title: Benzo[a]pyrene-DNA-adducts and monooxygenase activities in mice treated with benzo[a]pyrene, cigarette smoke or cigarette smoke condensate.
abstract: Synchronous fluorescence spectrophotometry (SFS), developed to study benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-diol-9,10-epoxide(BPDE)-DNA, was used to measure the in vivo formation of DNA-adducts in genetically responsive C57BL/6 (B6) and non-responsive DBA/2 (D2) mice. Treatment with cigarette smoke by inhalation for 3-16 days, or i.p. injection of cigarette smoke condensate or neutral fraction did not lead to detectable levels of BPDE-DNA-adducts in either lungs or liver, although aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (AHH) activity, an indicator of benzo[a]pyrene (BP) metabolism, was clearly induced in lungs of B6 mouse. A dose-dependent amount of BPDE-DNA-adducts in lung and somewhat less in liver was found after i.p. injection with BP (20-80 mg/kg). Mice treated with vehicle or 4 mg/kg of BP were negative for adducts by SFS. In B6 mice AHH was induced both in lungs and livers while there was no AHH induction in D2 mice although the levels of BPDE-DNA-adducts were somewhat higher than in B6 mice. Thus, no clear correlation seems to exist between AHH activity and the formation of BPDE-DNA-adducts. Also, according to our results SFS can be used to quantitate adduct-formation in in vivo animal studies.
authors: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Oulu, Finland.
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Bjelogrlic
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Iscan
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Raunio
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Pelkonen
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Vähäkangas
mesh_terms: D015660:7-Alkoxycoumarin O-Dealkylase; D000818:Animals; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D001564:Benzo(a)pyrene / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D012906:Smoke; D013053:Spectrophotometry / Q000379:methods; D014026:Nicotiana
chemical_list: D012906:Smoke; D001564:Benzo(a)pyrene; D004247:DNA; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D010105:Oxygenases; D015660:7-Alkoxycoumarin O-Dealkylase; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1