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EC number: 203-961-6 | CAS number: 112-34-5
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- Aquatic toxicity
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- Short-term toxicity to fish
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Repeated dose toxicity: oral
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- sub-chronic toxicity: oral
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Study period:
- 2005
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: A recent study carried out to GLP meeting all scientific requirements.
Data source
Reference
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- Unnamed
- Year:
- 2 005
Materials and methods
Test guidelineopen allclose all
- Qualifier:
- according to guideline
- Guideline:
- OECD Guideline 408 (Repeated Dose 90-Day Oral Toxicity Study in Rodents)
- Deviations:
- no
- Qualifier:
- according to guideline
- Guideline:
- EU Method B.26 (Sub-Chronic Oral Toxicity Test: Repeated Dose 90-Day Oral Toxicity Study in Rodents)
- Deviations:
- no
- Qualifier:
- according to guideline
- Guideline:
- EPA OPPTS 870.3100 (90-Day Oral Toxicity in Rodents)
- Deviations:
- no
- GLP compliance:
- yes
- Limit test:
- no
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- 2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethanol
- EC Number:
- 203-961-6
- EC Name:
- 2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethanol
- Cas Number:
- 112-34-5
- Molecular formula:
- C8H18O3
- IUPAC Name:
- 2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethanol
- Details on test material:
- - Name of test material (as cited in study report): diethylene glycol monobutyl ether
- Physical state: liquid
- Analytical purity: 99.2%
- Other: supplied by Dow Chemical Company, Plaquemine, LA
Constituent 1
Test animals
- Species:
- rat
- Strain:
- Fischer 344
- Sex:
- male/female
- Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
- TEST ANIMALS
- Source: Charles River Laboratories (Raleigh, NC)
- Housing: individually in stainless steel cages.
- Age at study initiation: 5 weeks
- Diet (ad libitum): Certified rodent diet #5002 (PMI Nutrition)
- Water (ad libitum): tap water.
- Acclimation period: 15 days
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
- Temperature (°C): 22-22.5
- Humidity (%): 48-51
- Air changes (per hr): 12-15
- Photoperiod (hrs dark / hrs light): 12/12
Administration / exposure
- Route of administration:
- oral: drinking water
- Vehicle:
- water
- Details on oral exposure:
- PREPARATION OF DOSING SOLUTIONS:
Prepared weekly, serial dilution for lower dose levels. Concentration changed weekly to accomodate animal growth. Solutions found to be stable for at least 9 days. - Analytical verification of doses or concentrations:
- yes
- Details on analytical verification of doses or concentrations:
- Dosing solutions were between 98.3-102% of target. Test material intake calculated from drinking water consumption to be between 100.7 and 104.8% of target levels for all doses over study period. Analysis by GC/FID.
- Duration of treatment / exposure:
- 90 days
- Frequency of treatment:
- Continuous via drinking water.
Doses / concentrations
- Remarks:
- Doses / Concentrations:
50, 250, 1000mg/kg
Basis:
nominal in water
- No. of animals per sex per dose:
- 10
- Control animals:
- yes, concurrent vehicle
- Details on study design:
- - Dose selection rationale: based on two week range finder study. Other routes (incorporation into diet or inhalation) not practical.
- Positive control:
- no
Examinations
- Observations and examinations performed and frequency:
- CAGE SIDE OBSERVATIONS: Yes
- Time schedule: twice daily
- Cage side observations: skin, fur, mucous membranes, respiration, nervous system function, behaviour, moribundness, mortality.
DETAILED CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS: Yes
- Time schedule: weekly, including hand held and open field observations
BODY WEIGHT: Yes
- Time schedule for examinations: weekly
FOOD CONSUMPTION: Yes
- Time schedule for examinations: weekly
WATER CONSUMPTION AND COMPOUND INTAKE (if drinking water study): Yes
- Time schedule for examinations: weekly
OPHTHALMOSCOPIC EXAMINATION: Yes
- Time schedule for examinations: pre-study and during last week of treatment
HAEMATOLOGY: Yes
- Time schedule for collection of blood: immediately prior to necropsy from orbital sinus.
