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Nitrapyrin: a scientific advisory group review of the mode of action and carcinogenicity in B6C3F1 mice.

Abstract
Nitrapyrin has been registered as a nitrogen stabilizer in the United States for many years based on a robust set of regulatory data. These data demonstrated that nitrapyrin was not genotoxic and that there were no tumors elicited in rats or mice that were relevant for human risk assessment. A repeat carcinogenicity study in B6C3F1 mice, conducted at two substantially higher-dose levels (0, 125 or 250 mg/kg/day) than the original study (0, 5, 25 or 75 mg/kg/day) identified liver, stomach, epididymal and Harderian gland tumors. In order to assess the relevance of these findings for human risk assessment, a Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) examined relevant microscopic changes in these tissues and also evaluated genotoxicity and mechanistic data. The SAG determined that the maximum tolerated dose had been exceeded in mice given 125 or 250 mg/kg/day, based on 26-33% decreased body weight gains (males-250 mg/kg/day), hepatocellular necrosis and compensatory hepatocellular proliferation (males and females-125 and 250 mg/kg/day). The SAG believed that the increased incidences of hepatocellular foci of alteration and hepatocellular neoplasms represented an epigenetic response to hepatocellular necrosis and increased mitogenesis. Increased incidences of proliferative lesions in the forestomach mucosa were likely secondary to the irritant effects of nitrapyrin. Neither the liver nor forestomach effects were interpreted to be a direct carcinogenic effect. Higher incidences of Harderian gland adenomas (females) and undifferentiated sarcomas in the epididymis represented normal biological variations in incidence and were unrelated to nitrapyrin. Therefore, it was the SAG's opinion that nitrapyrin exposure that does not produce target organ toxicity in exposed individuals would not be expected to increase the risk of cancer.
AuthorsB L Yano, J F Hardisty, J C Seely, B E Butterworth, E E McConnell, J A Swenberg, G M Williams, K E Stebbins, B B Golllapudi, D L Eisenbrandt
JournalRegulatory toxicology and pharmacology : RTP (Regul Toxicol Pharmacol) Vol. 51 Issue 1 Pg. 53-65 (Jun 2008) ISSN: 0273-2300 [Print] Netherlands
PMID18367300 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review)
Chemical References
  • Carcinogens
  • Picolines
  • nitrapyrin
Topics
  • Administration, Oral
  • Animals
  • Body Weight (drug effects)
  • Carcinogenicity Tests
  • Carcinogens (classification, toxicity)
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular (chemically induced, pathology)
  • Cell Proliferation (drug effects)
  • Consensus
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Epigenesis, Genetic
  • Hepatocytes (drug effects, pathology)
  • Liver Neoplasms (chemically induced, pathology)
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred Strains
  • Picolines (classification, toxicity)
  • Risk Assessment

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