.  l.f»cr the t*'>«« w4» 'jivwn  the c
    (Jr. cc-1 iy j>>J*iiil«it»rin«| ."J »i of

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     T*.e  ucrJceys were  r.ousea in r^ti&oiitiL ca?«s maintained within exposure
char&ers  wr.ich exhausted all the ex.1-. alecs ccrj-.cur.j.  T.-.e  norjtcys vore  cellars
with chains that hooked to the cd'-je CO.TS..  This facilitated obtaining  blood
sarnies.   They received water aa lj.i._it-_3 AT. 2 w«re fed  1J-15 ;«llets of
rx  hr.
Urine  sarpies when availajle were collected at 4, 6, 3,  12, 24, -.3, 72, 96,
125, 144, and IbB ho-jr» for the seven  day studies.  In addition, ar.y  urine
lost during bleecur.g was caught en a tray over which the  rjo.-Jiey was held.
Recovery  of •t'*C in the tray wash was tleterruned and added to the urine
figures.   Feces w«re collecte-d at 24 boar ir.t :rvals in the seven day  studies,
and, whenever available in th« short- tern studies.

     HeKatocrits were  deter raided on each blcxxl sar-ple  and whole blood,  urine,
feces,  bile and tiss'jes were analyzed  for total ''•C content ersployir.q the
standard  procedures  u&ed in this laboratory.  Ir.terr.il standardization  was
used to correct lor  quenching.

Results

     When this cor-pound was a-lrunistered intravenously ,  there was a rapid
drop frc«E an estiPiated rero l«rvel of about J30 'i-9/q to i2.7 -*g/ hour* ar.d  about 2.5 t9/-;  (as **C!
at lt,H  hours.   Vljs.*ji  )rv*la of RCIK ax ,5 r«t*lolif«> wwr« s3j<,'M}y ht'7h*r
than valu** for whole  tl.l vip to 120  J^ur* but «ft«r  that ties*, th*  v«lu«»
for whola blooJ ar-1  {>la»iw w*rc about  ^.jual {Table 42).
     T>i«  orally treated  noiJ^eys studied  for »«v«n days  showed j>c.»k Moc*.i
l«v*l«  at 2 hr aftor  tieatwr.t , th«  B.v,ort-t«rei t.*.:r>cy»  »t.  2 hr ar,d a?.  4-6 hr
(7aM»  43 and f"i pir*  13).   'rr* 2 hr  t Itod levels in the  4  rtsn**Y« rarqc!
frc«s 20.1 to *<>.! i.'j/vj  i.-.d th« 4 hr  ltv«ls rT.«i*di trots  lfc.8 - 24. 5 u-.j/q.   A*
was ctservvd AtxiN**  In th»  I.V. nenk«ys *h« blcod l«v«la  (ironed sloviy to an
,»vt> ra ;* valu« of 2.4  t,':.-'<)  at «4 hour* ar.d to about 1.5  i-f;/ol« lj;c«c-'i  nr.4 v~l*s»« i?.-!ic«r.ir»^
that HCir. 4r.-5/or tt»  rwr .vl/el its* *r* »,c-t st»or>';ly •*rl-^l«d ft am or n
cd in ir,« re-S cell  (T»fcle  44».
     Th^»  two ««•.-«« itay  r» nkcy« or. lrtr»v»r.r»y» tr*«t*Hrnt  »xcrft«tJ IS *r.<1
of ihtir  .;-JM» ir. *h«  urin« ("Tati* 41>  ar 1  J'l'j-.i* 14).   fr.-ur  tx • ur cu»«Ml at t
urinary «*«<,-r»it.»<«i v«rto4 tt<» !).•> to i )* rr-ptwB^niir.'i »l^-«j?  :,n% cf » «•>•
lr-*'; w*a ra;at*i  1.1 in*ry w»'.:r««t ion * ftiit>te--l for only « o*w»}l  j'4it of «h» t.-,t*J  .io««

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     • ecal  excretion over the s*v«rn day  terioj aaour.ted. to or.Jy 1.2 tc  l.E€%
of the .iose (Table 45).  Iron this cr.e cin  .-on elude that excretion  In urir.e
arid feces accounted for only arout cr.e-t_r;ird  of  the atisu-r.istered dose when
the confound  was ir. ^ected ir.tr aver.c us iy .

     x*-*n the corfour.d was a. in postered  orally total urinary excretion  after
163 hours accsur.ted fcr 24.1 and  ?:. i% cf the ,5ose {Tihle 46 AT.d figure 15).
A&out 53% of  the total urinary excretion occurred by 6 hours.  Total fecal
excretion ajw.tr.ted to l.bv to 1.91% of the  dose  (Table 46). values very
sir.ilar to  those observed when bCJE was  injecttd intravenously.  Thus we  can
conclude that following either oral or intravenous adrur.istration cf labeled
BCIE only a third or less is recovered in the urine ar.d feces.  Very little
additional  radioactivity was recovered in the tissues as notei below.

     Cat* en  tissue distribution  of BCIE ar-d  netabolites in 1 »er.k«y wa«
included in the Butr-uscrtpt entitled *Cotparacive Metabolis* of Haloethers",
a copy of which is attached.  Cur additional  data on tissue distribution  in
this report (Tables 47/>48. 49, 50) suggest that the only organ* showing
significant upt'axe of A"C free BCIE are  the liver arid kidneys.  All the
other tissues showed lower concentrations of  *"*C which were about equal to
the levels  in blood.  Fat has slight sequestering activity but always less
than liver.   Theie appears to be  scne biliary excretion of BC!E and/or  its
saetacolites but at 7 days the concentration or total aoour.t of ^C  in bile
is r.tjt renarfcable.  Although no data for 24 hours are available it can  b»
deduced that  there is very little sequestration  of the coppour.i or  lt»  raet-
abolites in ar.y ti**ue except *:>.Jt observed in liver, fat and sX*iet«l
The tutal in  the»e thr«« craino,  at tf^  er.d of 7 days, is or.ly Aiout 4% of
the aiRinl»t«red do*e (of ^""CJ .
     *r~i.t*vLr.  usr sfvtr ci- Eisi^-CHUKTiSfji'^ci'YDrTiirK IN
     The f -.jri'-osc  cf this «xT*rie^nt was  to  deternin* th«> wffpct of r-ultipl
cr*l dally 'l )  ether  (BCIt) In ferjil* rhesus
nw.ii«»y«.  Ir.  particular , we wi»,*:»d to «tKAi»ir.«  th*  phjinR-jcr.Jrinot ic« of K'J
follwwtnc| multiple oral
     The bCIS"  trp»ta«»r.t solution w»» prrpjircl  f rcn»   C labeled ftCIC *r.tl
stable IK"*!; «•  f->llov«:  to 4^ Pi of »sul[. hoi*^ and 40 wl of absolute ethanol
was a-J.i«d ^.-W  r-1  or ):>J r»i of cold BCir *r.d  enou-jh i4C l«li*J»
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TABU:  4i.   BLOCD cc:iCE!/>ATict;s or  tciE i^s   c)  n;  HC:;rrys
              si:.ci£  i:,"r?Avr:iCcs DOSE  30 HG/KG

