Comparison of the elimination between perfluorinated fatty acids with different carbon chain length in rats

Kudo, N; Suzuki, E; Katakura, M; Ohmori, K; Noshiro, R; Kawashima, Y

HERO ID

1415983

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

2001

Language

English

PMID

11311214

HERO ID 1415983
In Press No
Year 2001
Title Comparison of the elimination between perfluorinated fatty acids with different carbon chain length in rats
Authors Kudo, N; Suzuki, E; Katakura, M; Ohmori, K; Noshiro, R; Kawashima, Y
Journal Chemico-Biological Interactions
Volume 134
Issue 2
Page Numbers 203-216
Abstract Elimination in urine and feces was compared between four perfluorinated fatty acids (PFCAs) with different carbon chain length. In male rats, perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHA) was rapidly eliminated in urine with the proportion of 92% of the dose being eliminated within 120 h after an intraperitoneal injection. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) and perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA) was eliminated in urine with the proportions of 55, 2.0 and 0.2% of the dose, respectively. By contrast, four PFCAs were eliminated in feces with the proportion of less than 5% of the dose within 120 h after an injection. In female rats, the proportions of PFOA and PFNA eliminated in urine within 120 h were 80% and 51% of the dose, respectively, which were significantly higher compared with those in male rats. There was the tendency that PFCA with longer carbon chain length is less eliminated in urine in both male and female rats. Fecal elimination of PFCAs was not different between PFCAs in female rats and comparable to those in male rats. The rates of biliary excretion of PFCAs in male rats were slower than those in female rats. Sex-related difference in urinary elimination of PFOA was abolished when male rats had been castrated. On the contrary, treatment with testosterone suppressed the elimination of PFOA in urine in both castrated male rats and female rats. The effect of testosterone was in a time- and dose-dependent manner. These results suggest that PFCAs are distinguished by their carbon chain length by a renal excretion system, which is regulated by testosterone.
Doi 10.1016/S0009-2797(01)00155-7
Pmid 11311214
Wosid WOS:000168572000006
Url https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0009279701001557
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Keyword perfluorinated fatty acids; urinary elimination; fecal elimination; carbon chain length; sex-related difference