m-phenylenediamine

Skin sensitisation

Administrative data

Endpoint:

skin sensitisation: in vivo (LLNA)

Type of information:

experimental study

Adequacy of study:

key study

Reliability:

2 (reliable with restrictions)

Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:

comparable to guideline study with acceptable restrictions

Data source

Reference

Reference Type:

publication

Title:

Structure activity relationships in skin sensitization using the murine local lymph node assay

Author:

Ashby J, Basketter DA, Paton D, and Kimber I

Year:

1995

Bibliographic source:

Toxicology (103), 177-194

Materials and methods

Test guideline

Qualifier:

equivalent or similar to guideline

Guideline:

OECD Guideline 429 (Skin Sensitisation: Local Lymph Node Assay)

Deviations:

no

GLP compliance:

not specified

Type of study:

mouse local lymph node assay (LLNA)

Test material

Test material information

Constituent 1

Reference substance name:

m-phenylenediamine

EC Number:

203-584-7

EC Name:

m-phenylenediamine

Cas Number:

108-45-2

Molecular formula:

C6H8N2

IUPAC Name:

m-phenylenediamine

Details on test material:

- Purity: Not reported

In vivo test system

Test animals

Species:

mouse

Strain:

CBA

Sex:

female

Study design: in vivo (LLNA)

Vehicle:

acetone/olive oil (4:1 v/v)

Concentration:

2.5, 5, 10%

No. of animals per dose:

Not reported

Details on study design:

Animals were exposed topically on the dorsum of both ears to 25 microliters of test substance or to an equal volume of vehicle alone. Treatment was performed daily for three consecutive days. Five days after the initiation of exposure, all mice were injected via the tail vein with 250 microliters of phosphate-buffered saline containing 20 µCi if tritiated thymidine. The mice were sacrificed 5 hours later, and the draining auricular lymph nodes were excised and pooled for each experimental group or each individual animal. The incorporation of tritiated thymidine measured by beta scintillation counting was reported in disintegrations per minute. An SI was calculated for each chemical-treated group as the ratio of disintegrations per minute in the treated group (or mean disintegrations per minute when individual animals were assessed) to the disintegrations per minute or mean disintegrations per minute of the concurrent vehicle control group. The test substance was classified as a skin sensitizer if, at one or more test concentrations, it induced a threefold or greater incrrease in local lymph node proliferative activity when compared with concurrent vehicle-treated controls (SI ≥ 3).

Results and discussion

In vivo (LLNA)

Results

Results 1

Parameter:

EC3

Remarks on result:

other: 0.49% (estimated value derived by Gerberick GF, et al. (2005) from original data generated by Ashby J et al. (1995)).

Results 2

Parameter:

SI

Test group / Remarks:

2%

Remarks on result:

other: test to control (T/C) ratio of 11.7

Results 3

Parameter:

SI

Test group / Remarks:

5%

Remarks on result:

other: test to control (T/C) ratio of 15.4

Results 4

Parameter:

SI

Test group / Remarks:

10%

Remarks on result:

other: test to control (T/C) ratio of 19.2

Results 5

Parameter:

other: disintegrations per minute (DPM)

Remarks on result:

other: Not reported

Any other information on results incl. tables

The ratio of ³HTdR incorporation into test lymph nodes relative to that recorded for control nodes (T/C ratio) was calculated for each test group.

% Concentration	T/C Ratio
2.5	11.7
5	15.4
10	19.2

 

In this test, a T/C ratio of ≥3 has been the main criterion for classifying a substance as a sensitizer in the LLNA.

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Interpretation of results:

Category 1 (skin sensitising) based on GHS criteria

Conclusions:

At three concentrations, 2%, 5%, and 10% the test substance is a sensitizing agent in the LLNA assay.

Executive summary:

The sensitizing activity of 106 chemicals was tested in the local lymph node assay. The policy is to classify a chemical as potential sensitizers if that chemical provokes, at least one concentration, a 3-fold or greater increase in isotope incorporation compared with vehicle-treated controls. The test substance was tested at concentrations of 2, 5, and 10% and was found to have test to control (T/C) ratios of 11.7, 15.4, and 19.2, respectively. The overall stimulation index (EC3) was calculated to be 0.49%. Thus the test substance is a sensitizing agent in the LLNA assay.