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Toxicity to reproduction

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Administrative data

Endpoint:
one-generation reproductive toxicity
Remarks:
based on test type (migrated information)
Type of information:
migrated information: read-across based on grouping of substances (category approach)
Adequacy of study:
key study
Study period:
not stated
Reliability:
2 (reliable with restrictions)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
other: Comparable to guideline study without detailed documentation (publication).
Cross-reference
Reason / purpose for cross-reference:
reference to same study

Data source

Reference
Reference Type:
review article or handbook
Title:
The toxicity of behenyl alcohol: II. Reproduction studies in rats and rabbits
Author:
Iglesias G, JJ Hlywka, JE Berg, MH Khalil, LE Pope and D Tamarkin
Year:
2002
Bibliographic source:
Regulatory Tox. and Pharm. 36, 80-85 2002b

Materials and methods

Test guidelineopen allclose all
Qualifier:
according to guideline
Guideline:
other: ICH Harmonised Tripartite Guideline S5(R2) Detection of toxicity to reproduction for medicinal products and toxicity to male fertility
Deviations:
no
Qualifier:
equivalent or similar to guideline
Guideline:
OECD Guideline 415 [One-Generation Reproduction Toxicity Study (before 9 October 2017)]
Deviations:
yes
Remarks:
(no postnatal observations of pups)
GLP compliance:
not specified

Test material

Constituent 1
Chemical structure
Reference substance name:
Docosan-1-ol
EC Number:
211-546-6
EC Name:
Docosan-1-ol
Cas Number:
661-19-8
Molecular formula:
C22H46O
IUPAC Name:
docosan-1-ol
Details on test material:
- Name of test material (as cited in study report): behenyl alcohol
- Substance type: saturated 22-carbon, long-chain aliphatic alcohol
- Physical state: solid
- Analytical purity: no data
- Impurities (identity and concentrations): no data
- Composition of test material, percentage of components: no data
- Isomers composition: no data
- Purity test date: no data
- Lot/batch No.: no data
- Expiration date of the lot/batch: no data
- Stability under test conditions: no data
- Storage condition of test material: no data

Test animals

Species:
rat
Strain:
Sprague-Dawley
Sex:
male/female
Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
TEST ANIMALS
- Source: Charles River (UK) Ltd.
- Age at study initiation: (P) males 6-7 wks, females 10-11 weeks
- Weight at study initiation: (P) males 193-240 g; females 208-262 g
- Fasting period before study: no
- Housing: according to the investigators "during the acclimation and premating periods, 10 rats (5 males and 5 females) were housed per TR18 stainless-steel cage..."; during mating, 1 male and 1 female housed in RB3-modified high-grade polypropylene cage with stainless-steel mesh lids and floors; during gestation, 5 females per RB3-modified cage; after mating, 5 males per TR18 cage
- Use of restrainers for preventing ingestion (if dermal): not applicable
- Diet (e.g. ad libitum): expanded rodent diet (Special Diet Services Ltd.), ad libitum
- Water (e.g. ad libitum): public supply, ad libitum
- Acclimation period: 6 days

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
- Temperature (°C): 18
- Humidity (%): 55
- Air changes (per hr): no data
- Photoperiod (hrs dark / hrs light): 12 / 12

IN-LIFE DATES: no data

Administration / exposure

Route of administration:
oral: gavage
Vehicle:
other: 1% w/w aqueous Tween 80
Details on exposure:
PREPARATION OF DOSING SOLUTIONS:
- test material weighed into glass container and heated to ~80 deg C until molten
- vehicle heated to 75 deg C
- test material and vehicle combined using coninuous magnetic stirring, 20% behenyl alcohol
- suspension cooled slowly to <60 deg C
- further cooled to 30 deg C
- slowly homogenized <=2 min
- cooled to room temperature
- 20% suspension prepared weekly
- 20% suspension provided top dose
- mid and low dose prepared on day of use by dilution with vehicle; 20% suspension magnetically stirred prior to removal of aliquots for dilution; dilutions hand swirled prior to magnetic stirring

