title: Possible involvement of a vicinal, non-bay-region dihydrodiol-epoxide in the activation of dibenzo[a,e]fluoranthene into bacterial mutagens.
abstract: Dibenzo[a,e]fluoranthene, its 7-hydroxy, 3,4- and 12,13-dihydrodiol metabolic derivatives as well as three synthetic, structurally related hydrocarbons, were tested for mutagenicity towards Salmonella typhimurium TA100 strain in the presence of 3-methylcholanthrene-treated rat and mouse liver post-mitochondrial supernatants. Of these compounds, the 12,13-dihydrodiol showed the highest activity, being 6-10 times more mutagenic than the parent compound. Our data, in conjunction with those of previous studies on the liver microsomal metabolism and DNA binding of dibenzo[a,e]fluoranthene and its dihydrodiols, indicate that activation of dibenzo[a,e]fluoranthene to bacterial mutagens may occur predominantly through a vicinal, non-bay-region 12,13-dihydrodiol epoxide.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001711:Biotransformation; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000378:metabolism*; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D004852:Epoxy Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D004988:Ethers, Cyclic / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005449:Fluorenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D009153:Mutagens / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D004852:Epoxy Compounds; D004988:Ethers, Cyclic; D005449:Fluorenes; D009153:Mutagens; C012888:dibenzo(a,e)fluoranthene; D004247:DNA