Tiss*
tost
Treatment
Hours
.1
2
4
6
S
12
24
48
72
-x.
120
U4
US
136^ 295
4 Hr 168
% Hct yg/g % frict
39.3 30. fc
36.8 2S.9 41
35.5 19.0 42
42
43
35
40
39
J7
33
j3
36
3'.
1$
Hr
'-9/9

32.7
24.5
20. 7
15.2
8.4
4.4
4.2
2.7
2.9
2.7
2.9
2.4
100
lea
% Hct
33. S
40.0
38.0
39.0
33.0
38.0
37.0
><>.o
37.5
38.0
37.0
37. S
J7.S
9
Hr
y
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o
                                                    FIGURE 12
                                         BLOOD LEVELS OF  BCIE IN MONKEYS
                                         SINGLE  INTRAVENOUS DOSE 30 MG/KC
O
                                                                           138-4  Hour*

                                                                           100-168 Hour*

                                                                           2051-168 Hours

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42.  PIAS.«A roMcrwrwiTrciis  cr  ^CIT. IA.S "4c> IN M



                        'S :XS£  C? 30 MC/K3

Tin*
rost
Hours
1
2
4
6
8
12
24
48
72
<*
120
144
I6a
138? 295 j? :;c?
4 lir 163 Hr Ita Hi
ug/9 ^9/9 '^9^9
33.2 32. S
27.3 35.0 2d.l
19.4 27.2 19.8
21.6 17.7
1S.O ?4.4
10,1 11.7
6.2 6.3
S.O 4.7
3.3 3.9
3.0 3.5
i . 6 J . S
2.7 2.4
2.4 2.1
                        til

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TABLE 43.  BLOCD CONCENTRATIONS OF ECIE  (AS 14C) III MONKEYS




                 SINGLE ORAL DOSE 30 MG/KG

Time
Post
Treatment
Hours
1
2
4
6
6
12
24
48
72
96
120
144
168
111? 116? 290 F?
4 Hr 6 Hr 168 Hr
% % %
Hct wg/g Hct vg/g Hct
37.8 18.9 28 12.3
37.5 26.1 29 20.1 46
36.0 23.4 28 24.5 44
28.3 24.4 42
40
40
39
40
39
41
40.5
40
39
ug/g
-
21.3
16.8
18.4
13.1
6.9
3.5
3.1
2.3
2.2
2.3
2.2
1.9
75-6?
168 Hr
%
Hct
-
45
-
45
44
43
45
42
42
42
43.5
43
43
ng/g
-
25.1
17.6
13.1
6.7
2.5
1.3
1.6
1.5
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.2
                             82

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            25
            20
            15
a>
         -?
         en
         U
         111
         U
         CO
            10
                                                 .     FIGURE 13
                                          BLOOD  LEVELS OF BCIE IN MONKEYS
                                             SINGLE ORAL DOSE 30 MG/KG
£ 111 •  4 Hours

Q 116 •  6 Hours

   290F-168 Hours

   75-6-168 Hours
•-••o	
                                                             .....^.-•Q.	-v	Q.....
                    ~~O
                           6     12    16     20     24     28
                                                Time   in  Hours
 48
                                   72
96

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TABLE 44.  PLASMA CONCENTRATIONS OF BCIE (AS  4C)
           IN MDNKEYS

          SINGLE ORAL DOSE OF 30 MG/KG

Tiine
Post 111? 116?
Treatment 4 Hr 6 Hr
Hours Pg/g Vg/g
1 20.3 12.4
2 27.0 21.7
4 23.1 23.0
6
8
12
24
48
72
96
120
144
168
290F?
168 Hr
Pg/g

23.8
17.2
13.7
13.0
9.2
4.7
3.4
2.6
1.9
2.2
1.9
1.8
75-6?
168 Hr
vg/g

27.9
-
12.6
6.9
-
1.9
1.5
1.3
1.3
1.0
0.9
0.7
                        84

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         TABLE 45.   CUMULATIVE EXCRETION OF BCIE (AS   C)  IN MONKEYS



                     SINGLE INTRAVENOUS DOSE OF 30 MG/KG

Time Post
Treatment
(Hours)
1
2
4
6
8
12
24
48
72
96
120
144
168
Percent
138 100
4 hr 168 hr
Urine Feces U & F Urine Feccs
<".22 ~ 6.22 4
13.21 — 13.21 9
23.01 0.01 23.02* 16
20
21
23
29
32
33
34
34
34
34
.68
.61
.85
.02
.48
.51
.81
.49
.53
.03
.37
.59
.76
—
—
<0.
<0.
—
~
0.
0.
1.
1.
1.
1.
1.


01
01


44
97
27
36
45
52
56
Dose
U ,% F
4
9
16
20
21
23
30
33
34
35
35
36
36
.68
.61
.85
.02
.48
.51
.25
.46
.80
.39
.82
.11
.32*
Urine
-.
-
13
17
18
21
25
27
_
-
.88
.84
.71
.40
.49
.33
27.98
28
28
28
28
.24
.40
.52
.62
295 I
168 hr
Fec'is U & F


0
0


0
0
0
1
1
1
1
—
—
.01
.01
—
~
.02
.08
.88
.05
.13
.18
.20
--
—
13.89
17.85
18.72
21.41
25.51
27.41
28.86
29.29
29.53
29.70
29.82*

Sacrificed

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LU
to
o
   35  r-
   30  -
   25   -
20



15



10



 5
                                          FIGURE Hi

                       CUMULATIVE URINARY EXCRETION OF BCIE IN MONKEYS

                               SINGLE INTRAVENOUS DOSE 30 MG/KG
                                                        D 133 FEMALE - [\ HOURS
                                                        • 100 FEMALE - 163 HOURS
                                                        O 295 I FEMALE - 163 HOURS
       0
                     12     16    20
23
72
96
 1  ..//  1

120    163

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                      TABLE 46.   CUMULATIVE EXCRETION OF BCIE (AS 14C)  IN MONKEYS




                                        SINGLE ORAL DOSE OF 30 MG/KG

Time Post
Treatment
(Hours)
1
2
4
6
8
12
24
48
72
96
120
144
368
Percent Dose
111 116
4 hr 6 hr
Urine Feces U & F Urine Fcces TJ & F Urine
0.96 -- 0.96 0.46 — 0.46
2.91 — 2.91 1.21 ~ 1.21
14.20 1.55 15.75* 7.69 — 7.69 7.
13.69 1.42 15.11* 9,
12.
16.
19.
22.
23.
23.
23.
23.
24.


