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Antigenotoxic effects of retinoids

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:5345478

In order to test the hypothesis that retinoids are not genotoxic in mammalian cells, and that retinoids are capable of modulating 7,12-dimethyl-benz(a)anthracene (DMBA) genotoxicity in mammalian cells, the ability of retinol and retinoic acid to modulate induction of unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS) in hepatocytes obtained from rats in the presence and absence of DMBA, ethyl methane-sulfonate (EMS) and ultraviolet light (UV) was quantitated. The ability of retinol and retinoic acid to modulate mutagenicity at the hypoxanthine-guaine phosphoribosyl transferase (HGPRT) locus of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells in the presence and absence of EMS without exogenous metabolic activation, and in the presence and absence of DMBA with exogenous metabolic activation was also investigated. The ability of retinol and retinoic acid to induce cytotoxicity measured as lacatate dehydrogenase (LDH) release in isolated primary rat hepatocytes was also tested.

Research Organization:
Arkansas Univ., Fayetteville, AR (USA)
OSTI ID:
5345478
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English