A chronic toxicity study of diphenylarsinic acid in the drinking water of C57BL/6J mice for 52 weeks

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  • Yamaguchi Takashi
    Department of Molecular Pathology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
  • Gi Min
    Department of Molecular Pathology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
  • Fujioka Masaki
    Department of Molecular Pathology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
  • Tago Yoshiyuki
    Department of Molecular Pathology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
  • Kakehashi Anna
    Department of Molecular Pathology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
  • Wanibuchi Hideki
    Department of Molecular Pathology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan

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<p> Diphenylarsinic acid (DPAA), a neurotoxic organic arsenical, is present in the groundwater and soil in some regions of Japan due to illegal dumping. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the potential toxicity of DPAA when administered to mice in their drinking water for 52 weeks. DPAA was administered to mice at concentrations of 0, 6.25, 12.5, and 25 ppm in their drinking water for 52 weeks. There were no significant differences in final body weights between the control groups and the DPAA treatment groups in male or female mice. Relative liver weights were significantly increased in males treated with 25 ppm DPAA, and absolute liver weights were significantly decreased in female mice treated with 25 ppm DPAA. In female mice, cholangitis and simple bile duct hyperplasia were observed in the 12.5 and 25 ppm DPAA groups, and focal necrosis of hepatocytes was observed in the 25 ppm DPAA group. Proteomic analysis and Ingenuity Pathway Analysis identified 18 proteins related to hepatotoxicity that were overexpressed in the female 25 ppm group. The phase I metabolic enzyme CYP2E1 was one of these overexpressed proteins. Immunostaining confirmed high expression of CYP2E1 in the livers of females in the 25 ppm group. These results suggest that DPAA is toxic to the intrahepatic bile duct epithelium and hepatocytes in female mice and that CYP2E1 might be involved in DPAA-associated toxicity. The no-observed-adverse-effect levels of DPAA were 12.5 ppm (1.6 mg/kg bw/day) for males and 6.25 ppm (1.1 mg/kg bw/day) for females under the conditions of this study.</p>

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