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Tetrafluoroethylene (CAS 116-14-3)
SMILES, InChI and Structure are below.
Rats and Mice: Cancer Test Summary
Rat Target Sites Mouse Target Sites TD50 (mg/kg/day)
Male Female Male Female Rat Mouse
kid liv hmo kid liv vsc hmo liv vsc hmo liv vsc 107m 71.9m

Key to the Table Above

Positivity: For each chemical with a positive (carcinogenic) experiment in the Carcinogenic Potency Database (CPDB), results are included on carcinogenic potency (TD50) in each species and target sites in males and females. Positivity is determined by an author’s opinion in a published paper. If all experimental results in the CDPB are negative in a sex-species group, “no positive” appears. If the CPDB has no experiments in the sex-species group, “no test” appears. The summary presents the strongest evidence of carcinogenicity in each group. If there are both positive and negative experiments in a sex-species, the negative results are ignored in this Summary Table.
Target Site Codes:   hmo = hematopoietic system. kid = kidney. liv = liver. vsc = vascular system. Target sites are listed if any author of published experimental results concluded that tumors were induced in that organ by the test agent. If there is more than one positive experiment in a sex-species, target sites listed may be from more than one experiment, e.g. if liver and lung are both listed, then liver may have been a target in one experiment and lung in another.
TD50: Our standardized measure of carcinogenic potency, TD50, is the daily dose rate in mg/kg body weight/day to induce tumors in half of test animals that would have remained tumor-free at zero dose. Whenever there is more than one positive experiment in a species, the reported TD50 value is a Harmonic Mean calculated using the TD50 value from the most potent target site in each positive experiment.
Superscripts:   m = There is more than one positive experiment in the species, and TD50 values from each positive experiment are used in the calculation of the reported Harmonic mean of TD50.

The Carcinogenic Potency Database (CPDB) is a unique and widely used international resource of the results of 6540 chronic, long-term animal cancer tests on 1547 chemicals. The CPDB provides easy access to the bioassay literature, with qualitative and quantitative analyses of both positive and negative experiments that have been published over the past 50 years in the general literature through 2001 and by the National Cancer Institute/National Toxicology Program through 2004. The CPDB standardizes the diverse literature of cancer bioassays that vary widely in protocol, histopathological examination and nomenclature, and in the published author’s choices of what information to provide in their papers. Results are reported in the CPDB for tests in rats, mice, hamsters, dogs, and nonhuman primates.

For each experiment, information is included on species, strain, and sex of test animal; features of experimental protocol such as route of administration, duration of dosing, dose level(s) in mg/kg body weight/day, and duration of experiment; experimental results are provided on target organ, tumor type, and tumor incidence; carcinogenic potency (TD50) and its statistical significance; shape of the dose-response, author’s opinion as to carcinogenicity, and literature citation.

Only tests with dosing for at least ¼ the standard lifespan of the species and experiment length at least ½ the lifespan are included in the CPDB. Only routes of administration with whole body exposure are included. Doses are standardized, average dose rates in mg/kg/day. A description of methods used in the CPDB to standardize the diverse literature of animal cancer tests is presented for: 1) Criteria for inclusion of experiments 2) Standardization of average daily dose levels and 3) TD50 estimation for a standard lifespan. See Methods for other details.

TD50 provides a standardized quantitative measure that can be used for comparisons and analyses of many issues in carcinogenesis. The range of TD50 values across chemicals that are rodent carcinogens is more than 100 million-fold. More than half the chemicals tested are positive in at least one experiment.

A plot of all results on each experiment in the CPDB for this chemical is presented below. These results are the source information for the Cancer Test Summary table above.

Tetrafluoroethylene: All Experiments and Citations in CPDB

The definition of each code in the plot below will appear in a pop-up window when the field name in the header line is clicked, e.g., Strain, Site, Path. Each numbered line starts a new experiment and reports protocol information in black. Average daily dose-rates per kg body weight per day are in green. Remaining lines report experimental results in blue.

Abbreviations of fields in header line: # = the line number in the plot of all CPDB chemicals; Xpo = duration of dosing; Xpt = duration of experiment; Site = tissue; Path = tumor type; DR = dose-response; AuOp = author’s opinion about carcinogenicity; LoConf, UpConf = confidence limits (99%) on TD50; Inc = tumor incidence for each dose group.

See Guide to reading the plot for details on each field, using an example of one experiment.

