Tetratox: Tetrahymena pyriformis population growth impairment endpoint - A surrogate for fish lethality

Toxicology Methods

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 289-309

  Schultz, T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Pimephales promelas; Tetrahymena pyriformis

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 0001214991     PISSN: 10517235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/105172397243079     Document Type: Article

References (61)

1. Isomaa B, Lilius H, Råbergh C. Aquatic toxicology in vitro: a brief review. ATLA. 1994;22:243-253.
2. Personne G, Dive D. Toxicity tests on ciliates: a short review. Ecotoxicol Environ Safety. 1978;2:105-114.
3. Hill DL. The Biochemistry and Physiology of Tetrahymena. New York: Academic; 1972:230.
4. Elliott AM. Biology of Tetrahymena. Stroudsburg, PA: Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross; 1973:513.
5. Schultz TW, Richter CS, Dumont JN. Cytotoxicity of acridine, a synfuel components, to Tetrahymena. Environ Pollut. 1981;26:215-226.
6. Lwoff A. Sur la nutrition des infusoires. C R Acad Sci Paris. 1923; 176:928-930.
7. Lwoff A. Some aspects of the problem of growth factors for protozoa. Annu Rev Microbiol. 1947;1:101-114.
8. Sprague JB. Measurement of pollutant toxicity to fish, III: sublethal effects and safe concentrations. Water Res. 1971;5:245-266.
9. Sprague JB. Measurement of pollutant toxicity to fish, II: utilizing and applying bioassay results. Water Res. 1970;4:2-32.
10. Cameron IL. Growth characteristics of Tetrahymena. In: Elliott AM, ed. Biology of Tetrahymena. Stroudsburg, PA: Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross; 1973:199-226.
11. Roth J. Certain effects of 2-aminofluorene and α- and β-naphthylamines on Tetrahymena pyriformis. Cancer Res. 1954;2:346-351.
12. Rogers CC. Effects of phenothiazines on growth, gyucose uptake, and cell composition in Tetrahymena pyriformis W. Can J Biochem. 1966; 44:1493-1503.
13. Heaf DP, Lee D. A viability assay for Tetrahymena pyriformis. J Gen Microbiol. 1971;68:249-253.
14. Thrasher JD, Adams JF. The effects of four mercury compounds on the generation time and cell division in Tetrahymena pyriformis, WH14. Environ Res. 1972;5:433-450.
15. Cooley NR, Keitner JM Jr, Forester J. Mirex and Aroclor 1254: effects on and accumulation by Tetrahymena pyriformis strain W. J Protozool. 1972; 18:636-638.
16. Cooley NR, Keitner JM Jr, Forester J. The polychlorinate byphenyls Aroclor 1248 and 1260: effects on and accumulation by Tetrahymena pyriformis. J Protozool. 1973;20:443-445.
17. Anonymous. Bioassay procedures for ciliated protozoa (Tentative). In: Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater; 1976: 795-862.
18. Yaneyama K, Nagata H. Rapid test method for toxicity of chemicals with Tetrahymena. Jpn J Public Health (Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi). 1966; 23:331-337.
19. Yoshioka Y, Ose Y, Sato T. Testing for the toxicity of chemicals with Tetrahymena pyriformis. Sci Total Environ. 1985;43:149-157.
20. Schultz TW, Dumont JN, Kyte LM. Cytotoxicity of synthetic fuel products on Tetrahymena pyriformis, I: phenol. J Protozool. 1977;24:164-172.
21. Schultz TW, Cajina-Quezada M, Dumont JN. Structure toxicity relationships of selected nitrogenous heterocyclic compounds. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 1980;9:951-998.
22. Schultz TW. Aquatic toxicity of nitrogen heterocyclic molecules: quantitative structure-activity relationships. In: Nriagu JO, ed. Aquatic Toxicology. New York: Wiley; 1983:579-612.
23. Schultz TW, Lin DT, Wilke TS, Arnold LM. Quantitative structure-activity relationships for the Tetrahymena pyriformis population growth endpoint: a mechanism of toxic action approach. In: Karcher W, Devillers J, eds. Practical Applications of Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR) in Environment Chemistry and Toxicology. Dordrecht (Holland): Kluwer; 1990:241-262.
