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JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
卷 53, 期 3, 页码 234-239出版社
JAPAN SOC OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
DOI: 10.1539/joh.10-0053-BR
关键词
Indium oxide; Indium-tin oxide; Inhalation; Lung; Mouse; Toxicity
资金
- JX Nippon Mining & Metals, Corp. (former Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.)
Pulmonary Toxicity in Mice by 2- and 13-week Inhalation Exposures to Indium-tin Oxide and Indium Oxide Aerosols: Kasuke NAGANO, et al., Japan Bioassay Research Center, Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association Objectives: Inhalation toxicities of indium-tin oxide (ITO) and indium oxide (10) in mice were characterized in comparison with those previously reported in rats. Methods: B6C3F(1) mice of both sexes were exposed by inhalation to ITO or 10 aerosol for 6 h/day, 5 day/wk for 2 wk at 0, 0.1, 1, 10 or 100 mg/m(3) or 13 wk at 0, 0.1 or 1 mg/m(3). Results: ITO and 10 particles were deposited in the lung, mediastinal lymph node (MLN) and nasal-associated lymphoid tissue. Alveolar proteinosis, infiltrations of alveolar macrophages and inflammatory cells and increased lung weight were induced by 2- and 13-week exposures to ITO and 10, while alveolar epithelial hyperplasia occurred only in the 2-week exposures. Thickened pleural wall, hyperplastic MLN, extramedullary hematopoiesis in the spleen and increased levels of erythrocyte parameters were induced by 13-week exposure to ITO. The ITO- and IO-induced pulmonary lesions were milder in mice than those previously reported in rats, and the fibrotic lesions were different between these two species. Indium levels in the lung and pooled blood were analyzed in the mice exposed to ITO and 10 for 13 wk. In the 13-week inhalation exposure of mice to ITO, alveolar proteinosis and significantly increased lung weight were induced at the same exposure concentration as the current threshold limit value for indium and its compounds. (J Occup Health 2011; 53: 234-238)
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