PMID- 16171919 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060314 LR - 20171116 IS - 0300-483X (Print) IS - 0300-483X (Linking) VI - 217 IP - 1 DP - 2006 Jan 5 TI - Urinary and amniotic fluid levels of phthalate monoesters in rats after the oral administration of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate and di-n-butyl phthalate. PG - 22-30 AB - Two studies were designed to examine amniotic fluid and maternal urine concentrations of the di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) metabolite mono(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP) and the di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) metabolite monobutyl phthalate (MBP) after administration of DEHP and DBP during pregnancy. In the first study, pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats were administered 0, 11, 33, 100, or 300 mg DEHP/kg/day by oral gavage starting on gestational day (GD) 7. In the second study, DBP was administered by oral gavage to pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats at doses of 0, 100, or 250 mg/kg/day starting on GD 13. Maternal urine and amniotic fluid were collected and analyzed to determine the free and glucuronidated levels of MEHP and MBP. In urine, MEHP and MBP were mostly glucuronidated. By contrast, free MEHP and free MBP predominated in amniotic fluid. Statistically significant correlations were found between maternal DEHP dose and total maternal urinary MEHP (p=0.0117), and between maternal DEHP dose and total amniotic fluid MEHP levels (p=0.0021). Total maternal urinary MEHP and total amniotic fluid MEHP levels were correlated (Pearson correlation coefficient=0.968). Statistically significant differences were found in amniotic MBP levels between animals within the same DBP dose treatment group (p<0.0001) and between animals in different dose treatment groups (p<0.0001). Amniotic fluid MBP levels increased with increasing DBP doses, and high variability in maternal urinary levels of MBP between rats was observed. Although no firm conclusions could be drawn from the urinary MBP data, the MEHP results suggest that maternal urinary MEHP levels may be useful surrogate markers for fetal exposure to DEHP. FAU - Calafat, Antonia M AU - Calafat AM AD - Division of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy., NE, Mailstop F17, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA. ACalafat@cdc.gov FAU - Brock, John W AU - Brock JW FAU - Silva, Manori J AU - Silva MJ FAU - Gray, L Earl Jr AU - Gray LE Jr FAU - Reidy, John A AU - Reidy JA FAU - Barr, Dana B AU - Barr DB FAU - Needham, Larry L AU - Needham LL LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article DEP - 20050919 PL - Ireland TA - Toxicology JT - Toxicology JID - 0361055 RN - 0 (Glucuronides) RN - 0 (Phthalic Acids) RN - 2286E5R2KE (Dibutyl Phthalate) RN - AYI8EX34EU (Creatinine) RN - C42K0PH13C (Diethylhexyl Phthalate) RN - FU2EWB60RT (mono-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate) RN - ZI46LWZ45G (monobutyl phthalate) SB - IM MH - Administration, Oral MH - Amniotic Fluid/*chemistry/drug effects/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Creatinine/urine MH - Dibutyl Phthalate/administration & dosage/metabolism/*pharmacokinetics MH - Diethylhexyl Phthalate/administration & dosage/*analogs & derivatives/metabolism/*pharmacokinetics/urine MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Female MH - Gestational Age MH - Glucuronides/urine MH - Male MH - Phthalic Acids/*urine MH - Pregnancy MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley EDAT- 2005/09/21 09:00 MHDA- 2006/03/15 09:00 CRDT- 2005/09/21 09:00 PHST- 2005/06/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2005/08/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2005/08/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2005/09/21 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/03/15 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/09/21 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0300-483X(05)00378-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.tox.2005.08.013 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Toxicology. 2006 Jan 5;217(1):22-30. doi: 10.1016/j.tox.2005.08.013. Epub 2005 Sep 19.