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Title: Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling of salivary concentrations for noninvasive biomonitoring of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D)

Journal Article · · Toxicological Sciences

Saliva has become a favorable sample matrix for biomonitoring due to its non-invasive attributes and overall flexibility in collection. To ensure measured salivary concentrations reflect the exposure, a firm understanding of the salivary transport mechanism and relationships between salivary concentrations and other monitored matrices (i.e. blood, urine) is needed. Salivary transport of a commonly applied herbicide, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), was observed in vitro and in vivo and a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model was developed to translate observations from the cell culture model to those in animal models and further evaluate 2,4-D kinetics in humans. While apparent differences in experimental in vitro and in vivo saliva/plasma ratios (0.034 and 0.0079) were observed, simulations with the PBPK model demonstrated dynamic time and dose-dependent saliva/plasma ratios, elucidating key mechanisms affecting salivary transport. The model suggested that 2,4-D exhibited diffusion limited transport to saliva and was additionally impacted by protein binding saturation and permeability across the salivary gland. Consideration of sampling times post-exposure and potential saturation of transport mechanisms are then critical aspects for interpreting salivary 2,4-D biomonitoring observations. This work utilized PBPK modeling in in vitro to in vivo translation to explore benefits and limitations of salivary analysis for occupational biomonitoring.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
1577982
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-143610
Journal Information:
Toxicological Sciences, Vol. 171, Issue 2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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