VEHICLE
- Justification for use and choice of vehicle (if other than water): not stated
- Concentration in vehicle: 20, 2 and 0.2%
- Amount of vehicle (if gavage): 5 ml/kg bw
- Lot/batch no. (if required): no data
- Purity: 1% aqueous
Details on mating procedure:
- M/F ratio per cage: 1:1
- Length of cohabitation: not stated
- Proof of pregnancy: vaginal plug / sperm in vaginal smear referred to as day 0 of gestation
- After ... days of unsuccessful pairing replacement of first male by another male with proven fertility: no data
- Further matings after two unsuccessful attempts: no data
- After successful mating each pregnant female was caged (how): 5/cage; RB3-modified cages
- Any other deviations from standard protocol: OECD guideline 415 recommends that: pregnant females are house individually, the mating period should be 3 weeks
Analytical verification of doses or concentrations:
no
Duration of treatment / exposure:
Males: from 71 days prior to mating, during mating and until females sacrificed
Females: from 15 days prior to mating, during mating, and up to day 17 of gestation; killed on day 20 of gestation
Frequency of treatment:
daily
Details on study schedule:
1-generation study
Doses / concentrations
Remarks:
Doses / Concentrations:
10, 100, 1000 mg/kg bw/day
Basis:
nominal conc.
No. of animals per sex per dose:
22
Control animals:
yes, concurrent vehicle
Details on study design:
- Dose selection rationale: previous repeated dose toxicity study NOAEL was 1000 mg/kg bw/day
- Rationale for animal assignment (if not random): no data
Positive control:
no

Examinations

Parental animals: Observations and examinations:
CAGE SIDE OBSERVATIONS: Yes
- Time schedule: daily
- Cage side observations included: evidence of reaction to treatment, moribund condition, mortality

DETAILED CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS: No data

BODY WEIGHT: Yes
- Time schedule for examinations: males and females twice weekly prior to mating; males twice weekly after mating; females on gestation days 0, 3, 7, 10, 14, 18 and 20

FOOD CONSUMPTION :
- Food consumption: Yes
- Time schedule: males weekly prior to mating, females daily prior to mating, females on gestation days 0-2, 3-6, 7-9, 10-13, 14-17, 18-19

WATER CONSUMPTION: Yes
- Time schedule: males weekly prior to mating, females daily prior to mating, females on gestation days 0-2, 3-6, 7-9, 10-13, 14-17, 18-19
Oestrous cyclicity (parental animals):
10 days prior to mating, daily vaginal smears to assess regularity and duration of oestrus cycles
Sperm parameters (parental animals):
Parameters examined in male parental generations: testis weight, epididymis weight, sperm count in epididymides, sperm motility
Litter observations:
STANDARDISATION OF LITTERS
- Performed on day 4 postpartum: no, F1 generation examined as foetuses on day 20 of gestation

PARAMETERS EXAMINED
The following parameters were examined in parental females and F1 offspring: numbers of implantation sites, early and late resorptions and viable foetuses; distribution of foetuses in each uterine horn; placental weight; macroscopic examination of placentae; number and sex of foetuses

EXAMINATION OF PUPS: yes, for external and internal abnormalities (visceral and skeletal)
Postmortem examinations (parental animals):
SACRIFICE
- Male animals: All surviving animals following necropsy of the females
- Maternal animals: All surviving animals on day 20 of gestation

GROSS NECROPSY
- Gross necropsy of females consisted of reproductive endpoints only
- Gross necropsy of males consisited of macroscopic examination externally and internally; sperm assessment

HISTOPATHOLOGY / ORGAN WEIGHTS
No tissues were prepared for microscopic examination
Reproductive organs were weighed
Postmortem examinations (offspring):
SACRIFICE
- The F1 offspring were examined on day 20 of gestation
- These animals were subjected to examination as follows: each foetus weighed; detailed external examination; contents of cervical, thoracic and abdominal cavities removed from half the foetuses and examined and sex recorded; these foetuses stained for skeletal examination; remaining foetuses examined for visceral abnormalities

HISTOPATHOLOGY / ORGAN WEIGTHS
No tissues prepared for microscopic examination or weighed.
Statistics:
One-way analysis of variance, t-tests - body weight, body weight change, food and water consumption; Dunnetts' or Behren's-Fisher's tests - organ weights; nested analysis of variance, weighted t-tests - foetal and placental weights
Reproductive indices:
number of pregnant females, fertility
Offspring viability indices:
number of viable young (offspring evaluated as foetuses on day 20 of gestation)

Results and discussion

Results: P0 (first parental generation)

