Ethanol, 2-(2-butoxyethoxy)-, reaction products with phosphorus oxide (P2O5), compds. with N,N-dimethylcyclohexanamine

Genetic toxicity: in vitro

Administrative data

Endpoint:

in vitro gene mutation study in bacteria

Type of information:

experimental study

Adequacy of study:

key study

Study period:

2019

Reliability:

1 (reliable without restriction)

Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:

guideline study

Data source

Reference

Reference Type:

study report

Title:

Unnamed

Year:

2019

Report date:

2019

Materials and methods

Test guideline

Qualifier:

according to guideline

Guideline:

OECD Guideline 471 (Bacterial Reverse Mutation Assay)

GLP compliance:

yes (incl. QA statement)

Type of assay:

bacterial reverse mutation assay

Test material

Test material information

Constituent 1

Reference substance name:

Ethanol, 2-(2-butoxyethoxy)-, reaction products with phosphorus oxide (P2O5), compds. with N,N-dimethylcyclohexanamine

EC Number:

948-066-8

Molecular formula:

C16H36NO6P C24H52NO8P C24H53NO11P2 C32H68NO10P C8H17N H3O4P

IUPAC Name:

Ethanol, 2-(2-butoxyethoxy)-, reaction products with phosphorus oxide (P2O5), compds. with N,N-dimethylcyclohexanamine

Test material form:

liquid: viscous

Method

Target gene:

his- → his+
trp- → trp+

Species / strain

Species / strain / cell type:

S. typhimurium TA 1535, TA 1537, TA 98, TA 100 and E. coli WP2

Metabolic activation:

with and without

Metabolic activation system:

The post-mitochondrial fraction (S9 fraction) was prepared by the Microbiological Laboratory of Citoxlab Hungary Ltd. according to Ames et al. [1] and Maron and Ames [2]. The documentation of the preparation of this post-mitochondrial fraction is stored in the reagent notebook in the Microbiological Laboratory which is archived yearly.

Test concentrations with justification for top dose:

Based on the results of the preliminary tests, 100 mg/mL stock solution was prepared in Distilled water, which was diluted by serial dilutions to obtain the dosing formulations for lower doses. The maximum test concentration was 5000 μg test item/plate.
Examined concentrations in the main tests were with and without metabolic activation in all examined strains 5000, 1581, 500, 158.1, 50 and 15.81 μg/plate.

Vehicle / solvent:

distilled water

Controls

Untreated negative controls:

yes

Negative solvent / vehicle controls:

yes

True negative controls:

no

Positive controls:

yes

Positive control substance:

9-aminoacridine

sodium azide

methylmethanesulfonate

other:

Details on test system and experimental conditions:

The Confirmatory Mutation Test followed the standard pre-incubation procedure since no biologically relevant increase in the number of revertant colonies was observed in the Initial Mutation Test.
For the pre-incubation method, bacteria (cultured in Nutrient Broth No.2. as described in section 5.3.6.) were exposed to the test item both in the presence and absence of an appropriate metabolic activation system. The equivalent number of minimal glucose agar plates was properly labelled. Molten top agar was prepared and kept at 45°C.
Before the overlaying, 50 μL of test item formulations, its vehicle, positive reference controls or their solvent, 100 μL of the overnight culture of bacterial cells and 0.5 mL of S9 mix (activated test conditions) or phosphate buffer pH 7.4 (non-activated test conditions) were added into the appropriate tubes to provide direct contact between bacteria and the test item. These tubes (3 tubes per control or concentration level) were gently mixed and incubated for 20 minutes at 37ºC in a shaking incubator.
After the incubation period, 2 mL of molten top agar were added to the tubes, and then the content mixed and poured on the surface of minimal glucose agar plates. The entire test consisted of non-activated and activated test conditions, with the addition of untreated, negative and positive controls. After preparation, the plates were incubated at 37°C for 48 hours.

Evaluation criteria:

The colony numbers on the untreated / negative (vehicle/solvent) / positive control and test item treated plates were determined by manual counting. Visual examination of the plates was also performed; precipitation or signs of growth inhibition (if any) were recorded and reported. The mean number of revertants per plate, the standard deviation and the mutation factor* values were calculated for each concentration level of the test item and for the controls using Microsoft ExcelTM software.

Results and discussion

Test results

Key result

Species / strain:

other: S. typhimurium TA 1535, TA 1537, TA 98, TA 100 and E. coli WP2

Metabolic activation:

with and without

Genotoxicity:

negative

Cytotoxicity / choice of top concentrations:

no cytotoxicity

Vehicle controls validity:

valid

Untreated negative controls validity:

valid

True negative controls validity:

not applicable

Positive controls validity:

valid

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Conclusions:

the test item Ethanol, 2-(2-butoxyethoxy)-, reaction products with phosphorus oxide (P2O5), compds. with N,N-dimethylcyclohexanamine has no mutagenic activity on the growth of the bacterial strains under the test conditions used in this study.

Executive summary:

The reported data of this mutagenicity assay show that under the experimental conditions applied the test item did not induced gene mutations by base pair changes or frameshifts in the genome of the strains used.

In conclusion, the test item Ethanol, 2-(2-butoxyethoxy)-, reaction products with phosphorus oxide (P2O5), compds. with N,N-dimethylcyclohexanamine (Batch Number: 0002293298) has no mutagenic activity on the growth of the bacterial strains under the test conditions used in this study.