Reproductive survival and macromolecular synthesis in cultured mammalian cells exposed to single metabolites and mixtures of metabolites of benzo(a)pyrene

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5365697

Griffin, G. D.; Dudney, C. S.; Furcinitti, P. S.; Jones, T. D.; Walsh, P. J.

Chinese hamster V79 cells have been exposed to single metabolites and mixtures of metabolites of benzo(a)pyrene (B(a)P) and reproductive cell survival and certain aspects of cellular metabolism were measured. B(a)P trans-7,8-dihydrodiol plus B(a)P 1,6-quinone resulted in increased cell survival compared to treatment with either metabolite alone, the mixture thus producing a neutralizing effect. If B(a)P 4,5-oxide is mixed with 3-HOB(a)P, increasing amounts of 3-HOB(a)P do not cause any additional cell toxicity. When replicate cultures of V79 cells were exposed to either B(a)P 4,5-oxide or 6-HOB(a)P for 4, 12, or 48 h, there was an exposure-time-dependent delay in cell division, the effect being most pronounced for 48 h exposure to 6-HOB(a)P. After the division delay, cells resumed an apparently normal exponential growth rate. A larger percentage of metabolite-treated cells were cycling after treatment, than was the case with control cells, even though the exponential growth rate was similar in both sets. RNA synthesis increased above control levels after removal of the metabolite, particularly in the case of 6-HOB(a)P. Protein synthesis was inhibited by 6-HOB(a)P addition, and after metabolite removal, increased to control levels concomitantly with RNA synthesis. The results suggest that metabolite treatment causes at least a temporary cell-cycle delay. After the metabolite is removed, protein synthesis mechanisms rebound to increase protein synthesis. (ERB)

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Health and Environmental Research
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 5365697
• Report Number(s): CONF-791059--6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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560301* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Cells-- (-1987)
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMAL CELLS
AROMATICS
BENZOPYRENE
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOSYNTHESIS
CELL CULTURES
CELL CYCLE
CONDENSED AROMATICS
DATA
DATA FORMS
DISPERSIONS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GRAPHS
HYDROCARBONS
INFORMATION
INHIBITION
METABOLISM
METABOLITES
MITOTIC DELAY
MIXTURES
NUCLEIC ACIDS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PROTEINS
RNA
SURVIVAL TIME
SYNTHESIS
TIME DEPENDENCE
TOXICITY