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EC number: 234-014-5 | CAS number: 10489-46-0
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Genetic toxicity in vitro
Description of key information
In a guideline study, to GLP, rhodium sulphate was mutagenic in Salmonella typhimurium strains TA 98, TA 100 and TA 102, when tested in the absence and presence of a rat liver metabolic activation system (S9) (McGarry, 2015).
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- Endpoint:
- in vitro gene mutation study in bacteria
- Remarks:
- Type of genotoxicity: gene mutation
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Study period:
- 4 November - 16 December 2014 (experimental phase)
- Reliability:
- 1 (reliable without restriction)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: Guideline study, to GLP
- Qualifier:
- according to guideline
- Guideline:
- OECD Guideline 471 (Bacterial Reverse Mutation Assay)
- Deviations:
- no
- GLP compliance:
- yes
- Type of assay:
- bacterial reverse mutation assay
- Target gene:
- Histidine
- Species / strain / cell type:
- S. typhimurium TA 1535, TA 1537, TA 98, TA 100 and TA 102
- Details on mammalian cell type (if applicable):
- Not applicable
- Additional strain / cell type characteristics:
- not specified
- Metabolic activation:
- with and without
- Metabolic activation system:
- Rat liver post-mitochondrial fraction (S-9) from male Sprague-Dawley rats induced with Aroclor 1254
- Test concentrations with justification for top dose:
- Range-finder experiment and Experiment 1: 5, 16, 50, 160, 500, 1600 and 5000 μg/plate (both with and without S9)
Experiment 2: 160, 300, 625, 1250, 2500 and 5000 μg/plate (both with and without S9)
NB. It is unclear whether these concentrations relate to amounts rhodium sulphate itself or amounts of rhodium sulphate solution (in which case the actual rhodium sulphate concentration would be less than stated above). - Vehicle / solvent:
- - Vehicle(s)/solvent(s) used: Purified water
- Justification for choice of solvent/vehicle: Test guideline recommends use of aqueous solvent wherever possible - Untreated negative controls:
- no
- Negative solvent / vehicle controls:
- yes
- True negative controls:
- no
- Positive controls:
- yes
- Positive control substance:
- 2-nitrofluorene
- Remarks:
- 5 μg/plate for TA 98 without S9
- Untreated negative controls:
- no
- Negative solvent / vehicle controls:
- yes
- True negative controls:
- no
- Positive controls:
- yes
- Positive control substance:
- sodium azide
- Remarks:
- 2 μg/plate for TA 100 and TA 1535 without S9
- Untreated negative controls:
- no
- Negative solvent / vehicle controls:
- yes
- True negative controls:
- no
- Positive controls:
- yes
- Positive control substance:
- 9-aminoacridine
- Remarks:
- 50 μg/plate for TA 1537 without S9
- Untreated negative controls:
- no
- Negative solvent / vehicle controls:
- yes
- True negative controls:
- no
- Positive controls:
- yes
- Positive control substance:
- mitomycin C
- Remarks:
- 0.2 μg/plate for TA 102 without S9
- Untreated negative controls:
- no
- Negative solvent / vehicle controls:
- yes
- True negative controls:
- no
- Positive controls:
- yes
- Positive control substance:
- benzo(a)pyrene
- Remarks:
- 10 μg/plate for TA98 with S9
- Untreated negative controls:
- no
- Negative solvent / vehicle controls:
- yes
- True negative controls:
- no
- Positive controls:
- yes
- Positive control substance:
- other: 2-aminoanthracene
- Remarks:
- 5 μg/plate for TA 100, TA 1535 and TA 1537 with S9; 20 μg/plate for TA 102 with S9
- Details on test system and experimental conditions:
- METHOD OF APPLICATION: in agar (plate incorporation). Platings were achieved by the following sequence of additions to 2.5 mL of 0.9% molten agar at 46±1 deg C: 0.1 mL bacterial culture, 0.1 mL test article solution or control, 0.5 mL 10% S-9 mix or buffer solution. This was followed by rapid mixing and pouring on to Vogel-Bonner E agar plates.
A pre-incubation step was included for experiment 2 in the presence of S9. Quantities of test article or control solution (reduced to 0.05 mL for the positive control treatments), bacteria and S9 mix detailed above, were mixed together and incubated for 20 minutes at 37±1 deg C, with shaking, before the addition of 2.5 mL molten agar at 46±1 deg C.
