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Marihuana-Induced Embryotoxicity in the Rabbit1

HARRIS ROSENKRANTZ, R. JEFFREY GRANT, ROBERT W. FLEISCHMAN and JOHN R. BAKER

Department of Biochemical Pharmacology, EG&G Mason Research Institute Worcester, Massachusetts 01608

Marihuana-Induced Embryotoxicity in the Rabbit. ROSENKRANTZ, H., GRANT, R. J., FLEISCHMAN, R. W., AND BAKER, J. R. (1986). Fundam. Appl. Toxicol. 7,236-243. Few teratogenic studies in animals have been performed simulating marihuana smoking in man. An inhalation marihuana teratology study was conducted in albino rabbits utilizing a modified automatic smoking machine originally developed for rats and mice. Appropriate numbers of dams were exposed to 4 puffs (0.14 mg/kg), 8 puffs (0.72 mg/kg), or 16 puffs (1.44 mgkg) once daily during gestation Days 6 to 18, and sacrificed on Day 28. Control dams were /exposed to 12 puffs of placebo cigarettes or sham-treated for a similar duration in the absence of any smoke. Consistency of smoke was monitored by cigarette weights, total paniculate matter, concentrations of carbon monoxide (CO), and tetrahydrocannibinol (THC) in smoke, carboxyhemoglobin levels, and plasma THC levels. Except for a transient decrease in dam respiration rates, other gross toxic signs were absent. Reproductive parameters of mothers were generally normal except for a dose-related embryotoxicity predominantly associated with early resorptions. Despite twice the number of embryo/fetal deaths, there were no marihuana soft tissue or skeletal defects. A correlation between dam demises and CO levels among placebo-exposed animals was related to greater quantities of CO being generated during placebo combustion. It has been shown in the rabbit that marihuana is embryotoxic and not a teratogen at plasma THC levels found in human females.


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