Ames试验中菌落呈色计数法的探讨

本实验利用氯化三苯四氮唑(TTC)使革兰氏阴性菌显色的原理,在平板法Ames试验中,添加TTc浓度为1mg/皿时,使测试菌株(鼠伤寒沙门氏菌组氨酸缺陷型株TA97、TA98、TA100、TA102)呈为红色。试验证明TTC本身无诱变性,亦不干扰阳性物(2-AF)的诱变性。菌落呈色后便于菌落计数,并在一定程度上提高试验结果的准确性。     

Ames试验中菌落呈色计数法的探讨

本实验利用氯化三苯四氮唑(TTC)使革兰氏阴性菌显色的原理,在平板法Ames试验中,添加TTC浓度为lmg/皿时,使测试菌株(鼠伤寒沙门氏菌组氨酸缺陷型株TA97、TA98、TA100、TA102)呈为红色。试验证明TTC本身无诱变性,亦不干扰阳性物(2-AF)的诱变性。菌落呈色后便于菌落计数,并在一定程度上提高试验结果的准确性。     

两种Ames试验方法在槲皮素致突变试验中灵敏度的研究

目的:通过传统Ames试验与改进彷徨试验对槲皮素的致突变试验结果,比较两种试验的灵敏度。方法:Ames试验方法采用平板掺入法,选择3.2、16、80、400、2000μg/mL 5个剂量组的槲皮素在有或无代谢话化条件下处理鼠伤寒沙门氏菌株TA98和TA100 48小时后计数回复突变菌落数;改进彷徨试验采用96孔板法,选择0.128、0.64、3.2、16、80μg/mL 5个剂量组的槲皮素在有或无代谢活化条件下处理鼠伤寒沙门氏菌株TA98和TA100 24小时后计数变色孔数。结果:Ames试验结果显示槲皮素在80-2000μg/mL回复突变菌落数明显增加并超过对照2倍并有明显剂量反应关系,Ames试验结果阳性;改进彷徨试验结果显示槲皮素在0.64-80μg/mL变色孔数明显增加(P<0.01),并有剂量反应关系,结果为阳性;而在0.64-16μg/mL剂量下,改进彷徨试验能检测出阳性结果,而Ames试验未检测出阳性结果。结论:在较低浓度时,改进彷徨试验能检测出Ames试验检测不出的阳性结果,表明改进彷徨试验灵敏度较Ames试验高。     

两种Ames试验方法在槲皮素致突变试验中灵敏度的研究

目的:通过传统Ames试验与改进彷徨试验对槲皮素的致突变试验结果,比较两种试验的灵敏度.方法:Ames试验方法采用平板掺入法,选择3.2、16、80、400、2000μg/mL 5个剂量组的槲皮素在有或无代谢话化条件下处理鼠伤寒沙门氏菌株TA98和TA 100 48小时后计数回复突变菌落数;改进彷徨试验采用96孔板法,选择0.128、0.64、3.2、16、80μg/mL 5个剂量组的槲皮素在有或无代谢活化条件下处理鼠伤寒沙门氏菌株TA98和TA100 24小时后计数变色孔数.结果:Ames试验结果显示槲皮素在80-2000μg/mL回复突变菌落数明显增加并超过对照2倍并有明显剂量反应关系,Ames试验结果阳性;改进彷徨试验结果显示槲皮素在0.64-80μg/mL变色孔数明显增加(P＜0.01),并有剂量反应关系,结果为阳性;而在0.64-16μg/mL剂量下,改进彷徨试验能检测出阳性结果,而Ames试验未检测出阳性结果.结论:在较低浓度时,改进彷徨试验能检测出Ames试验检测不出的阳性结果,表明改进彷徨试验灵敏度较Ames试验高.     

