title: Modulation of the cytotoxicity and mutagenicity of benzo[a]pyrene and benzo[a]pyrene 7,8-diol by glutathione and glutathione S-transferases in mammalian cells (CHO/HGPRT assay).
abstract: Biologically reactive metabolites of benzo[a]pyrene (BP) and benzo[a]-pyrene 7,8-diol (BP-diol), formed by the mixed-function oxidase (MFO) system, are substrates for conjugation and detoxication by glutathione (GSH) when catalyzed by glutathione S-transferases (GSHT). We have investigated the detoxication of BP- and BP-diol-induced cytotoxicity and mutagenicity with GSH by supplementing the S9 mix used in the Chinese hamster ovary cells/hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (CHO/HGPRT) assay with GSH (6.5 mM) or GSH plus GSHT. The addition of GSH to the S9 mix resulted in a reduction of BP- and BP-diol induced cytotoxicity. GSH plus GSHT eliminated BP-induced cytotoxicity and reduced the mutagenicity of BP. GSH inhibited the mutagenicity at low (essentially non-lethal) concentrations of BP-diol, but did not do so at toxic concentrations. GSH plus GSHT inhibited the cytotoxicity and mutagenicity of BP-diol at concentrations not affected by GSH alone. These studies indicate that biochemical mechanisms of detoxication can affect the biological activity of a carcinogen, such as BP or BP-diol as profoundly as bioactivation by the MFO system.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001564:Benzo(a)pyrene / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001711:Biotransformation; D002460:Cell Line; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D004101:Dihydroxydihydrobenzopyrenes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects; D005796:Genes / Q000187:drug effects; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism*; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism*; D007041:Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase / Q000235:genetics; D008658:Inactivation, Metabolic; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D010053:Ovary; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D004101:Dihydroxydihydrobenzopyrenes; C017228:benzo(a)pyrene 7,8-dihydrodiol; D001564:Benzo(a)pyrene; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D007041:Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D005978:Glutathione