Protein Information

Name neuropathy target esterase
Synonyms NTE; SWS; Neuropathy target esterase; Neurotoxic esterase; PNPLA 6; patatin like phospholipase domain containing 6; Neuropathy target esterases…

Compound Information

Name isofenphos
CAS 1-methylethyl 2-[[ethoxy[(1-methylethyl)amino]phosphinothioyl]oxy]benzoate

Reference List

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12107655 Moretto A, Lotti M: The relationship between isofenphos cholinergic toxicity and the development of polyneuropathy in hens and humans. Arch Toxicol. 2002 Jun;76(5-6):367-75. Epub 2002 May 16.

To explain this difference the following hypotheses were tested: (1) phoxim is a promoter of isofenphos-induced OPIDP; (2) whereas neuropathy target esterase (NTE) is thought to be the target of OPIDP, activation of isofenphos by liver microsomes causes the formation of more potent NTE inhibitor (s) in humans than in hens; (3) in contrast to hen NTE, the sensitivity of the human enzyme to such inhibitor (s) is higher than that of acetylcholinesterase (AChE), the target of cholinergic toxicity.
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2284053 Wilson BW, Henderson JD, Kellner TP, McEuen SF, Griffis LC, Lai JC: Acetylcholinesterase and neuropathy target esterase in chickens treated with acephate. Neurotoxicology. 1990 Fall;11(3):483-91.

Reports that near-lethal doses of the pesticide methamidophos (O,S-dimethyl phosphoramidothioate) caused a delayed neurotoxicity (OPIDN) in humans and that another phosphoramidate, isofenphos, caused OPIDN in the hen at high doses, prompted a study of the abilities of acephate (O,S-dimethyl acetylphosphoramidothioate) to inhibit brain acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and neuropathy target esterase (NTE) in vivo.
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16042503 Lotti M, Moretto A: Organophosphate-induced delayed polyneuropathy. . Toxicol Rev. 2005;24(1):37-49.

Neuropathy target esterase (NTE) is thought to be the target of OPIDP initiation.
In this article, we mainly discuss OP pesticide poisoning, particularly when caused by chlorpyrifos, dichlorvos, isofenphos, methamidophos, mipafox, trichlorfon, trichlornat, phosphamidon/mevinphos and by certain carbamates.
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2462700 Cherniack MG: Toxicological screening for organophosphorus-induced delayed neurotoxicity: complications in toxicity testing. Neurotoxicology. 1988 Summer;9(2):249-71.


These were leptophos, fenthion, and isofenphos.
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