New Drug Safety Evaluation Center, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100050, China.
Beijing Union Pharmaceutical Factory, Beijing, 100026, China.
Chin J Integr Med. 2019 Oct;25(10):743-749. doi: 10.1007/s11655-018-2553-x. Epub 2018 Sep 22.
To assess the genotoxicity and embryotoxicity of bicyclol methyl ether (BME), the main impurity in bicyclol.
Five concentrations of BME (0.5, 5, 50, 500 and 5000 μg/plate) were used in the Ames test to detect gene mutation. In the chromosome aberration test, Chinese hamster lung cells were used to detect chromosomal aberration of BME (15, 30, 60, 120 μg/mL) with or without S9 mixture. Embryotoxicity test was also conducted to determine any embryotoxicity of BME (7.5, 22.5, 67.5 μg/L) using zebrafish embryos.
No significant differences were observed in the Ames test and the chromosome aberration test in the BME groups compared with the vehicle control group. The zebrafish embryos toxicity test also showed no embryo development toxicity of BME, including hatching rate, body length, pericardial area and yolk sac area.
Bicyclol methyl ether has no genotoxicity in vitro and embryotoxicity in zebrafish embryos, and the impurity in bicyclol is qualified.
评估双环醇甲醚(BME)的遗传毒性和胚胎毒性,BME 是双环醇的主要杂质。
采用 Ames 试验检测 BME(0.5、5、50、500 和 5000μg/平板)的 5 个浓度,以检测基因突变。在染色体畸变试验中,使用中国仓鼠肺细胞检测 BME(15、30、60、120μg/mL)有无 S9 混合物时的染色体畸变。还进行了胚胎毒性试验,以确定 BME(7.5、22.5、67.5μg/L)对斑马鱼胚胎的任何胚胎毒性。
与对照组相比,BME 组在 Ames 试验和染色体畸变试验中均未观察到显著差异。斑马鱼胚胎毒性试验也显示 BME 无胚胎发育毒性,包括孵化率、体长、心包面积和卵黄囊面积。
双环醇甲醚在体外无遗传毒性,在斑马鱼胚胎中无胚胎毒性,双环醇中的杂质合格。