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Effects of short‐term high‐dose and low‐dose dermal exposure to Jet A, JP‐8 and JP‐8 + 100 jet fuels
Author(s) -
MonteiroRiviere Nancy,
Inman Alfred,
Riviere Jim
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of applied toxicology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.784
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1099-1263
pISSN - 0260-437X
DOI - 10.1002/jat.785
Subject(s) - erythema , transepidermal water loss , jet fuel , edema , toxicity , zoology , chemistry , nuclear medicine , medicine , surgery , pathology , biology , stratum corneum , organic chemistry
Abstract Occupational and environmental exposures to jet fuel recently have become a source of public and regulatory concern. This study investigates the cutaneous toxicity of three fuels used in both civilian and military aircraft. Pigs, an accepted animal model for human skin, were exposed to low‐dose (25 µl or 7.96 µl cm −2 ) or high‐dose (335 µl or 67 µl cm −2 ) Jet A, JP‐8 and JP‐8 + 100 under occluded (Hill Top ® chamber or cotton fabric) and non‐occluded conditions for 5 h, 24 h and 5 days. To mimic occupational exposure, fuel‐soaked fabric (high dose) was used. Erythema, edema, transepidermal water loss (TEWL) and epidermal thickness were quantified. High‐dose fabric occluded sites had slight erythema at 5 h with increased erythema at 5 days. No erythema was noted in any of the occluded (Hill Top) or non‐occluded sites at any of the time points. Morphological assessments depicted slight intracellular epidermal edema at all time points. An increase in change in TEWL (ΔTEWL) was observed at the 5‐h and 24‐h fabric and Hill Top occluded treatments and a decrease at the 5‐day fabric and Hill Top occluded sites. In all 5‐day JP‐8 + 100 fabric sites, intracorneal microabscesses filled with inflammatory cells were observed. Epidermal thickening was significant ( P < 0.05) in all three jet fuels at the high‐dose fabric sites, with JP‐8 + 100 being the thickest. The epidermal rete peg depth increased significantly ( P < 0.05) at 24 h and 5 days with Jet A, JP‐8, and JP‐8 + 100 in the fabric sites. No significant differences were noted in the 5‐day non‐occluded fabric and Hill Top occluded and non‐occluded sites. Jet fuel JP‐8 + 100 tended to have the greatest proliferative response. In conclusion, the high‐dose fabric‐soaked exposure at 5 days to Jet A, JP‐8 and JP‐8 + 100 fuels caused the greatest increase in cutaneous erythema, edema, epidermal thickness and rete peg depth compared with high‐dose non‐occluded or low‐dose exposure under Hill Top occluded and non‐occluded conditions. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.