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Biologically reactive metabolites of benzo[a]pyrene (BP) and benzo[a]-pyrene 7,8-diol (BP-diol), formed by the mixed-function oxidase (MFO) system, are substrates for conjugation and detoxication by glutathione (GSH) when catalyzed by glutathione S-transferases (GSHT). We have investigated the detoxication of BP- and BP-diol-induced cytotoxicity and mutagenicity with GSH by supplementing the S9 mix used in the Chinese hamster ovary cells/hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (CHO/HGPRT) assay with GSH (6.5 mM) or GSH plus GSHT. The addition of GSH to the S9 mix resulted in a reduction of BP- and BP-diol induced cytotoxicity. GSH plus GSHT eliminated BP-induced cytotoxicity and reduced the mutagenicity of BP. GSH inhibited the mutagenicity at low (essentially non-lethal) concentrations of BP-diol, but did not do so at toxic concentrations. GSH plus GSHT inhibited the cytotoxicity and mutagenicity of BP-diol at concentrations not affected by GSH alone. These studies indicate that biochemical mechanisms of detoxication can affect the biological activity of a carcinogen, such as BP or BP-diol as profoundly as bioactivation by the MFO system.
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