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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-4-7
pubmed:abstractText
Chronic exposure to 1,3-butadiene (BD) results in early occurrence and high incidence of lethal lymphomas in male B6C3F1 mice. Male B6C3F1 lacI transgenic mice (BigBlue) were exposed by inhalation to 0, 62.5, 625 or 1250 p.p.m. BD for 4 weeks (6 h/day, 5 days/week). The lacI- mutant frequency and mutational spectrum were evaluated in DNA isolated from bone marrow cells. Two weeks after exposure the lacI- mutant frequency in bone marrow from BD-exposed mice had increased 2- to 3.5-fold over air control mice. DNA sequence analysis of 56 and 54 lacI- mutants from the air control and butadiene-exposed groups, respectively, demonstrated that there was a shift in the spectrum of base substitution mutations at A:T sites in BD-exposed mice (6/26) compared to the air control mice (2/45). A:T-->T:A transversions were found only in BD-exposed animals. Sequence data also indicate that clonal expansion, a natural process in hematopoiesis, can contribute to the lacI- mutant frequency from bone marrow cells such that mutant frequency and mutation frequency are not equivalent. This study shows that BD is mutagenic in B6C3F1 transgenic mouse bone marrow, causing a shift in the mutation spectrum at A:T base pairs in BD-exposed mice compared to air control mice. Sequencing DNA from lacI- mutants from transgenic animals, to determine mutant/mutation frequency and mutational spectra after subchronic bioassay-like exposure conditions, will aid in linking exposure, dose and biological response for genetic risk assessment of BD.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0143-3334
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
471-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular analysis of lacI mutants from bone marrow of B6C3F1 transgenic mice following inhalation exposure to 1,3-butadiene.
pubmed:affiliation
Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article