title: Mutagenicity of 4-aminobiphenyl and 4-acetylaminobiphenyl in Salmonella typhimurium strains expressing different levels of N-acetyltransferase.
abstract: 4-Aminobiphenyl (4-ABP), an aromatic amine present in tobacco smoke, is an animal and human carcinogen. 4-ABP can undergo several biotransformation reactions to yield DNA-binding species. The role of acetylation in the biotransformation of 4-ABP to reactive intermediates was investigated by determining mutagenicity in Salmonella typhimurium strains expressing various levels of acetyltransferases (NAT/OAT). Strain YG1029, which has multiple copies of the NAT/OAT gene, was the most sensitive to 4-ABP. With rat S9 activation, 4-ABP (5 micrograms/plate) induced 789 +/- 98 revertants/plate. At that concentration, an average of 200 revertants/plate was seen in both TA100, which has a single copy of the NAT/OAT gene, and in TA100/1,8DNP6, which is NAT/OAT deficient. This pattern was also present when the bacteria were exposed to the acetylated derivative, 4-acetylaminobiphenyl (4-AABP). At 10 micrograms/plate, 4-AABP induced 855 +/- 47 revertants/plate in YG1029 while 169 +/- 39 and 149 +/- 28 revertants/plate were observed in strains TA100 and TA100/1,8DNP6, respectively. The mutagenic profiles of 4-ABP and 4-AABP observed with the mouse S9 activating system were similar to that seen with the rat. These data establish a correlation between increased bacterial NAT/OAT activity and increased mutagenicity of 4-ABP. Results with both 4-ABP and 4-AABP support acetylation of the oxygen to be a key step in activation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721, USA.
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Dang
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: McQueen
mesh_terms: D000611:Aminobiphenyl Compounds / Q000633:toxicity*; D000818:Animals; D001191:Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase / Q000235:genetics*; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000633:toxicity; D051379:Mice; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009153:Mutagens / Q000633:toxicity*; D051381:Rats; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000611:Aminobiphenyl Compounds; D002273:Carcinogens; D009153:Mutagens; C006757:4-biphenylamine; D001191:Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase; C020853:4-acetylaminobiphenyl