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TOXICOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 295, Issue -, Pages 307-313Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2018.07.012
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Diuron; Placental perfusion; Placental kinetics; Xenobiotic metabolism; In vitro; CYP1A1
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- University of Eastern Finland
- OrionPharma
- Doctoral Program of Drug Research in the Graduate School of the University of Eastern Finland
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Diuron is a broad-spectrum phenylurea derived herbicide which is commonly used across the globe. Diuron is toxic to the reproductive system of animals and carcinogenic to rat urothelium, and recently found to be genotoxic in human cells. In in vivo, it is metabolized predominately into 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1-methyl urea (DCPMU) in humans and 3-(3, 4-dichlorophenyl)urea (DCPU) in animals. Information on diuron toxicokinetics and related toxicity in human placenta is absent. We have investigated the toxicokinetics of diuron in ex vivo human placental perfusion and in in vitro human placental microsomes and human trophoblastic cancer cells (BeWo). Diuron crossed human placenta readily in placental perfusion. Furthermore, diuron was metabolized into DCPMU in perfused placenta and in in vitro incubations using microsomes from placentas of smokers. In incubations with placental microsomes from non-smokers, and in BeWo cells, metabolism to DCPMU was detected but only with the highest used diuron concentration (100 M). Diuron metabolism was inhibited upon addition of a-naphthoflavone, a CYP1A1 inhibitor, underscoring the role of CYP1A1 in the metabolism. In conclusion, it is evident that diuron crosses human placenta and diuron can be metabolized in the placenta to a toxic metabolite via CYP1A1. This implicates in vivo fetal exposure to diuron if pregnant women are exposed to diuron, which may result in fetotoxicity.
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