Failure of chloroform to induce chromosome damage or sister-chromatid exchanges in cultured human lymphocytes and failure to induce reversion in Escherichia coli

Kirkland, DJ; Smith, KL; Van Abbe, NJ

HERO ID

10058

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

1981

Language

English

PMID

6273272

HERO ID 10058
In Press No
Year 1981
Title Failure of chloroform to induce chromosome damage or sister-chromatid exchanges in cultured human lymphocytes and failure to induce reversion in Escherichia coli
Authors Kirkland, DJ; Smith, KL; Van Abbe, NJ
Journal Food and Cosmetics Toxicology
Volume 19
Issue 5
Page Numbers 651-656
Abstract Two strains of Escherichia coli, WP2p and WP2uvrA−p, were treated with chloroform in the plate incorporation assay, and in liquid pre-incubation tests, and in both cases the chemical did not induce reversions. Chloroform, with metabolic activation (addition of S-9 mix), also failed to induce chromosome breakage or sister-chromatid exchanges in human lymphocytes, but benzo[a]pyrene, with and without S-9 mix, induced significant chromosome breakage and sister-chromatid exchanges in lymphocytes from the same donor. The relevance of these results in the light of other negative in vitro tests on chloroform, and positive and negative carcinogenicity tests, is discussed.
Doi 10.1016/0015-6264(81)90517-4
Pmid 6273272
Wosid WOS:A1981MR25100017
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Comments Escherichia coli is italicized. Food Cosmet. Toxicol. 19: 651-656.
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Language Text English
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