蕨菜乙醇提取物的Ames试验研究

目的：研究蕨菜乙醇提取物的致突变作用,为蕨菜的开发利用提供一定依据;方法：制备蕨菜乙醇提取物,采用Ames试验方法,以50μg/皿敌克松作为诱变剂,分别添加提取物50、100、200、400、800μg/皿,统计回变菌落数;结果：受试物各剂量组回变菌落数均未超过自发回变菌落数的2倍,且无剂量-反应关系;结论：在本实验条件下,蕨菜乙醇提取物无致突变作用.     

金荞麦的致突、致畸研究

本文报道了中草药金荞麦的致突、致畸试验。研究结果表明,金荞麦1-5000μg/皿的7个剂量,对Ames 4个标准菌株（±S9）未诱发阳性突变;对正定霉素和甲基甲烷磺酸醋所诱发的TA98和TA100菌株的回复突变,具有杭突变作用;对NIH系小鼠未见诱发骨髓嗜多染红细胞微核率增加;对中国仓鼠卵巢细胞染色体（±S9)无诱发畸变作用;对NIH系小鼠的生殖能力和胎鼠的生长发育未见不良影响,对胎鼠外观、骨骼、内脏无致畸作用。     

鼠伤寒沙门氏菌/微粒体系统和姐妹染色单体互换检验化学物质致癌性的试验及其比较

用鼠伤寒沙门氏菌(Salmonella typhimurium)的组氨酸缺陷型突变株TA1535、TA1537、TA1538、TA98和TA100,结合大鼠肝脏微粒体酶系(“S-9”)作为化学诱变剂的检测系统,测定了农药、药物、食品添加剂、化学试剂和环境污染物共36种化学物质的诱变作用。所用方法基本参照Ames等人(1975)所用的纸片点样测定和平皿菌落计数的方法。大鼠肝脏微粒体酶系是先用五氯联苯注入雄性大鼠腹腔,5天后杀鼠取肝,冰冻离心     

Ames实验及彗星实验检测辅酶NADH的抗突变作用

采用Ames实验及单细胞凝胶电泳（SCGE,彗星实验）,对还原型辅酶NADH进行抗突变研究。NADH中、高剂量组在加或不加S9的情况下,均能不同程度地抑制由致突变物引起的TA98、TA100回变菌落数的增加,降低SCGE拖尾细胞率。表明还原型辅酶NADH具有一定的抗突变作用。     

灵芝子实体醇提取物的毒理研究

本文主要研究灵芝子实体醇提物的毒理学并评价其安全性,利用小鼠急性毒性试验和遗传毒性试验(Ames试验、小鼠骨髓细胞微核试验、小鼠精子畸形试验)对灵芝醇提物的毒性进行考察。试验结果显示,小鼠对灵芝醇提取物的最大耐受量是15 000mg/(kg?bw);灵芝醇提取物在有或无S9的条件下,对鼠伤寒沙门氏菌的突变型菌株TA97、TA98、TA100及TA102均无潜在致突变性;灵芝醇提取物在小鼠骨髓细胞微核试验和小鼠精子畸形试验中均呈阴性反应,不同剂量的样品组与阴性对照组之间无显著性差异。该结果表明灵芝醇提取物基本无毒性,属实际无毒物质。本研究为灵芝醇提取物的产品开发和应用提供了科学研究。     

银杏叶聚戊烯醇急性和遗传性毒理学研究

本论文通过小鼠体内急性毒性试验、Ames试验、小鼠骨髓嗜多染红细胞微核试验和体外CHL细胞染色体畸变试验,对银杏叶聚戊烯醇急性和遗传性毒理进行评价。结果表明银杏叶聚戊烯醇属无毒级,最大给药量(21.5 g/kg)对小鼠增长、脏器系数和血液生理生化指标没有影响。Ames试验中,剂量达5000μg/皿,在加与不加S9的条件下,TA97、TA98、TA100、TA102的自发回变菌落数均在正常范围内,对标准测试菌TA97、TA98、TA100和TA102均未检出明显的诱变活性(P0.05)。微核和畸变试验表明,GBP剂量达10 g/kg b·wt,雌雄小鼠嗜多染红细胞/正染红细胞的比值与阴性对照组比较无统计学意义(P0.05),对骨髓红细胞系统的增殖无明显受抑,对嗜多染红细胞微核的观察无明显影响。GBP各剂量组间小鼠染色体畸变的初级精母细胞率与溶剂对照值之间均无统计学差异(P0.05),对雄性小鼠睾丸初级精母细胞染色体无诱变活性。因此,银杏叶聚戊烯醇无毒、无致癌、无致畸和无突变作用,为GBP保健食品和新药的开发提供安全理论依据。     

