Mutagenicity of halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbons in Salmonella typhimurium,Streptomyces coelicolor and Aspergillus nidulans |
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Authors: | M. Bignami G. Conti L. Conti R. Crebelli F. Misuraca A.M. Puglia R. Randazzo G. Sciandrello A. Carere |
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Affiliation: | 1. Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome Italy;2. Istituto di Genetica, Università di Palermo Italy |
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Abstract: | Eight structurally related halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbons mono-, di- and trichloroacetaldehyde (the last in the anhydrous and hydrate form), mono-, di- and trichloroethanol and allyl chloride, were tested for their ability to induce gene mutations in prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms. The genetic systems employed were the Salmonella reversion test with strain TA1535 and TA100, with and without metabolic activation, a forward and a back-mutation system in S. coelicolor and two forward mutation systems in A. nidulans. Each compound was tested with the spot and plate incorporation assay techniques.Mono-, di- and trichloroacetaldehyde were mutagenic in all the microorganisms employed; all the halogenated ethanols were positive in A. nidulans, while in S. typhimurium and in S. coelicolor the only active forms were respectively the mono- and dichloroderivatives. Allyl chloride was active in S. typhimurium and S. coelicolor and negative in A. nidulans.The technical approach as well as the complex influence of different factors (toxicity, volatility and stability) on the genetic response of each of the compounds under test did not allow to obtain more than a qualitative relationship between mutagenic potency and chemical structure. |
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Keywords: | 2-AA 2-aminoanthracene 8-AG 8-azaguanine EMS ethyl methansulphonate MMS methyl methansulphonate streptomycin resistance methionine suppressor VCM vinyl chloride monomer |
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