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Favor, J. ; Neuhäuser-Klaus, A. ; Ehling, U.H. ; Wulff, A. ; van Zeeland, A.A.*

The effect of the interval between dose applications on the observed specific-locus mutation rate in the mouse following fractionated treatments of spermatogonia with ethylnitrosourea.

Mutat. Res. -Fund. Mol. Mech. Mutag. 374, 193-199 (1997)
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Our earlier analyses have suggested an apparent threshold dose-response for ethylnitrosourea-induced specific-locus mutations in treated spermatogonia of the mouse to be due to a saturable repair process. In the current study a series of fractionated-treatment experiments was carried out in which male (102 x C3H)F1 mice were exposed to 4 x 10, 2 x 40. 4 x 20 or 4 x 40 mg ethylnitrosourea per kg body weight with 24 h between applications; 4 x 40 mg ethylnitrosourea per kg body weight with 72 h between dose applications; and 2 x 40, 4 x 20 and 4 x 40 mg ethylnitrosourea per kg body weight with 168 h between dose applications. For all experiments with 24-h intervals between dose applications, there was no effect due to dose fractionation on the observed mutation rates, indicating the time interval between dose applications to be shorter than the recovery time of the repair processes acting on ethylnitrosourea-induced DNA adducts. In contrast, a fractionation interval of 168 h was associated with a significant reduction in the observed mutation rate due to recovery of the repair process. However, although reduced, the observed mutation rates for fractionation intervals of 168 h were higher than the spontaneous specific-locus mutation rate. These observations contradict the expectation for a true threshold dose response. We interpret this discrepancy to be due to the differences in the predictions of a mathematical abstraction of experimental data and the complexities of the biological system being studied. Biologically plausible explanations of the discrepancy are presented.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords mouse; specific locus mutation test; threshold dose-response; fractionated dose application; fractionation interval; ethylnitrosourea; spermatogonia; in vivo; ETHYL-N-NITROSOUREA; DOMINANT CATARACT MUTATIONS; TREATED SPERMATOGONIA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MAMMALIAN-CELLS; GENE-MUTATIONS; MURINE HOMOLOG; MICE; FREQUENCY; INDUCTION
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0027-5107
e-ISSN 1873-135X
Journal Mutation Research / Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis
Quellenangaben Volume: 374, Issue: 2, Pages: 193-199 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Elsevier
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institut für Säugetiergenetik
Department for Medical Information Systems (MEDIS)
Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management (IGM)