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TOXICOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 217, Issue 1, Pages 14-22Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2012.11.026
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Chlorpyrifos; Chlorpyrifos-oxon; Embryonic stem cell; Differentiation; Risk assessment
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The effects of organophosphate insecticide chlorpyrifos (CPF) on development are currently under discussion. CPF and its metabolites, chlorpyrifos-oxon (CPO) and 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol (TClP), were more cytotoxic for D3 mouse embryonic stem cells than for differentiated fibroblasts 3T3 cells. Exposure to 10 mu M CPF and TClP and 100 mu M CPO for 12 h significantly altered the in vitro expression of biomarkers of differentiation in D3 cells. Similarly, exposure to 20 mu M CPF and 25 mu M CPO and TClP for 3 days also altered the expression of the biomarkers in the same model. These exposures caused no significant reduction in D3 viability with mild inhibition of acetylcholinesterase and neuropathy target esterase by CPF and severe inhibition by CPO. We conclude that certain in vivo exposure scenarios are possible, which cause inhibition of acetylcholinesterase but without clinical symptoms that reach high enough systemic CPF concentrations able to alter the expression of genes involved in cellular differentiation with potentially hazard effects on development. Conversely, the risk for embryotoxicity by CPO and TClP was very low because the required exposure would induce severe cholinergic syndrome. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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