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Toxicological Sciences 2005 86(2):239-247; doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfi196
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Rapid Uptake, Metabolism, and Elimination of Inhaled Sulfuryl Fluoride Fumigant by Rats

A. L. Mendrala*,1, D. A. Markham* and D. L. Eisenbrandt{dagger}

* Toxicology & Environmental Research and Consulting, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan 48674; {dagger} Dow AgroSciences LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268

Received March 17, 2005; accepted May 9, 2005

Sulfuryl fluoride (SO2F2) is a structural fumigant gas used to control drywood termites and wood-boring beetles. The pharmacokinetics and metabolism of inhaled SO2F2 were evaluated in male Fischer-344 rats exposed to 30 or 300 ppm 35S-labeled SO2F2 for 4 h. Blood, urine and feces were collected during and after the exposures and analyzed for radioactivity, 35S-labeled fluorosulfate and sulfate, and fluoride (urine and feces only). Selected tissues were collected 7 days post-exposure and analyzed for radioactivity. During and after unlabeled SO2F2 exposures, blood, brain, and kidney were collected and analyzed for fluoride ion. SO2F2 was rapidly absorbed, achieving maximum concentrations of radioactivity in both plasma and red blood cells (RBC) near the end of the 4-h exposure period. Radioactivity was rapidly excreted, mostly via the urine. Seven days post-exposure, small amounts of radioactivity were distributed among several tissues, with the highest concentration detected in respiratory tissues. Radioactivity associated with the RBC remained elevated 7 days post-exposure, and highly perfused tissues had higher levels of radioactivity than other non-respiratory tissues. Radioactivity cleared from plasma and RBC with initial half-lives of 2.5 h after 30 ppm and 1–2.5 h after 300 ppm exposures. The terminal half-life of radioactivity was 2.5-fold longer in RBC than plasma. Based on the radiochemical profiles, there was no evidence of parent 35SO2F2 in blood. Identification of fluorosulfate and sulfate in blood and urine suggests that SO2F2 is hydrolyzed to fluorosulfate, with release of fluoride, followed by further hydrolysis to sulfate and release of the remaining fluoride.

Key Words: sulfuryl fluoride; fluorosulfate; fluoride; inhalation; rat.


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