Cytotoxic and mutagenic effect of UV, ethylnitrosourea and (+/-)-7 beta,8 alpha-dihydroxy-9 alpha,10 alpha-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo [a]pyrene in diploid human T lymphocytes in culture: comparison with fibroblasts

Mutagenesis
T NorimuraJ J McCormick

Abstract

The cytotoxic and mutagenic effects of a series of carcinogenic mutagens in human peripheral blood T cells exposed in culture were determined and compared with results obtained previously with diploid human skin fibroblasts. The mutagens studied were: ethylnitrosourea (ENU), (+/-)-7 beta,8 alpha-dihydroxy-9 alpha,10 alpha-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyrene (BPDE) and UV (254 nm) radiation. Resistance to 6-thioguanine (TG) served as the genetic marker. The T lymphocytes, cultured in the presence of 10% fetal bovine serum, T cell growth factor and lethally-irradiated B lymphoblastoid cells (allogeneic stimulators), exhibited population doubling times of 22 h for as long as tested, i.e. greater than 40 days, and cloning efficiencies between 30 and 50%. The T cells were exposed to the mutagens in exponential growth, 3 days after being isolated and primed to begin blast formation, using doses that reduced cell survival to between 80 and 25% of the untreated control. The background frequency of TG-resistant cells in the 14 independent populations assayed ranged from 1.2 x 10(-6) to 10.6 x 10(-6), with an average of 5.1 x 10(-6) +/- 2.8 x 10(-6). Each agent induced a dose-dependent increase in TG-resistant cells, reaching 85 x 10...Continue Reading

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Nov 1, 1990·Mutation Research·V M MaherJ J McCormick

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