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. 1993 Mar;99:277–280. doi: 10.1289/ehp.9399277

DNA adduct formation in relation to lymphocyte mutations and lung tumor induction in F344 rats treated with the environmental pollutant 1,6-dinitropyrene.

B A Smith 1, N F Fullerton 1, A Aidoo 1, R H Heflich 1, F A Beland 1
PMCID: PMC1567019  PMID: 8319643

Abstract

Epidemiological studies suggest an association between exposure to diesel emissions and an increased incidence of lung and bladder cancer in humans. Of the compounds associated with diesel emissions, 1,6-dinitropyrene is a particularly potent mutagen and carcinogen. In these experiments we administered [4,5,9,10-3H]1,6-dinitropyrene (30 or 100 micrograms) directly to the lungs of F344 rats according to a protocol known to induce lung tumors and characterized the DNA adducts present in the target tissue. In addition, we examined the adducts present in spleen lymphocytes and assayed for the induction of mutations at the hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase locus in these cells, as measured by the frequency of 6-thioguanine-resistant (TGr) T-lymphocytes. Adduct formation was detected in both lung and spleen lymphocyte DNA, with the extent of binding being dose-dependent in the lymphocytes but not the lung. 32P-Postlabeling analyses indicated the formation of a major DNA adduct, N-(deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-1-amino-6- nitropyrene, in both tissues. 1,6-Dinitropyrene treatment resulted in a dose-dependent increase in TGr T-lymphocytes, with the increase being detected for at least 21 weeks after treatment. These data indicate that 1,6-dinitropyrene is metabolically activated by nitroreduction to form DNA adducts in both the target tissue and spleen lymphocytes and that a tumorigenic dose results in a significant induction of TGr T-lymphocytes.

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