91
22
22
49
43
95
35
64
85
95
05
290 F
168 hr
Foces U &



0


0
0

__
—
—
.01
—
—
.30
.39
NS
0.46
1
1
1
.46
.66
.91
~_
—
7.
9.
12.
16.
19.
23.
23.
24.
25.
25.
25.
F


91
23
23
50
73
34
74
10
31
61
96*
Urine
_
-
13
13
14
26
28
29
29
29
29
30
30
_
-
.19
.72
.10
.22
.56
.42
.70
.88
.97
.03
.09
75-6
168 hr
Foces US F
_
-
0.
-
0.
-
1.
1.
1.
1.
1.
1.
1.
_
-
01
-
08
-
08
21
39
49
52
55
59
_-
—
13.20
13.73
14. IB
26 . 30
29.64
30.63
31.09
31.37
31.49
31.58
31.68*

      Sacrificed

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   35  r
   30   -
  25   -
< 20


  15
ai
in
o
  10   -
    5   -
                                           FIGURE 15
                        CUMULATIVE URINARY EXCRETION OF BCIE  III MONKEYS
                                   SINGLE ORAL DOSE 30 MG/KG
                                                       • 111 FEMALE  - 4  HOURS
                                                       O 116 FEMALE  - 6  HOURS
                                                       A 290 F FEMALE -  168  HOURS
                                                       D 75-6  FEMALE -  163  HOURS
      0
                      12    16    20
00
Zo
72
96
120
163
                                         TIME  IN HOURS

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        TABLE  47.   TISSUE DISTRIBUTION OF BCIE (AS
                    IN MONKEYS

               SINGLE  INTRAVENOUS DOSE OF 30 KG/KG
                                                    14
C)

Tissue
Blood
Plasma
Liver
Gall Bladder
Bile
Pancreas
Spleen
Kidneys
Adrenals
Lungs
Heart
Skel M.
Abdom M.
Skin
Fat
Stomach*
Small Int.*
Cecum*
Lg. Int.*
Ovaries
Sex T.**
U. Bladder
U. Bl. Urine
Brain
Eyes
Bone Marrow
Aorta
Orbital Fat
Cardiac Fat
Mesenteric Fat
138?
4 Hr
19.0
19.4
73.8
64.2
98.9
26.7
23.3
48.6
24.9
18.2
20.0
12.5
10.0
17.1
26.4
17.9
38.6
73.1
16.7
15.6
17.7
***
-
20.1
13.0
24.6
11.8
-
-
26.2
yg/g
2951?
168 Hr
2,4
2.4
28.8
5.0
6.0
3.8
4.5
5.0
6.6
3.0
3.0
3.3
2.4
3.0
3.2
2.6
3.5
1.8
2.1
2.3
1.95
1.8
0.5
3.3
0.3
3.3
1,8
-
3.0
—
100?
168 Hr
2.5
21
17.2
1.8
9.0
3.1
10.5
5.2
8.9
3.1
2.6
2.0
3.3
3.8
4.5
1.5
4.1
2.6
2.6
3.6
3.7
1.5
2.5
2.4
0.5
3.7
-
_
3.4
—

* Tissue plus contents.
** Uterus, vagina and  fallopian  tubes.
*** I5o sample.

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        TABLE 48.  TISSUE  DISTRIBUTION OF BCIE  (AS  14C)
                   n MG!!KEYS

              SINGLE lOTPAVEtiOUS DOSE OF 30  KG/KG

Tissue
Blood
Liver
Gall Bladder
Bile
Pancreas
Spleen
Kidneys
Adrenals
Lungs
Heart
Skel M.t
Abdom M.tt
Skin ttt
Fat tttt
Stomach*
Small Int.*
Cecum*
Large Int.*
Ovaries
Sex T.**
U. Bladder
U. Bl. Urine
Brain
Eyes
Bone M.
Aorta
Eye Fat
Heart Fat
Mesenteric Fat*
138?
4 Hr
5.76
4.83
0.04
0.05
0.10
0.09
0.61
0.02
0.42
0.24
7.58
3.04
0.01
6.40
0.37
1.46
1.27
0.49
0.01
0.31
N.S.
-
1.00
0.06
0.01
0.01
-
-
0.01
% Dose Administered
2951?
168 Hr
0.74
1.34
<0.01
0.01
0.02
0.01
0.05
<0.01
0.05
0.03
2.01
0.75
<0.01
0.78
0.05
0.11
0.03
0.09
<0.01
0.01
0.01
<0.01
0.18
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
-
<0.01
~
100?
168 Hr
0.75
1.0
<0.01
0.02
0.01
0.02
0.04
<0.01
0.04
0.02
1.17
0.96
<0.01
1.05
0.14
0.14
0.05
0.10
<0.01
0.02
<0.01
<0.01
0.11
<0.01
<0.01
-
-
<0.01


t Skeletal muscle, calculated as 20% body weight.
tt Abdominal muscle, calculated as  10% body weight,
ttt %/g or ug/g.
tttt Fat calculated as 8% body weight.
* Tissue plus contents.
** Uterus, vagina and fallopian tubes,
                               90

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          TABLE 49.  TISSUE DISTRIBUTION OF BCIE  {AS
                     IN MONKEYS

                  SINGir. ORAL DOSE OF 30 MG/KG
                                                     14
C)

Tissue
Blood
Plasma
Liver
Gall Bladder
Bile
Pancreas
Spleen
Kidneys
Adrenals
Lungs
Heart
Skel. M.
Abdom. M.
Skin
Fat
Stomach*
Small Int.*
Cecum*
Large Int.*
Ovaries
Sex T. **
U. Bladder
U. Bl. Urine
Brain
Eyes
Bone M.
Aorta
Orbital Fat
Cardiac Fat
111?
4 Hr
23.4
23.1
82.0
71.7
293
11.2
17.0
48.2
18.7
17.6
19.8
16.6
10.4
14.3
-
35.4
59.2
76.7
16.0
17.1
23.2
55.1
-
18.3
16.5
20.1
-
-
—
ug/g
116?
6 Hr
24.4
25.4
74.5
22.4
50.6
35.1
1.89
59.1
22.1
21.1
16.5
11.6
12.3
13.3
-
180
45.6
55.1
16.9
-
26.9
34.1
-
26.2
13.6
24.2
-
-
19.3***
290F ?
168 Hr
1.9
1.8
8.6
2.9
7.2
2.8
3.0
3.5
8.0
2.0
2.2
1.8
1.2
2.5
5.7
2.2
2.6
2.9
3.9
1.9
1.8
1.2
0.1
0.7
0.0
2.3
1.5
4.1
3.1
75-6?
168 Hr
1.21
0.7
15.6
3.8
4.4
1.3
1.3
1.9
3.2
1.2
1.2
1.8
1.5
1.3
5.4
0.6
0.9
0.6
0.9
1.3
0.9
0.4
0.1
0.7
0.0
1.6
0.7
-
2.6

