Genotoxic effects of sunlight-activated waste water in cultured mammalian cells

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · JNCI, J. Natl. Cancer Inst.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6707380

Strniste, G F; Chen, D J; Okinaka, R T

Cultured Chinese hamster ovary cells were incubated with dilutions of an oil shale retort process water and exposed to nautral sunlight. An enhancement of sevenfold to ninefold was seen in photoinduced cytotoxicity (by a colony-forming assay) and mutagenicity (at the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) locus) for cells pretreated with the process water compared to effects seen in cells exposed to sunlight only. Significant photoinduced cytotoxicity was also observed in cultured human skin fibroblasts when exposed to the process water before being exposed to near UV (NUV) radiation. The mutation frequencies (determined for the HPRT locus) induced by the process water and NUV radiation were as great as those frequencies seen for far UV light alone. Increases in genotoxicity were observed in excision repair-deficient xeroderma pigmentosum skin fibroblasts when compared to the responses seen in normal cells. Risks to health resulting from the phototransformation of these oil shale retort process waste waters are unassessed at this time.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM
• OSTI ID: 6707380
• Journal Information: JNCI, J. Natl. Cancer Inst.; (United States), Journal Name: JNCI, J. Natl. Cancer Inst.; (United States) Vol. 69:1; ISSN JJIND
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMAL CELLS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
BODY
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CELL CULTURES
CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ENERGY SOURCES
ENZYMES
FEMALE GENITALS
FIBROBLASTS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GONADS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LIQUID WASTES
MATERIALS
MUTAGENESIS
MUTATION FREQUENCY
NEAR ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
OIL SHALES
ORGANS
OVARIES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOSPHORUS-GROUP TRANSFERASES
PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES
PHOTOSENSITIVITY
RADIATIONS
SENSITIVITY
SKIN
SOMATIC CELLS
TOXICITY
TRANSFERASES
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
VISIBLE RADIATION
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER