title: [Genetic effects induced by nickel sulfate in germline and somatic cells of WR mice].
abstract: We examined the effects of nickel sulfate at doses 0.5 to 5.0 mg/kg (LD50) on the frequency of dominant lethal mutations and two-strand DNA breaks (TSBs) in germline cells and on an increase in frequency in gene mutations W(y) in pigment cells of first-generation mice. The results indicated that spermatogenesis stages most sensitive to nickel sulfate (at a dose of 1.0 mg/kg) are spermatozoids, early spermatids, late spermatocytes, and stem spermatogonia. No statistically significant increase in the total TSB level was detected in spermatozoids 4 weeks after exposure. At the same time, a significant (P < 0.05) increase in percentage of cells with an extremely high level of DNA fragmentation (supposedly apoptotic cells) was observed upon exposure at a dose of 0.5 mg/kg. Nickel sulfate at doses of 5.0 and 1.0 mg/kg induced a marked increase in the c-kit gene expression in pigment cells of heterozygous first-generation WR mice as compared to control (P < 0.001). It was shown that the nonobservable adverse effect level (NOAEL) of nickel sulfate on the dominant lethal mutation frequency and gene mutations was 1/200 LD50, while the lowest observable adverse effect level (LOAEL) was 1/100 LD50.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Domshlak
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Elakov
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Osipov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004249:DNA Damage; D053938:DNA Fragmentation; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D005804:Genes, Lethal; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009153:Mutagens / Q000633:toxicity*; D009154:Mutation; D009532:Nickel / Q000633:toxicity*; D019055:No-Observed-Adverse-Effect Level; D013091:Spermatogenesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D009153:Mutagens; C029938:nickel sulfate; D009532:Nickel