The second dose of nimodipine was administered 24 h after the first dose in order to improve the results found in the work of Emerick et al. (2010). These strategies and the mechanisms involved beta-catenin inhibitor in the treatments of OPIDN were reviewed in a recent work published by our group (Emerick et al., 2012c). Finally, these endpoints used in the present study with methamidophos isoforms could be used to verify the neurotoxicity of other OPs that have chiral center. Most of these compounds are commercially available in
the form of the racemate, but the toxicity is enantioselective. The results presented in this study allow the identification of differences in neurotoxicities of methamidophos enantiomers and the (+)-methamidophos as the enantiomer responsible for the delayed effects. In addition, the treatments with 2 doses of nimodipine and 1 dose of Ca-glu (30 min after the first dose of nimodipine) showed to be effective to prevent the onset of OPIDN signs and lesions caused by TOCP and (+)-methamidophos. There are no conflicts of interest. Financial support for this study was
provided by the “Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo” – FAPESP Grant # 2009/51048-8. Additional funding was provided by Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. Technical assistance was provided by Elisabete Zocal P. Lepera, Luiz Potenza, Maria Aparecida dos Santos. We are also grateful to Antonio Netto Júnior for his work with the photos. “
“Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are fiber-shaped substances that consist
of graphite hexagonal-mesh planes (graphene sheet) present as a single-layer or as multi-layers Etoposide molecular weight with nest accumulation. Tubes with single-wall structures and multi-wall structures are called single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), respectively. CNTs are regarded as nanomaterials because their diameters are within the nanoscale range Epothilone B (EPO906, Patupilone) (1–100 nm). Currently, various applied studies are focusing on CNTs because of their excellent physical–chemical properties. However, there is a growing concern regarding the hazards of CNTs. Many pulmonary toxicity studies (e.g., inhalation exposure studies, intratracheal instillation studies, and pharyngeal aspiration studies) have reported that multifocal granulomas or fibrotic responses were persistently observed in the lungs of rats and mice after SWCNT exposure (Warheit et al., 2004, Lam et al., 2004, Mangum et al., 2006, Chou et al., 2008, Miyawaki et al., 2008, Shvedova et al., 2005, Shvedova et al., 2007, Shvedova et al., 2008a and Shvedova et al., 2008b). MWCNT pulmonary toxicity studies also reported similar pulmonary responses as SWCNT exposure. Granulomatous inflammation and fibrotic responses were reported in MWCNT inhalation exposure studies (Muller et al., 2005, Li et al., 2007, Ma-Hock et al., 2009 and Pauluhn, 2010).