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  • Title: Enhancement and inhibition of mutation by o-vanillin in Escherichia coli.
    Author: Watanabe K, Ohta T, Shirasu Y.
    Journal: Mutat Res; 1989 Sep; 218(2):105-9. PubMed ID: 2671704.
    Abstract:
    2-Hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde (omicron-vanillin), the antimutagenic effect of which has been reported on mutagenesis induced by 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide (4NQO) in Escherichia coli WP2s, enhanced N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG)-induced mutagenesis in the same strain. A remarkable enhancement of mutagenesis provoked by N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) was also observed by the addition of omicron-vanillin. No enhancing effect was observed on mutagenesis induced by other mutagens such as methyl methanesulfonate (MMS), dimethylsulfate, N-ethyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (ENNG), N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU), ethyl methanesulfonate, diethylsulfate, 4NQO and furylfuramide (AF-2). On the contrary, omicron-vanillin greatly suppressed AF-2- and 4NQO-induced mutagenesis and showed a slight suppressing effect against mutagenesis induced by MMS, ENNG and ENU. One possible explanation for the enhancing effect of omicron-vanillin on the mutagenesis induced by MNNG or MNU in E. coli WP2s may be inhibition of an inducible adaptive response. Among 7 derivatives of omicron-vanillin, 2-hydroxy-3-ethoxy-benzaldehyde, omicron-hydroxybenzaldehyde and m-methoxybenzaldehyde showed an enhancing effect on MNNG-induced mutagenesis.
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