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Study Information
Study Attribute Value
CEBS Accession Number: 002-02649-0002-0000-5
Chemical Name: Pentamidine isethionate
CASRN: 140-64-7
NTP Study Type: Genetic Toxicology - Mammalian Cell Cytogenetics
NTP Study ID: 001715_CA
Study Result: Negative

Study Result: Negative
Activation Trial Trial Call
No Activation  1  Negative 
Induced Rat Liver S9  1_S9  Negative 

Trial #:1   Activation: No Activation    Date: 04/04/1990    Harvest Time: 14 hour(s)   Trial Call: Negative   
  Dose
µg/mL		 Total
Cells Examined		 Total Aberrations Complex Aberrations Simple Aberrations Other Abs
No. of
Abs		 Abs
Per
Cell		 % Cells
With
Abs		 No. of
Abs.		 Abs
Per
Cell		 % Cells
With
Abs		 No. of
Abs.		 Abs
Per
Cell		 % Cells
With
Abs		 No. of
Abs.		 Abs
Per
Cell		 % Cells
With
Abs
Vehicle Control: Negative (Not Specified) 
0         
 200 4 0.020 2.0 1 0.005 0.5 3 0.015 1.5 0 0.000 0.0
Dimethyl Sulfoxide 
0         
 200 3 0.015 1.5 1 0.005 0.5 2 0.010 1.0 0 0.000 0.0
Test Chemical: Pentamidine isethionate 
47         
 200 0 0.000 0.0 0 0.000 0.0 0 0.000 0.0 0 0.000 0.0 
101         
 200 3 0.015 1.5 1 0.005 0.5 2 0.010 1.0 0 0.000 0.0 
216         
 200 5 0.025 2.5 2 0.010 1.0 3 0.015 1.5 0 0.000 0.0
Positive Control: Mitomycin-C 
 0.4       
 25 19 0.760 48.0 14 0.560 40.0 5 0.200 16.0 0 0.000 0.0
Trend: 1.222 0.896 0.849  
Probability: 0.111 0.185 0.198  


Trial #:1_S9   Activation: Induced Rat Liver S9    Date: 04/04/1990    Harvest Time: 12.2 hour(s)   Trial Call: Negative   
  Dose
µg/mL		 Total
Cells Examined		 Total Aberrations Complex Aberrations Simple Aberrations Other Abs
No. of
Abs		 Abs
Per
Cell		 % Cells
With
Abs		 No. of
Abs.		 Abs
Per
Cell		 % Cells
With
Abs		 No. of
Abs.		 Abs
Per
Cell		 % Cells
With
Abs		 No. of
Abs.		 Abs
Per
Cell		 % Cells
With
Abs
Vehicle Control: Negative (Not Specified) 
0         
 200 5 0.025 2.5 4 0.020 2.0 1 0.005 0.5 0 0.000 0.0
Dimethyl Sulfoxide 
0         
 200 5 0.025 2.5 3 0.015 1.5 2 0.010 1.0 0 0.000 0.0
Test Chemical: Pentamidine isethionate 
101         
 200 4 0.020 2.0 0 0.000 0.0 4 0.020 2.0 0 0.000 0.0 
216         
 200 6 0.030 3.0 2 0.010 1.0 4 0.020 2.0 0 0.000 0.0 
465         
 200 5 0.025 2.5 1 0.005 0.5 4 0.020 2.0 0 0.000 0.0 
1000         
 0 0 0.000 0.0 0 0.000 0.0 0 0.000 0.0 0 0.000 0.0
Positive Control: Cyclophosphamide 
20         
 25 16 0.640 48.0 8 0.320 32.0 8 0.320 24.0 0 0.000 0.0
Trend: 0.202 -0.734 0.723  
Probability: 0.420 0.769 0.235