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. 2020 Apr 9;128(4):047005. doi: 10.1289/EHP5843

Table 2.

Study-specific metrics.

Study Name Diluent and/or vehicle Assay Concentrations tested (μM) Exposure replicatea (n) Control replicatea (n) 96-well plates chemicals tested acrossb (n)
1 ADONA DMSO DevTox 0.04, 0.1, 0.4, 1.1, 3.1, 9.3, 27.2, 80.0 6 216 6
DNT 4.4, 7.9, 14.0, 25.1, 44.8, 80.0 24 394 17
Chemistry 25.1, 44.8, 80.0 5 5 3
1 GenX Free Acid DMSO DevTox, DNT, Chemistry Not stable in DMSO; results not reported; see Study 2
1 PFESA1 DMSO DevTox 0.04, 0.1, 0.4, 1.1, 3.1, 9.3, 27.2, 80.0 6 44 1
DNT 4.4, 7.9, 14.0, 25.1, 44.8, 80.0 24 339 7
Chemistry 25.1, 44.8, 80.0 4 5 3
1 PFHxA DMSO DevTox 0.04, 0.1, 0.4, 1.1, 3.1, 9.3, 27.2, 80.0 6 216 6
DNT 4.4, 7.9, 14.0, 25.1, 44.8, 80.0 24 394 17
Chemistry 25.1, 44.8, 80.0 4 4 2
1 PFHxS DMSO DevTox 0.04, 0.1, 0.4, 1.1, 3.1, 9.3, 27.2, 80.0 6 216 6
DNT 4.4, 7.9, 14.0, 25.1, 44.8, 80.0 24 394 17
Chemistry 14.0, 25.1, 44.8 4 4 2
1 PFOA DMSO DevTox 0.04, 0.1, 0.4, 1.1, 3.1, 9.3, 27.2, 80.0 6 216 6
DNT 4.4, 7.9, 14.0, 25.1, 44.8, 80.0 24 394 17
Chemistry 25.1, 44.8, 80.0 4 4 2
1 PFOS DMSO DevTox 0.04, 0.1, 0.4, 1.1, 3.1, 9.3, 27.2, 80.0 6 216 6
DNT 0.2, 0.3, 0.6, 1.0, 1.8, 3.1 24 394 17
Chemistry 1.0, 1.8, 3.1 4 4 2
2 GenX Free Acid DI water DevTox 0.04, 0.1, 0.4, 1.1, 3.1, 9.3, 27.2, 80.0 6 44 1
DNT 4.4, 7.9, 14.0, 25.1, 44.8, 80.0 24 161 4
Chemistry 25.1, 44.8, 80.0 4 4 2
3 PFBS DMSO DevTox 1.7, 3.1, 5.5, 9.8, 17.6, 31.4, 56.0, 100.0 10 140 6
DNT 5.5, 9.8, 17.6, 31.4, 56.0, 100.0 25 327 10
3 PFPeS DMSO DevTox 1.7, 3.1, 5.5, 9.8, 17.6, 31.4, 56.0, 100.0 6 44 1
DNT 3.1, 5.5, 9.8, 17.6, 31.4, 56.0 24 186 4
3 PFHxS DMSO DevTox 1.7, 3.1, 5.5, 9.8, 17.6, 31.4, 56.0, 100.0 10 140 6
DNT 3.1, 5.5, 9.8, 17.6, 31.4, 56.0 25 327 10
3 PFHpS DMSO DevTox 1.7, 3.1, 5.5, 9.8, 17.6, 31.4, 56.0, 100.0 10 140 6
DNT 1.7, 3.1, 5.5, 9.8, 17.6, 31.4 25 327 10
3 PFOS DMSO DevTox 1.7, 3.1, 5.5, 9.8, 17.6, 31.4, 56.0, 100.0 10 140 6
DNT 0.5, 1.0, 1.7, 3.1, 5.5, 9.8 25 327 10

Note: ADONA, 4,8-dioxa-3H-perfluorononanoate; DevTox, developmental toxicity; DI, deionized; DMSO, dimethyl sulfoxide; DNT, developmental neurotoxicity; GenX Free Acid, perfluoro-2-propoxypropanoic acid; PFBS, perfluorobutanesulfonic acid; PFESA1, perfluoro-3,6-dioxa-4-methyl-7-octene-1-sulfonic acid; PFHpS, perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid; PFHxA, perfluorohexanoic acid; PFHxS, perfluorohexanesulfonic acid; PFOA, perfluoro-n-octanoic acid; PFOS, perfluorooctanesulfonic acid; PFPeS, perfluoropentanesulfonic acid.

a

Replicate numbers indicate single animals except for chemistry samples comprising pools of 10 larvae.

b

Indicates total number of 96-well microtiter plates assessed for each study and/or assay. For Study 1 DevTox and DNT assays, ADONA, GenX Free Acid, PFESA1, PFHxA, PFHxS, PFOA, and PFOS were tested in parallel and shared the same 0.4% DMSO control samples. PFESA1 was obtained subsequently and had unique, experiment-specific control data. In Study 1, GenX Free Acid diluted in 0.4% DMSO was determined to be unstable, resulting in a null data set. In Study 2 (Figure 1), zebrafish were exposed to GenX Free Acid diluted in DI water and evaluated in the DevTox and DNT assays. Measured media and tissue doses were also obtained. Study 3 (Figure 1) examined the ability of PFBS (4-carbon), PFPeS (5-carbon), PFHxS (6-carbon), PFHpS (7-carbon), or PFOS (8-carbon) exposure to cause developmental toxicity or developmental neurotoxicity. All chemicals tested in Study 3, except PFPeS, were exposed in parallel and have shared DMSO control data. PFPeS was synthesized for this study and tested separately, with an experiment-specific DMSO control.