Acute Toxicities of the Saxitoxin Congeners Gonyautoxin 5, Gonyautoxin 6, Decarbamoyl Gonyautoxin 2&amp;3, Decarbamoyl Neosaxitoxin, C-1&amp;2 and C-3&amp;4 to Mice by Various Routes of Administration

Paralytic shellfish poisoning results from consumption of seafood naturally contaminated by saxitoxin and its congeners, the paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs). The levels of such toxins are regulated internationally, and maximum permitted concentrations in seafood have been established in many countries. A mouse bioassay is an approved method for estimating the levels of PSTs in seafood, but this is now being superseded in many countries by instrumental methods of analysis. Such analyses provide data on the levels of many PSTs in seafood, but for risk assessment, knowledge of the relative toxicities of the congeners is required. These are expressed as “Toxicity Equivalence Factors” (TEFs). At present, TEFs are largely based on relative specific activities following intraperitoneal injection in a mouse bioassay rather than on acute toxicity determinations. A more relevant parameter for comparison would be median lethal doses via oral administration, since this is the route through which humans are exposed to PSTs. In the present study, the median lethal doses of gonyautoxin 5, gonyautoxin 6, decarbamoyl neosaxitoxin and of equilibrium mixtures of decarbamoyl gonyautoxins 2&3, C1&2 and C3&4 by oral administration to mice have been determined and compared with toxicities via intraperitoneal injection. The results indicate that the TEFs of several of these substances require revision in order to more accurately reflect the risk these toxins present to human health. View Full-Text

Keywords: paralytic shellfish toxins; gonyautoxins; decarbamoyl neosaxitoxin; decarbamoyl gonyautoxins; C1&2; C3&4; acute toxicity; toxicity equivalence factors; oral exposure

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Selwood, A.I.; Waugh, C.; Harwood, D.T.; Rhodes, L.L.; Reeve, J.; Sim, J.; Munday, R. Acute Toxicities of the Saxitoxin Congeners Gonyautoxin 5, Gonyautoxin 6, Decarbamoyl Gonyautoxin 2&3, Decarbamoyl Neosaxitoxin, C-1&2 and C-3&4 to Mice by Various Routes of Administration. Toxins 2017, 9, 73. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins9020073

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Selwood AI, Waugh C, Harwood DT, Rhodes LL, Reeve J, Sim J, Munday R. Acute Toxicities of the Saxitoxin Congeners Gonyautoxin 5, Gonyautoxin 6, Decarbamoyl Gonyautoxin 2&3, Decarbamoyl Neosaxitoxin, C-1&2 and C-3&4 to Mice by Various Routes of Administration. Toxins. 2017; 9(2):73. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins9020073

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Selwood, Andrew I., Craig Waugh, David T. Harwood, Lesley L. Rhodes, John Reeve, Jim Sim, and Rex Munday. 2017. "Acute Toxicities of the Saxitoxin Congeners Gonyautoxin 5, Gonyautoxin 6, Decarbamoyl Gonyautoxin 2&3, Decarbamoyl Neosaxitoxin, C-1&2 and C-3&4 to Mice by Various Routes of Administration" Toxins 9, no. 2: 73. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins9020073

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