General toxicity (P0)

Clinical signs:
no effects observed
Body weight and weight changes:
no effects observed
Food consumption and compound intake (if feeding study):
no effects observed
Organ weight findings including organ / body weight ratios:
no effects observed
Histopathological findings: non-neoplastic:
not examined
Other effects:
not examined

Reproductive function / performance (P0)

Reproductive function: oestrous cycle:
no effects observed
Reproductive function: sperm measures:
no effects observed
Reproductive performance:
no effects observed

Details on results (P0)

CLINICAL SIGNS AND MORTALITY (PARENTAL ANIMALS)
- females, no mortality
- males, one death in top dose group in week 6, not considered to be treatment related in the absence of toxic signs in any other animals

BODY WEIGHT AND FOOD CONSUMPTION (PARENTAL ANIMALS)
- no effects

REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION: ESTROUS CYCLE (PARENTAL ANIMALS)
- no effects

REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION: SPERM MEASURES (PARENTAL ANIMALS)
- PREGNANCY RATE - no effects (22, 22, 22 and 21 in control, low, mid and high dose groups respectively)
- no effects

REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE (PARENTAL ANIMALS)
- no effects

ORGAN WEIGHTS (PARENTAL ANIMALS)
- males, reproductive organs, no effects

GROSS PATHOLOGY (PARENTAL ANIMALS)
- no effects

HISTOPATHOLOGY (PARENTAL ANIMALS)
- not examined

OTHER
- REPRODUCTIVE PARAMETERS
- Number of corpora lutea - no effects (17.8, 18.4, 18.7 and 18.9 for controls, low, mid and high dose respectively)
- Number of implantations - no effects (means 17.2, 17.0, 18.1 and 18.0 for controls, low, mid and high dose respectively)
- Number of viable young - no effects (means 16.4, 15.9, 17.0 and 16.9 for controls, low, mid and high dose  respectively)
- Sex ratio - no effects
- Number of resorptions (early or late) - no effects
- Pre-implantation loss - no effects (3.3, 8.3, 3.2,  5.8% for controls, low, mid and high dose respectively)
- Post-implantation loss - no effects (4.7, 6.4, 6.3 and 5.8% for controls, low, mid and high dose respectively)

Effect levels (P0)

Dose descriptor:
NOAEL
Effect level:
1 000 mg/kg bw/day (actual dose received)
Sex:
male/female
Basis for effect level:
other: overall effects

Results: F1 generation

General toxicity (F1)

Clinical signs:
not examined
Mortality / viability:
no mortality observed
Body weight and weight changes:
no effects observed
Sexual maturation:
not examined
Organ weight findings including organ / body weight ratios:
not examined
Gross pathological findings:
no effects observed
Histopathological findings:
not examined

Details on results (F1)

VIABILITY (OFFSPRING)
- no effects

CLINICAL SIGNS (OFFSPRING)
- not applicable, foetuses examined at day 20 of gestation

BODY WEIGHT (OFFSPRING)
- no effects

SEXUAL MATURATION (OFFSPRING)
- not applicable, foetuses examined at day 20 of gestation

ORGAN WEIGHTS (OFFSPRING)
- not applicable, foetuses examined at day 20 of gestation

GROSS PATHOLOGY (OFFSPRING)
- not applicable, foetuses examined at day 20 of gestation

HISTOPATHOLOGY (OFFSPRING)
- not applicable, foetuses examined at day 20 of gestation

OTHER FINDINGS (OFFSPRING)
- MACROSCOPIC EXAMINATION (OFFSPRING)
- no variations were observed that were not comparable to historical control values
- SKELETAL EXAMINATION (OFFSPRING)
- no variations were observed that were not comparable to historical control values
- VISCERAL EXAMINATION (OFFSPRING)
- no variations were observed that were not comparable to historical control values

Effect levels (F1)

Dose descriptor:
NOAEL
Generation:
F1
Effect level:
1 000 mg/kg bw/day (actual dose received)
Sex:
male/female
Basis for effect level:
other: overall effects

Overall reproductive toxicity

Reproductive effects observed:
not specified

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Conclusions:
In a reliable study, conducted to a protocol similar to OECD guideline 415, an NOAEL of 1000 mg/kg bw/day was determined in the rat for reproductive effects. The study was performed in compliance with GLP.