- Anaesthetic used for blood collection: Yes (CO2)
- Animals fasted: Yes
- Parameters checked: Hct, Hgb, RBC count, WBC count, platelet count, differential WBC count, RBC indices and morphology, reticulocyte count.
CLINICAL CHEMISTRY: Yes
- Time schedule for collection of blood: immediately prior to necropsy
- Animals fasted: Yes
- Parameters checked: ALP, ALT, AST, serum albumin, chlolesterol, creatinine, glucose, total bilirubin, total protein, BUN, electrolytes (Ca, Cl, PO4, K, Na)
URINALYSIS: Yes
- Time schedule for collection of urine: overnight during week prior to necropsy
- Metabolism cages used for collection of urine: Yes / No / No data
- Animals fasted: No
- Parameters checked: colour, appearance, sg, volume, pH, bilirubin, glucose, protein, ketones, blood, urobilinogen. Urine sediment (pooled per sex/dose) also examined microscopically.
NEUROBEHAVIOURAL EXAMINATION: Yes
- Time schedule for examinations: pre-study and during last week of treatment
- Battery of functions tested: sensory evaluation (nociception test, startle response), grip strength, motor activity, rectaul temperature.+
OTHER: Sperm analysis: For control and high dose animals, total spermatid count per testis, total sperm counts per epididymidis, total counts per gram of tissue, sperm motility. 200 sperm per animal assessed for morphology. Liver metabolic enzymes from high dose and control animals to assess the levels of mixed function oxidases (CYP1A1, CYP1A2, CYP2B1/2, CYP2E1) and microsomal UGT. Positive controls were used in enzyme assays. - Sacrifice and pathology:
- GROSS PATHOLOGY: Yes
HISTOPATHOLOGY: Yes. All organs from high dose and control animals plus a selected number from low and mid dose animals. Rats fasted over night then anesthetised with CO2 and complete necropsy on all animals. Tissues examined: brain, liver, kidneys, heart, spleen, adrenals, testes, epididymides, uterus, ovaries, thymus. Bone marrow smears from femurs of all animals. Histological analysis of high and control animals of tissues examined; also lungs, liver, kidneys and spleen (females only) and relevant gross lesions from the middle and low dose groups processed and examined. - Other examinations:
- no additional examinations beyond those described above.
- Statistics:
- Means and standard deviations for continuous data. All parameters examined tested for equality of variance (Bartlett's test, alpha=0.01) and if significant, transformed to obtain equality of variance. Alpha levels set at 0.05 for interaction between designated variables for dose related effects. Alpha levels also set at 0.05 for interaction terms (with Bonferroni's correction.)
Results and discussion
Results of examinations
- Clinical signs:
- no effects observed
- Mortality:
- no mortality observed
- Body weight and weight changes:
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Description (incidence and severity):
- Slight reduction in high dose group of both parameters observed over whole study period (10% males, 6% females). All within historical control ranges.
- Food consumption and compound intake (if feeding study):
- not examined
- Food efficiency:
- not examined
- Water consumption and compound intake (if drinking water study):
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Description (incidence and severity):
- Reduced consumption (7-8%) in high dose group, particularly in males
- Ophthalmological findings:
- no effects observed
- Haematological findings:
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Description (incidence and severity):
- RBC and Hgb slightly but statistically significantly reduced in mid and high dose animals (both sexes- 3-8%). HCT similarly slightly reduced in high dose groups. Changes showed a dose response relationship, particularly for males. Results for mid dose group all within laboratory historical control values for drinking water studies all (except male RBC value, which was within historical control for all dietary and drinking water studies.) Note that control values were higher than historical control ranges. Also note that no changes to RBC indices or morphology were observed. A small but significant sex-by-dose interaction with reticulocyte was attributed to random variation and not treatment. There were no effects on WBC parameters.
