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An Interlaboratory Evaluation of Five Pairs of Teratogens and Non-teratogens in Post-implantation Rat Embryo Culture

An Interlaboratory Evaluation of Five Pairs of Teratogens and Non-teratogens in Post-implantation... The usefulness of the post-implantation rat embryo culture method in screening xenobiotic compounds for developmental toxicity was validated in four laboratories with five pairs of compounds. This approach was chosen to provide information on the interlaboratory reproducibility of the results and to compare the effects of chemical analogues in embryo culture. By testing analogous compounds which are known to have different embryotoxic potencies in vivo, the discriminating power of the embryo culture method for the compound classes under study could be optimally assessed. The classes selected for testing were triazole antifungals, phthalic ester metabolites, substituted pyridines, sulphonamides and methylated xanthines. In summary, it was possible to distinguish between the compounds in three of the pairs, it was not possible to discriminate between the compounds of one pair, and it was possible to discriminate between the compounds of the other pair at two out of the four laboratories. The embryo culture results generally show a good correspondence with the embryotoxic properties of the compounds tested in vivo, although the embryo culture method appeared to be able to discriminate between only some of the pairs of chemical analogues. Some discrepancies may have arisen among the laboratories, because of methodological differences. These results suggest that the post-implantation rat embryo culture method may be a useful tool for screening xenobiotics within classes of compounds known to interfere with embryogenesis during the period of development represented in culture. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Alternatives to Laboratory Animals SAGE

An Interlaboratory Evaluation of Five Pairs of Teratogens and Non-teratogens in Post-implantation Rat Embryo Culture

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SAGE
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© 1996 Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments
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0261-1929
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2632-3559
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10.1177/026119299602400211
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Abstract

The usefulness of the post-implantation rat embryo culture method in screening xenobiotic compounds for developmental toxicity was validated in four laboratories with five pairs of compounds. This approach was chosen to provide information on the interlaboratory reproducibility of the results and to compare the effects of chemical analogues in embryo culture. By testing analogous compounds which are known to have different embryotoxic potencies in vivo, the discriminating power of the embryo culture method for the compound classes under study could be optimally assessed. The classes selected for testing were triazole antifungals, phthalic ester metabolites, substituted pyridines, sulphonamides and methylated xanthines. In summary, it was possible to distinguish between the compounds in three of the pairs, it was not possible to discriminate between the compounds of one pair, and it was possible to discriminate between the compounds of the other pair at two out of the four laboratories. The embryo culture results generally show a good correspondence with the embryotoxic properties of the compounds tested in vivo, although the embryo culture method appeared to be able to discriminate between only some of the pairs of chemical analogues. Some discrepancies may have arisen among the laboratories, because of methodological differences. These results suggest that the post-implantation rat embryo culture method may be a useful tool for screening xenobiotics within classes of compounds known to interfere with embryogenesis during the period of development represented in culture.

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Published: Mar 1, 1996

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