A comparative study of the bioactivation of nitrosamines to mutagens by various animal species including man
- 1 August 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Carcinogenesis: Integrative Cancer Research
- Vol. 5 (8) , 1091-1094
- https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/5.8.1091
Abstract
Dimethylnitrosamine, dipropylnitrosamine, methylethyl-nitrosamine, nitrosopiperidine and nitrosopyrrolidine were assayed for mutagenicity in the Ames test in the presence of hepatic postmitochondrial preparations isolated from the mouse, rat, hamster, pig and man. Prior to each mutagenicity assay all activation systems were fully characterised with respect to monoamine oxidase, mixed-function amine oxidase and mixed-function oxidase activities. The hamster was the most efficient activator for all nitrosamines followed by the mouse. The latter species, however, activated nitrosopyrrolidine only weakly which was the only carcinogen readily activated by the human preparation. None of the aliphatic nitrosamines was activated by the rat or pig. No correlation was observed between efficiency of activation and any of the enzyme activities studied.Keywords
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