Toxicity of styrene vapor in hepatocyte monolayers at low oxygen tensions.

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• Alternative Title:
  Environ Health Perspect
• Personal Author:
  Costa, A K ; Trudell, J R
• Description:
  Hepatocyte monolayer cultures were exposed to 6000 ppm styrene vapor at 20%, 2%, or 1% O2 and assayed for signs of cell damage immediately following the 2-hr exposure and then 24 hr later. Oxygen concentrations were used that were previously shown to maximize lipid peroxidation and to predispose hepatocyte monolayers to chemical injury. The use of two time points allowed assessment of acute injury as well as injury that requires several hours to manifest itself. The uptake of styrene into the buffer in the culture dishes was measured by gas chromatography and was found to be 0.49, 0.68, and 0.74 mM at 15, 60, and 120 min, respectively. However, as measured by release of aspartate aminotransferase and inclusion of trypan blue, no toxicity was evident at either time point, irrespective of the oxygen concentration. This study shows that despite the weakening of hepatocyte defense mechanisms by hypoxia, styrene is not acutely toxic to these cells. Furthermore, if any damage to DNA, RNA, or the capability for protein synthesis occurs during exposure to styrene, it is insufficient to cause lysis within 24 hr.
• Subjects:
  Animals Aspartate Aminotransferases Cells, Cultured Cell Survival Chromatography, Gas Drug-Induced Liver Injury In Vitro Techniques Male Oxygen Rats Rats, Inbred F344 Styrenes Trypan Blue

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• Source:
  Environ Health Perspect. 84:209-213.
• Pubmed ID:
  2351122
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC1567641
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  OH 00978/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  84
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f29d99d33eaf91b56be6c963402ee6c07e058fb3f4e05b0062dfb6e7e8e386c8
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