Comparison of the mutational specificity induced by environmental genotoxin nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Salmonella typhimurium his genes.
Mutagenicity of 15 nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (nitro PAHs), which were detected in ambient air particles and/or combustion source emissions, were examined using a set of six Salmonella typhimurium tester strains (TA7001 to TA7006), and the mutational specificity was characterized by the comparison of the mutagenic potencies of nitro-PAHs in the tester strains. Each strain carries a unique missense mutation in the histidine operon and is reverted by only one specific base-substitution out of six possible changes. All nitro-PAHs tested were mutagenic in multiple strains, and were classified into four categories based on the strains predominantly reverted. 1-Nitropyrene (1-NPy), 2,7-dinitrofluoren-9-one and 1,3-, 1,6- and 1,8-dinitropyrene isomers exerted the highest mutagenicity in strain TA7005 (C.G-->A.T transversion) followed by strain TA7006 (C.G-->G.C transversion). 2- And 3-nitrofluoren-9-one isomers, 2-NPy and 2,7-dinitrophenanthrene were also markedly mutagenic in strain TA7005 but not in strain TA7006. For 2-, 3- and 9-nitrophenanthrene isomers, 2-nitrofluoranthene (2-NFT) and 4-NPy, TA7004 (G.C-->A.T transition) was the most responsive strain. 3-NFT was unique, showing the highest mutagenicity in strain TA7002 (T.A-->A.T transversion). All nitro-PAHs tested induced C.G-->A.T transversion, which is observed as the most frequent base-substitution mutation of p53 tumor suppressor gene in human lung cancer.
Watanabe
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Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Japan. watanabe@mb.kyoto-phu.ac.jp
Takashima
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Kasai
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Hirayama
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D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D006639:Histidine / Q000235:genetics*; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009153:Mutagens / Q000633:toxicity*; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds / Q000633:toxicity*; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000235:genetics*
D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D009153:Mutagens; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds; D006639:Histidine