| Main Title |
Myelin Basic Protein-mRNA Used to Monitor Trimethyltin Neurotoxicity in Rats. |
| Author |
Veronesi, B. ;
Pringle, J. ;
Mezei., C. ;
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| CORP Author |
Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC. ;Dalhousie Univ., Halifax (Nova Scotia). Dept. of Biochemistry. |
| Publisher |
c1991 |
| Year Published |
1991 |
| Report Number |
EPA/600/J-91/159; |
| Stock Number |
PB91-231274 |
| Additional Subjects |
Encephalitogenic basic proteins ;
Messenger RNA ;
Trimethyltin ;
Toxicity ;
Brain ;
Histology ;
RNA probes ;
Nerve cells ;
Nucleic acid hybridization ;
Northern blotting ;
Hippocampus ;
Pathology ;
Biochemistry ;
Reprints ;
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| Holdings |
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| NTIS |
PB91-231274 |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
11p |
| Abstract |
Trimethyltin (TMT) is an alkyltin that targets neurons of the limbic system. A gene probe (i.e., mRNA) for myelin basic protein (MBP), a major component of central nervous system myelin, was used to monitor this toxic neuropathy in Sprague-Dawley rats. Animals were administered a single intraperitoneal injection of TMT-hydroxide at a neuropathic (8.0 mg/kg/body wt) or nonneuropathic (0.8 mg/kg/body wt) dose and sampled at 1, 3, or 7 days postexposure to correlate the progression of hippocampal neuropathology with probe (i.e., MBP-mRNA) levels. Microscopic examination of the brain showed only moderate but progressive damage over the 7-day postexposure period in animals treated with the neuropathic dose. Neuronal loss was first observed in the dendate gyrus and CA4 at 1 day postexposure, and progressed to the CA3c sector at 3 and 7 days postexposure. Elsewhere in the brain, minimal involvement of the entorhinal cortex neurons occurred 3 days postexposure and intensified by 7 days. No histological damage was seen at the nonneuropathic (0.8 mg/kg) dose. (Copyright (c) 1991 by Academic Press, Inc.) |
| Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, v108 n3 p428-435 May 91. Portions of this document are not fully legible. Prepared in cooperation with Dalhousie Univ., Halifax (Nova Scotia). Dept. of Biochemistry. |
| NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
| Title Annotations |
Reprint: Myelin Basic Protein-mRNA Used to Monitor Trimethyltin Neurotoxicity in Rats. |
| Category Codes |
57Y; 68G |
| NTIS Prices |
PC A03/MF A01 |
| Primary Description |
600/10 |
| Document Type |
NT |
| Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
| Control Number |
128229521 |
| Origin |
NTIS |
| Type |
CAT |