DURATION
- Preincubation period: 20 minutes (experiment 2 only)
- Exposure duration: 3 days
- Expression time (cells in growth medium): Not applicable
- Selection time (if incubation with a selection agent): Not applicable
- Fixation time (start of exposure up to fixation or harvest of cells): Not applicable
SELECTION AGENT (mutation assays): Not applicable
SPINDLE INHIBITOR (cytogenetic assays): Not applicable
STAIN (for cytogenetic assays): Not applicable
NUMBER OF REPLICATIONS: The mutation experiments were performed in triplicate
NUMBER OF CELLS EVALUATED: Not applicable
DETERMINATION OF CYTOTOXICITY
- Method: mitotic index; cloning efficiency; relative total growth; other: Examination of the background lawn for signs of toxicity or a reduction in number of revertant colonies/reduction in mutagenic response compared to vehicle controls
OTHER EXAMINATIONS:
- Determination of polyploidy: Not applicable
- Determination of endoreplication: Not applicable - Evaluation criteria:
- The test article was considered to be mutagenic if a) a concentration related increase in revertant numbers was >=1.5-fold (in strain TA102), >=2-fold (in strains TA98 or TA100) or >=3-fold (in strains TA1535 or TA1537) the concurrent vehicle control values; b) the positive trend/effects described above were reproducible.
The test article was considered positive if both criteria were met and negative if neither criteria were met. - Statistics:
- Not applicable
- Species / strain:
- S. typhimurium TA 1537
- Metabolic activation:
- with and without
- Genotoxicity:
- negative
- Remarks:
- (In the absence and presence of S9 in both experiments)
- Cytotoxicity / choice of top concentrations:
- cytotoxicity
- Remarks:
- (The test material caused a slight thinning of the bacterial lawn at 5000 μg/plate in experiment 2 in the absence and presence of S9. Evidence of cytotoxicity was observed in experiment 1 at 500 and 5000 μg/plate in the absence of S9)
- Vehicle controls validity:
- valid
- Untreated negative controls validity:
- not applicable
- Positive controls validity:
- valid
- Species / strain:
- S. typhimurium TA 1535
- Metabolic activation:
- with and without
- Genotoxicity:
- negative
- Remarks:
- (In the absence and presence of S9 in both experiments)
- Cytotoxicity / choice of top concentrations:
- cytotoxicity
- Remarks:
- (The test material caused a slight thinning of the bacterial lawn at 5000 μg/plate in experiment 2 in the absence and presence of S9. No evidence of cytotoxicity was observed in experiment 1)
- Vehicle controls validity:
- valid
- Untreated negative controls validity:
- not applicable
- Positive controls validity:
- valid
- Species / strain:
- S. typhimurium TA 100
- Metabolic activation:
- with
- Genotoxicity:
- positive
- Remarks:
- (At 5000 μg/plate in the presence of S9 in experiment 2, with additional evidence of mutagenicity in the absence of S9 in both experiments 1 and 2)
- Cytotoxicity / choice of top concentrations:
- cytotoxicity
- Remarks:
- (The test material caused a slight thinning of the bacterial lawn at 5000 μg/plate in experiment 2 in the absence and presence of S9. No evidence of cytotoxicity was observed in experiment 1)
- Vehicle controls validity:
- valid
- Untreated negative controls validity:
- not applicable
- Positive controls validity:
- valid
- Species / strain:
- S. typhimurium TA 102
- Metabolic activation:
- with and without
- Genotoxicity:
- positive
- Remarks:
- (At 5000 μg/plate in the absence of S9 in experiment 1 and at 5000 and 1250-5000 μg/plate in the absence and presence of S9, respectively, in experiment 2)
- Cytotoxicity / choice of top concentrations:
- cytotoxicity
- Remarks:
- (The test material caused a slight thinning of the bacterial lawn at 5000 μg/plate in experiment 2 in the absence and presence of S9. No evidence of cytotoxicity was observed in experiment 1)
- Vehicle controls validity:
- valid
- Untreated negative controls validity:
- not applicable
- Positive controls validity:
- valid
- Species / strain:
- S. typhimurium TA 98
- Metabolic activation:
- with and without
- Genotoxicity:
- positive
- Remarks:
- (At 5000 μg/plate in the absence and presence of S9 in experiment 2)
- Cytotoxicity / choice of top concentrations:
- cytotoxicity
- Remarks:
- (The test material caused a slight thinning of the bacterial lawn at 5000 μg/plate in experiment 2 in the absence and presence of S9. No evidence of cytotoxicity was observed in experiment 1)
- Vehicle controls validity:
- valid
- Untreated negative controls validity:
- not applicable
- Positive controls validity:
- valid
- Additional information on results:
- TEST-SPECIFIC CONFOUNDING FACTORS
- Effects of pH: The pH measurements of the stock formulations prior to treatment were 1.23, 1.79 and 1.80 for the range-finder experiment, experiment 1 and experiment 2, respectively.
- Effects of osmolality: No data
- Evaporation from medium: No data
- Water solubility: Preliminary solubility data indicated that Rhodium Sulfate was soluble in water for irrigation (purified water) at concentrations of at least 50 mg/mL.
