| Main Title |
Fenthion Produces a Persistent Decrease in Muscarinic Receptor Function in the Adult Rat Retina. |
| Author |
Tandon, P. ;
Padilla, S. ;
Barone, S. ;
Pope, C. N. ;
Tilson, H. A. ;
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| CORP Author |
North Carolina Univ. at Chapel Hill. Center for Environmental Medicine and Lung Biology. ;ManTech Environmental Technology, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC. ;Northeast Louisiana Univ., Monroe. School of Pharmacy.;Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC. Neurotoxicology Div. |
| Publisher |
cApr 94 |
| Year Published |
1994 |
| Report Number |
EPA-68-D2-0056, EPA-817643-01-0; EPA/600/J-94/518; |
| Stock Number |
PB95-148805 |
| Additional Subjects |
Fenthion ;
Pesticides ;
Muscarinic receptors ;
Retina ;
Toxicity ;
Rats ;
Cholinesterases ;
Cholinesterase inhibitors ;
Signal transduction ;
Inositol phosphates ;
Phospholipids ;
Quinuclidinyl benzilate ;
Immunohistochemistry ;
Glial fibrillary acidic protein ;
Reprints ;
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
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Last
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| NTIS |
PB95-148805 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
12p |
| Abstract |
Several reports have suggested that exposure to organophosphate pesticides damages the visual system. The prolonged effects of an acute dose of fenthion (dimethyl 3-methyl-4-methylthiophenyl phosphorothionate) were studied on the cholinergic system of the rat retina. Fenthion was administered in a single dose of 0 or 100 mg/kg (sc, in corn oil) to adult, male, Long-Evans rats. The animals were killed 4, 14, or 56 days after treatment and cholinesterase (ChE) activity as well as muscarinic receptor (mChR) function measured in the retina and frontal cortex. Fenthion produced 89% inhibition of ChE activity in both tissues at 4 days, and, although there was recovery, slight (15%) inhibition of the enzyme activity was still observed at 56 days in both tissues. A long-lasting decrease in carbachol-stimulated inositolphosphate (IP) release was observed following fenthion treatment in the retina: IP release was depressed at 4 days and this depression persisted up to 56 days after dosing. The density of mChR in the retina as well as in the cortex was decreased by 14-20% at 4 days and returned to control levels by 56 days. (Copyright (c) 1994 by Academic Press, Inc.) |
| Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, v125 n2 p271-280 Apr 94. Prepared in cooperation with ManTech Environmental Technology, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC. and Northeast Louisiana Univ., Monroe. School of Pharmacy. Sponsored by Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC. Neurotoxicology Div. |
| NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
| Title Annotations |
Reprint: Fenthion Produces a Persistent Decrease in Muscarinic Receptor Function in the Adult Rat Retina. |
| Category Codes |
57Y; 57B; 68E |
| NTIS Prices |
PC A03/MF A01 |
| Primary Description |
600/10 |
| Document Type |
NT |
| Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
| Control Number |
503415299 |
| Origin |
NTIS |
| Type |
CAT |
