Title
Differential susceptibility of rats and guinea pigs to the ototoxic effects of ethyl benzene
Author
Cappaert, N.L.M.
Klis, S.F.L.
Muijser, H.
Kulig, B.M.
Ravensberg, L.C.
Smoorenburg, G.F.
Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO
Publication year
2002
Abstract
The present study was designed to compare the ototoxic effects of volatile ethyl benzene in guinea pigs and rats. Rats showed deteriorated auditory thresholds in the mid-frequency range, based on electrocochleography, after 550-ppm ethyl benzene (8 h/day, 5 days). Outer hair cell (OHC) loss was found in the corresponding cochlear regions. In contrast, guinea pigs showed no threshold shifts and no OHC loss after exposure to much higher ethyl benzene levels (2500 ppm, 6 h/day, 5 days). Subsequently, a limited study (four rats and four guinea pigs) was performed in an attempt to understand these differences in susceptibility. Ethyl benzene concentration in blood was determined in both species after exposure to 500-ppm ethyl benzene (8 h/day, 3 days). At the end of the first day, blood of the rats contained 23.2±0.8-μg/ml ethyl benzene, whereas the concentration in guinea pig blood was 2.8±0.1 μg/ml. After 3 days, the concentration in both species decreased with respect to the first day, but the ethyl benzene concentration in rat blood was still 4.3 times higher than that in guinea pig blood. Thus, the difference in susceptibility between the species may be related to the ethyl benzene concentration in blood. © 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved. Chemicals/CAS: Benzene Derivatives; ethylbenzene, 100-41-4
Subject
Nutrition
Acoustic Stimulation
Animal
Audiometry, Evoked Response
Benzene Derivatives
Chromatography, Gas
Cochlea
Comparative Study
Evoked Potentials, Auditory
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Guinea Pigs
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Species Specificity
Animals
Cavia
Cavia porcellus
Sus scrofa
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0892-0362(02)00208-8
TNO identifier
42378
ISSN
0892-0362
Source
Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 24 (4), 503-510
Document type
article