Evaluation of the developmental toxicity of leucomalachite green administered orally to rats. 2011

Hongping Wan, and Shaoping Weng, and Lizhen Liang, and Qihua Lu, and Jianguo He
MOE Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Safety/State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 135 Xingang Road West, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China.

Malachite green (MG) had been extensively used worldwide in the past few decades as an effective fungicide, bactericide, ectoparasiticide, and antiprotozoan on fish. It is rapidly and extensively metabolized to leucomalachite green (LMG) in fishes. To study the developmental toxicity of LMG, we evaluated the maternal and embryo/fetal effects of LMG orally administered to Sprague-Dawley rats once daily from day 6-15 of gestation at dose levels of 0, 10, 80, and 160 mg/kg/day. In the current investigation, the unmetabolized compound (LMG) was detected in the plasma of the dams treated with LMG and in the amniotic fluid. At dose levels of 80 and 160 mg/kg/day, LMG induced maternal toxicity, which consisted of severe reduction in maternal weight and food consumption during the treatment period. Doses of 80 and 160 mg/kg/day induced fetal skeletal abnormalities. The major skeletal defects were bipartite ossification of the thoracic centrum. LMG at 160 mg/kg/day also induced marked embryolethality and visceral abnormalities. Based on the results of this study, a dose level of 10mg/kg/day is considered the no-observed-adverse-effect-level (NOAEL) for maternal and fetal developmental toxicity in rats.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D001846 Bone Development The growth and development of bones from fetus to adult. It includes two principal mechanisms of bone growth: growth in length of long bones at the epiphyseal cartilages and growth in thickness by depositing new bone (OSTEOGENESIS) with the actions of OSTEOBLASTS and OSTEOCLASTS. Bone Growth
D004305 Dose-Response Relationship, Drug The relationship between the dose of an administered drug and the response of the organism to the drug. Dose Response Relationship, Drug,Dose-Response Relationships, Drug,Drug Dose-Response Relationship,Drug Dose-Response Relationships,Relationship, Drug Dose-Response,Relationships, Drug Dose-Response
D005260 Female Females
D005333 Fetus The unborn young of a viviparous mammal, in the postembryonic period, after the major structures have been outlined. In humans, the unborn young from the end of the eighth week after CONCEPTION until BIRTH, as distinguished from the earlier EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN. Fetal Structures,Fetal Tissue,Fetuses,Mummified Fetus,Retained Fetus,Fetal Structure,Fetal Tissues,Fetus, Mummified,Fetus, Retained,Structure, Fetal,Structures, Fetal,Tissue, Fetal,Tissues, Fetal
D000014 Abnormalities, Drug-Induced Congenital abnormalities caused by medicinal substances or drugs of abuse given to or taken by the mother, or to which she is inadvertently exposed during the manufacture of such substances. The concept excludes abnormalities resulting from exposure to non-medicinal chemicals in the environment. Drug-Induced Abnormalities,Abnormalities, Drug Induced,Abnormality, Drug-Induced,Drug Induced Abnormalities,Drug-Induced Abnormality
D000284 Administration, Oral The giving of drugs, chemicals, or other substances by mouth. Drug Administration, Oral,Administration, Oral Drug,Oral Administration,Oral Drug Administration,Administrations, Oral,Administrations, Oral Drug,Drug Administrations, Oral,Oral Administrations,Oral Drug Administrations
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012394 Rosaniline Dyes Compounds that contain the triphenylmethane aniline structure found in rosaniline. Many of them have a characteristic magenta color and are used as COLORING AGENTS. Fuchsins,Magentas,Fuchsin,Triphenylmethane Aniline Compounds,Aniline Compounds, Triphenylmethane,Compounds, Triphenylmethane Aniline,Dyes, Rosaniline

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