Cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of the azo-dye p-dimethylaminoazobenzene in mice:: A time-course study
Cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of the azo-dye p-dimethylaminoazobenzene in mice:: A time-course study
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DOI:
10.1016/j.mrgentox.2005.06.011
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发表时间:
2005-11-10
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
Khuda-Bukhsh, AR
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作者:
Biswas, SJ;Khuda-Bukhsh, AR
The cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of chronic feeding of the azo-dye p-dimethylaminoazobenzene (p-DAB) during 7, 15, 30, 60, 90 and 120 days have been assessed in mice. The endpoints used for genotoxic analysis were chromosome aberrations (CA), micronuclei (MN) and mitotic index (MI) in bone-marrow cells, and sperm-head abnormality (SHA) in male gonads. The activities of marker enzymes for toxicity, such as glutamate oxalo-acetate transaminase (GOT), glutamate pyruvate transaminase (GPT), acid phosphatase (ACP) and alkaline phosphatase (ALKP) were also assayed periodically, as was lipid peroxidation (LPO). Chronic feeding of p-DAB produced increased numbers of chromosome aberrations, nuclear anomalies and sperm-head abnormalities, as compared with normal untreated controls, generally in a time-dependent manner until 60 days, after which the anomalies persisted, but rather erratically. However, although there was some noticeable modulation in enzyme activities in the corresponding p-DAB-fed mice as well, these were not strictly time-dependent. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.