Immunotoxicity of bis(tri-n-butyltin)oxide in the rat: effects on thymus-dependent immunity and on nonspecific resistance following long-term exposure in young versus aged rats

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
J G VosJ Rozing

Abstract

To investigate whether immune function suppression observed in an earlier study after short-term bis(tri-n-butyltin)oxide (TBTO) exposure also occurred after long-term treatment, function studies for specific and nonspecific resistance were performed after exposure of weaned male rats to diets containing 0, 0.5, 5, or 50 mg TBTO/kg for 4-6 and 15-17 months. Treatment for 4.5 months had no effect on body weight but reduced thymus weight at 50 mg/kg. Regarding the thymus-dependent immunity, delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions to ovalbumin and tuberculin were not depressed, in contrast to the results of the short-term study. The resistance to the nematode Trichinella spiralis was dose-relatedly suppressed at the 5 and 50 mg/kg levels, in both experiments (5.5 and 16.5 months exposure), as shown by increased counts of muscle larvae and depressed serum IgE titers. Also the inflammatory reaction around cysts in parasitized musculature was reduced. No significant reduction was found in IgM and IgG titers to T. spiralis, ovalbumin, and sheep red blood cells as determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. TBTO exposure at 50 mg/kg for 4.5 months significantly reduced thymus weight, but the response of thymocytes to T-cell mitoge...Continue Reading

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