Trimethyl(octadecyloxy)silane

Genetic toxicity: in vitro

Administrative data

Endpoint:

in vitro gene mutation study in bacteria

Type of information:

experimental study

Adequacy of study:

key study

Study period:

2018-01-30 to 2018-04-

Reliability:

1 (reliable without restriction)

Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:

guideline study

Data source

Reference

Reference Type:

study report

Title:

Unnamed

Year:

2018

Materials and methods

Test guideline

Test guideline 1

Qualifier:

according to guideline

Guideline:

OECD Guideline 471 (Bacterial Reverse Mutation Assay)

Version / remarks:

July, 1997

Deviations:

no

Test guideline 2

Qualifier:

according to guideline

Guideline:

EU Method B.13/14 (Mutagenicity - Reverse Mutation Test Using Bacteria)

Version / remarks:

May, 2008

Deviations:

no

Test guideline 3

Qualifier:

according to guideline

Guideline:

EPA OPPTS 870.5100 - Bacterial Reverse Mutation Test (August 1998)

Version / remarks:

August, 1998

Deviations:

no

GLP compliance:

yes (incl. QA statement)

Type of assay:

bacterial reverse mutation assay

Test material

Test material information

Constituent 1

Reference substance name:

Trimethyl(octadecyloxy)silane

EC Number:

242-554-8

EC Name:

Trimethyl(octadecyloxy)silane

Cas Number:

18748-98-6

Molecular formula:

C21H46OSi

IUPAC Name:

trimethyl(octadecyloxy)silane

Test material form:

liquid

Details on test material:

Chemical Name: Octadecyloxytrimethylsilane
CAS No.: 18748-98-6
EINECS No.: 242-554-8
Appearance: Clear, Colourless Liquid

Method

Target gene:

Histidine

Species / strain

Species / strain 1

Species / strain / cell type:

S. typhimurium TA 98

Species / strain 2

Species / strain / cell type:

S. typhimurium TA 100

Species / strain 3

Species / strain / cell type:

S. typhimurium TA 102

Species / strain 4

Species / strain / cell type:

S. typhimurium TA 1535

Species / strain 5

Species / strain / cell type:

S. typhimurium TA 1537

Metabolic activation:

with and without

Metabolic activation system:

rat S9 liver microsomal fraction

Test concentrations with justification for top dose:

The test item was tested at the concentrations of 0.0316, 0.100, 0.316,1.0, 2.5 and 5 µL/plate (experiment I) and 0.0158, 0.050, 0.158, 0.50, 1.58 and 5.0 µL/plate (experiment II) based on the results of solubility, precipitation and initial cytotoxicity test.

Vehicle / solvent:

Ethanol

Controls

Untreated negative controls:

yes

Remarks:

A. dest., Eurofins Lot No. 170720, 170804

Negative solvent / vehicle controls:

yes

Positive controls:

yes

Positive control substance:

other:

Remarks:

Positive control - S9: sodium azide for tester strains TA 100, TA 1535; 4-nitro-o-phenylene-diamine for TA 98, TA 1537; methylmethanesulfonate for TA 102; + S9: 2-aminoanthracene for all strains except TA 98 and TA 100 (hamster S9): Congo Red

Details on test system and experimental conditions:

METHOD OF APPLICATION: in agar (plate incorporation); preincubation

DURATION
-For the plate incorporation method the following materials were mixed in a test tube and poured over the surface of a minimal agar plate:
100 µL Test solution at each dose level, solvent control, negative control or reference mutagen solution (positive control),
500 µL S9 mix (for testing with metabolic activation) or S9 mix substitution buffer (for testing without metabolic activation),
100 µL Bacteria suspension (cf. Preparation of Bacteria, pre-culture of the strain),
2000 µL Overlay agar.
After solidification the plates were inverted and incubated at 37 °C for at least 48 h in the dark.


- Preincubation period: 30 min; 50 µL of the test item preparation was pre-incubated with the tester strains (100 µL) and sterile buffer or the metabolic activation system (500 µL) for 30 min at 30 °C prior to adding the overlay agar (2000 µL) and pouring onto the surface of a minimal agar plate.
- Exposure duration: at least 48 h; After solidification the plates were inverted and incubated at 37 °C for at least 48 h in the dark.



NUMBER OF REPLICATIONS: For each strain and dose level, including the controls, three plates were used.


DETERMINATION OF CYTOTOXICITY
- Method: clearing or rather diminution of the background lawn or a reduction in the number of revertants down to a mutation factor of approximately ≤ 0.5 in relation to the solvent control

Evaluation criteria:

The Mutation Factor is calculated by dividing the mean value of the revertant counts through the mean values of the solvent control (the exact and not the rounded values are used for calculation).
A test item is considered as mutagenic if:
- a clear and dose-related increase in the number of revertants occurs and/or
- a biologically relevant positive response for at least one of the dose groups occurs
in at least one tester strain with or without metabolic activation.
A biologically relevant increase is described as follows:
- if in tester strains TA 98, TA 100 and TA 102 the number of reversions is at least twice as high
- if in tester strains TA 1535 and TA 1537 the number of reversions is at least three times higher
than the reversion rate of the solvent control.

Statistics:

According to OECD guidelines, the biological relevance of the results is the criterion for the interpretation of results, a statistical evaluation of the results is not regarded as necessary.

Results and discussion

Test results

Key result

Metabolic activation:

with and without

Genotoxicity:

negative

Cytotoxicity / choice of top concentrations:

no cytotoxicity

Remarks on result:

other: all strains/cell types tested

Any other information on results incl. tables

No precipitation of the test item was observed in any tester strain used in the experiments.

No toxic effects of the test item were noted in any of the five tester strains used up to the highest dose group evaluated with and without metabolic activation

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Conclusions:

Dduring the described mutagenicity test and under the experimental conditions reported, Trimethyl(octadecyloxy)silane did not cause gene mutations by base pair changes or frameshifts in the genome of the tester strains used.
Therefore, Trimethyl(octadecyloxy)silane is considered to be non-mutagenic in this bacterial reverse mutation assay.

Executive summary:

In a reverse gene mutation assay in bacteria, strains TA 98, TA 100, TA 1535, TA 1537 and TA 102 of Salmonella typhimurium were exposed to the test item at concentrations of 0.0316, 0.100, 0.316,1.0, 2.5 and 5 µL/plate (experiment I) and 0.0158, 0.050, 0.158, 0.50, 1.58 and 5.0 µL/plate (experiment II), in the presence and absence of mammalian metabolic activation. No toxic effects of the test item were noted in any of the five tester strains used up to the highest dose group evaluated (with and without metabolic activation) in experiment I and II.No biologically relevant increases in revertant colony numbers of any of the five tester strains were observed following treatment with the test item at any concentration level, neither in the presence nor absence of metabolic activation in experiment I and II. Therefore, the test item is considered to be non-mutagenic in this bacterial reverse mutation assay.