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Establishment of a new battery of toxicity tests for multiple genetic endpoints

MA Hua-zhi,SHI Chang#,*,SHI Fu-jiang,SUN Yan-li,YU Yong-sheng,WU Chun-qi,WANG Quan-jun,DING Ri-gao   

  1. (Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Beijing Center for Drug Safety Evaluation and Research, Beijing 100850, China)
  • Received:2013-09-03 Revised:2013-09-16 Online:2013-11-30 Published:2013-11-30
  • Contact: SHI Chang,E-mail:shich08@hotmail.com

Abstract:

 OBJECTIVE: To establish Ames fluctuation test,in vitro micronucleus assay with Chinese hamster lung fibroblast cells (CHL) and mouse lymphoma thymidine kinase (tk+/-) locus mutation assay (MLA) as a new battery of methods to evaluate genotoxicity. METHODS:Ames fluctuation test:TA100 Salmonella strain was exposed to sodium azide (SA) without S9 and cyclophosphamide (CP) with S9 in 96-well plate. The number of positive wells was recorded and Chi-square test was performed to analyze statistical significance.  In vitro micronucleus test:CHL cells were exposed to mitomycin C (MMC) without S9 for 4 h or 24 h,and CP with S9 for 4 h. The number of micronucleated cells in 2 000 cells was counted under oil lens to calculate micronucleus rate. Chi-square test was performed to analyze statistical significance. MLA:After spontaneous mutation having been eliminated,L5178Y 3.7.2C cells were exposed to MMC without S9 and CP with S9 for 3 h. Relative survival rate (RS),relative suspension growth rate (RSG),relative total growth rate (RTG),plate efficiency (PE0,PE2),mutation rate (MF) and the proportion of small colony (SC) were calculated. RESULTS:Both SA and CP showed statistically significant positive dose-dependently results without and with S9,respectively. Micronucleu s rates increased dose-dependently both in MMC (4 h,24 h,-S9) and CP (4 h,+S9) treated groups at different concentrations.  MFs of L5178Y 3.7.2C cells exposed to different concentrations of MMC (4 h, 24 h,-S9) and CP (4 h,+S9) increased dose-dependently and more than twice compared to the vehicle control, while PE,RS,RSG and RTG decreased dose-dependently. CONCLUSION:These three new short-term assays could be used to detect genotoxicity more accurately and more extensively.

Key words: Ames fluctuation test, in vitro micronucleus assay, mouse lymphoma thymidine kinase locus mutation assay