Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis 1993-01-01

Comparison of the sensitivity of Salmonella typhimurium strains YG1024 and YG1012 for detecting the mutagenicity of aromatic amines and nitroarenes.

M Watanabe, T Sofuni, T Nohmi

Index: Mutat. Res. 301(1) , 7-12, (1993)

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Abstract

Salmonella typhimurium YG1024 is a derivative of S. typhimurium TA98 with a high level of N-hydroxyarylamine O-acetyltransferase (OAT) activity. We have demonstrated that this strain is highly sensitive to the mutagenic actions of N-hydroxyarylamines derived from aromatic amines and nitroarenes. In this paper, we compared the sensitivities of YG1024 with those of S. typhimurium YG1012, which has about 4 times higher OAT activity than YG1024 but lacks plasmid pKM101. It turned out that YG1024 was more sensitive to the mutagenic actions of 1-aminonaphthalene, 1-nitropyrene, 1,8-dinitropyrene and 2-nitronaphthalene than YG1012 and showed comparable sensitivity to 2-hydroxy-acetylaminofluorene, 2-aminoanthracene and 2-amino-6-methyldipyrido[1,2-a:3',2'-d]imidazole (Glu-P-1) to YG1012. These results suggested that YG1024 is more suitable than YG1012 for the efficient detection of mutagenic aromatic amines and nitroarenes.

Related Compounds

  • 2-Nitronaphthalene

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