* Tissue plus contents.
** Uterus, vagina and fallopian tubes.
*** Brown fat.
                                 93

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          TABLE 50.  TISSUE DISTRIBUTION OF BCIE  (AS  14C)
                     IN MONKEYS

                  SINGLE ORAL DOSE OF  30 MG/KG

Tissue
Blood
Liver
Gall Bladder
Bile
Pancreas
Spleen
Kidneys
Adrenals
Lungs
Heart
Skel. M.t
Abdom M.tt
Skinttt
Fattttf
Stomach*
Small Int.*
Cecum*
Large Int.*
Ovaries
Sex T.**
U. Bladder
Brain
Eyes
Bone M.
Aorta
Orbital Fat
Cardiac Fat
111?
4 Hr
7.13
6.44
0.12
1.35
0.09
0.04
0.63
0.02
0.41
0.20
10.16
3.18
0.01
-
O.b8
3.43
2.81
1.95
0.01
0.27
0.13
1.14
0.13
0.02
-
-
—
% Dose Administered
116? 290F ?
6 Hr 168 Hr
7.44
6.^9
0.02
0.30
0.1^
0.08
0.83
O.C2
0.41
0.20
7.09
3.75
0.01
-
5.02
1.87
3.93
4.21
-
0.63
0.18
1.23
0.08
0.02
-
-
0.01***
0.57
0.48
<0.01
0.01
0.01
O.C1
0.03
<0.01
0.03
0.02
1.07
0.35
<0.01
1.4
0.06
0.13
0.07
0.32
<0.01
0.03
0.01
0.04
0.00
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
75-6?
168 Hr
0.34
1.12
<0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.02
<0.01
0.01
0.01
1.10
0.44
<0.01
0.96
0.04
0.04
0.02
0.06
<0.0t
<0.01
<0.01
0.06
0.0
<0.01
<0.01
_
<0.01

t Skeletal tnuscl", calculated as 20% body weight.
ft JUbdominal muscle, calculated as 10% body weight.
ttt %/g or ug/g.
tttt Fat calculated as 8% body weight.
* Tissue plus contents.
** Uterv;*, vagina and fallopian tubes.
*** Brown fat.
                                92

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     Blood samples were taken before treatment  (0 blood sampler) and at 1, 2,
4, 8 and 24 hours after treatrvent on days 1, 2 and 3.  One aniral (No. 9f)
received only 2 doses and this is indicated on the tables and oraphs.  ON
days 4 to 10 blood samples were collected at the same time on each day
equivalent to the 0 sample.  Hematocrits were obtained on all blood salaries,
and after two aliquots were prepared for LSC the remainina blood was centri-
fuged and one or more plasma aliquots were counted (one monkey, No.  1, was
also bled on days 13, 15 and 17).

     Urine samples were collected whenever the monkeys were bled if a sample
was available.  On day 1 urine was collected at 12 and 24 hours and there-
after at 24 hour intervals.

     Feces were collected whenever available during the first 3 days, at 12
and 24 hours on day 4 and 24 hour intervals for the duration of the experi-
ment.
                                                                  14
     Whole blood, plasma, urine and feces were analyzed for total   C con'^ent
employing standard procedures used in this laboratory.  All samples were
corrected for quenching using internal standardization.

Results - Physiological Effects

     The oral treatments with BCIE i reduced different effects in the three
monkeys.  One monkey, N'o. 96, exhibited no reaction while the other two
animals both developed evidence of local or systemic effects in the tissues
around the eyes  (Table 51).  These ocular effects appeared to be roughly
dose-related in the sensitive nonkeys (1 and 98).  The ocular symptoms were
most prominent in Monkey 98 and, in fact, this animal was sufficiently toxic
to make blood sampling a problem, and therefore BCIE was discontinued on
this monkey after the second dose.  After the first dose had been cLdminister-
ed glucoauria had been verified in her 0 hr urine by Bililabstix* tests.
This glucosuria persisted in all subsequent urine samples.  Hyperglycerua
was then verified by SMA 12/60 assay.  Her general weakness, ocular changes,
poor nutriture and urine flow rdlitated against further dosing.  It w
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with 75 ml of h;>0 on days 2, 3 and 15, no improvement in urine flow was
observed except on day 16, when 118 ml of urine was excreted.  Monkey S3
also showed reduction in urine flow which, however, was corrected as soon
as dosing was discontinued.  Details of the urine excretion of BCIE will tx»
considered later.

     Blood levels of BCIE in the 3 monkeys are detailed in Figure 17.  Peak
concentrations ranging from 17 to 34 ug/ml occurred 2 hours after treatment,
after which the levels dropped rapidly for the next 6 hours and more slowly
between the 8 and 24 hour period.  One observes increasing residual radio-
activity in the blood with repeated dosos (Table 52 , Figure 17).  If all
three monkeys had received 3 consecutive doses, one could conclude that the
average trough  level at 24 hours after the third dose would have appreciat-
ed from 50 to 100%.

     On the other hand, there is no clear cut indication of rising peak
concentrations with repeated doses, indicating a reasonable  maintenance of
the early "a" phase of the dieaway curve; however, even the limited data
obtained in this study suggests that the slope of the dieaway curves is
flatter on day 3 than previously.

     Plasma levels of BCIE were regularly higher and follow essentially the
same patterns observed with whole blood (Table 53 and Figure 18).  The evi-
dence of toxicity in Monkey 98 on the morning of day 3 correlates with her
high residual '^C activity from the previous dose as well as her high peak
reading (41 ug/ml) observed after administration of the second dose.  After
dosing was discontinued the levels in plasma fell, but even at 7 days all
levels were still above 5 pg/ml  (as ^C) .

                                                        14
     The data on urinary excretion of BCIE expressed as   C are presented
in two ways.  In Table 54 and Figure 19 the c'ata on urinary radioactivity
in "Kg of BCIE equivalents indicate the variability in response observed.
The low recovery in Monkey 1 on day 2 is, of course, due to the animal's
having vomited an unknown, (ca 50%?) but obviously significant, portion of
its second dose of BCIE.  The omission of the third dose for Monkey 98 pre-
vents comparison with the "3 dose" monkeys.  As discussed previously, this
monkey had poor urine flow.  When dosing ceased, urine flow improved
promptly but only small additional amounts of   C were recovered in the
urine.

