Alteration of the mutagenicity 3,3'-dichlorobenzidine by modifiers of rat hepatic epoxide hydrolase activity

Conference · Tue Mar 04 23:00:00 EST 1986 · Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6754338

Iba, M M

The involvement of arene oxides in the activation of benzidines was assessed by examining the effect of (I) the epoxide hydrolase inhibitor trichloropropylene oxide (TCPO), (II) purified rat liver microsomal (P) epoxide hydrolase (EH), and (III) pretreatment of rats with phenobarbital (PB) on hepatic Sg- or P-catalyzed mutagenicity of benzidine (BZ) and 3,3'-dichlorobenzidine (DCB) to Salmonella TA 98. When catalyzed by Sg from untreated rats, the mutagenicity of DCB and BZ was 601 +/- 101 and 79 +/- 25 (His/sup +/ revertants/plate) respectively, but was 345 +/- 55 and 226 +/- 30 respectively, when catalyzed by microsomes (P) from untreated rats. PB-pretreatment enhanced the Sg-catalyzed mutagenicity of DCB and BZ (2.3-fold and 1.7-fold, respectively) and the P-catalyzed mutagenicity of DCB (1.7-fold), but totally inhibited the P-catalyzed mutagenicity of BZ. In TCPO-supplemented activating systems from PB-pretreated rats, the mutagenicity of DCB was enhanced in both Sg and P (1.9-fold and 1.6-fold, respectively), whereas that of BZ was unchanged. Added EH enhanced the P-catalyzed mutagenicity of DCB (1.4-fold) but had no effect on that of BZ, suggesting that the activity of the enzyme on DCB metabolites may not be entirely detoxifying. The data suggest that epoxidation may contribute to the activation of DCB but not BZ.

• Research Organization: Rutgers, The State Univ. of New Jersey, Piscataway
• OSTI ID: 6754338
• Report Number(s): CONF-8604222-
• Journal Information: Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States), Journal Name: Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States) Vol. 45:4; ISSN FEPRA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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