Mutagenicity testing of protein-containing and biological samples using the Ames/Salmonella plate incorporation test and the fluctuation test.

Mutagenicity testing of biological samples and proteins is complicated by the presence of histidine and histidine-related growth factors which may produce a false positive result in the Ames/Salmonella plate incorporation test. A bioassay method, utilizing an automated dispenser-photometer and Salmonella typhimurium strain TA1535 as the indicator bacteria, was used to estimate the presence of histidine-related growth factors in three enzyme solutions submitted for mutagenicity testing. One of the solutions was clearly positive in the Ames/Salmonella test and also contained the highest amount of L-histidine-HCl-equivalents. The two other solutions, with low or undetectable amounts of L-histidine-HCl-equivalents, gave equivocal and negative results, respectively, in the Ames/Salmonella test. Studies were also performed with strains TA98, TA100 and TA1535 to determine the amount of added L-histidine-HCl that would result in a 'positive' result in the Ames/Salmonella test. Because the minimum amount of L-histidine-HCl required to double the number of revertant colonies was 150 nmol/plate, and the maximum amount of L-histidine-HCl-equivalents supplied by the enzyme preparations was 40 nmol/plate at the highest tested dose, the mutagenicity test results of the enzyme solutions cannot be explained solely by histidine or related compounds. Smokers' and non-smokers' urines, concentrated with liquid extraction (CHCl3) and adsorbent (XAD-2 and XAD-2/Sep-Pak C18) techniques, were studied to reveal differences in efficiencies to extract histidine and histidine-related compounds in the urines. Amounts of 'histidine' in concentrates of urine were measured using the bioassay method and a chemical method employing derivatization with fluorescamine. The fluorescamine method also efficiently detected 3-methyl-L-histidine, a product of muscle metabolism excreted in urine, which was found to be unable to support auxotrophic growth in TA1535, leading to exaggerated estimations of the auxotrophic growth enhancing properties of urine extracts. The urine extracts, and pure L-histidine-HCl, were tested using a two-step fluctuation test to estimate auxotrophic growth factor effects in this type of test. Because of a strong dilution effect when adding the histidine-free selection medium, the fluctuation test employed in this study was not found to be particularly sensitive to growth factors. The results of this study indicate that use of a bioassay, employing the same indicator bacteria as the mutagenicity test themselves, is a reliable way to measure histidine-related growth factors in biological samples.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)     

Genotoxicity assessment of ethylenediamine dinitrate (EDDN) and diethylenetriamine trinitrate (DETN)

