title: Effects of solvent on DNA adduct formation in skin and lung of CD1 mice exposed cutaneously to benzo(a)pyrene.
abstract: The effect of solvent polarity and lipophilicity on DNA adduct formation by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in skin and lung has been studied in CD1 mice exposed cutaneously in vivo to benzo(a)pyrene ( approximately 0.01-7.0 microg/animal) in either tetrahydrofuran or n-dodecane. The nature and amounts of DNA adducts, measured as 7R,8S, 9R-trihydroxy-10S-(N(2)-deoxyguanosyl-3'-phosphate)-7,8,9, 10-tetrahydrobenzo(a)pyrene, in relation to exposure dose and treatment regime was determined by (32)P-postlabelling. In skin DNA there was a linear relationship between exposure dose and adduct formation with both solvents, though the amount of adduct formed was significantly lower from treatment with benzo(a)pyrene in n-dodecane than in tetrahydrofuran. The amounts of adducts measured in skin DNA ranged from 67 amol adducts/microg DNA at the lowest exposure dose of benzo(a)pyrene in n-dodecane to 3.5 fmol adducts/microg DNA (1 adduct in 5 x 10(7) nucleotides to 1 adduct in 9 x 10(5) nucleotides) at the highest dose. In tetrahydrofuran the corresponding levels were 89 amol adducts/microg DNA (1 adduct in 3 x 10(7) nucleotides) to 16.9 fmol adducts/microg DNA (1 adduct in 2 x 10(5) nucleotides). DNA adducts could not be detected in lung tissue following cutaneous treatment of animals with benzo(a)pyrene in n-dodecane. Cutaneous treatment of animals with benzo(a)pyrene in tetrahydrofuran, however, resulted in adducts in lung DNA at a level of 88 amol/microg DNA from exposures only at the highest dose (6.72 microg/animal). The difference in octanol-water partition coefficient, log P(ow) between n-dodecane compared to tetrahydrofuran is considered to be the most likely reason for the reduction in the bioavailability of benzo(a)pyrene and/or its metabolites and hence the degree of genotoxicity in tissues. The results suggest that other paraffinic hydrocarbon solvents may moderate the genotoxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in vivo. The assessment of the genotoxicity in vivo of mixtures of compounds should be carried out on complete mixtures of substances of interest in order to take account of these possible antagonistic or synergistic effects.
authors.affiliation: Shell International Chemicals BV, Shell Research and Technology Centre, PO Box 38000, 1030 BN, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Booth
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Loose
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D000287:Administration, Topical; D000473:Alkanes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001564:Benzo(a)pyrene / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D001682:Biological Availability; D002274:Carcinogens, Environmental / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D004247:DNA / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D018736:DNA Adducts / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005663:Furans / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D014677:Pharmaceutical Vehicles / Q000494:pharmacology; D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes; D012867:Skin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D012997:Solvents
chemical_list: D000473:Alkanes; D002274:Carcinogens, Environmental; D018736:DNA Adducts; D005663:Furans; D014677:Pharmaceutical Vehicles; D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes; D012997:Solvents; C056612:benzo(a)pyrene-DNA adduct; C007548:n-dodecane; D001564:Benzo(a)pyrene; C018674:tetrahydrofuran; D004247:DNA