title: Genotoxicity of a variety of nitroarenes and other nitro compounds in DNA-repair tests with rat and mouse hepatocytes.
abstract: Genotoxicity of a variety of nitroarenes and other compounds was examined in DNA-repair tests with rat or mouse hepatocytes. Out of 15 nitroarenes tested, 9 compounds, i.e., 1-nitropyrene, 1,3-dinitropyrene, 1,6-dinitropyrene, 1,8-dinitropyrene, 1-nitro-3-acetoxypyrene, 3-nitrofluoranthene, 2-nitrofluorene, 2,7-di-nitrofluorene and 5-nitroacenaphthene elicited positive response of DNA repair in the tests with rat and mouse hepatocytes. Among the positive chemicals, the DNA-repair level of the 3 dinitropyrene isomers was much higher than other nitroarenes. The results indicate that a number of nitroarenes are metabolically activated in the primary culture of rodent hepatocytes, and suggest potential carcinogenicity of 1-nitropyrene and 1-nitro-3-acetoxypyrene the carcinogenicity of which is either not clear or unknown. Of the other nitro compounds, 2-(2-furyl)-3-(5-nitro-2-furyl)acrylamide as well as 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide were clearly genotoxic in the assays with hepatocytes of both species. However, 5-nitro-2-furaldehyde semicarbazone was negative in both assays with hepatocytes of 2 species.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects*; D051379:Mice; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009574:Nitro Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D013045:Species Specificity; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D009574:Nitro Compounds