Antimutagenic effects of caffeine during nitrosoguanidine-induced mutagenesis ofSalmonella typhimurium cells and phages |
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Authors: | P Háva A Hejlová L Sošková |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, J. E. Purkyně University, 662 43 Brno |
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Abstract: | The effect of caffeine on nitrosoguanidine-induced mutagenesis ofSalmonella typhimurium & nd its P22 and L phages was studied. The detected mutations included phage “clear” mutations, reversions of phage “amber”
mutation, and prototrophic reversions of thehis
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auxotroph ofSalmonella typhimurium. Neither therecA mutation of the host nor theerf mutation of the phage genome were found to affect the nitrosoguanidine-induced mutagenesis of the phage during vegetative
growth. Beginning with a concentration of 0.2 mg/ml, caffeine decreased the frequency of mutants by 30–60%, attaining a maximum
effect at 1.5 mg/ml and retaining this effect even at higher concentrations. A similar antimutagenic effeot was observed with
the mutagenesis of the host cells. The nitrosoguanidine-induced mutagenesis does not seem to be related to the function of
therecA cell gene or theerf phage gene. The mechanism of mutagenesis by nitrosoguanidine probably has two components, one of them caffeine sensitive,
the other caffeine-resistant. |
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