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Metabolic activation and DNA adducts of dinitropyrenes. Research report, 1 January 1984-31 December 1985

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7248379

The study explored the sequence of reactions through which nitrated pyrenes, important mutagenic and potentially carcinogenic components of diesel exhaust, are converted metabolically within bacterial and mammalian cells into reactive forms that damage DNA. Results indicate that (1) factors in addition to nitroreduction were involved in the metabolic activation of dinitropyrene, (2) differences exist among the nitropyrene compounds tested in the mechanism of nitroreduction, (3) reduction to 1-nitrosopyrene is the limiting step in the metabolic activation of 1-nitropyrene, while subsequent esterification of the reduced intermediates is critical for the activation of the dinitropyrenes, (4) the extent of DNA binding of the different compounds was correlated with the extent of their nitroreduction, and (5) anaerobic intestinal microflora play an important role in metabolizing orally administered nitropyrenes.

Research Organization:
Arkansas Univ. for Medical Sciences, Little Rock (USA). Dept. of Biochemistry
OSTI ID:
7248379
Report Number(s):
PB-86-246287/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English