title: Arsenite enhances the benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide (BPDE)-induced mutagenesis with no marked effect on repair of BPDE-DNA adducts in human lung cells.
abstract: Arsenite effects on the benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide (BPDE)-DNA adduct-induced mutation were evaluated in three human lung cell-lines--A549 (wild-type p53), WI38-VA13 (p53 inhibited by SV40 large-T antigen), and H1299 (p53-null)--by using the pSP189 shuttle vector, which carries a mutation target supF gene. Arsenite alone had no significant effect on the spontaneous supF mutation. BPDE modification of pSP189 enhanced the mutation rates of supF 4.37-fold, 2.96-fold, and 1.95-fold for A549, WI38-VA13, and H1299, respectively. Arsenite potentiated the BPDE-induced mutation rates of supF 2.30-fold, 2.31-fold, and 2.35-fold in A549, WI38-VA13, and H1299, respectively. These results suggest that arsenite potentiates the BPDE-induced supF mutation via a p53-independent mechanism. By using the host cell reactivation assay, we evaluated arsenite effect on repair of BPDE-DNA adducts. We found that the arsenite treatments resulting in relative survival rates 65% had no significant effect on repair of BPDE-DNA adducts, indicating that p53 status did not significantly affect the repair of BPDE-DNA adducts. This study reveals that arsenite enhances the BPDE-DNA adduct-induced mutagenesis with no marked effect on repair of BPDE-DNA adducts, suggesting that arsenic may act as a co-mutagen to promote the development of human lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Toxicology, Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County 35053, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Huai-Chih
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Chiang
authors.forename: Tsui-Chun
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Tsou
mesh_terms: D015123:7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide / Q000633:toxicity*; D018053:Arsenites / Q000633:toxicity*; D002460:Cell Line; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D018736:DNA Adducts / Q000633:toxicity*; D004357:Drug Synergism; D016153:Genes, Suppressor; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D016296:Mutagenesis / Q000187:drug effects; D009153:Mutagens / Q000633:toxicity; D009154:Mutation / Q000187:drug effects; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D017670:Sodium Compounds / Q000633:toxicity*; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018053:Arsenites; D018736:DNA Adducts; D009153:Mutagens; D017670:Sodium Compounds; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; C043931:benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-epoxide-DNA; C096275:supF tRNA; C017947:sodium arsenite; D015123:7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide; D012343:RNA, Transfer