24. Schultz TW. (1996). Tetrahymena in aquatic toxicology: QSARs and ecological hazard assessment. In: Pauli W, Berger S, eds. Proceedings of the International Workshop on a Protozoan Test Protocol with Tetrahymena in Aquatic Toxicity Testing. Berlin: German Federal Environmental Agency; 1996:31-66.
25. Sauvant MP, Pepin D, Bohatier J, Groliere CA. Microplate technique for screening and assessing cytotoxicity of xenobiotics with Tetrahymena pyriformis. Ecotoxicol Environ Safety. 1995;32:159-165.
26. Holz GH Jr. The nutrition of Tetrahymena: essential nutrients, feeding and digestion. In: Elliott AM, ed. Biology of Tetrahymena. Stroudsburg, PA: Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross; 1973:89-98.
27. Levy MR. Effects of some environmental factors on the biochemistry, physiology and metabolism of Tetrahymena. In: Elliott AM, ed. Biology of Tetrahymena. Stroudsburg, PA: Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross; 1973:227-258.
28. Schultz TW, Cajina-Quezada M. Structure toxicity relationships of selected nitrogenous heterocyclic compounds, II: dinitrogen molecules. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 1982;11:353-361.
29. Finney DJ. Probit Analysis, 3d ed. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press; 1971:333.
30. SAS Institute Inc. SAS/STAT User's Guide, Version 6, Vol. 2, 4th ed. Cary, NC: SAS Institute; 1989:846.
31. Brooke LT, Call DJ, Geiger DL, Northcott CE, eds. Center for Lake Superior Environmental Studies (CLSESa): Acute Toxicities of Organic Chemicals to Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas), Vol. I. Superior, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin; 1984.
32. Brooke LT, Call DJ, Geiger DL, Northcott CE, eds. Center for Lake Superior Environmental Studies (CLSESb): Acute Toxicities of Organic Chemicals to Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas), Vol. II. Superior, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin; 1985.
33. Brooke LT, Call DJ, Geiger DL, Poirier SH, eds. Center for Lake Superior Environmental Studies (CLSESc): Acute Toxicities of Organic Chemicals to Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas), Vol. III. Superior, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin; 1986.
34. Brooke LT, Call DJ, Geiger DL, eds. Center for Lake Superior Environmental Studies (CLSESd): Acute Toxicities of Organic Chemicals to Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas), Vol. IV. Superior, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin; 1988.
35. Brooke LT, Call DJ, Geiger DL, eds. Center for Lake Superior Environmental Studies (CLSESe): Acute Toxicities of Organic Chemicals to Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas), Vol. V. Superior, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin; 1990.
36. Isomaa B, Lilus H. The urgent need for in vitro tests in ecotoxicology. Toxicol in Vitro. 1995;9:821-825.
37. Schultz TW, Holcombe GW, Phipps GL. Relationships of quantitative structure-activity of selected phenols in the Pimephales promelas and Tetrahymena pyriformis test systems. Ecotoxicol Environ Safety. 1986; 12:146-153.
38. Schultz TW, Dawson DA, Lin DT. Comparative toxicity of selected nitrogen-containing aromatic compounds in the Tetrahymena pyriformis and Pimephales promelas test systems. Chemosphere. 1989;18:2283-2291.
39. Cajina-Quezada M, Schultz TW. Structure-toxicity relationships for selected weak acid respiratory uncouplers. Aquat Toxicol. 1990;17:239-252.
40. Schultz TW, Wyatt NL, Lin DT. Structure-toxicity relationships for nonpolar narcotics: a comparison of data from the Tetrahymena, Photobacterium and Pimephales systems. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 1990;44:67-72.
