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Development of PBPK model of molinate and molinate sulfoxide in rats and humans.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19545510     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Molinate has been widely used as a pre-emergent herbicide in the rice fields of California's Central Valley. In rat studies, the metabolite molinate sulfoxide is suspected of causing testicular toxicity after exposure to molinate. The sulfoxide is generated in the liver and can circulate in the blood, eventually reaching the testis. Man qualitatively produces the same molinate metabolites as the rat. To extrapolate the reproductive risk to man, the present study outlines the development of a preliminary PBPK (physiologically-based pharmacokinetic) model, validation in the rat and extrapolation to man. The preliminary seven-compartment PBPK model for molinate was constructed for the adult, male Sprague-Dawley rat that employed both flow-limited (blood, kidney, liver, rapid-perfused tissues and slowly perfused tissues) and diffusion-limited (fat) rate equations. The systemic circulation connects the various compartments. The simulations predict the molinate blood concentrations of the rat blood and testes compartment favorably with the profiles obtained from 10 and 100mg/kg po or 1.5 and 15mg/kg iv doses. Human physiological parameters were substituted into the oral dosed model and the simulations closely predicted the molinate blood concentration obtained from 5.06mg oral dose. A sensitivity analysis determined for an oral dose that peak blood molinate concentrations were most responsive to the blood flows to kidney and fat compartments while testicular molinate sulfoxide concentrations depended on molinate sulfoxide partition coefficients for the testes compartment and the K(m) for glutathione conjugation of molinate sulfoxide in the liver compartment.
Authors:
Andrew Campbell
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2009-01-23
Journal Detail:
Title:  Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology : RTP     Volume:  53     ISSN:  1096-0295     ISO Abbreviation:  Regul. Toxicol. Pharmacol.     Publication Date:  2009 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-06-10     Completed Date:  2010-11-03     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8214983     Medline TA:  Regul Toxicol Pharmacol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  195-204     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Toxicology, UC Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA. arc40@astound.net
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Administration, Oral
Animals
Azepines / blood,  pharmacokinetics*,  toxicity
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Herbicides / blood,  pharmacokinetics*,  toxicity
Humans
Injections, Intravenous
Kidney / metabolism,  physiology
Liver / metabolism,  physiology
Male
Models, Biological*
Molecular Structure
Physiological Phenomena*
Predictive Value of Tests
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Species Specificity
Sulfoxides / blood,  pharmacokinetics*,  toxicity
Testis / drug effects,  metabolism,  physiology
Thiocarbamates / blood,  pharmacokinetics*,  toxicity
Tissue Distribution
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
5-T32-EOS- 7059//PHS HHS; T35 ES007301-12/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Azepines; 0/Herbicides; 0/Sulfoxides; 0/Thiocarbamates; 0/molinate sulfoxide; 2212-67-1/molinate
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