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Toxicokinetics of inhaled and endogenous isoprene in mice, rats, and humans.
Chem. Biol. Interact. 135-136, 679-685 (2001)
Isoprene (IP) is ubiquitous in the environment and is used for the production of polymers. It is metabolized in vivo to reactive epoxides, which might cause the tumors observed in IP exposed rodents. Detailed knowledge of the body and tissue burden of inhaled IP and its intermediate epoxides can be gained using a physiological toxicokinetic (PT) model. For this purpose, a PT-model was developed for IP in mouse, rat, and human. Experimentally determined partition coefficients were taken from the literature. Metabolic parameters were obtained from gas-uptake experiments. The measured data could be described by introducing hepatic and extrahepatic metabolism into the model. At exposure concentrations up to 50 ppm, the rate of metabolism at steady-state is 14 times faster in mice and about 8 times faster in rats than in humans (2.5 micromol/h/kg at 50 ppm IP in air). IP does accumulate only barely due to its fast metabolism and its low thermodynamic partition coefficient whole body:air. IP is produced endogenously. This production is negligible in rodents compared to that in humans (0.34 micromol/h/kg). About 90% of IP produced endogenously in humans is metabolized and 10% is exhaled unchanged. The blood concentration of IP in non-exposed humans is predicted to be 9.5 nmol/l. The area under the blood concentration-time curve (AUC) following exposure over 8 h to 10 ppm IP is about 4 times higher than the AUC resulting from the unavoidable endogenous IP over 24 h. A comparison of such AUCs can be used for establishing workplace exposure limits. For estimation of the absolute risk, knowledge of the body burden of the epoxide intermediates of IP is required. Unfortunately, such data are not yet available.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
2-methyl-1,3-butadiene ; Endogenous Isoprene Production ; Inhalation Kinetics ; Physiological Toxicokinetic Model
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0009-2797
e-ISSN
1872-7786
Journal
Chemico-Biological Interactions
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Volume: 135-136,
Pages: 679-685
Publisher
Elsevier
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Peer reviewed