- Precipitation: The test article was completely soluble in the aqueous assay system at all concentrations tested, in each of the experiments performed
- Other confounding effects: No data
RANGE-FINDING/SCREENING STUDIES: The concentration range used was 0, 5, 16, 50, 160, 500, 1600 and 5000 μg/plate
COMPARISON WITH HISTORICAL CONTROL DATA: The mean vehicle control counts fell within the laboratory’s historical ranges. The positive control chemicals all induced increases in revertant numbers of >=1.5-fold (in strain TA 102), >=2-fold (in strains TA 98 and TA 100) or >=3-fold (in strains TA 1535 and TA 1537) the concurrent vehicle control confirming discrimination between different strains, and an active S-9 preparation. The study therefore demonstrated correct strain and assay functioning and was accepted as valid.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CYTOTOXICITY: In the range-finder experiment evidence of toxicity in the form of a slight thinning of the background bacterial lawn was observed at 5000 μg/plate in all strains in the absence and presence of S9. - Remarks on result:
- other: strain/cell type: TA 1537
- Remarks:
- Migrated from field 'Test system'.
- Conclusions:
- Interpretation of results (migrated information):
positive
In a guideline study, to GLP, rhodium sulphate was found to be mutagenic in Salmonella typhimurium strains TA 98, TA 100 and TA 102 when tested in the absence and presence of a rat liver metabolic activation system (S9). - Executive summary:
In an OECD Test Guideline 471 study, conducted according to GLP, rhodium sulphate was examined for the ability to induce gene mutations in Salmonella typhimurium (strains TA 98, TA 100, TA 102, TA 1535 and TA 1537) in the presence and absence of Aroclor-induced rat liver metabolic activation system (S9). Two experiments (each in triplicate) were conducted for each strain using the plate incorporation method, with both involving concentrations of up to 5000 µg/plate, based on observed precipitation in a range-finding study. The second experiment was conducted with an additional pre-incubation step.
In experiment 1, no significant increases in mutant revertants were observed in any strain in the presence of S9. In the absence of S9, strain TA 102 showed a significant increase in revertants (with no associated cytotoxicity).
In experiment 2, strains TA 98 and TA 102 (both in the absence and presence of S9) and TA 100 (in the presence of S9) showed significant increases in revertants, though for the most part this was at the cytotoxic level of 5000 μg/plate. A significant increase in revertant numbers at concentrations below the cytotoxic level was observed in strain TA 102 in the presence of S9. No significant increases in revertant numbers were seen in strains TA 1535 and TA1537.
Overall, rhodium sulphate was found to be mutagenic in S. typhimurium strains TA 98, TA 100 and TA 102 in the absence and presence of S9 under the conditions of the test.
[It is unclear whether the tested concentrations relate to amounts rhodium sulphate itself or amounts of rhodium sulphate solution].
Reference
Increases in revertants approaching the 2-fold threshold (1.8‑fold the concurrent vehicle controls) were also observed in strain TA 100 in the absence of S9 in both Experiment 1 and Experiment 2. As these increases in revertants were very close to the 2-fold threshold on more than one experimental occasion, these increases are considered as possible further evidence of mutagenic activity in this strain.
Endpoint conclusion
- Endpoint conclusion:
- adverse effect observed (positive)
Genetic toxicity in vivo
Description of key information
No in vivo data identified.
However, further in vivo testing is proposed.
Endpoint conclusion
- Endpoint conclusion:
- no study available
Mode of Action Analysis / Human Relevance Framework
No data identified.
Additional information
In an OECD Test Guideline 471 study, conducted according to GLP, rhodium sulphate was examined for the ability to induce gene mutations in Salmonella typhimurium (strains TA 98, TA 100, TA 102, TA 1535 and TA 1537) when tested in two experiments at concentrations of up to 5000 µg/plate in the presence and absence of Aroclor-induced rat liver metabolic activation system (S9). Significant increases in mutant revertants were observed, in experiment 1, in strain TA 102 in the absence of S9 and, in experiment 2, in strains TA 98 and TA 102 (both in the absence and presence of S9) and TA 100 (in the presence of S9) (McGarry, 2015). [It is unclear whether the tested concentrations relate to amounts rhodium sulphate itself or amounts of rhodium sulphate solution].
No in vivo genotoxicity data were identified for dirhodium trisulphate. However, further in vivo testing of dirhodium trisulphate is proposed.
In 2002, the Dutch Expert Committee on Occupational Standards (DECOS) reviewed the genotoxic and carcinogenic potential of rhodium and rhodium compounds. In its evaluation, the Committee found that several water-soluble rhodium (III) compounds were genotoxic in bacteria and in mammalian cells (DECOS, 2002). Based mainly on rhodium trichloride (in vitro and in vivo) data, the Committee was of the opinion that all water-soluble rhodium (III) compounds are a human health concern in regards to these endpoints.
References
DECOS (2002). Dutch Expert Committee on Occupational Standards, a committee of the Health Council of the Netherlands. Rhodium and compounds: Evaluation of the carcinogenicity and genotoxicity.
Justification for classification or non-classification
The weight-of-the evidence indicates that the water-soluble rhodium (III) compounds should be considered as potentially mutagenic and, as such, dirhodium trisulphate is self-classified for germ cell mutagenicity (category 2) according to EU CLP criteria (EC 1272/2008).
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