Biological modeling of 5-fluorouracil developmental toxicity
Autor: | R. W. Setzer, Dana L. Shuey, John M. Rogers, Robert J. Kavlock, Christopher Lau, Robert M. Zucker, Kenneth H. Elstein, Michael G. Narotsky |
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Rok vydání: | 1995 |
Předmět: |
Stereochemistry
Antimetabolites Developmental toxicity Hindlimb Pharmacology Biology Toxicology Thymidylate synthase Models Biological Pregnancy medicine Animals Maternal-Fetal Exchange DNA synthesis Dose-Response Relationship Drug Cell Cycle Thymidylate Synthase Cell cycle Teratology Rats Mechanism of action Toxicity biology.protein Female Fluorouracil medicine.symptom |
Zdroj: | Toxicology. 102(1-2) |
ISSN: | 0300-483X |
Popis: | A biologically-based dose-response (BBDR) model is a mathematical description of the biological events leading to expression of a toxic response. As an alternative to current approaches in non-cancer risk assessment, such models will reduce uncertainty in that they will provide a more comprehensive description of toxicity. We are involved in construction of a BBDR model for the developmental toxicity of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) in the rat using multiple approaches. First, to identify critical events in the pathogenesis of 5-FU developmental toxicity, thymidylate synthetase (TS) inhibition and alterations in cell kinetics and growth were examined in embryos following maternal administration of 5-FU on day 14 of gestation. A dose-related decline in TS activity was observed within 1 h; however, maximal inhibition and recovery were similar at 10, 20 and 40 mg/kg. Dose-dependent cell cycle alterations were observed within 4 h after exposure and were maximal at 8 h. Hindlimb growth reduction was observed 24 h after exposure to 40 mg/kg, but not at lower doses. At term hindlimb defects were observed at doses above 30 mg/kg. An integrated dose-response model for hindlimb defects was derived from empirical relationships among these events. The resultant dose-response somewhat over-predicted the developmental toxicity of 5-FU, although results of a Monte Carlo simulation indicated that these data were not incompatible with model predictions. Overall, the results suggest that TS inhibition is a key component of the mechanism of 5-FU developmental toxicology, but the model does not capture all of the critical events in the induction of hindlimb defects. A preliminary mechanistic model for the inhibition of embryonic TS, DNA synthesis and cell cycle following maternal exposure to 5-FU, independently derived from literature data to further examine the potential role of this pathway in its developmental toxicity, predicted a dose-response for TS inhibition and DNA synthesis that closely reflected the observed patterns. These results further suggest that TS inhibition, resultant deficits in DNA synthesis and cell cycle perturbations represent a critical mechanistic pathway in the developmental toxicity of 5-FU. |
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