Acute toxicity of a single dose DATR, recombinant soluble human TRAIL mutant, in rodents and crab-eating macaques

• Published in: Human & experimental toxicology 2010-08, Vol.29 (8), p.645-652
• Main Authors: Zou, YX, Zhang, XD, Mao, Y., Lu, GC, Huang, M., Yuan, BJ
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Animals; Antineoplastic Agents - toxicity; Apoptosis; Biological and medical sciences; Cancer therapies; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug dosages; Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; Drug toxicity and drugs side effects treatment; Female; Humans; Humidity; Kidney - pathology; Ligands; Liver - pathology; Macaca; Macaca fascicularis; Male; Medical research; Medical sciences; Mice; Mice, Inbred ICR; Miscellaneous (drug allergy, mutagens, teratogens...); Mutant Proteins - toxicity; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Quarantine; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Recombinant Proteins - genetics; Recombinant Proteins - toxicity; Rodents; TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand - genetics; TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand - toxicity; Toxicity; Toxicity Tests, Acute; Toxicology; Tumor necrosis factor-TNF; Ventilation
• ISSN: 0960-3271; 1477-0903
• DOI: 10.1177/0960327109357214

Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) has been reported to possess activity of inducing apoptosis in variety of tumor cells in preclinical models. Several mutational versions of TRAIL have been studied as promising agents for cancer therapy and the recombinant soluble human TRAIL mutant (DATR) is one of them. The objective of the present study was to provide possible toxic target organs and proposal non-toxic dose level of DATR for clinical usage. Rodents and crab-eating macaques were used to estimate potential adverse effects of DATR following a single dose administration. The median lethal dose (LD50 ) of intravenous injection to rats and mice was determined as 262.0 and 1018.0 mg/kg b.w., respectively. The LD50 of intraperitoneal administration to mice was found to be 1432.1 mg/kg b.w. The main changes in macaques were found in the following aspects. Hematology analysis revealed an obvious decrease of red blood cell count (RBC), hemoglobin (HB) and hematocrit (HCT) after injection. Serum biochemical analysis showed an apparent increase of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), total bilirubin (TBIL), blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine (Crea). Furthermore, inflammatory cell infiltrate in liver and kidney was found by microscope. All the disorders suggested that liver, renal and hematological systems might be the target effectors of toxic effect induced by DATR. Based on the results of this study, the no observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) and the lowest observed-adverse-effect level of DATR in macaques are 90.0 and 135.0 mg/kg b.w., respectively.