Chemically‐induced unscheduled DNA synthesis in primary rat hepatocyte cultures: A comparison with bacterial mutagenicity using 218 compounds
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Environmental Mutagenesis
- Vol. 3 (1), 11-32
- https://doi.org/10.1002/em.2860030103
Abstract
The autoradiographic identification of unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS) in primary cultures of adult rat hepatocytes (HPC) has been proposed as a predictive test for mutagens/carcinogens. To assess the predictive value of this test, results in the hepatocyte UDS assay were compared with data for bacterial mutagenicity using a modified Ames test. Over 200 compounds representing a variety of chemical classes consisting of procarcinogens, ultimate carcinogens, and noncarcinogens were tested in each system. The accurate discrimination of many carcinogens/noncarcinogens was demonstrated by both systems. The induction of UDS in hepatocytes showed an excellent correlation with bacterial mutagenesis in response to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, aromatic amines, biphenyls, nitrosamines, carbamates, azo‐compounds, acridines, halogenated compounds, nitrosureas, quinolines, pyridines, purines, pyrimidines, esters and carbamates. Nitrocompounds, although active in bacteria, were poor inducers of UDS. The results support the complementary and confirmatory nature of these tests for genotoxic chemicals and indicate the usefulness of the hepatocyte UDS system as a component in a battery of short‐term predictive tests for mutagens/carcinogens.Keywords
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