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Trichloroacetic acid: studies on uptake and effects on hepatic DNA and liver growth in mouse

J.A. Styles, I. Wyatt and C. Coutts

Imperial Chemical Industries plc, Central Toxicology Laboratory Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TJ, UK

Trichloroacetic acid (TCA) was tested in mice for its ability to cause single-strand breaks (SSBs) in hepatic DNA in the presence and absence of liver growth induction. Male B6C3F1 mice were given 1, 2 or 3 daily doses of TCA (500 mg/kg p.o.) as a neutralized solution (sodium salt) and killed 1 h after the final dose. Some mice were given a single dose of TCA (500 mg/kg p.o.) as the acid or as a neutralized solution and killed 24 h after. liver nuclei were prepared and the induction of DNA SSBs assayed. TCA gave no significant response. Absorption and distribution studies were conducted with radiolabelled trichloro[2-14C]acetic acid, which was administered by gavage (500 mg/kg) as aqueous free acid, neutral aqueous solution (sodium salt) or free acid in corn oil. The absorption and distribution of TCA was similar in all cases: the chemical was absorbed rapidly after dosing, maximum plasma and liver concentrations of free radiolabel being achieved in < 1 h. Within the first 4 h following dosing there was no evidence of binding to DNA or other macromolecules in plasma and very little ‘covalent’ binding was detected in liver, indicating that at times when maximum DNA single-strand breakage has been reported there was no significant binding to liver cells. Studies on liver growth parameters (hyperplasia and peroxisome proliferation) with TCA revealed that the chemical induced small but significant increases in both parameters. No SSB induction was detected in association with either liver growth phenomenon elicited by TCA. We have thus found no evidence that TCA causes SSBs in the hepatic DNA of treated mice, in contrast to previous observations by other investigators.


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