Inhibition of the acute toxicity of methyl chloride in male B6C3F1 mice by glutathione depletion

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
G J ChellmanJ S Bus

Abstract

Previous data have demonstrated that methyl chloride (MeCl) is toxic to B6C3F1 mice under both acute and chronic exposure conditions, and that conjugation of MeCl with glutathione (GSH) is a key step in the metabolism of MeCl. This study examined the role of GSH in mediating the acute toxicity of MeCl to liver, kidney, and brain of male B6C3F1 mice. The lethal effects of a single 6-hr inhalation exposure of B6C3F1 males to 2500 ppm MeCl were completely prevented by pretreatment with the GSH synthesis inhibitor, L-buthionine-S,R-sulfoximine (4 mmol L-BSO/kg, ip 1.5 hr prior to MeCl exposure). GSH levels (measured as nonprotein sulfhydryl) in liver and kidney were depleted to 19 and 25% of control values, respectively, at the start of the exposure; the ratio of dead/exposed mice during the 18-hr postexposure declined from 14/15 mice to 0/10. Also, the LC50 for MeCl increased from 2200 to 3200 ppm in male mice pretreated with BSO. The hepatic toxicity of MeCl was detected by increased alanine aminotransferase (ALT) activities in serum 18 hr after a 6-hr exposure to 1500 ppm MeCl (2147 +/- 1327 IU/liter vs 46 +/- 6 in controls). Liver toxicity was inhibited when B6C3F1 males were depleted of GSH prior to MeCl exposure by BSO pretre...Continue Reading

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