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Dose-Dependent Metabolism of Benzene in Hamsters, Rats, and Mice

James M. Mathews*, Amy S. Etheridge* and H. B. Matthews{dagger}

*Center for Bioorganic Chemistry. Research Triangle Institute P.O. Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 {dagger}National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709

Received December 23, 1997; accepted April 10, 1998

The disposition of oral doses of [14C]benzene was investigated using a range of doses that included lower levels (0.02 and 0.1 mg/kg) than have been studied previously in rat, mouse, and in hamster, a species which has not been previously examined for its capacity to metabolize benzene. Saturation of metabolism of benzene was apparent as the dose increased, and a considerable percentage of the highest doses (100 mg/kg) was exhaled unchanged. Most of the remainder of the radioactivity was excreted as metabolites in urine, and significant metabolite-specific changes occurred as a function of dose and species. Phenyl sulfate was the predominant metabolite in rat urine at all dose levels (64–73%) of urinary radioactivity), followed by prephenylmercapturic acid (10–11%). Phenyl sulfate (24–32%) and hydroquinone glucuronide (27–29%) were the predominant metabolites formed by mice. Mice produced considerably more muconic add (15%), which is derived from the toxic metabolite muconaldehyde, than did rats (7%) at a dose of 0.1 mg/kg. Unlike both rats and mice, hydroquinone glucuronide (24–29%) and muconic acid (19–31%) were the primary urinary metabolites formed by hamsters. Two metabolites not previously detected in the urine of rats or mice after single doses, 1,2,4-trihydroxybenzene and catechol sulfate, were found in hamster urine. These data indicate that hamsters metabolize benzene to more highly oxidized, toxic products than do rats or mice.


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