Sodium ethanolate

Genetic toxicity: in vitro

Administrative data

Endpoint:

in vitro gene mutation study in bacteria

Remarks:

Type of genotoxicity: gene mutation

Type of information:

migrated information: read-across from supporting substance (structural analogue or surrogate)

Adequacy of study:

weight of evidence

Reliability:

1 (reliable without restriction)

Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:

other: Published study but containing sufficient details to be able to judge it reliable for hazard assessment. Part of a programme of work by the NTP. Data tables available for results. TA102 not included.

Data source

Reference

Reference Type:

publication

Title:

Unnamed

Year:

1992

Materials and methods

Test guideline

Qualifier:

equivalent or similar to guideline

Guideline:

OECD Guideline 471 (Bacterial Reverse Mutation Assay)

Deviations:

no

Remarks:

, no significant deviations noted

Principles of method if other than guideline:

Preincubation as per method of Haworth (Env Mutagen, 5 suppl 1, 3-142, 1983)

GLP compliance:

not specified

Type of assay:

bacterial reverse mutation assay

Test material

Test material information

Constituent 1

Reference substance name:

Ethanol

EC Number:

200-578-6

EC Name:

Ethanol

Cas Number:

64-17-5

Molecular formula:

C2H6O

IUPAC Name:

ethanol

Details on test material:

- Supplier: US Industries
- Analytical purity: 91% pure

Method

Species / strain

Species / strain 1

Species / strain / cell type:

S. typhimurium TA 1535

Details on mammalian cell type (if applicable):

- Type and identity of media:
- Culture prepared at 37C overnight with shaking in Oxoid #2 broth or in defined minimal medium supplemented with biotin and histidine. Phenotype analysed at time of use.

Species / strain 2

Species / strain / cell type:

S. typhimurium TA 97

Details on mammalian cell type (if applicable):

- Type and identity of media:
- Culture prepared at 37C overnight with shaking in Oxoid #2 broth or in defined minimal medium supplemented with biotin and histidine. Phenotype analysed at time of use.

Species / strain 3

Species / strain / cell type:

S. typhimurium TA 98

Details on mammalian cell type (if applicable):

- Type and identity of media:
- Culture prepared at 37C overnight with shaking in Oxoid #2 broth or in defined minimal medium supplemented with biotin and histidine. Phenotype analysed at time of use.

Species / strain 4

Species / strain / cell type:

S. typhimurium TA 100

Details on mammalian cell type (if applicable):

- Type and identity of media:
- Culture prepared at 37C overnight with shaking in Oxoid #2 broth or in defined minimal medium supplemented with biotin and histidine. Phenotype analysed at time of use.

Species / strain 5

Species / strain / cell type:

S. typhimurium, other: TA104

Details on mammalian cell type (if applicable):

- Type and identity of media:
- Culture prepared at 37C overnight with shaking in Oxoid #2 broth or in defined minimal medium supplemented with biotin and histidine. Phenotype analysed at time of use.

Metabolic activation:

with and without

Metabolic activation system:

Aroclor 1254 induced male SD rat at 10 and 30% and male Syrian hamster liver S9 fraction, at 10 and 30%.

Test concentrations with justification for top dose:

1; (3; 10; 33;)100; 333; 1,000; 3,333; 10,000 microgram/plate. Concentrations in brackets only tested with TA97 using 30% hamster S9.

Vehicle / solvent:

water

Controls

Controls 1

Untreated negative controls:

yes

Negative solvent / vehicle controls:

yes

Remarks:

water

True negative controls:

no

Positive controls:

yes

Positive control substance:

other: 2-aminoanthracene, used for all strains with metabolic activation

Controls 2

Untreated negative controls:

yes

Negative solvent / vehicle controls:

yes

True negative controls:

no

Positive controls:

yes

Positive control substance:

other: 4-nitro-o-phenylenediamine, used for TA98 without metabolic activation

Controls 3

Untreated negative controls:

yes

Negative solvent / vehicle controls:

yes

True negative controls:

no

Positive controls:

yes

Positive control substance:

9-aminoacridine

Remarks:

Migrated to IUCLID6: used for TA97 without metabolic activation.

