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Toxicological Sciences 66, 226-232 (2002)
Copyright © 2002 by the Society of Toxicology

IMMUNOTOXICOLOGY

Ranking of Allergenic Potency of Rubber Chemicals in a Modified Local Lymph Node Assay

Wim H. De Jong,1, François M. M. Van Och, Constance F. Den Hartog Jager, Sander W. Spiekstra, W. Slob, Rob J. Vandebriel and Henk Van Loveren

Laboratory for Pathology and Immunobiology, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, RIVM, P.O.Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands

A modified local lymph node assay (LLNA) with ex vivo tritium thymidine (3H-TdR) labeling of the proliferating lymph node cells was used for determination of the allergenic potency of chemicals used in the production of rubber for latex medical gloves. Fifteen chemicals known to induce contact hypersensitivity reactions in man, including various thiuram, carbamate, and benzothiazole compounds, and one amine were tested. The EC3 (effective concentration inducing a 3-fold increase in proliferation of lymph node cells [Stimulation Index, SI = 3]) was calculated with nonlinear regression analysis, including a bootstrap method for determination of the 5–95% confidence interval of the EC3 value. This procedure identified 14 out of the 15 chemicals tested as sensitizers, while for one chemical, ZDBC, no EC3 could be calculated due to low responses and a lack of a dose-response relationship in the data obtained. The ranking order of the chemicals with increasing EC3 values (and thus decreasing allergenic potency) was found to be in the following order: ZDEC < TMTD < TETD < ZPC < ZDMC < MBTS < PTD < TMTM < MBT < MBI < PTT < ZMBT < TBTD < DEA < ZDBC. Our results indicate that the chemicals of choice for use in the production of natural rubber latex products would be for the thiuram compounds, TBTD; for the carbamates, ZDBC; and for the benzothiazoles, ZMBT. However, one has to be aware that besides potency, the total amount of residual chemical present in the final product is also important for allergy induction.

Key Words: allergy; latex; chemicals; LLNA.


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