Abstract
The renal tubular toxicity of various halogenated xenobiotics has been attributed to their enzymatic bioactivation to reactive intermediates by S-conjugation. A combination of high resolution proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) spectroscopy of urine, renal histopathology and more routinely used clinical chemistry methods has been used to explore the acute toxic and biochemical effects of S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)-L-cysteine (DCVC), S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)-L-homocysteine (DCVHC) and 1,1,2-trichloro-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-propene (TCTFP) up to 48 h following their administration to male Fischer 344 (F344) rats. In the absence of gross renal pathology, 1H NMR urinalysis revealed increased excretion of the tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates citrate and succinate following DCVC administration. In contrast, both DCVHC and TCTFP produced functional defects in the S2 and S3 segments of the proximal tubule that were confirmed histologically. In these cases, 1H NMR urinalysis revealed increased excretion of glucose, L-lactate, acetate and 3-D-hydroxybutyrate (HB) as well as selective amino aciduria (alanine, valine, glutamate and glutamine). The significance of the proximal nephropathies induced by DCVHC and TCTFP is discussed in relation to biochemical observations on other xenobiotics that are toxic by similar mechanisms.
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Abbreviations
- BUN :
-
blood urea nitrogen
- CPH :
-
cephaloridine
- DCVC :
-
S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)-L-cysteine
- DCVHC :
-
S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)-L-homocysteine
- DMA :
-
dimethylamine
- DMG :
-
N,N-dimethylglycine
- FID :
-
free induction decay
- FT :
-
Fourier transformation
- F344 :
-
Fischer 344
- GFR :
-
glomerular filtration rate
- GSH :
-
glutathione α-glucose α-anomeric proton of glucose
- HB :
-
3-D-hydroxybutyric acid
- HCBD :
-
hexachloro-1:3-butadiene
- HFP :
-
hexafluoropropene ⊙ i.p. intraperitoneal
- MW :
-
molecular weight
- 1 H NMR :
-
proton nuclear magnetic resonance
- 2-OG :
-
2-oxoglutarate ⊙ ppm parts per million
- SD :
-
Sprague-Dawley
- TCTFP :
-
1,1,2-trichloro-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-propene
- TMAO :
-
trimethylamine N-oxide
- TSP :
-
3-trimethylsilyl-[2,2,3,3-2H4]-1-propionate ⊙ Sodium salt
- UFR :
-
urine flow rate
- UN :
-
uranyl nitrate
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Anthony, M.L., Beddell, C.R., Lindon, J.C. et al. Studies on the comparative toxicity of S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)-L-cysteine, S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)-L-homocysteine and 1,1,2-trichloro-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-propene in the Fischer 344 rat. Arch Toxicol 69, 99–110 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002040050144
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