Genotoxic effects of bitumen fumes in Big Blue transgenic rat lung

Road paving workers are exposed to bitumen fumes (CAS No. 8052-42-4), a complex mixture of volatile compounds and particles containing carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. However, epidemiological and experimental animal studies failed to draw unambiguous conclusions c...

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Veröffentlicht in:Mutation research Jg. 596; H. 1-2; S. 91
Hauptverfasser: Bottin, Marie Claire, Gate, Laurent, Rihn, Bertrand, Micillino, Jean Claude, Nathalie, Monhoven, Martin, Aurélie, Nunge, Hervé, Morel, Georges, Wrobel, Richard, Ayi-Fanou, Lucie, Champmartin, Catherine, Keith, Gérard, Binet, Stéphane
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Netherlands 11.04.2006
Schlagworte:
Animals
Animals, Genetically Modified
Base Pairing
DNA - drug effects
DNA - genetics
DNA - isolation & purification
Hydrocarbons - toxicity
Inhalation Exposure
Lung - drug effects
Lung - pathology
Mutagens - toxicity
Mutation
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - analysis
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - toxicity
Rats
Rats, Inbred F344
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sequence Deletion
Venezuela
ISSN:0027-5107
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Zusammenfassung:Road paving workers are exposed to bitumen fumes (CAS No. 8052-42-4), a complex mixture of volatile compounds and particles containing carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. However, epidemiological and experimental animal studies failed to draw unambiguous conclusions concerning their toxicity. In order to gain better insights on their genotoxic potential, we used an experimental design able to generate bitumen fumes at road paving temperature (temperature: 170 degrees C, total particulate matter: 100mg/m3) and perform a nose-only exposure of Big Blue transgenic rodents 6h/day for five consecutive days. The mutagenic properties of bitumen fumes were determined by analyzing the mutation frequency and spectrum of the neutral reporter gene cII inserted into the rodent genome. We previously observed in mouse lung, that bitumen fumes did not induce an increase of cII mutants, a modification of the mutation spectrum, nor the formation of DNA adducts. Since DNA adducts were found in the lungs of rats exposed to asphalt fumes in similar conditions, we decided to carry out an analogous experiment with Big Blue rats. A DNA adduct was detected 3 and 30 days after the end of treatment suggesting that these genetic alterations were quite steady. Thirty days after exposure, the cII mutant frequency was similar in control and exposed rats. In addition, a slight but not significant modification of the mutation spectrum associated with an increase of G:C to T:A and A:T to C:G transversions was noticeable in the treated animals. Then, these data failed to demonstrate a pulmonary mutagenic potential for bitumen fumes generated at road paving temperature in our experimental conditions despite the presence of a DNA adduct. These results may provide information concerning the pulmonary mechanism of action of this aerosol and may contribute to the occupational health hazard assessment.
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ISSN:0027-5107
DOI:10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2005.12.005