     If we consider the excretion of drug in the urine in % dose one can
generate the upper and lower limit values (single dose vs. additive dose
calculations. Table 55) but the absolute values for % dose would depend on
one's knowing how much residual BCIE remained in the monkey at the end of
the first day, the second day, etc.   Since much of the BCIE is lost by
exhalation we cannot establish this residual from data on urine and feces
recovery.   Nevertheless, the data in Figures 20, 21 and 22 support the
conclusion that although only 30-45% of the dose is accounted for in the
urine (and feces) the rest of the radioactivity must have been lost by
another route, exhalation.
                                    94

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     In the case of Monkey 1,  (Figure 20), the data are rather vague (be-
cause of the vomiting of the second dose).  Nevertheless, one is inpressed
by the small amount of * C recovered during the 3rd day, less than 15%,
based on single dose calculations.  Thus, this may indicate that excretion
of BCIE in the urine is dependent on urine flow.  The data on Monkey 1 whi^.
had very poor urine flow on days 1, 2 and 3 and thereafter suggests that
urine flow is critical.

     In the case of Monkey 96  (Figure 21) one observes a fairly consistent
urinary excretion pattern with somewhat lower recovery figures on the secon
day, possibly related to the relatively lower figures on this day for BCIK
in plasma (Table 53, Figure 18).

     Monkey 98 whose data are shown in Figure 22 has very consistent values
for urinary excretion of ^4C, roughly 26% of dose based on single dose cal-
culation; however, consideration of the plasma concentration data in Tai>l«
53 and Figure 18 indicates that this monkey had relatively high residual
24 hours after the first dose of BCIE and the highest levels of   C of any
monkey after the second dose.  Concomitantly, a great reduction in urine
flow was observed.  These findings probably account for the high degree of
ocular changes observed and the overall toxicity observed which necessitated
discontinuation of dosing.

                                                   14
     Turning to the figures for fecal excretion of   C from BCIE (Table 56)
one notes that excretion via this route never accounts for more than 4* of
the dose (based on single dose of 30 mg/kg)•  It is obvious that at least
a small fraction of the dose in every case is still present as residual ^*C
24 hours after the BCIE was administered.  Therefore, one can be certain
that no more than about 3% of the ^C from BCIE is excreted in the feces
even under the extrene conditions of low urine flow observed in Monkeys 1
and 98.  One can conclude, in fact, that fecal excretion is a very winor
pathway with BCIE and that whatever ^C is excreted in the bile is either
relatively little or is well reabsorbed via the enterohepatic circulation,

Discussion

     This experiment points out some very interesting findings.  One, that
some monkeys are highly susceptible to the toxic side effects of BCIE on
the ocular and renal systems and possibly on other organ systems not stu-!i«'J.
Some monkeys (like q6) , however, exhibit neither the ocular nor the renal
effects, and show little effect on appetite or weight.  Whether or not thom
is any direct connection between these toxic manifestations is not known.

                                                     14
     It is obvious that only a small fraction of the   C from BCIE is bour,60* of the dor-;) must be exhaled.  However, it is difficult to
understand how the pulmonary clearance of the compound can account for the
eye irritation, since in the previous animals which received 30 mg/kg and
in 96 in this series the same proportion of the dose was apparently exhalod,
yet only 1 and 98 exhibited both the severe eye toxicity and effects on
urine flow.   We maintain careful records on menstrual cycles of our rhesu«

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stock.  The menstrual cycle of Rhesus 1 may have been affected by BCIE.
Her 5-day cycle ended 6 days before dosing was instituted and menses recurred
on the fifth day of this experiment - some 14 days before it. was expected.
No other menstrual deviations were observed.

     No explanation is available from these studies to account fou the large
differences in the way different monkeys respond to tnis compound, although
ona monkey exhibited hyperglyceriia and glucosuria before and after the ad-
ministration of BCIE.  How this affected the response to BCIE is not known
at this time.

Conclusions

     1.  A single oral dose of BCIE (30 mg/kg) produced marked toxic effects
on the eyes of 2 of 3 monkeys studied and these changes were intensified
with repeated doses.

     2.  The same monkeys exhibiting ocular toxicity also showed very great
reductions in urine flow.  These were readily reversed in one monkey follow-
ing cessation of treatment but persisted in a second for 12 days.

     3.  A third monkey exhibited no apparent side effects from 3 oral 30
mg/kg doses of BCIE, but residual blood and plasma levels of ^4C rose with
each dose, suggesting the possibility of subacute toxic effects if the
dosing had been continued ao planned.

                                                   14
     4.  As noted in previous studies, very little   C from BCIE is excreted
in the feces indicating rapid and complete absorption of oral doses and
apparent facile absorption of any *4C excreted via the bile.

     5.  One monkey may have had an early menstrual cycle as a result of
BCIE.

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                    TABLE 51.  OCULAR EFFECTS OF BCIE

Time Post
Treatment
Day Hr
0
1 4
12
2.4
2 4
12
24
3

4
5
6
7
8

9
10
11
12
1 ? 96 ? 98 ?
000
++ 0 ++
+ 0 +
± ° ±
+•++ 0 ++++
++ 0 +++
++ 0 +++
+++ 0 +++ (no treat-
ment)
+++ 0 -M-
-H- 0 ++
+ 0 ++
jf 0 +
_+ (0.4 kg wt 0 (0.1 kg wt + (0.4 kg wt
loss) loss) loss)
+ 0 +
00 +
00 +
00 +

i Minimal changes.
0 No visible effects.
jf Regressing symptoms.
+ Edema, discoloration.
•M- Prominent edema, si. hemorrhage  (?)
•M-+ Marked swelling, edema, prominent  subdural hemorrhage  (?)
++++ Very intense effects, eyes essentially  swollen  shut.
                                    97

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CD
                                      FIGURE 16
                   URINE VOLUMES IN RHESUS MONKEYS BEFORE AND AFTER
                            3 ORAL DOSES OF BCIE 30 MG/KG
    400 —
O 1?
A9G J
D 93 J  (ONLY 2 DOSES)

