Protein Information

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

Compound Information

Name leptophos
CAS

Reference List

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72768 El-Sebae AH, Soliman SA, Elamayem MA, Ahmed NS: Neurotoxicity of organophosphorus insecticides Leptophos and EPN. J Environ Sci Health B. 1977;12(4):269-87.

The results revealed that all five compounds were inhibitors of cholinesterase, but only Leptophos and EPN were shown to be potent inhibitors for both neurotoxic esterase and monoamine oxidase in the mouse brain.
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6623496 Reinders JH, Hansen LG, Metcalf RL: In vitro neurotoxic esterase assay using leptophos oxon analogs as inhibitors. Toxicol Lett. 1983 Jun;17(1-2):107-11.
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9823777 Tian Y, Xie XK, Piao FY, Yamauchi T: Delayed neuropathy and inhibition of soluble neuropathy target esterase following the administration of organophosphorus compounds to hens. Tohoku J Exp Med. 1998 Jul;185(3):161-71.

Delayed neuropathy and inhibition of soluble neuropathy target esterase (NTE) and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activities in different regions of brain and spinal cord of adult hens were studied after the intravenous administration of leptophos (30 mg/kg), tri-o-cresyl phosphate (TOCP 40 mg/kg) or dipterex (200 mg/kg).
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2432215 Soliman SA, Curley A, Farmer J, Novak R: In vivo inhibition of chicken brain acetylcholinesterase and neurotoxic esterase in relation to the delayed neurotoxicity of leptophos and cyanofenphos. J Environ Pathol Toxicol Oncol. 1986 Sep-Dec;7(1-2):211-24.
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6084066 Soliman SA, Farmer JD: Delayed neuropathy in adult Peking ducks induced by some organophosphorus esters. J Toxicol Environ Health. 1984;14(5-6):789-801.

Biochemically, it was found that duck brain neurotoxic esterase (NTE) activity was inhibited in vivo to less than 15% of control levels as measured 24 h after the last treatment with TOCP, leptophos, or cyanofenphos.
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2453943 Farage-Elawar M, Francis BM: Effects of fenthion, fenitrothion and desbromoleptophos on gait, acetylcholinesterase, and neurotoxic esterase in young chicks after in ovo exposure. Toxicology. 1988 May;49(2-3):253-61.

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3952739 Schwab BW, Richardson RJ: Lymphocyte and brain neurotoxic esterase: dose and time dependence of inhibition in the hen examined with three organophosphorus esters. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 1986 Mar 30;83(1):1-9.

Diethyl 4-nitrophenyl phosphate (paraoxon), tri-2-cresyl phosphate (TOCP), methyl 2,5-dichloro-4-bromophenyl phenylphosphonothionate (leptophos), and di-n-butyl-2,2-dichlorovinyl phosphate (di-n-butyl dichlorvos, DBDCV) were used to examine the relationship between lymphocyte and brain NTE inhibition in hens.
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7278155 Soliman SA, Curley A: Assay of chicken brain neurotoxic esterase activity using leptophosoxon as the selective neurotoxic inhibitor. J Anal Toxicol. 1981 Jul-Aug;5(4):183-6.

The availability of leptophos/leptophosoxon makes this assay very useful for screening organophosphorus esters for neurotoxic effects.
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10509429 Abdelsalam EB: Neurotoxic potential of six organophosphorus compounds in adult hens. Vet Hum Toxicol. 1999 Oct;41(5):290-2.

The neurotoxic potential of trichlorfon, diazinon, phosmet, dichlorvos, phosphamidon and coumaphos was evaluated for their ability to inhibit brain neurotoxic esterase (NTE) activity in adult hens.
Leptophos was used as a reference neurotoxic agent.
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6169754 El-Sebae AH, Soliman SA, Ahmed NS, Curley A: Biochemical interaction of six OP delayed neurotoxicants with several neurotargets. J Environ Sci Health B. 1981;16(4):465-74.

Five organophosphorous insecticides: Leptophos, EPN, Cyanofenphos, trichloronate and salithion proved to cause irreversible ataxia not only to chicken but also to mice and sheep.
The six compounds and their oxons were screened for their in-vitro inhibition to monamine oxidase (MAO), acetyl cholinesterase (AChE) and neurotoxic esterase (NTE) in the brain of either mouse, lamb or chicken.
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2449534 Farage-Elawar M, Francis BM: Effects of multiple dosing of fenthion, fenitrothion, and desbromoleptophos in young chicks. J Toxicol Environ Health. 1988;23(2):217-28.