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Chemical (Synonym) CAS
# Species Sex Strain Route Xpo+Xpt PaperNum        0 Dose  1 Dose 2 Dose  3 Dose          Literature Reference or NCI/NTP:Site Path
Site Path Notes   TD50  DR Pval    AuOp LoConf UpConf   Cntrl   1 Inc  2 Inc   3 Inc                                                        Brkly Code

TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE   116-14-3
5956 M f b6c inh 95w95 TR450 :                       0    400.mg  801.mg  1.60gm
 MXB MXB        54.0mg Z P<.0005    29.2mg 109.mg  18/48   45/48  (45/48   44/48)                    ---:hcs; liv:hem,hes,hpa,hpc. C
 --- MXA        61.3mg Z P<.0005    30.4mg 122.mg   0/48   31/48  (28/48   35/48)                                     ---:hem,hes. S
 liv MXA        61.3mg Z P<.0005 c  30.4mg 122.mg   0/48   31/48  (28/48   35/48)                                     liv:hem,hes.
 liv MXA        63.3mg Z P<.0005 c  32.2mg 144.mg  17/48   33/48  (29/48   28/48)                                     liv:hpa,hpc.
 liv hes        66.5mg Z P<.0005 c  31.6mg 141.mg   0/48   27/48  (27/48   34/48)
 --- hes        66.5mg Z P<.0005    31.6mg 141.mg   0/48   27/48  (27/48   34/48)                                                  S
 liv hpc        80.8mg Z P<.0005 c  40.6mg 176.mg   4/48   28/48  (22/48   20/48)
 --- hcs        176.mg Z P<.0005 c  85.8mg 376.mg   1/48   21/48  (19/48   18/48)
 liv hpa        217.mg Z P<.0005    111.mg 577.mg  15/48   17/48   20/48  (15/48)                                                  S
 liv hem        530.mg Z P<.0005 c  164.mg 2.64gm   0/48    5/48   (2/48    1/48)
 --- hem        835.mg Z P<.0005    347.mg 2.69gm   0/48    5/48    4/48   (1/48)                                                  S
 pit pda        1.45gm * P<.006     547.mg 26.4gm   4/48    5/48    2/48    6/48                                                   S
 hag ade        1.47gm * P<.002     542.mg 10.8gm   2/48    3/48    0/48    6/48                                                   S
 lun MXA        1.64gm * P<.03      554.mg n.s.s.   6/48    1/48    8/48    4/48                                  lun:a/a,a/c,car. S
 TBA MXB        48.4mg Z P<.0005    26.3mg 104.mg  34/48   47/48  (45/48   46/48)
 liv MXB        63.3mg Z P<.0005    32.2mg 144.mg  17/48   33/48  (29/48   28/48)                                 liv:hpa,hpb,hpc.
 lun MXB        1.01gm Z P<.02      324.mg n.s.s.   6/48    0/48    8/48   (4/48)                                     lun:a/a,a/c.
5957 M m b6c inh 95w95 TR450 :                       0    334.mg  669.mg  1.34gm
 MXB MXB        71.6mg Z P<.0005    45.3mg 123.mg  26/48   42/48   48/48  (46/48)                    ---:hcs; liv:hem,hes,hpa,hpc. C
 liv MXA        87.0mg * P<.0005 c  56.3mg 136.mg   0/48   26/48   30/48   38/48                                      liv:hem,hes.
 --- MXA        88.3mg * P<.0005    56.7mg 142.mg   2/48   27/48   30/48   38/48                                      ---:hem,hes. S
 liv MXA        91.0mg Z P<.0005 c  54.7mg 171.mg  26/48   34/48   39/48  (35/48)                                     liv:hpa,hpc.
 liv hes        108.mg * P<.0005 c  69.6mg 170.mg   0/48   21/48   27/48   37/48
 --- hes        109.mg * P<.0005    69.6mg 176.mg   2/48   21/48   27/48   37/48                                                   S
 liv hpc        190.mg Z P<.0005 c  113.mg 361.mg  11/48   20/48   33/48  (26/48)
 lun MXA        216.mg Z P<.0005    110.mg 577.mg  12/48   13/48   16/48   (7/48)                                 lun:a/a,a/c,car. S
 liv hpa        222.mg * P<.0005    118.mg 520.mg  17/48   17/48   12/48   20/48                                                   S
 --- hem        297.mg Z P<.0005    143.mg 669.mg   0/48   11/48    6/48   (3/48)                                                  S
 liv hem        308.mg Z P<.0005 c  146.mg 722.mg   0/48   10/48    5/48   (2/48)
 lun a/a        348.mg Z P<.0005    159.mg 1.33gm  10/48    8/48   13/48   (5/48)                                                  S
 --- hcs        429.mg Z P<.0005 c  223.mg 868.mg   0/48   12/48    7/48   (7/48)
 lun MXA        830.mg * P<.005     307.mg 10.7gm   2/48    5/48    3/48    2/48                                      lun:a/c,car. S
 thy MXA        988.mg * P<.01      325.mg 73.6gm   0/48    4/48    0/48    0/48                                      thy:fca,fcc. S