   75 ML HoO BY GAVAGE
                                     TIME 111 DAYS

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   TABLE 52.   BLOOD CONCENTRATIONS OF BCIE (AS 14C) IN MONKEYS


       THREE  CONSECUTIVE DAILY ORAL DOSES OF 30 MG/KG

Time Post
Treatment
Day Hr
1





2




3




4
5
6
7
8
9
10
13
15
17
0
1
2
4
8
24
1
2
4
8
24
1
2
4
8
24










1
% Hct
48.5
48.5
48
46
50.5
46
46.5
41
44
42.5
tO
40
39
38
39
36.5
35.5
38.0
38.5
38
43
39
44
48
43.5
-
? 96
•jg/g % Hct
0
16
17
17
17
8
16
13
12
10
7
30
31
27
23
14
11
10
8
8
8
7
7
5
5
4
.5
.2

.1
.9
.5
.7
.2
.4
.8
.7
.7
.6
.2
.9
.6
.6
.8
.9
.0
.3
.0
.7
.5
.9
46
46
44
46
45
44
43
43

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             30  -
          z:
          o
             20
o
o
         CO
         
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          TABLE 53.  PLASMA CONCENTRATIONS OF BCIE (AS   C)

                     IN MONKEYS



           THREE CONSECUTIVE DAILY ORAL DOSES OF 30 KG/KG

Day

1




2




3




4
5
6
7
8
9
10
13
15
17
Tine Post
Treatment
Hr
0
1
2
4
8
24
1
2
4
8
24
1
2
4
8
24










1?
yg/g
0
19.1
19.0
15.7
20.3
13.2
24.1
19.3
18.1
35.7
10.6
37.7
37.7
31.4
28.5
20.0
14.5
12.0
9.5
7.5
7.1
6.4
5.9
4.5
3.8
3.3
96 ?
yg/g
0
25.5
32.0
21.1
18.2
6.6
28.2
26.5
21.9
14.7
10.4
36.1
37.5
24.9
19.6
13.4
10.5
9.8
8.4
7.3
6.4
6.0
5.4



98?*
vg/g
0
28.4
32.1
21.9
16.5
12.4
31.2
40.7
32.0
-
16.0
_
-
-
-
10.2
8.8
10.1
7.1
6.0
5.1
4.8
4.8




* 98 ? received only 2 doses.
                                101

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                                            FIGURE 1C

                    CONCENTRATION OF BCIE (AS %) IN PLASMA IN RHESUS MONKEYS

                                     3 ORAL DOSES OF 30 MG/KG
     30
o


A 96 J


D 98 J  (OILY 2 DOSES)
O
     20
co
CQ
     10   -
      0
                                           TV'C \Y>
                                           1 i. •£. i i y

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            TABLE 54.  RECOVERY OF ECIE IN MONKEY URINE




                  30 MG/KG ONCE DAILY FOR 3 DAY'S
Day
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Time Post
Treatment
Hr
12
24
12
24
12
24
12
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
-1?
59.69
5.19
12.00
2.45
20.02
5.78
2.65
2.23
1.84
1.10
0.87
0.60
0.44
0.?9
14
Total mg as c
96 ?
82.00
16.49
49.04
19.85
66.26
8.58
NS
3.49
1.28
0.84
0.54
0.48
0.35
0.32
98?*
45.56
4.35
42.12
4.71
1.72
1.23
0.39
0.38
0,57
0.65
0.37
0.30
0.27
0.21

* 98 ? received only 2 doses.
                               10 3

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                                       FIGURE 19
              RECOVERY OF URINARY BCIE (AS l^C) IN MG IN RHESUS MONKEYS
                   A        3 DAILY ORAL DOSES OF 50 MG/KG
         60  r-
o
*>
         20 »—
                                                      A
                                                       \
          0
01?

A 96 J

a 93 J (ONLY 2 DOSES)

* VOMITED (1 J)
                                              U DAYS

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 TABLE 55.  CUMULATIVE RECOVERY OF BCIE  (AS   C)  IN MONKKY  URINE  BASED  OH

            SINGLE DOSE  (30 MG/KG) OR ADDITIVE DOSE  (30, 60,  90 MG/KG)



               3 CONSECUTIVE ORAL DAILY  DOSES OF  30 MG/KG

Time Post
Treatment
Day Hr
1






2





3





4

5
6
7
8
9
10
0
1
2
4
8
12
24
1
2
4
8
12
24
1
2
4
8
12
24
12
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
]
Single
Dose
0
NS
6.86
10.96
22.19
28.70
31.19
NS
NC
4.93
5.09
5.76
6.93
NS
NS
3.73
9.63
NS
12.41
13.69
14.75
15.63
16.16
16.59
16.89
17.10
17.25
Additive
Dose
0
NS
6.86
10.96
22.19
28.70
31.19
NS
NS
2.46
2.55
2.89
3.48
NS
NS
1.25
3.22
NS
4.15
4.57
4.92
5.22
5.40
5.54
5.64
5.71
5.76
% Dose
96 ?
Single Additive
Dose Dose
0
4.02
10.85
26.28
36.39
36.58
43.93
NS
0.12
12.15
12.38
21.90
30.75
4.20
12.38
23.08
29.35
29.44
33.13
_
34.68
35.26
35.63
35.87
36.08
36.23
36.37
0
4.02
10.85
26.28
36.39
36.58
43.93
NS
0.06
6.07
6.18
10.94
15.37
1.40
4.17
7.74
9.83
9 86
11.09
_
11.61
11. GO
11.92
12.00
12.07
12.12
12.17
98 ?*
Single Additive
Dose Dose
0
2.10
8. VI
12.37
20.17
23.72
25.98
1.57
5.81
10.57
20.75
21.93
24.38
_
-
-
-
25.27
25.90
26.11
26.31
26.60
26.93
27.12
27.27
27.41
27.52
0
2.10
8.71
12.37
20.17
23.72
25.98
O.79
2.91
5.29
10.38
10.97
12.20
_
-
-
-
12.64
12.97
13.07
13.17
13.31
13.47
13.57
13.64
13.71
13.76

98 received only two doses.
                                   10S

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                                                 FIGURE 20
                            CUMULATIVE URINARY EXCRETION OF BCIE  (AS WC)  IN 1 J
                                          3 ORAL DOSES OF 30 MG/KG
       CO
       B
o
o\
                                               • BASED  ON  SINGLE DOSE
                                               o BASED  ON  ADDITIVE  DOSE
                                               + VOMITED
         30
       c/o
       CQ
         15
          0
L-  /
              i>   i   i

                                               ,   ,  I  //
                                                 T> t'r
                                                 I..L

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 UJ
 t_>
•=r
 oo


 UJ

 CQ
30  -
                                            FIGURE 21
                       CUnULATIVE URINARY EXCRETION OF BCIE- (AS 14C)  IK  9Gj
                                     3 ORAL DOSES OF 30 MG/KG


