Enhancing effect of saccharides on the mutagenicity of 2-chloro-4-methylthiobutanoic acid |
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Authors: | Kimura S Arimoto-Kobayashi S Hayatsu H |
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Affiliation: | School of Humanities for Environmental Policy and Technology, Himeji Institute of Technology, Hyogo, Japan. |
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Abstract: | The mutagenicity of 2-chloro-4-methylthiobutanoic acid (CMBA), a nitrite-treated Sanma fish mutagen, in Salmonella typhimurium TA100 was enhanced by addition of D-glucose during the CMBA-treatment. Several other monosaccharides also enhanced the mutagenicity of CMBA, and the order of the enhancing potency was found to be D-mannose, D-glucose>D-fructose, D-ribose, D-galactose. A disaccharide, maltose, showed only little enhancement. No enhancement was found with L-glucose. We investigated whether saccharides affect uptake of [methyl-14C]CMBA into S. typhimurium TA100. Saccharides which enhanced CMBA-induced mutagenesis increased the uptake. L-Glucose did not enhance the uptake. There was good correlation between the enhanced mutagenesis and increased radioactivity in Salmonella, suggesting that the enhancing effect of monosaccharide on the CMBA-induced mutagenesis results from the enhanced uptake of the mutagen into bacteria. |
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