Ethylenediamine dinitrate (EDDN) and diethylenetriamine trinitrate (DETN) are relatively insensitive explosive compounds that are being explored as safe alternatives to other more sensitive compounds. When used in combination with other high explosives they are an improvement and may provide additional safety during storage and use. The genetic toxicity of these compounds was evaluated to predict the potential adverse human health effects from exposure by using a standard genetic toxicity test battery which included: a gene mutation test in bacteria (Ames), an in vitro Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell chromosome aberration test and an in vivo mouse micronucleus test. The results of the Ames test showed that EDDN increased the mean number of revertants per plate with strain TA100, without activation, at 5000μg/plate compared to the solvent control, which indicated a positive result. No positive results were observed with the other tester strains with or without activation in Salmonella typhimurium strains TA98, TA1535, TA1537, and Escherichia coli strain WP2 uvrA. DETN was negative for all Salmonella tester strains and E. coli up to 5000μg/plate both with and without metabolic activation. The CHO cell chromosome aberration assay was performed using EDDN and DETN at concentrations up to 5000μg/mL. The results indicate that these compounds did not induce structural chromosomal aberrations at all tested concentrations in CHO cells, with or without metabolic activation. EDDN and DETN, when tested in vivo in the CD-1 mouse at doses up to 2000mg/kg, did not induce any significant increase in the number of micronuclei in bone marrow erythrocytes. These studies demonstrate that EDDN is mutagenic in one strain of Salmonella (TA100) but was negative in other strains, for in vitro induction of chromosomal aberrations in CHO cells, and for micronuclei in the in vivo mouse micronucleus assay. DETN was not genotoxic in all in vitro and in vivo tests. These results show the in vitro and in vivo genotoxicity potential of these chemicals.     

Mutagenic action of a series of epoxides.

The mutagenicity of a series of 13 epoxide compounds was studied using a bacterial plate assay system. The histidine-dependent tester strains TA98 (for frameshift mutagens) and TA100 (for base-pair substitution mutagens) of Salmonella typhimurium were used. Mutagenicity was evaluated both with and without the additon of rat liver microsomal extract. Dieldrin, diglycidyl ether of bis phenol A and 3 of its homologues were not mutagenic. Allyl glycidyl ether, n-butyl glycidyl ether, vinly cyclohexene diepoxide, glycidol, glycidal-dehyde, diglycidyl ether, diepoxybutane and diglycidyl ether of substituted glycerine were mutagenic in the TA100 strain, causing reversion of the bacteria to histidine independence. Dose-reponse curves of the mutagenicity of the latter 4 compounds were obtained. On a molar basis, glycidaldehyde was about 20-50 times more potent in producing mutation that were the other 3 epoxides in the dose-response test. In general, the mutagenicity of the epoxides was not enhanced or diminished by the addition of microsomal extract.     

Mutagenicity monitoring of airborne particulate matter (PM10) in the Czech Republic.

The mutagenic activities associated with inhalable airborne particulate matter (PM10) collected over a year in four towns (Czech Republic) have been determined. The dichloromethane extracts were tested for mutagenicity using the Ames plate incorporation test and the Kado microsuspension test both with Salmonella typhimurium TA98 and its derivative YG1041 tester strains in the presence and absence of S9 mixture. The aim of this study was to assess the suitability of both bacterial mutagenicity tests and to choose the appropriate indicator strain for monitoring purposes. To elucidate the correlation between mutagenicity and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), the concentration of PAHs in the air samples were determined by GC/MS. In general, the significant mutagenicity was obtained in organic extracts of all samples, but differences according to the method and tester strain used were observed. In both mutagenicity tests, the extractable organic mass (EOM) exhibited higher mutagenicity in the YG1041 strain (up to 97 rev/microg in the plate incorporation and 568 rev/microg in the microsuspension tests) than those in TA98 (up to 2.2 rev/microg in the plate incorporation and 14.5 rev/microg in the microsuspension tests). In the plate incorporation test, the direct mutagenic activity in YG1041 was on average 60-fold higher and in microsuspension assay 45-fold higher with respect to strain TA98. In the presence of S9 mix, the mutagenic potency in YG1041 declined (P<0.001) in summer, but increased in TA98 (P<0.05) in samples collected during the winter season. The microsuspension assay provided higher mutagenic responses in both tester strains, but in both strains a significant decrease of mutagenic potency was observed in the presence of S9 mix (P<0.001 for YG1041, P<0.05 for TA98 in winter). The mutagenic potencies detected with both indicator strains correlated well (r=0.54 to 0.87) within each mutagenicity test used but not (for TA98) or moderately (r=0.44 to 0. 66 for YG1041) between both of the tests. The mutagenic activity (in rev/m(3)) likewise the concentration of benzo[a]pyrene and sum of carcinogenic PAHs showed seasonal variation with distinctly higher values during winter season. A correlation between the PAH concentrations and the mutagenicity results for the plate incorporation, but not for the microsuspension tests was found. In samples from higher industrial areas, the higher mutagenicity values were obtained in plate incorporation test with TA98 and in both tests with YG1041 in summer season (P<0.05). According to our results, plate incorporation test seems to be more informative than microsuspension assay. For routine ambient air mutagenicity monitoring, the use of YG1041 tester strain without metabolic activation and the plate incorporation test are to be recommended.     

