Mutagenicity evaluation of riot control agent o-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile (cs) in the ames salmonella/microsome test
✍ Scribed by Ghansham P. Meshram; R. Padma Malini; Kola M. Rao
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 655 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0260-437X
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✦ Synopsis
eChlorobenzylidene malononitrile (CS), a riot control agent, was evaluated for its possible mutagenic activity in the Ames Salmonella/mammalian microsome mutagenicity test. Five histidine-deficient (His-) mutant tester strains of Salmonella typhimurium-TA97a, TA98, TA100, TA102 and TAlOAwere used. The liquid preincubation procedure was used with metabolic activation (presence of S9 mixture) and without metabolic activation (absence of S9 mixture). For the experiments with metabolic activation, three different concentrations of S9 fraction (supernatant of Aroclor 1254-induced rat liver homogenate at 9000 g) -5%, 15% and 30% in S9 mixture-were used. Along with mutagenic activity, CS was also evaluated for cytotoxic activity in all the five tester strains of Salmonella typhimurium, both in the presence and absence of S9 mixture. The mutagenic and cytotoxic activities of CS were assessed by counting the His' revertant colonies and by counting the microcolonies (His-, auxotrophs in the background lawn), respectively, and the respective mean values were compared with the relative negative (solvent) control. A dose range of 12.5-800 pg plate-' for CS did not induce a mutagenic response either in the presence or absence of S9 mix. No change in the negative mutagenic response of CS has been observed even in the presence of an elevated level of S9 fraction in the S9 mix. A dose of 200 k g plate -' for CS was found to be cytotoxic by decreasing the surviving cells as well as His' revertant colonies; however, the effect was reduced in the presence of an elevated level of S9 fraction in the S9 mix.