A-
A
-/
1

, t



A BASF* ON SINGLE DOSE
A BASED ON ADDITIVE DOSE
•/ ^ _.-.-.
x* /*
W .--"^ A.. .^ 	 A— -^-— A
LnA/ /f
rr ^
/* A' ^
1 i i 1 A' i i ! i i r^ i i * i f 1 ^f 1 ' 1 '
Y
1 2 3 4 5 G 7
Till K; BAYS

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00
                                             FIGURE 22
                        CUMULATIVE URINARY EXCRETION OF BCIE  (AS  !/lC)  IN 939
                                     2 ORAL DOSES OF 30 MG/KG
           60
       UJ
       CO
       CD
I—I

 £  30
 *—*
 LU

 00
           15
                                                       •  BASED ON SINGLE DOSE
                                                       a  BASED ON ADDITIVE DOSE
                              -B
    I
  i
L
                                                        -D-
                                                          •n-  —
                                                                             •D-
                                   ,	L  J	I   .   I  .  .
            0
                                          2                3
                                          TIME IN DAYS

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         TABLE 56.  CUMULATIVE RECOVERY OF BCIE (AS   C) IN MONKEY
                    FECES BASED ON SINGLE DOSE (30 MG/KG) OR ADDI-
                    TIVE DOSE (30, 60, SO MG/KG)

                 3 CONSECUTIVE ORAL DAILY DOSES OF 30 MG/KG

Time Post
Treatment
Day
1
2
3
4
5
Hr
12
24
12
24
12
24
12
24

1
Single
Dose
0.45
0.08
0.17
0.77
1.80
2.13
2.51
% Dose
? 96?
Additive
Dose
0.45
0.04
0.09
0.26
0.60
0.71
0.84
Single
Dose
0.90
1.25
0.92
2.56
0.83
1.16
2.52
2.81
Additive
Dose
0.90
1.25
0.46
1.28
0.28
0.39
0.84
0.94
98
Single
Dose
0.66
0.71
2.31
3.32
3.41
3.65
3.71
?*
Additive
Dose
0.86
0.36
1.16
1.66
1.70
1.82
1.05
• 98 ° received only 2 doses.
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                                 SECT!'    i

  PHARMACOKINETIC STUDY OF BIS (2-CKLCI-.. ./THYL)ETHER IN TWO RHESUS MONKEYS


Introduction
     Bis (2-chloroethyl) ether (BCEE) is one of a group of haloetliers which
are widespread environmental contaminants and have been detected in drinking
water.  BCEE is used as a dewaxing agent, solvent, cleaning agent and pene-
trant  (EPA Criterion Document, July 9, 1979).  Lingg e_t aK (1970) reported
observations on the metabolic fate of BCEE in rats.  Smith and Lingg suiwvar-
ized the current information of metabolism of B-haloethers in rats and mon-
keys at a recent symposium.(22).  BCEE has been studied pharmacokinetically
in two rhesus monkeys and these data comprise this report.

Materials and Methods

     The treatment solution for oral administration,was prepared as follows:
4.0 ml of ethanol was mixed with 4.3 ml of Emulphor^'.  To this was added
0.39 g of cold BCEE, slightly more than 0.02 ml of 14C-BCEE (0.56 uCi/ml),
and 31.7 g of deionized distilled water.  Liquid scintillation assay of thin
solution established the specific activity to be 0.49 uCi/ml  (1,090,600 dpm)
and 106.27 dpm/\ig of BCEE.

     The two female rhesus monkeys weighed 8.9 and 9.75 kg, respectively.
The monkeys were dosed by oral gavage with a sinal<- 10 mg/Xg dose in the
A.M.  Each was housed in a metabolism cage maintained within an exposure
chamber which exhausted all the exhaled compound.  Each monkey wore a collar
with a chain that hooked to the cage door.  The monkeys were fed 10-15
pellets of Purina chow per day and provided water ad_ libitum.  Urine sample*
were collected (if available) at 6, 12, 24, 36, 48, 72 and 96 hours after
treatment.  Collection flasks were iced over the entire collection time.
Feces samples were collected at 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours.

     Both urine and leces samples were processed by standard procedures of
this laboratory for liquid scintillation counting.  In addition, all urines
were tested with Bililabstix at the time of measuring samples and taking
aliquots for LSC counting.

Results

     Data on cumulative excretion of bis(2-chloroethyl)ether in urine and
feces of the two monkeys is presented in Table 57.  The 6-hour urine sample
on Rhesus 1 contained 17% of the dose.  At 12 hours this monkey had excreted
ca 30% of the dose in urine and at 24 hours this increased to 43%.  It is
interesting that Khesus 96 also excreted 43% of the dose in urine by the
time lapse of 24 hours, but this monkey voided only 26.5 ml of urine beforo
the 24 hour collection time (see urine volumes for both monkeys listed in
Table 58.  By 72 hours we recovered 53% of the dose in urine for Rhesus 1
and 63% of the dose in urine for Rhesus 96.  '.Ve did not collect 96-hour
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urine on Rhesus 1 since she was in menses and was returned to her stock cage
after 72 hours.  However, the 72-96 hour urine on Rhesus 96 contributed very
little to recovery of ^C-BCE£ or metabolites.

     Examination of recovery data on feces in the two monkeys shows that very
little of the•compound was recovered in feces.  Total recovery in samples
through 96 hours was 1.10 and 1.63% of the dose for 1 and 96, respectively.
(Table 58 shows the weight of feces samples collected at each 24-hour inter-
val for each monkey.)

Physiological Observations on Monkeys

     Rhesus 1 began menstruation at 24 hours after dosing.  Also within 24
hours hemorrhagic darkening occurred below her eyes.  Ketones were present
in her urine at 12, 24, 36, 48 and 72 hours.  She was returned to her stock
cage after 72 hours and urine collection was discontinued.  An SKA 12/60
assay (Table 59) was performed on a 72-hour blood sample.  The hematocrit
was 41.5%  The monkey's plasma LDH was elevated slightly (LDH » 368 vs.
normal level of 271 mU/ml +_ 24.6 S.E.).  Phosphorus was also slightly ele-
vated (5.2 vs. normal level of 3.6 mgms % ^ 0.21 S.E.).  This monkey ate
less food and excreted much smaller urine samples than Rhesus 96.

     Rhesus 96 ate very well and excreted larger volumes of urine than
Rhesus 1.  In this monkey 63.5% of the dose was recovered in urine and 1.6%
of the db»e in feces in 96 hours.

