title: Isolation and identification of a new 2-phenylbenzotriazole-type mutagen (PBTA-3) in the Nikko river in Aichi, Japan.
abstract: We have previously determined the chemical structures of two 2-phenylbenzotriazole mutagens (PBTA-1 and PBTA-2) in blue cotton-adsorbed material from the Nishitakase River in Kyoto, Japan. In the present study, further analysis of mutagenic substances in the Nikko River, which flows through Aichi Prefecture in Japan, allowed the isolation of a new mutagen. Material (2.2 g) adsorbed on blue cotton (3 kg) at a site below the sewage plant on the Nikko River was purified by various column chromatographies, and a mutagen (120 microg) accounting for 11% of the total mutagenicity was isolated. On the basis of data from UV, mass, and (1)H NMR spectra of the mutagen, the compound was deduced to be a PBTA-1 analogue. As with PBTA-1, the mutagen was able to be synthesized from the azo dye 2-[(2-bromo-4, 6-dinitrophenyl)azo]-4-methoxy-5-[(2-hydroxyethyl)amino]acetanilide by reduction and chlorination. Since all spectra of the mutagen isolated from the river water were the same as those of the synthesized form, the structure was concluded to be 2-[2-(acetylamino)-4-[(2-hydroxyethyl)amino]-5-methoxyphenyl]-5-amino -7-bromo-4-chloro-2H-benzotriazole (PBTA-3). PBTA-3 is a potent mutagen, inducing 81 000 and 3 000 000 revertants per microgram of Salmonella typhimurium TA 98 and YG1024 respectively, in the presence of an S9 mix. In addition to its detection in the water of the Nikko River, PBTA-3 was detected in water samples from three other rivers flowing through regions where dyeing industries have been developed. Like PBTA-1 and PBTA-2, PBTA-3 might have also been produced from azo dyes during industrial processes in dyeing factories and/or through treatment at sewage plants.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences and School of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Shizuoka, Japan.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shiozawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tada
authors.forename: H
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authors.lastname: Nukaya
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authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Y
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authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asanoma
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sawanishi
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authors.lastname: Katsuhara
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugimura
authors.forename: K
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authors.lastname: Wakabayashi
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authors.lastname: Terao
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D007564:Japan; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009153:Mutagens / Q000032:analysis* / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014230:Triazoles / Q000032:analysis* / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis* / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: C112866:2-(2-(acetylamino)-4-(bis(2-methoxyethyl)amino)-5-methoxyphenyl)-5-amino-7-bromo-4-chloro-2H-benzotriazole; D009153:Mutagens; D014230:Triazoles; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical