MECHANISTIC STUDIES ON 1,3-BUTADIENE AND RELATED EPOXIDE-FORMING CHEMICALS

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Summary of Work: Inhalation carcinogenicity studies on two structural analogues of 1,3-butadiene, isoprene (2-methyl-1,3-butadiene) and chloroprene (2-chloro-1,3-butadiene), demonstrated multiple-organ carcinogenic effects including several sites that were targets of 1,3-butadiene carcinogenicity. Multiple research approaches have been taken to understand and quantify the effects of epoxide-forming chemicals that contribute to the carcinogenicity of this family of chemicals. Analyses of genetic alterations in ras protooncogenes in neoplasms induced by these chemicals revealed a predominance of A=T transversions at K-ras codon 61. Rate constants of the reactivity of specific epoxides (including the two epoxide intermediates of butadiene metabolism) with DNA and the kinetics of spontaneous release of epoxide-DNA adducts were determined. Using literature data, three PBPK models differing in their degree of anatomical detail were constructed and used to predict uptake of 1,3-bautadiene from closed chambers. Only when blood was distributed among arteries, veins, and tissue capillary beds would the model accurately reproduce the data, suggesting that the common assumption of flow-limited delivery to tissues may not be appropriate for this compound.