title: Potential of chlorpyrifos and cypermethrin forming DNA adducts.
abstract: DNA adducts consist of DNA monoadducts, DNA intrastrand crosslinks, DNA interstrand crosslinks, and DNA-protein crosslinks. If not repaired or mistakenly repaired, DNA adducts may lead to gene mutations and initiate carcinogenesis. Two insecticides, chlorpyrifos and cypermethrin, were studied for their potential of forming DNA monoadducts, DNA interstrand crosslinks, and DNA-protein crosslinks in primary mouse hepatocytes via the assays of bioluminescence, ethidium bromide fluorescence, and K+-SDS precipitation. DNA interstrand crosslinks were also measured on calf thymus DNA. It was shown that chlorpyrifos could not form DNA adducts. Cypermethrin formed DNA monoadducts and DNA interstrand crosslinks in hepatocytes. However, cypermethrin didn't form DNA interstrand crosslinks on calf thymus DNA and in hepatocytes treated with SKF-525A, a cytochrome P450 inhibitor, which suggests that active metabolites of cypermethrin instead of cypermethrin itself caused DNA interstrand crosslinks and that cytochrome P450 may be involved in the activation of cypermethrin.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China. zyongcui@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Jiangfeng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Bujin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Ziyuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004390:Chlorpyrifos / Q000633:toxicity*; D004247:DNA / Q000187:drug effects; D004249:DNA Damage / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D005557:Formaldehyde / Q000494:pharmacology; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D007306:Insecticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D011722:Pyrethrins / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D011722:Pyrethrins; D005557:Formaldehyde; C017160:cypermethrin; D004247:DNA; D004390:Chlorpyrifos