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Interactions of benzo(a)pyrene with mouse epithelial cells in culture

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7233991
Results are reported from studies on the machanisms of the toxicity of Benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) to a mouse liver epithelial cell line (NMuLi) in culture. The toxicity and growth inhibition effects of the carcinogen were exponential with the time of exposure to BaP, with BaP concentration, and with the number of cell divisions in the presence of the carcinogen. Levels of aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (AHH), the enzyme responsible for metabolizing BaP to its toxic and mutagenic derivatives, were 1 to 3 times greater in log phase cells than in confluent cells. An activated derivative of BaP, the diol-epoxide, was 130 times more toxic to exponentially growing cells than to confluent cells.
Research Organization:
California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Lawrence Berkeley Lab.
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
7233991
Report Number(s):
LBL-5384
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English