Ethylene (ET) is metabolized to the mutagenic and carcinogenic ethylene oxide (EO). ET however, was neither mutagenic nor carcinogenic in classical tests. In order to estimate its carcinogenic risk based on EO data, a physiological toxicokinetic (PT) model is required. Because important toxicokinetic data are missing, the toxicokinetics of the EO formation from ET, mediated by the cytochrome P450-dependent monooxygenase CYP2E1, were investigated in subcellular fractions of livers from B6C3F1 mice, F344 rats, and human donors or of lungs from mice and rats. Suicide inhibition of CYP2E1 by ET was quantified using a new kinetic procedure. Also quantitatively investigated was the relevance of epoxide hydrolase and glutathione S-transferase on the metabolic elimination of EO. The obtained toxicokinetic parameters will be used to validate the PT model for ET and EO.
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Ethylene (ET) is metabolized to the mutagenic and carcinogenic ethylene oxide (EO). ET however, was neither mutagenic nor carcinogenic in classical tests. In order to estimate its carcinogenic risk based on EO data, a physiological toxicokinetic (PT) model is required. Because important toxicokinetic data are missing, the toxicokinetics of the EO formation from ET, mediated by the cytochrome P450-dependent monooxygenase CYP2E1, were investigated in subcellular fractions of livers from B6C3F1 mic...
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