Conclusions

     BCEE was administered to 2 female rhesus monkeys in single oral doses
of ID mg/V.g.  From 54 to 65% of the dose as l^C was excreted in the urine
and 1-1.5" in the feces.  One of the monkeys showed evidence of infraorbital
irritation, a finding also observed when larger (30 mg/kg) doses of Bis(2-
chloroisopropyDether (BCIE) were administered.  With 14C-BCIE recovery in
urine varied from 24 to 30% and 1-1.5% was recovered in the feces.  From
these data we conclude that BCEE is probably more toxic for subhuman pri-
mates than BCIE and both compounds appear to be quite irritating to the
eyes.
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  TABLE 57.  CUMULATIVE EXCRETION OF BCEE (AS 14C) IN
             MONKEYS

             SINGLE ORAL DOSE OF 10 MG/KG


                            Percent Dose
Tine Post                                 g
Treatment             °                      +
(Hours)	Urine  Feces  U S F    Urine  Feces  U & F

    6        16.66-16.66

   12        29.85    -    29.fl5    0.003    -    0.003

   24        43.43  0.22   43.65    43.23  0.04   43.27

   36        48.60    -    48.88    43.50    -    43.54

   48        51.03  0.64   51.67    61.05  0.09   61.14

   72        53.30  0.76   54.06    62.96  0.65   63.61

   96          *    1.10   54.40    63.45  1.63   05.08
*
 Monkey returned to stock cage.
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  TABLE 58-   URINE VOLUMES AND FECES WEIGHTS OF
             14C BCEE-TREATED MONKEYS
            SINGLE ORAL DOSE 10 MG/KG


Time Post
Treatment
(Hours)
6
12
24
36
48
72
96
1
Urine
Volume
(ml)
106.5
14.6
31.2
24.0
26.0
73.0
*
£
Feces
Weight
g
-
-
2.34
-
16.78
1.63
12.37
96
Urine
Volume
(ml)
-
26.5
400
16
320
375
561
$
Feces
Weight
g
-
-
0.47
-
1.05
13.68
55.06

*
 Monkey returned to stock cage.
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     TABLE 59.  SMA 12/60 ASSAY ON RHESUS 1? AT 72 HRS.
                FOLLOWING SINGLE ORAL 10 MG/KG/DOSE OF
                BIS (2-CHLOROETKYL)ETHER

Assay
Sugar
Uric acid
Cholesterol
SCOT
LDH
P
Alk T'ase
Ca
Bilirubin (1 minute)
Bilirubin (total)
Protein (total)
Albumin
Value
95 mgm%
0.3 mgm%
135 mgtn%
36 mU/ml
368 mU/ml*
5.2 mgm%*
78 mU/ml
7.9 mgm%
0.0 mgm%
0.2 mgm%
6.6 mgiu%
2.2 mgm%
Normal
89 +_ 3.
0.61 _f
170.2 +
30.4 +_
271.2 +
3.56 +_
166.3 +
9.78 +
0.12 +_
0.26 +
8.01 +
3.77 +
Mean +_ SE**
5
0.05
6.0
2.2
24.6
0.21
17.5
0.16
0.01
0.02
0.13
0.11
*
 Deviations from normal values.
**
  Means established on 20 rhesus stock females of closely
  matched weights.
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                                 APPENDIX

               METABOLISM OF B-HALOETHERS IN RATS AND MONKEYS
         Carl C. Smith, Ph.D., Department of Environmental Health
         University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
         Cincinnati, Ohio  45267

         Robert D. Lingg, Ph.D., Health Effects Research Laboratory
         United States Environmental Protection Agency
         Cincinnati. Ohio  45268


     Bis(2-chloroethyl)ether  f^CEE) and bis(2-chloroisopropyl)ether  (BCIE)
have been identified as contaminants in some drinking water supplies.
These compounds labeled with  ^C, havo been administered orally to rats and
monkeys.  As reported by Lingg ejt aJU  (1978) most of the 14C following an
oral dose of labeled BCEE in  rats appeared in the urine.  Some 10% was re-
covered in the expired air as ^CO^, ancj almost none was exhaled unchanged.
Using a purging technique no  volatile metabolites were detected.  The urine
was separated by standard techniques into acid, neutral and basic fractions.
The acid fraction, containing essentially all the  ''c activity, was deriva-
tized with diazomethane and a trimcthylsilylating agent (BSTFA) and analyzed
by GC-MS.  Two metabolites, thiodiglycolic acid and 2-chloroethyl-B-D-
glucosiduronic acid, were identified in this acid fraction.

                                          14
     In the case of BCIE the  rat excrotes   C-containing metabolites pri-
marily in the urine and very  little BCIE is excreted unchanged.  Using the
same purging technique, three volatile urinary metabolites were detected.
These consisted of propylene  oxide, l-chloro-2-propanol and 8-chloroisopropyl
isopropyl ether.  No sex-related differences in the rodent pattern of
volatile metabolites was detected,  Following isolation of the urinary acid
fraction and appropriate derivatization, two metabolites were identified by
GC-MS.  These consisted of 2 (l-mcthyl-2-chloroethoxy) propionic acid and the
glucuronide of l-chloro-2-propanol.

     In the monkey, metabolism of labeled BCIE leads to the same 5 volatile
and non-volatile urinary metabolites as were identified in rodent urine.
However, much less "C is recovered in urine and feces suggesting that more
BCIE or 14C metabolites are exhaled (Smith, 1977).  No additional metabolites
were detected by these procedures.  The sinian species appears to form the
glucuronide of l-chloro-2-propanol more extensively than does the rodent.

     Our current information  on metabolic fate of these compounds is
summarized as follows:
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                         3CEE
                     glucuronyl
                     transferase
          Cl-CH2-CH2-0-glucuronide

              (minor metabolite)
                                        Reaction with
                                        glutathione transferase
                                        followed by several
                                        steps
     I
                                        HOOC-CH -S-CH -COOH

                                          (major metabolite)
                         BCIE
  Cl-CH-CH-0-CH-CH,
       2  I     I    3
                                        Cl-CH-CH-0-CH-COOH
                                             2  I     I
  (minor metabolite)
                                         (major metabolite)
       reductive
   dochlorination
                                        dechlorination and
                                        terminal oxidation
                   Ci-CH -CH-0-CH-C1

                          C'H3  «3
        H
        I
               Glu.
                                         currently unidentified
                                         major metabolite
                                ether
                                cleavage

                                      -HC1
Cl-CH0-C-0-Glu <	C1-CH..-C-OH-
     2 i       \..    _      2 |
       at.
                                          -XCH.-CH-CH
                                          -9  3      2
minor metabolite
                     minor metabolite
minor metabolite
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    San Francisco, California, March 12, 1978 - Abstract No. 69 on page 59.

2.  Smith, C.C. and R.D. Lingg.  Metabolism of 6-Haloethers in Rats and
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    May 23-25, 1978, Hamilton, Ontario.
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