{"title":"Comparison of the in vitro cytotoxicities and acute in vivo toxicities of 59 chemicals.","authors":"R H Clothier, L M Hulme, M Smith, M Balls","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The in vitro cytotoxicities of 59 chemicals, expressed as ID50 values (i.e., concentrations of test chemicals that reduced the final cellular protein content of test cultures by 50% in comparison with appropriate solvent control cultures) and obtained using murine 3T3-L1 cells and the FRAME kenacid blue method, have been compared with rat oral and mouse intraperitoneal (ip) LD50 values. A better in vivo/in vitro correlation was obtained for the 59 chemicals with mouse ip LD50 values (r = .80) than with rat oral LD50 values (r = .76), but the best in vivo/in vitro correlation was found when the most toxic of the rat and mouse values were used in the comparison (r = .81).</p>","PeriodicalId":77750,"journal":{"name":"Molecular toxicology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1987-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Molecular toxicology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The in vitro cytotoxicities of 59 chemicals, expressed as ID50 values (i.e., concentrations of test chemicals that reduced the final cellular protein content of test cultures by 50% in comparison with appropriate solvent control cultures) and obtained using murine 3T3-L1 cells and the FRAME kenacid blue method, have been compared with rat oral and mouse intraperitoneal (ip) LD50 values. A better in vivo/in vitro correlation was obtained for the 59 chemicals with mouse ip LD50 values (r = .80) than with rat oral LD50 values (r = .76), but the best in vivo/in vitro correlation was found when the most toxic of the rat and mouse values were used in the comparison (r = .81).