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FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY
Volume 48, Issue 10, Pages 2898-2906Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.07.024
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Melamine; Cyanuric acid; Kidney; Crystal; No observable adverse effect level; Fish
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We evaluated renal melamine-cyanurate crystal spherulite formation after single and repeated ingestion of both melamine (MEL) and cyanuric acid (CYA) in catfish and trout. MEL and CYA were co-administered orally over a range of doses, 0.1-20 mg/kg body weight (bw) of each compound, either once or repeatedly for 4, 14 or 28 days (d). In catfish, the No Observable Adverse Effects Levels (NOAELs) for crystal formation for single, 4 d or 14 d dosing were 10, 2.5 and 0.5 mg/kg bw, respectively. In trout, the respective NOAELs were 2.5, 2.5 and 0.5 mg/kg bw. No renal crystals formed in catfish fed 0.1 mg/kg bw of each compound for 28 d. Sequential administration of 20 mg/kg bw of MEL followed by 20 mg/kg bw of CYA or vise-versa, with waiting periods of 1, 3, 7, 14 or 21 d between compound dosing also induced renal crystal formation in fish. These studies show that both catfish and trout are sensitive, non-mammalian models, for renal crystal formation following MEL and CYA ingestion. Since fish generally excrete chemicals more slowly than mammals, they may provide a worst case scenario model for higher risk populations, such as infants or persons with compromised renal function. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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