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  • Title: A comparison of cytotoxicity, ouabain-resistant mutation, sister-chromatid exchanges, and nascent DNA synthesis in Chinese hamster cells treated with dihydrodiol epoxide derivatives of benzo[a]pyrene.
    Author: Hsu IC, Bowden GT, Harris CC.
    Journal: Mutat Res; 1979 Dec; 63(2):351-9. PubMed ID: 522875.
    Abstract:
    Chinese hamster V79 cells were treated with either (+/-)-7 beta, 8 alpha-dihydroxy-9 alpha, 10 alpha-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P-diol epoxide I) or (+/-)-7 beta,8 alpha-dihydroxy-9 beta,10 beta-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P-diol epoxide II) and the nascent DNA was labeled with [Me-3H]thymidine. The cells were harvested for determination of cytotoxicity, sister-chromatid exchanges (SCE), ouabain-resistant (Or) mutations and the size of newly synthesized daughter-strand DNA. Both isomers caused dose-dependent decreases in survival of cells and in the size of nascent DNA. Increases in the frequencies of SCE and of Or mutation were found in cells treated with either isomer. However, B[a]P-diol epoxide I caused 10--20-fold more Or mutations and 50-100% more SCE than did B[a]P-diol epoxide II at equal molar dose levels. In contrast to the marked difference in the frequencies of both SCE and Or mutations caused by both compounds, the isomers induced similar reductions in the size of the nascent DNA at equal dose levels. In comparing the molecular and biological effects of the two isomers the reduction in the size of nascent DNA was more closely related to cytotoxicity than to the induction of SCE or Or mutations.
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