The presence of arginine may be a source of false positive results in the Ames test

An increase in the number of revertant colonies in the Ames test is generally taken as a strong indication of mutagenic activity of a test compound. However, irrelevant positive findings may constitute a major problem in regulatory drug testing. In this study, mixtures containing only amino acids such as glycine, lysine, arginine and isoleucine, routinely used as peptide preservatives in polypeptide pharmaceutical products, were investigated for mutagenesis in the Ames Salmonella typhimurium test. The results demonstrated that in the presence of metabolic activation, all the solutions containing arginine induced an increase in the number of revertant colonies in strains TA98, TA100 and TA1535 compared with the solvent control. More specifically, for strain TA98, all arginine doses tested, i.e. from 0.4 to 8 mg/plate induced a statistically significant increase in the number of revertants. This increase was biologically significant from 1.2 to 8 mg/plate. For strain TA100, the five highest test doses, i.e. from 1.2 to 8 mg/plate, induced statistically and biologically significant increases in the number of revertants. A statistically significant increase in colony number was also observed in strain TA1535, but only at the maximal test dose of 8 mg/plate arginine. These increases were observed with arginine from two different sources, suggesting that the observed effect would not be due to the presence of potential impurities in the type of arginine used. Our findings show that a functional metabolic activation system was required to induce an increase in the number of colonies. The presence of vitamin C inhibited the arginine-induced increase in the number of revertant colonies in S. typhimurium strain TA98, suggesting a potential involvement of oxidative stress.     

Mutations in Salmonella typhimurium recovered from livers and spleens of mice

Balb/c mice were inoculated intraperitoneally with TA2662, a smooth derivative of the Salmonella typhimurium Ames tester strain (TA102) which carries the mutable hisG locus on a multicopy plasmid, or TA103, which carries the same hisG gene on the chromosome. The bacteria were recovered at various times from the livers and spleens of the infected mice. Total numbers of bacteria were determined and the mutant frequency was estimated. The frequency of occurrence of histidine prototrophs in experiments using TA2662 was substantially above the frequency found with this strain grown in vitro. The mutant frequencies in experiments using TA103 recovered from mice were also highly significantly increased above background. We did not identify factors which might suggest selection in vivo for histidine prototrophs. There is sufficient histidine in body fluids of the host for the growth of His- bacteria. The His- and His+ derivatives were found to grow equally well in vitro in the presence of amounts of histidine approximating concentrations known to exist in vivo. It is probable that mutations in TA2662 are greatly underestimated, since the hisG-containing plasmid is lost at relatively high frequency during incubation in a variety of conditions.     

Spontaneous revertants in modified S. typhimurium mutagenicity tests employing elevated numbers of the tester strain

It has been proposed that increases in the number of bacteria applied to each plate can enhance the sensitivity of the Ames S. typhimurium mutagenicity assay. These procedures have the potential to elevate the number of spontaneous revertants (SR) by increasing the contribution of pre-existing revertants (PER) present before application of the bacteria to the limited histidine test plates. We have investigated the contribution of PER when 10(9) bacteria are applied to the plates and found that the number of PER is dependent on the handling and storage of the cultures used to inoculate the overnight broth. The average number of PER/10(9) viable bacteria after overnight growth in broths inoculated from a frozen permanent, lyophilized permanent, master plate, and an isolated colony, of TA98 were 267, 188, 57 and 13 respectively. The resultant elevation of the number of SR for a strain may result in a failure to identify a mutagenic response. It is recommended that the number of PER be monitored in any modification of the Ames test that makes use of elevated numbers of bacteria.     

