title: Mutagenicity of 2-hydroxyalkyl-N-nitrosothiazolidines.
abstract: The mutagenicity of 2-hydroxyalkyl-N- nitrosothiazolidines was tested using Salmonella typhimurium strains TA98 and TA100. The N- nitrosothiazolidines tested were unsubstituted N- nitrosothiazolidine (NT), N- nitrosothiazolidine -4-carboxylic acid ( NTC ), 2-hydroxymethyl-N- nitrosothiazolidine ( HMNT ), 2-(1,2,3,4- tetrahydroxybutyl )-N- nitrosothiazolidine , 2-(1,2,3,4- tetrahydroxypentyl )-N- nitrosothiazolidine , 2-(1,2,3,4,5- pentahydroxypentyl )-N- nitrosothiazolidine ( PHPNT ) and 2-(1,2,3,4,5- pentahydroxypentyl )-N- nitrosothiazolidine -4-car boxylic acid. Among the N- nitrosothiazolidines tested, only HMNT and PHPNT exhibited clear dose-response mutagenicity toward strain TA100 with or without metabolic activation. None of the 2-hydroxyalkyl-N- nitrosothiazolidines were mutagenic to strain TA98. NT exhibited much stronger mutagenicity than either HMNT or PHPNT . Mutagenic activities of NT and PHPNT were eliminated by carboxyl substitution in the position alpha to the N-nitroso group.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005838:Genotype; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009153:Mutagens; D009603:Nitroso Compounds / Q000633:toxicity*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000235:genetics; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D009153:Mutagens; D009603:Nitroso Compounds; D013844:Thiazoles