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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Alistair Leitch, Dr Tarek Mamdouh AbdelghanyORCiD, Dr Alex Charlton, Professor Fiona OakleyORCiD, Dr Lee Borthwick, Lee Reed, Amber Knox, William Reilly, Professor Loranne Agius, Professor Peter Blain, Professor Matt Wright
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© 2020 The Author(s)The ionic liquid 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium (M8OI) has been found in the environment and identified as a hazard for triggering the liver disease primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). Given limited toxicity data for M8OI and other structurally-related ionic liquids, target organs for M8OI toxicity were examined. Adult male C57Bl6 mice were acutely exposed to 0–10 mg/kg body weight M8OI via 2 intraperitoneal injections (time zero and 18 h) and effects examined at 24 h. At termination, tissue histopathology, serum and urinary endpoints were examined. No overt pathological changes were observed in the heart and brain. In contrast, focal and mild to multifocal and moderate degeneration with a general trend for an increase in severity with increased dose was observed in the kidney. These changes were accompanied by a dose-dependent increased expression of Kim1 in kidney tissue, marked elevations in urinary Kim1 protein and a dose-dependent increase in serum creatinine. Hepatic changes were limited to a significant dose-dependent loss of hepatic glycogen and a mild but significant increase in portal tract inflammatory recruitment and/or fibroblastic proliferation accompanied by a focal fibrotic change. Cultured mouse tissue slices reflected these in vivo effects in that dose-dependent injury was observed in kidney slices but not in the liver. Kidney slices accumulated higher levels of M8OI than liver slices (e.g. at 10 μM, greater than 4 fold) and liver slices where markedly more active in the metabolism of M8OI. These data indicate that the kidney is a target organ for the toxic effects of M8OI accompanied by mild cholangiopathic changes in the liver after intraperitoneal administration.
Author(s): Leitch AC, Abdelghany TM, Charlton A, Grigalyte J, Oakley F, Borthwick LA, Reed L, Knox A, Reilly WJ, Agius L, Blain PG, Wright MC
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Year: 2020
Volume: 202
Print publication date: 01/10/2020
Online publication date: 04/07/2020
Acceptance date: 14/06/2020
Date deposited: 16/11/2020
ISSN (print): 0147-6513
ISSN (electronic): 1090-2414
Publisher: Elsevier
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.110902
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.110902
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