Evaluation of 1,3-pentadiene for mutagenicity by the Salmonella/mammalian microsome assay

1,3-Pentadiene, a food contaminant produced by some molds when they metabolize sorbic acid, was tested for mutagenicity, using variations of the Salmonella/mammalian microsome assay. The chemical was incorporated into the test system (with and without S9 mix) by 3 methods: (a) the standard plate incorporation assay, (b) a liquid preincubation procedure and (c) exposure of test bacteria in the soft agar overlay to gaseous 1,3-pentadiene. The chemical was extremely toxic to the test bacteria with amounts as low as 2.0 microgram/plate causing cell death. However, none of the nonlethal concentrations tested by any of the methods was mutagenic to Salmonella typhimurium strains TA97, TA98, TA100, TA1535, TA1537 or TA1538.     

Genotoxicity of industrial wastewaters obtained from two different pollution sources in northern India: a comparison of three bioassays

The genotoxicity of industrial wastewater samples from Aligarh and Ghaziabad cities was compared using the Ames plate incorporation test, the Ames fluctuation test and the Allium cepa test. While TA102 and TA104 strains exhibited the highest sensitivity against the Aligarh sample (AWW) in terms of the slope (m) of the dose-response curve in the plate incorporation assay, TA98 and TA97a were the most sensitive strains based on the induction factor, Mi(p). TA98 once again, was the most sensitive strain against the test sample from Ghaziabad (GWW) in terms of 'Mi(p)' while TA102 was the most sensitive strain on the basis of the slope (m). TA100 displayed the highest susceptibility towards the samples from Aligarh in the fluctuation test. However, TA102 and TA98 responded maximally to GWW in this bioassay. The mutagenicity of the test samples seemed to be partly mediated by reactive oxygen species (ROS) as evidenced by the use of free radical scavengers. Mannitol brought about the maximum decline in the number of revertants of TA102 by the Aligarh sample, whereas such a reduction in case of Ghaziabad sample was exhibited with superoxide dismutase. Both the test water samples induced various anaphase aberrations in the root cells of Allium cepa. Fragmentation of the chromosome was the predominant effect of the Aligarh water sample while the Ghaziabad sample induced chromosome stickiness. The crucial roles of heavy metals and pesticides in the genotoxicity of AWW and GWW, respectively, have been suggested. In view of the problem associated with the interpretations of data, we recommend that all the test bioassays should be carried out in the presence of ROS scavengers for the fool proof evaluation of the genotoxicity of water samples.     

Rapid high-throughput assessment of aerobic bacteria in complex samples by fluorescence-based oxygen respirometry

A simple method has been developed for the analysis of aerobic bacteria in complex samples such as broth and food homogenates. It employs commercial phosphorescent oxygen-sensitive probes to monitor oxygen consumption of samples containing bacteria using standard microtiter plates and fluorescence plate readers. As bacteria grow in aqueous medium, at certain points they begin to deplete dissolved oxygen, which is seen as an increase in probe fluorescence above baseline signal. The time required to reach threshold signal is used to either enumerate bacteria based on a predetermined calibration or to assess the effects of various effectors on the growth of test bacteria by comparison with an untreated control. This method allows for the sensitive (down to a single cell), rapid (0.5 to 12 h) enumeration of aerobic bacteria without the need to conduct lengthy (48 to 72 h) and tedious colony counts on agar plates. It also allows for screening a wide range of chemical and environmental samples for their toxicity. These assays have been validated with different bacteria, including Escherichia coli, Micrococcus luteus, and Pseudomonas fluorescens, with the enumeration of total viable counts in broth and industrial food samples (packaged ham, chicken, and mince meat), and comparison with established agar plating and optical-density-at-600-nm assays has been given.