title: ADPRT-mediated decrease of cellular NAD content and the detection of chemically induced DNA damage--development of a new short-term screening test for mutagens.
abstract: It was found that the DNA-damaging agents N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG), methyl-methanesulphonate (MMS) and 4-nitroquinoline-N-oxide (4NQO) could stimulate ADP-ribosyl transferase (ADPRT) activity and reduce the cellular NAD content in a dose-dependent way. The reduction of NAD after DNA damage could be partially or completely prevented by ADPRT inhibitors, 3-aminobenzamide or nicotinamide, which showed no influence on reduction of NAD induced by metabolic blocking agents. Therefore, a simple and specific method to detect DNA-damaging mutagens by measuring ADPRT-mediated decrease of cellular NAD content was explored. Using beta-naphthoflavone, a mixed function oxygenase inducer, together with induced or uninduced human amnion FL cells, it was found that aflatoxin B1, benzo(a)pyrene, 2-acetylaminofluorene, 9,10-dimethylanthracene and ethylcarbamate could induce the ADPRT-mediated decrease of cellular NAD content, while 4-acetylaminofluorene, anthracene, isopropyl-N-(3-chlorophenyl)-carbamate, beta-propiolactone, gamma-butyrolactone, cyclophosphamide and safrol could not. The results indicate that this is a cheap and specific method to detect DNA damage caused by chemical carcinogens/mutagens with a specificity approaching that of the unscheduled DNA synthesis assay.
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Branch, CAMS, Hangzhou.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000650:Amnion / Q000166:cytology*; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004249:DNA Damage; D006801:Humans; D008769:Methylnitronitrosoguanidine; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests / Q000379:methods*; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism*; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D009243:NAD; D008769:Methylnitronitrosoguanidine; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases