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Fjord- and bay-region diol-epoxides investigated for stability, SOS induction in Escherichia coli, and mutagenicity in Salmonella typhimurium and mammalian cells. 1991

H Glatt, and A Piée, and K Pauly, and T Steinbrecher, and R Schrode, and F Oesch, and A Seidel
Department of Toxicology, University of Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany.

The fjord-region diol-epoxides of benzo(c)phenanthrene combine high mutagenic and carcinogenic activity with low chemical reactivity. To study whether this is a unique property of these compounds or a more general characteristic of fjord-region diol-epoxides, we have synthesized the anti- and syn-diastereomers of r-9,t-10-dihydroxy-11,12-oxy-9,10,11,12-tetrahydrobenzo(c)chrysene and r-11-t-12-dihydroxy-13,14-oxy-11,12,13,14-tetrahydrobenzo(g)chrysene. These compounds as well as the anti- and syn-diastereomers of the fjord-region diol-epoxides of benzo(c)phenanthrene and of the bay-region diol-epoxides of phenanthrene, chrysene, and benzo(a)pyrene were investigated for their half-lives in a physiological buffer, for their mutagenicity in Salmonella typhimurium (reversion of the his- strains TA97, TA98, TA100, and TA104), for induction of SOS response in Escherichia coli (SOS chromotest in strain PQ37) and for their mutagenicity in V79 Chinese hamster cells (acquisition of resistance to 6-thioguanine). All six of the investigated fjord-region diol-epoxides were more stable in physiological buffer at 37 degrees C (t1/2 greater than 2 h) than the six bay-region diol-epoxides (t1/2 = 0.011 to 1.2 h). The half-lives correlated negatively with the calculated delta Edeloc values for the formation of the benzylic carbocations, and were consistently shorter for the syn- than for the corresponding anti-diastereomer. All fjord-region diol-epoxides showed extraordinarily high activity in all six genotoxicity assays used. In mammalian cells, the anti-diol-epoxide of benzo(c)chrysene was 8.6 and 12 times more active than the anti-diol-epoxides of benzo(c)phenanthrene and benzo(a)pyrene, respectively, which were the most potent mutagens among the reference compounds. The other three newly available fjord-region diol-epoxides were also markedly more mutagenic in mammalian cells than the reference compounds. Whereas the syn-diastereomers of the simple bay-region diolepoxides were clearly less mutagenic in mammalian cells than the corresponding anti-diastereomers, the differences in potency between diastereomers were small for the fjord-region diol-epoxides. In conclusion, the diol-epoxides of benzo(c)phenanthrene are not unique in their high biological activities. The two newly available diastereomeric pairs of fjord-region diol-epoxides of benzo(g)- and benzo(c)chrysene proved to be even more active. For one of them, the diol-epoxides of benzo(g)chrysene, the delta Edeloc value for the formation of the benzylic carbocation is lower than for the benzo(c)phenanthrene diol-epoxides, for the other it is higher.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009152 Mutagenicity Tests Tests of chemical substances and physical agents for mutagenic potential. They include microbial, insect, mammalian cell, and whole animal tests. Genetic Toxicity Tests,Genotoxicity Tests,Mutagen Screening,Tests, Genetic Toxicity,Toxicity Tests, Genetic,Genetic Toxicity Test,Genotoxicity Test,Mutagen Screenings,Mutagenicity Test,Screening, Mutagen,Screenings, Mutagen,Test, Genotoxicity,Tests, Genotoxicity,Toxicity Test, Genetic
D009153 Mutagens Chemical agents that increase the rate of genetic mutation by interfering with the function of nucleic acids. A clastogen is a specific mutagen that causes breaks in chromosomes. Clastogen,Clastogens,Genotoxin,Genotoxins,Mutagen
D011083 Polycyclic Compounds Compounds which contain two or more rings in their structure. Compounds, Polycyclic
D002478 Cells, Cultured Cells propagated in vitro in special media conducive to their growth. Cultured cells are used to study developmental, morphologic, metabolic, physiologic, and genetic processes, among others. Cultured Cells,Cell, Cultured,Cultured Cell
D004247 DNA A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine). DNA, Double-Stranded,Deoxyribonucleic Acid,ds-DNA,DNA, Double Stranded,Double-Stranded DNA,ds DNA
D004355 Drug Stability The chemical and physical integrity of a pharmaceutical product. Drug Shelf Life,Drugs Shelf Lives,Shelf Life, Drugs,Drug Stabilities,Drugs Shelf Life,Drugs Shelf Live,Life, Drugs Shelf,Shelf Life, Drug,Shelf Live, Drugs,Shelf Lives, Drugs
D004852 Epoxy Compounds Organic compounds that include a cyclic ether with three ring atoms in their structure. They are commonly used as precursors for POLYMERS such as EPOXY RESINS. Epoxide,Epoxides,Epoxy Compound,Oxiranes,Compound, Epoxy,Compounds, Epoxy
D004926 Escherichia coli A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria (GRAM-NEGATIVE FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC RODS) commonly found in the lower part of the intestine of warm-blooded animals. It is usually nonpathogenic, but some strains are known to produce DIARRHEA and pyogenic infections. Pathogenic strains (virotypes) are classified by their specific pathogenic mechanisms such as toxins (ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI), etc. Alkalescens-Dispar Group,Bacillus coli,Bacterium coli,Bacterium coli commune,Diffusely Adherent Escherichia coli,E coli,EAggEC,Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli,Enterococcus coli,Diffusely Adherent E. coli,Enteroaggregative E. coli,Enteroinvasive E. coli,Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli
D006224 Cricetinae A subfamily in the family MURIDAE, comprising the hamsters. Four of the more common genera are Cricetus, CRICETULUS; MESOCRICETUS; and PHODOPUS. Cricetus,Hamsters,Hamster
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia

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