| Title: | The cytotoxicity of some organic solvents on isolated hepatocytes in monolayer culture |
| Author(s): | Zapor L; Skowron J; Golofit-Szymczak M; |
| Address: | "Department of Chemical and Aerosol Hazards, Central Institute for Labour Protection, Warsaw, Poland. lizap@ciop.pl" |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10803548.2002.11076520 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1080-3548 (Print) 1080-3548 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The cytotoxic effects of volatile and water-insoluble organic solvents (ethylbenzene, tetrachloroethylene, n-hexane) were tested on isolated hepatocytes in monolayer culture by using the 3-(4,5 dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5 diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) reduction assay. All of the tested compounds inhibited metabolic activity of hepatocytes and this effect depended on the concentration of solvents in the incubatory medium. The presence of fetal calf serum in the medium did not change the cytotoxicity of xenobiotics. IC50 values calculated on the basis of the MTT assay indicated that ethylbenzene was more cytotoxic than tetrachloroethylene and n-hexane. Using hepatocyte monolayer culture and the MTT assay to assess cytotoxicity of organic solvents causes many technical problems. It seems that it cannot be used as a rapid, cheap, and credible method" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Benzene Derivatives/*toxicity Cell Death Cell Survival Cells, Cultured Hepatocytes/*drug effects Hexanes/pharmacology/*toxicity Male Rats Rats, Wistar Sensitivity and Specificity Solvents/pharmacology/*toxicity Tetrachloroethylene/pharmacology/*to;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineZapor, Lidia Skowron, Jolanta Golofit-Szymczak, Malgorzata eng Comparative Study Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2002/03/16 Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2002; 8(1):121-9. doi: 10.1080/10803548.2002.11076520" |
