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National Toxicology Program U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Annual Report 2012 National Toxicology Program ANNUAL REPORT for Fiscal Year 2012 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Institutes of Health National Center for Toxicological Research Food and Drug Administration National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention September 2013 Department of Health and Human Services National Toxicology Program NIH Publication No. 13-5970 Table of Contents Letter from the NIEHS/NTP Director ...................................................................................................... 1 1. National Toxicology Program: Mission And Goals ....................................................................... 3 A. Organizational Structure and Oversight ...................................................................................... 4 B. Training Programs ....................................................................................................................... 6 C. Advisory Boards and Committees ............................................................................................... 6 i. NTP Executive Committee .................................................................................................6 ii. NTP Board of Scientific Counselors ...................................................................................7 iii. Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods .................................9 iv. Special Emphasis Panels .................................................................................................12 2. Funding ........................................................................................................................................... 14 3. NTP Highlighted Activities ............................................................................................................. 17 A. NIEHS Strategic Plan ................................................................................................................ 17 B. Systematic Review Process ...................................................................................................... 17 C. Health Effects of Low-Level Lead .............................................................................................. 18 D. Studies of Botanical Dietary Supplements ................................................................................ 18 E. Diversity-Outbred Mice and Population Based Models for Toxicology and Disease ................. 19 F. Mouse Methylome Project ......................................................................................................... 20 G. NTP Impact on Regulatory Agencies ......................................................................................... 20 H. Additional Activities .................................................................................................................... 22 4. Literature Analysis Activities ........................................................................................................ 23 A. Non-Cancer Health Effects ....................................................................................................... 23 B. Report on Carcinogens .............................................................................................................. 24 5. Testing and Research .................................................................................................................... 26 A. Technical Reports ...................................................................................................................... 27 B. NTP Testing ............................................................................................................................... 32 i. Disposition, Metabolism, and Toxicokinetic Studies .........................................................33 ii. Genetic Toxicity ................................................................................................................34 iii. Organ System Toxicity ......................................................................................................35 iv. Toxicology/Carcinogenicity Studies ..................................................................................41 v. Toxicogenomic Studies .....................................................................................................46 C. NTP Research ........................................................................................................................... 48 i. Assessing Exposure to Substances in the Workplace .....................................................51 ii. Comprehensive Assessment of Occupationally-Relevant Exposures ..............................55 iii. Immunotoxicology Research ............................................................................................56 iv. NTP Research in Partnership with NCTR ........................................................................59 6. Alternative Methods Development ................................................................................................ 70 A. Tox 21 ........................................................................................................................................ 70 B. ICCVAM ..................................................................................................................................... 74 i. Workshops ........................................................................................................................74 ii. Publications ......................................................................................................................75 iii. International Validation Activities ......................................................................................76 7. Public Tools .................................................................................................................................... 78 A. Chemical Effects in Biological Systems (CEBS) Database ....................................................... 78 B. NTP Archives ............................................................................................................................. 78 C. The NCGC BioPlanet ................................................................................................................ 79 D. DrugMatrix® and ToxFX® .......................................................................................................... 79 E. MetaDataViewer ........................................................................................................................ 80 8. Appendices ..................................................................................................................................... 81 A. Frequently Used Abbreviations .................................................................................................. 81 B. Agency Staff and Contact Information ....................................................................................... 83 C. FY 2012 Bibliography ................................................................................................................ 87 Letter from the NIEHS/NTP Director The NTP, an interagency program, provides scientific knowledge and functions as a truly translational program to safeguard public health. The NTP is involved in activities to evaluate substances of potential concern for our health and to develop new methods to improve such evaluation procedures. For example, the NTP is taking on the challenge of studying mixtures instead of testing one chemical at a time. In addition, a current project is examining the effects of exposures throughout a life span, to expand our knowledge about effects of prenatal exposures and how they may link to adult disease. The NTP is also leading the Tox21 initiative with the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Science, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and the Food and Drug Administration. Tox21 is a high throughput-testing program that shows great promise for moving toxicology into a predictive science. As it has done in the past, in fiscal year 2012 (FY 2012), the NTP through scientific collaborations with federal agencies continued to enhance our knowledge about substances that affect health in our homes, workplaces, and other environments. The NTP translated and communicated these findings to the public, industry, federal regulatory agencies, and others so the information could be used to protect public health. The NTP disseminated reports on studies of dietary supplements, skin care products, and widely used industrial chemicals through publication of nine NTP Technical Reports. The final NTP Monograph on Heath Effects of Low-level Lead was published, providing an overview of the science to date and conclusions on the potential health effects from low-level exposures to lead. The NTP also carried out two widely attended workshops: (1) the International Workshop on Alternative Methods for Human and Veterinary Rabies Vaccine Testing: State of the Science and Planning the Way Forward and (2) the International Workshop on Alternative Methods for Leptospira Vaccine Potency Testing: State of the Science and the Way Forward. Of broad interest both nationally and internationally, the NIEHS Office of Health Assessment and Translation initiated modifications in how