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BIOASSAY-DIRECT FRACTIONATION OF 1-NITROPYRENE METABOLITES: GENERATION OF MUTAGRAMS BY COUPLING REVERSE-PHASE HPLC WITH MICROSUSPENSION MUTAGENICITY ASSAYS
Citation:
Lewtas, J., L. King, K. Williams, L. Ball, AND D.M. DeMarini. BIOASSAY-DIRECT FRACTIONATION OF 1-NITROPYRENE METABOLITES: GENERATION OF MUTAGRAMS BY COUPLING REVERSE-PHASE HPLC WITH MICROSUSPENSION MUTAGENICITY ASSAYS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-90/543 (NTIS PB91242537).
Description:
We have performed bioassay-direct fractionation of a model complex mixture (rabbit lung S9-generated metabolites of 14 C-radiolabeled 1-nitropyrene) by assaying reverse-phase HPLC fractions using two microsuspension mutagenicity assays. orward-mutation assay measuring mutation at the gpt locus (8-azaguanine resistance) in Salmonella typhimurium TM677 was performed in a total volume of 100 ul, and a reverse-mutation assay measuring mutation at the hisD3052 allele in S. typhimurium TA98 was performed in a total volume of 200 ul. PLC fractions were collected every 30 sec for 45 min, resulting in 90 fractions per run. he HPLC chromatogram (absorbance at 280 nm) and the 14 C profile were compared to the mutagenicity profiles (mutagrams) and to the mutagenic potencies of pure metabolites studied separately. he results indicate that a fine dissection of the mutagenic fractions can be obtained by coupling HPLC to microsuspension mutagenicity assays. ifferences observed between the mutagrams generated by the two bacterial strains were most likely due to metabolic (nitroreductase) differences between the two strains. his method should be generally applicable to the bioassay-directed chemical analysis of complex mixtures.