Effect of treatment protocol and sample time on the frequencies of micronucleated polychromatic erythrocytes in mouse bone marrow and peripheral blood

Mutagenesis
R R TiceM D Shelby

Abstract

Studies were conducted to evaluate the effect of experimental protocol on the ability of benzidine (BZD), dimethylbenzanthracene (DMBA) and mitomycin C (MMC), administered by intraperitoneal injection, to induce micronuclei in polychromatic erythrocytes (PCE) of B6C3F1 mice. Three different treatment/sampling protocols were used, involving from one to three consecutive daily treatments and from three to one, respectively, consecutive daily samplings beginning 24 h after the last injection. DMBA and MMC elicited a significant micronucleus response in all three experimental protocols, while BZD induced a significant response only in the multiple injection protocols. Of the three protocols, the 3-day injection/single sample time protocol offers the greatest efficiency in minimizing the number of animals required in a study, in decreasing the time needed for scoring and in simplifying the statistical analysis. In addition, a comparison of the frequency of micronucleated PCE in peripheral blood and bone marrow following the treatment of mice with either BZD or DMBA suggests that, following a three injection protocol, either tissue can be used with equal efficacy.

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