title: [Assessment of genetic toxicity of the exposure to clomiphene citrate, with various bacterial test systems].
abstract: Clomiphene citrate (CC) induces framshift mutations on the Salmonella typhimurium Ames strains TA1538, TA97 and TA100 employing in vitro metabolic activation with S9 aerochlor 1254 induced rat livers, but not base pair substitution mutations with neither the standard or the preincubation method. CC induced genolethal DNA damages on the Escherichia coli PolA-/PolA+ with S9 on the preincubation method or without S9 on the disk diffusion one. The severe primary DNA damages produced b CC was verified by the SOS induction on the lysogenic lambda phage induction with De Marini (1988) method and the induction of colicin E1 plasmid on E. coli. These results are suggestive that CC may be an adduct forming compound which is able to inhibit replication if the cell lacks DNA polymerase, or it may produce framshift mutations after replications. CC induced damages could be large lesions conducing to unicatenary DNA strains, that are able to induce the lexA regulated genes. So, the use of this ovulation inductor is a risk of genotoxic damage and it is advisable to do a risk-benefit evaluation in any particular case before its prescription.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Juárez de México, Dirección de Investigación y Enseñanza, México, D.F.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arriaga-Alba
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Flores-Paz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Díaz-Hernández
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: González-Patiño
mesh_terms: D002996:Clomiphene / Q000633:toxicity*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D005300:Fertility Agents, Female / Q000633:toxicity*; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009154:Mutation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D005300:Fertility Agents, Female; D002996:Clomiphene
vernacular_title: Valoración de riesgo gentóxico de exposición a citrato de clomifeno, con diferentes sistemas de prueba bacterianos.