The effects of multiple doses of desbromoleptophos, fenitrothion, and pure fenthion on brain acetylcholinesterase (AChE), brain neurotoxic esterase (NTE), and walking were investigated in immature chicks, below the age of sensitivity to organophosphorus ester-induced delayed neurotoxicity (OPIDN).
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6205472 Hoffman DJ, Sileo L, Murray HC: Subchronic organophosphorus ester-induced delayed neurotoxicity in mallards. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 1984 Aug;75(1):128-36.

Brain neurotoxic esterase activity was inhibited by averages of 16, 69, 73, and 74% in the 10-, 30-, 90-, and 270-ppm groups, respectively.
Additional ducks were exposed in a similar manner to 60-, 270-, or 540-ppm leptophos (phosphonothioic acid O-4-bromo-2,5-dichlorophenyl-O-methylphenyl ester) which resulted in similar behavioral, biochemical, and histopathological alterations.
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8511793 Veronesi B, Ehrich M: Differential cytotoxic sensitivity in mouse and human cell lines exposed to organophosphate insecticides. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 1993 Jun;120(2):240-6.

Baseline activities of the major target esterases, i.e., cholinesterase, carboxylesterase, and neurotoxic esterase, were assayed in mouse and several human neural candidate cell lines.
IC50 data indicated that the tested mouse cell line was consistently more sensitive than the human cell line to equimolar doses of various OP compounds (e.g., mipafox, parathion, paraoxon, DFP, leptophos oxon, fenthion, and fenitrothion).
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438464 El-Sebae AH, Soliman SA, Ahmed NS: Delayed neuropathy in sheep by the phosphonothioate insecticide cyanofenphos. J Environ Sci Health B. 1979;14(3):247-63.


In brain samples from ataxiated animals, AChE, MAO and NTE (neurotoxic esterase) activities were assayed simultaneously with untreated animal.
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6192547 Soliman SA, Svendsgaard D, Farmer JD, Curley A, Durham WF: Six-month daily treatment of sheep with neurotoxic organophosphorus compounds. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 1983 Jul;69(3):417-31.

The delayed neurotoxic effects of tri-o-cresyl-phosphate (TOCP), O-methyl-O-(4-bromo-2,5-dichlorophenyl) phenylphosphonothioate (leptophos), and O-ethyl O-(4-nitrophenyl) phenylphosphonothioate (EPN) at 5, 5, and 1 mg/kg/day, respectively, on male sheep were studied during 6 months of daily oral treatment under field conditions.
These clinical results were supported by histological findings and also by biochemical results with neurotoxic esterase (NTE) measurements.
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2439699 Farage-Elawar M, Francis BM: Acute and delayed effects of fenthion in young chicks. J Toxicol Environ Health. 1987;21(4):455-69.


The effects of desbromoleptophos, fenitrothion, and fenthion on brain acetylcholinesterase (AChE), brain neurotoxic esterase (NTE), and walking were investigated in immature chicks, below the age of organophosphorus ester-induced delayed neurotoxicity (OPIDN).
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10321902 Barber D, Correll L, Ehrich M: Comparative effectiveness of organophosphorus protoxicant activating systems in neuroblastoma cells and brain homogenates. J Toxicol Environ Health A. 1999 May 14;57(1):63-74.

The ability of bromine and rat liver microsomes (RLM) to convert organophosphorus (OP) protoxicants to esterase inhibitors was determined by measuring acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and neuropathy target esterase (NTE) inhibition.
OP protoxicants examined included tri-o-tolyl phosphate (TOTP), O-ethyl O-p-nitrophenyl phenylphosphonothioate (EPN), leptophos, fenitrothion, fenthion, and malathion.
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89138 Hussain MA, Oloffs PC: Neurotoxic effects of leptophos (PhosvelR) in chickens and rats following chronic low-level feeding. J Environ Sci Health B. 1979;14(4):367-82.

In the paralysed hens, 79% of the neurotoxic esterase in the brain were inhibited, whereas in the non-paralysed hens (including the one non-paralysed hen receiving 5.0 mg/kg/day) and all rats only about half as much was inhibited.
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12638169 Konno N: [Neurotoxicity of organophosphorus and dithiocarbamate compounds] . Nippon Eiseigaku Zasshi. 2003 Jan;57(4):645-54.


The neurotoxicity of organophosphorus compounds (OPs) including leptophos, TOCP and triphenyl phosphite and dithiocarbamate compounds were reviewed in this study.
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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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