41. Schultz TW, Lin DT, Arnold LM. QSARs for monosubstituted anilines eliting the polar narcosis mechanism of action. Sci Total Environ 1991; 109/110:569-580.
42. Jaworska JS, Schultz TW. Quantitative relationships of structure-activity and volume fraction for selected nonpolar and polar narcotics chemicals. SAR QSAR Environ Res 1993;1:3-19.
43. Jaworska JS, Schultz TW. Mechanism-based comparisons of acute toxicities elicited by industrial organic chemicals in procaryotic and eucaryotic systems. Ecotoxicol Environ Safety. 1994;29:200-213.
44. Bradbury SP, Lipnick RL. Introduction: structural properties for determining mechanisms of toxic action. Environ Health Perspect. 1990;87: 181-182.
45. Schultz TW. Nonpolar narcosis: a review of the mechanism of action for baseline toxicity. In: Cowgill UM, Williams LR, eds. Aquatic Toxicology and Environmental Fate, Vol 12, ASTM STP 1027. Philadelphia, PA: ASTM; 1989:104-109.
46. Veith GD, Broderius SJ. Rules for distinguishing toxicants that cause type I and type II narcosis syndrome. Environ Health Perspect. 1990; 87:207-211.
47. Hansch C, Kim D, Leo AJ, Novellino E, Silipo C, Vittoria A. Toward a quantitative comparative toxicology of organic compounds. Crit Rev Toxicol. 1989;19:185-226.
48. van Wezel AP, Opperhuizen A. Narcosis due to environmental pollutants in aquatic organisms: residue-based toxicity, mechanisms, and membrane burdens. Crit Rev Toxicol. 1995;25:255-279.
49. 6 analogs and primary propargylic alcohols. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 1993;51:681-688.
50. Schultz TW, Kessel TS, Tichy M. Structure-toxicity relationships for unsaturated alcohols to Tetrahymena pyriformis: 3-alkyn-1-ols and 2-alken-1-ols. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 1994;53:179-185.
51. Schultz TW, Bryant SE, Lin DT. Structure-toxicity relationships for Tetrahymena: aliphatic aldehydes. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 1994; 52:279-285.
52. Lipnick RL, Watson KR, Strausz, AK. A QSAR study of the acute toxicity of some industrial organic chemicals to goldfish: narcosis, electrophiles and proelectrophile mechanisms. Xenobiotica. 1987;17:1011-1025.
53. Veith GD, Broderius SJ. Structure-toxicity relationships for industrial chemicals causing type II narcosis syndrome. In: Kaiser KLE, ed. QSAR in Environmental Toxicology, II. Dordrecht, Holland: Reidel; 1987:385-391.
54. Veith GD, Mekenyan OG. A QSAR approach for estimating the aquatic toxicity of soft electrophiles (QSAR for soft electrophiles). Quant Struct-Act Relation. 1993;12:349-356.
55. Bearden AP, Schultz TW. Relationships of structure-activity for Tetrahymena and comparative toxicity with Pimephales: a mechanism of action approach. Environ Toxicol Chem. 1997;16:1311-1317.
56. Mekenyan OG, Ankley GT, Veith GD, Call DJ. QSARs for photo-induced toxicity, I: acute lethality of PAHs to Daphnia Magna. Chemosphere. 1994; 28:567-582.
57. Sinks GD, Schultz TW, Hunter RS. UVb-induced toxicity of PAHs: effects of substituents and heteroatom substitution. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 1997;59:1-8.
58. Bradbury SP, Mekenyan OG, Veith GD, Zaharieva N. SAR modeling of futile metabolism: one-electron reduction of quinones, phenols and nitrobenzenes. SAR QSAR Environ Res. 1996;1995;4:109-124.
59. Schultz TW, Sinks GD, Cronin MTD. Quinone-induced aquatic toxicity to Tetrahymena: structure-activity relationships. Aquatic Toxicol. 1997;39: 267-278.
60. Jaworska JS, Hunter RS, Schultz TW. Quantitative structure-toxicity relationships and volume fraction analyses for selected esters. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 1995;29:86-93.
61. Schultz TW, Lin DT, Wesley SK. QSARs for monosubstituted phenols and the polar narcosis mechanism of toxicity. Qual Assur Good Pract Regul Law. 1992;1:132-143.