 hag MXA        1.27gm * P<.04      380.mg n.s.s.   6/48    8/48    4/48    5/48                                      hag:ade,car. S
 hag ade        1.39gm * P<.05      398.mg n.s.s.   5/48    7/48    4/48    4/48                                                   S
 thy fca        1.44gm * P<.03      406.mg n.s.s.   0/48    3/48    0/48    0/48                                                   S
 TBA MXB        69.9mg Z P<.0005    44.0mg 124.mg  37/48   44/48   48/48  (46/48)
 liv MXB        91.0mg Z P<.0005    54.7mg 171.mg  26/48   34/48   39/48  (35/48)                                 liv:hpa,hpb,hpc.
 lun MXB        220.mg Z P<.0005    111.mg 597.mg  12/48   12/48   16/48   (6/48)                                     lun:a/a,a/c.
5958 R f f34 inh 24m24 TR450 :                       0    93.7mg  188.mg  376.mg
 MXB MXB        56.3mg Z P<.0005    29.8mg 185.mg  16/50   33/50  (31/50   39/50)                        ---:mnl; liv:hes,hpa,hpc. C
 liv MXA        156.mg Z P<.0005 c  89.9mg 317.mg   0/50    7/50   12/50   (8/50)                                     liv:hpa,hpc.
 --- mnl        228.mg Z P<.0005 c  127.mg 803.mg  16/50   31/50   23/50   36/50
 liv hpc        251.mg Z P<.0005 c  130.mg 630.mg   0/50    4/50    9/50   (2/50)
 liv hpa        528.mg * P<.002  c  289.mg 2.30gm   0/50    4/50    5/50    6/50
 liv hes        886.mg Z P<.005  c  326.mg 7.22gm   0/50    0/50    5/50   (1/50)
 --- hes        886.mg Z P<.005     326.mg 7.22gm   0/50    0/50    5/50   (1/50)                                                  S
 kid MXA        958.mg * P<.008     444.mg 22.2gm   0/50    3/50    1/50    5/50                                      kid:rua,ruc. S
 TBA MXB        287.mg * P<.2       106.mg n.s.s.  49/50   50/50   49/50   48/50
 liv MXB        156.mg Z P<.0005    89.9mg 317.mg   0/50    7/50   12/50   (8/50)                                 liv:hpa,hpb,hpc.
5959 R f f34 inh 24m24 TR450 with step               0    93.7mg  188.mg  376.mg
 kid MXA        1.31gm * P<.0005 c  729.mg 3.47gm   0/50    3/50    3/50   10/50                                      kid:rua,ruc.
 kid rua        1.51gm * P<.002     814.mg 5.72gm   0/50    3/50    3/50    8/50                                                   S
 kid ruc        7.38gm * P<.03      2.23gm n.s.s.   0/50    0/50    0/50    3/50                                                   S
5960 R m f34 inh 24m24 TR450 :                       0    32.9mg  65.8mg  132.mg
 tes MXA        27.5mg Z P<.0005 e  16.3mg 65.5mg  39/50   40/50   48/50   47/50                                      tes:iab,ica.
 --- mnl        59.7mg * P<.01   e  27.6mg 3.51gm  34/50   43/50   38/50   31/50
 liv MXA        81.6mg * P<.002  c  40.9mg 362.mg   4/50    7/50   15/50    8/50                                      liv:hpa,hpc.
 liv hpc        163.mg * P<.003  c  74.5mg 1.01gm   1/50    1/50   10/50    3/50
 kid MXA        242.mg * P<.002     103.mg 876.mg   0/50    0/50    6/50    3/50                                      kid:rab,rua. S
 kid MXA        292.mg * P<.01      114.mg 25.5gm   1/50    0/50    6/50    3/50                                  kid:rab,rua,ruc. S
 liv hpa        136.mg * P<.02      55.9mg n.s.s.   3/50    6/50    8/50    5/50                                                   S
 TBA MXB        35.4mg Z P<.0005    18.9mg 141.mg  48/50   49/50   50/50   46/50
 liv MXB        81.6mg * P<.002     40.9mg 362.mg   4/50    7/50   15/50    8/50                                  liv:hpa,hpb,hpc.
5961 R m f34 inh 24m24 TR450 with step               0    32.9mg  65.8mg  132.mg
 kid MXA        334.mg * P<.0005    186.mg 1.22gm   2/50    4/50    9/50   13/50                                      kid:rab,rua. S
 kid MXA        367.mg * P<.003  c  191.mg 2.40gm   3/50    5/50    9/50   13/50                                  kid:rab,rua,ruc.
SMILES Code for Tetrafluoroethylene: F/C(F)=C(\F)F
InChI Code for Tetrafluoroethylene: InChI=1/C2F4/c3-1(4)2(5)6
Source for SMILES and InChI: USEPA Distributed Structure-Searchable Toxicity (DSSTox) Database
Chemical Structure for Tetrafluoroethylene: Chemical Structure
Source for structure: National Library of Medicine ChemIDPlus

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For a compendium of CPDB results organized by target organ, which lists all chemicals in each species that induced tumors in each of 35 organs, see Summary Table by Target Organ.

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