Molecular mechanism and toxic effects of anti-coagulant rodenticides

Year 2017, Issue: Issue 1(2) - 3. INTERNATIONAL BIOCIDAL CONGRESS, 50 - 50, 01.02.2017

Çinel Köksal Karayıldırım

Abstract

Objective: Rodenticides are
pesticides that consumed by target mammals and can lead to

 

secondary exposure of predators. Anticoaugulant
rodenticides (LAARs) are widely used for harmful

 

rodent control purposes. LAARs are
divided into two main groups which are the first generation and

 

second generation. Second generation
rodenticides show higher toxicity and they are lethal for

 

rodents in a single feeding with
lower concentrations due to the affinity to binding sites in the liver

 

and greater accumulation and
persistence. However first generation rodenticides generally require

 

higher concentration and consecutive
intake over days in order to accumulate the lethal dose. The

 

aim of this presentation to reviewed
molecular mecanisms and toxic effects which were reported in

 

literatures for anticoagulant
rodenticides.

 

Methods: Anticoagulant rodenticides
inhibit vitamin K epoxide reductase (VKOR) which is an

 

electron carrier vitally involved in
the oxidation reduction cycle leading to γ-carboxylation. Vitamin

 

K is a cofactor of primary importance
in the blood coagulation process as it contributes to the

 

activation of blood subsequently
clotting factors (II, VII, IX, and X). The greater potency and

 

duration of action of long-acting
anticoagulant rodenticides is attributed to their affinity for vitamin

 

K, their ability to disrupt the
vitamin K epoxide cycle at more than one point, hepatic accumulation

 

and unusually long biological
half-lives due to high lipid solubility and enterohepatic circulation.

 

After exposure to LAAR can therefore
lead to a progressive decrease in blood clotting factor

 

between 12 and 24 h after intoxication
resulting in massive bleeding episodes that are potentially

 

fatal.

 

Results: This presentation provide a
comprehensive understanding of LAAR molecular mecanism

 

which causes by vitamin K.

 

Conclusion: In summary, the presented
information about Molecular mechanism and toxic effects

 

of anti-coagulant rodenticides, is
useful for the researchers especially those who are involved in

 

manufacture processes.

 

Keywords: Rodenticides,
Anticoagulant, Toxicity

Keywords

Molecular mechanism and toxic effects of anti-coagulant rodenticides

References

• Çinel Köksal Karayıldırım
• Ege Üniversitesi, İlaç Geliştirme ve Farmakokinetik Araştırma Uygulama Merkezi