Keywords:
CELLS
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BLOOD
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CELL
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EXPOSURE
;
SITE
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SITES
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WORKERS
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MICE
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DNA
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INDUCTION
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RATS
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hepatocytes
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FREQUENCY
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FREQUENCIES
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METABOLITES
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bone marrow
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BONE-MARROW
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DNA-REPAIR
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COMET ASSAY
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LYMPHOCYTES
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DNA repair
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SINGLE-STRAND BREAKS
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INCREASE
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WEIGHT
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ADDUCT FORMATION
;
STYRENE
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urinary metabolites
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LEVEL
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correlation
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ENDONUCLEASE
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1,3-butadiene
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BUTADIENE DIOLEPOXIDE
;
DNA-repair activity
;
DOSE RESPONSES
;
EPOXIDE HYDROLASE GENE
;
micronucleus formation
;
single-strand DNA breaks
Abstract:
We investigated single-strand breaks and endonuclease III-sensitive sites in DNA along with gamma-irradiation-specific DNA-repair activity in hepatocytes and frequencies of micronuclei in polychromatic bone-marrow erythrocytes of male NMRI mice (2 months old, weight 30-35 g) during sub-acute inhalation exposure to 1,3-butadiene (28 days, 500 mg/m(3)) and up to 28 days after the exposure. Concentrations of 1,3-butadiene in blood, an indicator of internal exposure, moderately increased during the exposure period. The most interesting finding was that gamma-irradiation-specific DNA-repair activity gradually increased during exposure, being significantly higher compared with control levels on days 7 and 28 of exposure (P = 0.005 and 0.035, respectively), reaching a maximum on day 1 after the termination of exposure (P = 0.003) and then returning to control levels. A significant correlation between gamma-irradiation-specific DNA-repair activity and the concentration of 1,3-butadiene in blood (R = 0.866, P = 0.050) supports a possible induction of DNA-repair activity by the exposure to 1,3-butadiene and formation of its metabolites. The initial increase in micronucleus frequency (micronuclei per 1000 cells) in the exposed mice continuously decreased from 20.4 +/- 5.1 (day 3) to 15.1 +/- 3.2 (day 28) within the exposure period, and subsequently from 12.4 +/- 5.1 to 4.6 +/- 1.6 in the period following termination of the 1,3-butadiene exposure, while micronucleus frequencies in control animals were significantly lower (from 1.7 +/- 11.5 to 4.2 +/- 0.8). (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
Type of Publication:
Journal article published
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