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ArticleEnvironmental and molecular mutagenesis2017

Comparing BMD-derived genotoxic potency estimations across variants of the transgenic rodent gene mutation assay.

John W Wills, George E Johnson, Hannah L Battaion, Wout Slob, Paul A White

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Article in Environmental and molecular mutagenesis, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

John W WillsEnvironmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4347-5394
George E JohnsonInstitute of Life Science, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-5643-9942
Hannah L BattaionDepartment of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Wout SlobNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
Paul A WhiteEnvironmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Health Canada · CANational Institute for Public Health and the Environment · NLSwansea University · GBUniversity of Ottawa · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is growing interest in quantitative analysis of in vivo genetic toxicity dose-response data, and use of point-of-departure (PoD) metrics such as the benchmark dose (BMD) for human health risk assessment (HHRA). Currently, multiple transgenic rodent (TGR) assay variants, employing different rodent strains and reporter transgenes, are used for the assessment of chemically-induced genotoxic effects in vivo. However, regulatory issues arise when different PoD values (e.g., lower BMD confidence intervals or BMDLs) are obtained for the same compound across different TGR assay variants. This study therefore employed the BMD approach to examine the ability of different TGR variants to yield comparable genotoxic potency estimates. Review of over 2000 dose-response datasets identified suitably-matched dose-response data for three compounds (ethyl methanesulfonate or EMS, N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea or ENU, and dimethylnitrosamine or DMN) across four commonly-used murine TGR variants (Muta™Mouse lacZ, Muta™Mouse cII, gpt delta and BigBlue® lacI). Dose-response analyses provided no conclusive evidence that TGR variant choice significantly influences the derived genotoxic potency estimate. This conclusion was reliant upon taking into account the importance of comparing BMD confidence intervals as opposed to directly comparing PoD values (e.g., comparing BMDLs). Comparisons with earlier works suggested that with respect to potency determination, tissue choice is potentially more important than choice of TGR assay variant. Scoring multiple tissues selected on the basis of supporting toxicokinetic information is therefore recommended. Finally, we used typical within-group variances to estimate preliminary endpoint-specific benchmark response (BMR) values across several TGR variants/tissues. We discuss why such values are required for routine use of genetic toxicity PoDs for HHRA. Environ. Mol. Mutagen. 58:632-643, 2017. © 2017 Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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BenchmarkingDose-Response Relationship, DrugRisk AssessmentAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedDimethylnitrosamineDNA DamageEthyl MethanesulfonateEthylnitrosoureaHumansMiceMutagenicity TestsMutationRodentiaTransgenesDimethylnitrosamineEthyl MethanesulfonateEthylnitrosoureabenchmark dosedose response analysisgenetic toxicologyhuman health risk assessmenttransgenic rodent gene mutation assay

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