title: Genotoxicity of 2-nitropropane and 1-nitropropane in Salmonella typhimurium and human lymphocytes.
abstract: A 10- and 12-fold increase of revertant numbers could be demonstrated for 2-nitropropane (2-NP of greater than 99% purity) tested in the preincubation assay with Salmonella typhimurium strains TA 100 and TA 98 in the presence and absence of S9 mix. In the nitroreductase-deficient strains TA 100NR and TA 98NR, 2-NP was less mutagenic than in the parent strains. In human lymphocytes the induction of a weak clastogenic effect and of sister chromatid exchanges required exogenous metabolic activation. No significant mutagenic or cytogenetic response was found with 1-nitropropane of 97% purity in S. typhimurium or human lymphocytes.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Toxikologie, Neuherberg, FRG.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Göggelmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bauchinger
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kulka
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schmid
mesh_terms: D000473:Alkanes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001711:Biotransformation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002842:Chromatids / Q000187:drug effects; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009153:Mutagens; D009595:Nitroparaffins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011407:Propane / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000187:drug effects; D012854:Sister Chromatid Exchange; D012997:Solvents
chemical_list: D000473:Alkanes; D009153:Mutagens; D009595:Nitroparaffins; D012997:Solvents; C035314:1-nitropropane; C016617:2-nitropropane; D011407:Propane