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THE EFFECT OF ROUTE OF ADMINISTRATION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS ON DNA ADDUCTION AND CYTOGENETIC DAMAGE IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD LYMPHOCYTES OF MICE AND RATS
Citation:
Kligerman, A D., G. L. Erexson, G B. Nelson, AND J A. Ross. THE EFFECT OF ROUTE OF ADMINISTRATION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS ON DNA ADDUCTION AND CYTOGENETIC DAMAGE IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD LYMPHOCYTES OF MICE AND RATS. POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS 22(3-4):841-851, (2001).
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Experiments were designed to investigate how the route of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in mice and rats affects the induction of cytogenetic endpoints and DNA adduction. Both mice and rats were exposed to 100 mg/kg of benz[a]anthracene (B[a]A), benzo[b]fluoranthene (B[b]F), benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P), or chrysene (Chr), by gavage or by intraperitoneal injection (i.p.). Peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) were removed by cardiac puncture seven days after PAH administration. Blood samples were analyzed in parallel for sister chromatid exchange (SCE) frequency, the frequency of micronuclei in cytochalasin B-induced binucleate cells (MNbn), and DNA adduction using 32P-postlabeling. The i.p. route of exposure produced both the highest levels of cytogenetic damage and DNA adducts for each PAH. The mouse was more sensitive than the rat to PAH exposure as measured by SCE induction and the total amount of DNA adducts/ug DNA.