Kinetic Time Courses of Bisphenol-S in Female Volunteers Orally and Dermally Exposed to Bisphenol-S

As a first step, volunteers will be exposed orally acutely to 0.1 mg / kg of body weight (bw) orally (corresponding to 7 mg for an individual of 70 kg). According to the recent assessment by the US Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), this dose is considered to be associated with no adverse effect for a subchronic exposure scenario in rats (EPA, 2014). The deuterated form of bisphenol S (BPS d8, Toronto Research Chemical) will be used to avoid potential interference with BPS in the diet. The dose that will be administered to volunteers (0.1 mg / kg bw) orally, in deuterated form, is identical to that previously used in a study in volunteers exposed to Bisphenol A (0.1 mg / kg of BPA-d6 administered oral in volunteers) (Thayer et al., 2015).

The BPS reference dose (RfD) was established based on a 45-day parental toxicity study in orally exposed male rats with No-Observed Adverse Effect Level (NOAEL) 10 mg / kg bw (Lowest-Observed-Adverse-Effect-Level (LOAEL) of 60 mg / kg bw / day for parental toxicity, and a NOAEL and LOAEL value of 60 and 300 mg / kg bw / day for reproductive toxicity) (EPA 2014) (page 4-282). The dose administered in volunteers will be 100 times lower than the NOAEL and consider an inter-species uncertainty factor of 10 and interindividual of 10. The six volunteers will then be exposed orally acutely to the previously determined dose (0.1 mg / kg bw).

For the administration, the product will be dissolved in ethanol (100 mg / ml equivalent to 10 mg / 100 μl) and the solution will be deposited on a cookie (deposit of about 70 μl of solution on a cookie for an individual of 70 kg) and the ethanol is allowed to evaporate before giving each volunteer, with the subsequent consumption of 100 ml of water.

In a second component, volunteers will be exposed dermally acute at a dose of 1 mg / kg bw. It is important to note that there is currently no recommended reference dose for dermal exposure. Studies on the toxicokinetics of bisphenol A (BPA) in the animal and human model estimated that the absorption fraction was 8.6 ± 2.1% in human skin explants (n = 7) (Demierre et al. , 2012). The expected dermal administration dose assumes that dermal absorption is <10% based on the Demierre study and therefore may be higher than the oral dose. Preliminary experience on a volunteer will be done before doing all the planned volunteers.

About 48 hours before dermal exposure to BPS, it is recommended to remove the hair on the forearm while taking care not to irritate the skin too much. The solution will then be applied to an area of 40 cm2 of the forearm and delimited by the indelible marker. The BPS will be added in suspension in an aqueous solution containing 1% of carboxymethylcellulose and administered in the form of drops (70 µl for an individual of 70 kg). The treated area will be left uncoated and unwashed for a period of 4 hours. After 4 hours, the application area will be washed with water and soap. This type of application is therefore similar to an exposure of the general population via the skin (manipulation of cash receipts).