Controls 4

Untreated negative controls:

yes

Negative solvent / vehicle controls:

yes

True negative controls:

no

Positive controls:

yes

Positive control substance:

sodium azide

Remarks:

Migrated to IUCLID6: used for TA1535 and T100 without metabolic activation.

Controls 5

Untreated negative controls:

yes

Negative solvent / vehicle controls:

yes

True negative controls:

no

Positive controls:

yes

Positive control substance:

methylmethanesulfonate

Remarks:

Migrated to IUCLID6: used for TA104 without metabolic activation.

Details on test system and experimental conditions:

METHOD OF APPLICATION: preincubation

DURATION
- Preincubation period: 20 mins at 37C
- Expression time (cells in growth medium): 2 days at 37C

NUMBER OF REPLICATIONS: 5 plus complete repeat of experiment.

DETERMINATION OF CYTOTOXICITY
- Dose range for main test assessed using TA100. Toxic concentrations defined as those producing a decrease in the background number of his+ colonies and/or a clearing in the background lawn. If no toxicity was seen, the maximum dose tested was 10000ug/plate

Evaluation criteria
Only considered non mutagenic if negative in all strains with and without activation and with both S9 extracts at both concentrations

Evaluation criteria:

Combination of magnitude of increase in number of his+ revertants and shape of dose-response curve.

Results and discussion

Test results

Test results 1

Species / strain:

S. typhimurium TA 1535

Metabolic activation:

with and without

Genotoxicity:

negative

Cytotoxicity / choice of top concentrations:

not determined

Vehicle controls validity:

valid

Untreated negative controls validity:

valid

Positive controls validity:

valid

Test results 2

Species / strain:

S. typhimurium TA 100

Metabolic activation:

with and without

Genotoxicity:

negative

Cytotoxicity / choice of top concentrations:

not determined

Vehicle controls validity:

valid

Untreated negative controls validity:

valid

Positive controls validity:

valid

Test results 3

Species / strain:

S. typhimurium TA 98

Metabolic activation:

with and without

Genotoxicity:

negative

Cytotoxicity / choice of top concentrations:

not determined

Vehicle controls validity:

valid

Untreated negative controls validity:

valid

Positive controls validity:

valid

Test results 4

Species / strain:

S. typhimurium TA 97

Metabolic activation:

with and without

Genotoxicity:

negative

Cytotoxicity / choice of top concentrations:

not determined

Vehicle controls validity:

valid

Untreated negative controls validity:

valid

Positive controls validity:

valid

Test results 5

Species / strain:

S. typhimurium, other: TA104

Metabolic activation:

with and without

Genotoxicity:

negative

Cytotoxicity / choice of top concentrations:

not determined

Vehicle controls validity:

valid

Untreated negative controls validity:

valid

Positive controls validity:

valid

Additional information on results:

TEST-SPECIFIC CONFOUNDING FACTORS
- None

Remarks on result:

other: all strains/cell types tested

Remarks:

Migrated from field 'Test system'.

Any other information on results incl. tables

Dose-effected related observations: Ethanol at any dose did not produce a 2-fold increase in his+ revertants in the absence or presence of rat or hamster liver extracts.

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Conclusions:

Ethanol failed to induce reversions in any S. typhimurium tester strain with or without metabolic activation over a wide range of doses up to 10 mg/plate.

Executive summary:

In a reverse mutation assay in bacteria strains TA97, TA98, TA100, TA104 and TA1535 there was no evidence of mutation up to a maximum plate concentration of 10mg/plate with and without metabolic activation systems derived from two species (rat and hamster) used at two different concentrations.