Cobalt titanite green spinel

Repeated dose toxicity: inhalation

Administrative data

Endpoint:

short-term repeated dose toxicity: inhalation

Type of information:

migrated information: read-across from supporting substance (structural analogue or surrogate)

Adequacy of study:

key study

Study period:

1991-06-24 to 1991-09-10

Reliability:

2 (reliable with restrictions)

Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:

other: Study well documented (GLP, but no control))

Data source

Reference

Reference Type:

study report

Title:

Unnamed

Year:

1994

Report date:

1994

Materials and methods

Test guideline

Qualifier:

no guideline available

Principles of method if other than guideline:

Study of the bioavailability of metal ions from the substance after inhalation as a dust aerosol in rats

GLP compliance:

yes

Remarks:

Deviations: The analysis of Ni and Sb content in the organs of the test animals was performed in a laboratory without quality assurance unit. Therefore, the report was not audited by QAU

Limit test:

yes

Test material

Test material information

Constituent 1

Reference substance name:

C.I. Pigment yellow 53

IUPAC Name:

C.I. Pigment yellow 53

Constituent 2

Reference substance name:

Antimony nickel titanium oxide yellow

EC Number:

232-353-3

EC Name:

Antimony nickel titanium oxide yellow

Cas Number:

8007-18-9

IUPAC Name:

8007-18-9

Details on test material:

- Composition of test material, percentage of components: weight based: TiO2 76.8%, Sb2O5 13.6%, NiO 5% , SiO2 2.4%, Pb 31 ppm, As 16 ppm, other heavy metals < 5 ppm; Ni, soluble in 0.1 N HCl 46 ppm

Test animals

Species:

rat

Strain:

other: Wistar/Chbb:THOM

Sex:

male

Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:

TEST ANIMALS
- Source: Dr. K. Thomae GmbH, Biberach, Germany
- Age at study initiation: 7 weeks
- Weight at study initiation: 230 - 232 g ( the average weight of the additional set of animals 304 g ± 1.7 g)
- Housing: Singly in Makrolon/wire cages (type MD III of Becker, Castrop-Rauxel, Germany)
- Diet: KLIBA rat/mouse/hamster laboratory diet 24-343-4 10 mm pellets; Klingentalmühle AG, Kaiseraugst, Switzerland
- Water: during exposure withdrawn


ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
- Temperature (°C): 20-24
- Humidity (%): 30-70
- Photoperiod (hrs dark / hrs light): 12/12

Administration / exposure

Route of administration:

inhalation: aerosol

Type of inhalation exposure:

nose/head only

Vehicle:

other: unchanged (no vehicle)

Remarks on MMAD:

MMAD / GSD: 0.6 - 1.0 µm/ 2.8 - 4.1 (measurements on d 3 and d 5

Details on inhalation exposure:

GENERATION OF TEST ATMOSPHERE / CHAMBER DESCRIPTION
- Exposure apparatus: aerodynamic exposure apparatus (INA 60, volume V 90 L, BASF Aktiengesellschaft)
- Method of fixing animals in test chamber: exposure tubes; animal snouts projecting into the inhalation chamber
- Rate of air: Supply air (L/h): compressed air 1500, blast air 4500; Exhaust air (L/h): 5400
- System of generating particulates/aerosols: dust generator
- Temperature, humidity: 23.3-23.6 °C , 50.6-54.0 %
- Method of particle size determination: Gravimetrical determination

TEST ATMOSPHERE
- Samples taken from breathing zone: yes

Analytical verification of doses or concentrations:

no

Duration of treatment / exposure:

5 days

Frequency of treatment:

6 hours/day, daily

Doses / concentrations

Remarks:

Doses / Concentrations:
60 mg/m3 (0.06 mg/L)
Basis:
nominal conc.

No. of animals per sex per dose:

50 (divided into 5 groups with differing post-exposure periods)

Control animals:

other: During analyses of livers and kidneys of the first test groups the need occurred to analyse kidneys of untreated animals (blank values), therefore another set of animals was delivered age-matched to the test animals of test group 1 at sacrifice.

Details on study design:

Post-exposure period: 0, 3, 10, 31, 60 days

Examinations

Observations and examinations performed and frequency:

DETAILED CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS: Yes
- Time schedule: at least 3 times on exposure days and, as a rule, once during the preflow period and the post-exposure observation period.

BODY WEIGHT: Yes
- Time schedule for examinations: at the beginning of preflow, at the beginning of exposure period and then once a week

Sacrifice and pathology:

Control group was sacrificed on day of arrival
Group 1 on test day four (after the last exposure)
Group 2 at day 7 (post-exposure day 3)
Group 3 at day 14 (post-exposure day 10)
Group 4 at day 35 (post-exposure day 31)
Group 5 at day 64 (post-exposure day 60)

Other examinations:

ANALYSIS: Ni and Sb concentrations in lung, liver and kidneys were determined by ICP-MS; Food analysis: contaminations in the used commercial feed were 1.42 mg Ni/kg and 13 µg Sb/kg.

Statistics:

No statistical evaluation because no concurrent control was tested.

Results and discussion

Results of examinations

Details on results:

No effects on mortality, clinical signs, body weights and body weight gains were observed.

Effect levels

Dose descriptor:

NOAEC

Effect level:

60 mg/L air

Remarks on result:

not determinable

Remarks:

no NOAEC identified

Target system / organ toxicity

Critical effects observed:

not specified

Any other information on results incl. tables

Content of Ni and Sb

Liver

Mean Sb concentration (quantification limit 0.2 ng/g) in unexposed animals was 1.1 ng/g; directly post-exposure and on day 3 post-exposure the concentration was about 4-fold higher in exposed animals, during further observation the concentration was similar to unexposed animals (1.3 ng/g on day 10). Mean Ni-concentration was in the same range in exposed and unexposed animals (however, below the quantification limit of 10 ng/g; outliers not considered).

Kidneys

Mean Sb concentration in unexposed animals was below the detection limit (1 ng/g), in exposed animals it was above the detection limit but below the quantification limit (3 ng/g), only the day 3 post exposure group reached a value of 5.6 ng/g (2-3-fold increase compared with other observation days). Mean Ni concentration was below the detection limit (1 ng/g) in unexposed animals and above detection limit but below quantification limit (25 ng/g) in exposed animals, except on day 3 post-exposure 94 ng/g were determined (10-fold more than in other exposure groups presumably due to contamination of the sample).

Lung 

Directly post-exposure the mean Ni and Sb concentration was 79 and 202 µg/lung , respectively (corresponding to 2 mg of pigment/lung). The concentration declined during the post-exposure period, following first order kinetics; the clearance half-life was 50 days.