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- Title
Mechanistic Insights from the NTP Studies of Chromium.
- Authors
Witt, Kristine L.; Stout, Matthew D.; Herbert, Ronald A.; Travlos, Gregory S.; Kissling, Grace E.; Collins, Bradley J.; Hooth, Michelle J.
- Abstract
Hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) is a contaminant of water and soil and is a human lung carcinogen. Trivalent chromium (Cr(III)), a proposed essential element, is ingested by humans in the diet and in dietary supplements such as chromium picolinate (CP). The National Toxicology Program (NTP) demonstrated that Cr(VI) is also carcinogenic in rodents when administered in drinking water as sodium dichromate dihydrate (SDD), inducing neoplasms of the oral cavity and small intestine in rats and mice, respectively. In contrast, there was no definitive evidence of toxicity or carcinogenicity following exposure to Cr(III) administered in feed as CP monohydrate (CPM). Cr(VI) readily enters cells via nonspecific anion channels, in contrast to Cr(III), which cannot easily pass through the cell membrane. Extracellular reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III), which occurs primarily in the stomach, is considered a mechanism of detoxification, while intracellular reduction is thought to be a mechanism of genotoxicity and carcinogenicity. Tissue distribution studies in additional groups of male rats and female mice demonstrated higher Cr concentrations in tissues following exposure to Cr(VI) compared to controls and Cr(III) exposure at a similar external dose, indicating that some of the Cr(VI) escaped gastric reduction and was distributed systemically. The multiple potential pathways of Cr-induced genotoxicity will be discussed.
- Subjects
TOXICOLOGY of chromium; POLLUTANTS; CARCINOGENS; LUNG cancer; DIETARY supplements; CHROMIUM picolinate; NATIONAL Toxicology Program (U.S.); CARCINOGENICITY testing; LABORATORY rats
- Publication
Toxicologic Pathology, 2013, Vol 41, Issue 2, p326
- ISSN
0192-6233
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0192623312469856