monomethyl ether/atrophy

Inhalation exposure to 300 ppm ethylene glycol monomethyl ether (EGME) for 3 days produced degenerative changes in spermatocytes of pachytene and meiotic division at spermatogenic stage XIV in rats. However, a wide range of germ cell types including spermatogonia was affected and the stage-specific

BACKGROUND This study was conducted as part of an ILSI-HESIconsortium effort to assess the utility of circulating inhibin B as an early biomarker of testicular toxicity in rats. METHODS Two known testicular toxicants were selected for use in this study: ethylene glycol monomethyl ether (EGME) and

Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether (EGME), which is extensively used in the chemical industries, has been associated with hematologic disorders in both humans and experimental animals. EGME is metabolized to the active compound methoxy-acetic acid (MAA), which readily crosses the placenta and impairs

Exposure to glycol ethers has been associated with adverse effects in laboratory animals including thymus atrophy and mild leukopenia. These effects may involve depletion of immunoresponsive cells. This study examined possible alterations in immune function and host resistance of B6C3F1 mice

Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether (EGME) has been found to produce testicular atrophy in experimental rodents. The studies that follow were designed to determine the testicular cell type(s) most susceptible to EGME administration. For histologic studies, F344 rats were gavaged with 150 mg/kg/day of

As part of a collaborative project to determine the minimum administration period to detect compound effects on male reproductive organs in Sprague-Dawley (Crj:CD(SD)) male rats, 6- and 8-week-old rats were administered ethylene glycol monomethyl ether (EGME) daily at 100 and 200 mg/kg/day for 2

The effects of a single inhalation exposure to the rat of the saturated vapours derived from four ethylene glycol monoalkyl ethers have been investigated. No effects on the testis were observed following exposure to ethylene glycol isopropyl ether (EG ISOPE) and ethylene glycol butyl ether (EGBE),

Ethylene Glycol (EG) or Ethylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether (EGMME) was administered by gavage to both sexes of B6C3F1 mice for 4 consecutive days at total doses of 200, 400, and 1000 mg/kg body weight. Bone marrow parameters were examined on days 1, 5, and 14 after the final treatment. Exposure to EG

Human exposures to ethylene glycol monomethyl ether have been associated with hematological and neurological abnormalities. Recent animal toxicology studies have also reported testicular atrophy. To determine whether employees potentially exposed to ethylene glycol monomethyl ether during

To clarify the molecular mechanism of ethylene glycol monomethyl ether (EGME)-induced testicular toxicity, the potential for EGME-related changes in transcript levels of genes including spermatocyte-specific genes was evaluated in the testis of rats given single dosing of EGME at 200, 600, or 2000

This study evaluated propylene glycol monomethyl ether (PGME) in a rat 2-generation reproduction study, which included non-traditional study end points, such as sperm count and motility, developmental landmarks, estrous cyclicity, and weanling organ weights. Groups of 30 male and 30 female

Kinase activities were previously proposed to be central to germ cell apoptosis induced by ethylene glycol monomethyl ether (EGME) and its active metabolite methoxyacetic acid (MAA). We evaluated the role of tyrosine kinase pp60(c-src) in control and EGME-treated adult rat testis in vivo, as well as

A series of inhalation studies with propylene glycol monomethyl ether (PGME) vapor were undertaken to characterize its subchronic toxicity in mice and chronic toxicity/oncogenicity in rats and mice. Groups of male and female Fischer 344 rats and B6C3F1 mice were exposed to 0, 300, 1,000, or 3,000

A study was carried out to evaluate the effect of heat treatment on the stability of alternariol (AOH), alternariol monomethyl ether (AME) and tenuazonic acid (TeA) in sunflower flour and the effectiveness of this treatment by a biological assay in rats. The concentrations of AOH and AME remained

This study was designed to provide a rapid assessment of the effect of two glycol ethers on some aspects of reproduction in the rat. Exposure was by inhalation at 100 and 300 ppm (EGME) and 200 and 600 ppm (PGME) for 6 hr/day. The study was in two parts: (a) Pregnant females were exposed on Days 6