- Clinical biochemistry findings:
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Description (incidence and severity):
- Slight but statistically significant decreases in serum levels of AST, total protein and cholesterol where observed in both sexes at the highest dose.
- Urinalysis findings:
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Description (incidence and severity):
- Consistent with the decreased water consumption, urine sg was increased in the high dose group. Urine pH also decreased with dose but this was attributed to excretion of the metabolite 2-(2-butoxyethoxy)acetic acid. There were no other effects that could be related to the slightly decreased RBC parameters.
- Behaviour (functional findings):
- no effects observed
- Immunological findings:
- not examined
- Organ weight findings including organ / body weight ratios:
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Description (incidence and severity):
- Liver (relative) and kidney (relative and absolute) weights increased in the high dose group. Spleen weight increases observed were not dose dependent and for the mid and low dose animals within the historical control ranges for dietary studies (but not drinking water studies). No treatment related and dose dependent organ weight changes were seen in the mid and high dose groups.
- Gross pathological findings:
- no effects observed
- Description (incidence and severity):
- No changes attributed to treatment observed.
- Neuropathological findings:
- not examined
- Histopathological findings: non-neoplastic:
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Description (incidence and severity):
- The only finding attributed to treatment was in female livers in the high dose groups where slight or very slight lesions were recorded (foci of aggregates of macrophages/histiocytes which are common in F344 rats and were observed in greater numbers in the high dose females.) Very slight hypertrophy of periportal hepatocytes was also seen in 6 high dose females. A slightly greater incidence of renal cortical tubule degeneration was also seen (very slight in nature) was seen in the high dose animals. Since this is routinely found at low incidence in F344 rats of this age, the observation could not be regarded as definitive. No treatment related histopathological effects were found in the bone marrow or spleen.
- Histopathological findings: neoplastic:
- not examined
- Description (incidence and severity):
- HISTORICAL CONTROL DATA:Discussion on historical control data is included above in the discussions on the individual findings.
OTHER FINDINGS: Liver enzyme analysis: Activities of all mixed function oxidases generally slightly increased. As only the top dose was examined, it is not possible to relate this to the NOAEL. Sperm analysis: No effects seen.
Effect levels
- Dose descriptor:
- NOAEL
- Effect level:
- 250 mg/kg bw/day (actual dose received)
- Sex:
- male/female
- Basis for effect level:
- clinical biochemistry
- haematology
- histopathology: non-neoplastic
- organ weights and organ / body weight ratios
- water consumption and compound intake
- other: liver enzyme changes
Target system / organ toxicity
open allclose all
- Critical effects observed:
- yes
- Lowest effective dose / conc.:
- 1 000 mg/kg bw/day (nominal)
- System:
- hepatobiliary
- Organ:
- liver
- Treatment related:
- yes
- Dose response relationship:
- yes
- Relevant for humans:
- yes
- Critical effects observed:
- yes
- Lowest effective dose / conc.:
- 1 000 mg/kg bw/day (nominal)
- System:
- urinary
- Organ:
- kidney
- Treatment related:
- yes
- Dose response relationship:
- yes
- Relevant for humans:
- yes
Applicant's summary and conclusion
- Conclusions:
- The small changes in haematological parameters seen in the mid dose group were within historical control ranges and since they were close to the concurrent control values (within 3%) and these themselves were unusually high, changes were not deemed to be an adverse effect.
- Executive summary:
In a well reported 90 day sub-chronic guideline and GLP drinking water study, standard toxicological end points, supplemented by additional examinations, were studied for Fischer 344 rats in doses up to 1000mg/kg. Multiple, albeit mild, effects were seen in the high dose group. The only treatment related effect seen in the mid dose group were equivocal changes (decreases of around 2 -3%) in erythron (RBC count, Hgb and Hct) that were statistically significant to unusually high concurrent controls but within historical control ranges.
This dose level of 250mg/kg/day was therefore considered to be the no adverse effect level.
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