Evaluation of Physiological Monitoring in Toxicology using 2-Ethyltoluene as a case study

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Abstract

This project conducted for the Division of Translational Toxicology (DTT) is designed to evaluate the use of physiological monitoring parameters (blood pressure, heart rate, heart rate variability, ecg etc.) in routine toxicology assessments. These parameters are easy translatable to humans, as passive metrics collected and use for human health on a routine basis. These parameters may also offer early indicators of an animal developing a toxic outcome from exposure to a chemical that could be detected before the animal is euthanized, and could allow early intervention for laboratory animal medicine. Telemetry-implanted animals were exposed to a test article in whole-body inhalation chambers for 4 weeks to determine if physiological monitoring parameters would be more sensitive or would be earlier indicators of toxicity when compared to apical outcomes (e.g. histopathology) for known toxic effects of the test article.

Key facts

NIH application ID
11216082
Project number
75N96024C00005-0-9999-8
Recipient
BATTELLE CENTERS/PUB HLTH RES & EVALUATN
Principal Investigator
DAWN FALLACARA
Activity code
N01
Funding institute
NIH
Fiscal year
2024
Award amount
$2,523,707
Award type
Project period
2024-09-16 → 2025-09-15