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Control of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency on the Formation of Mutagenic and Carcinogenic Metabolites Derived from Benzo(a)pyrene

Lucia Pirisi

Istituto di Patologia Generate dell'Università di Sassari, Via P. Manzella 4, 07100 Sassari, Italy

Renato Garcea

Istituto di Patologia Generate dell'Università di Sassari, Via P. Manzella 4, 07100 Sassari, Italy

Rosa Pascale

Istituto di Patologia Generate dell'Università di Sassari, Via P. Manzella 4, 07100 Sassari, Italy

Maria Emilia Ruggiu

Istituto di Patologia Generate dell'Università di Sassari, Via P. Manzella 4, 07100 Sassari, Italy

Francesco Feo

Istituto di Patologia Generate dell'Università di Sassari, Via P. Manzella 4, 07100 Sassari, Italy

It has been observed that human lymphocytes (HL) and fibroblasts, isolated in vitro from donors carrying the Mediterranean variant of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), show a great decrease in this enzymatic activity, the hexose monophosphate shunt, and the NADPH/NADP+ ratio. This effect is associated with a decreased sensitivity of G6PD-deficient cells to the benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) cytotoxic effect and to a decreased in vitro transformation of BaP-treated fibroblasts. Further, benzo(a)anthracene (BaA)-induced BaP hydroxylase activity is lower in G6PD-deficient cells, when measured in the presence of endogenous NADPH. It has been hypothesized that the NADPH level could be rate-limiting for the NADPH-dependent steps of BaP metabolic activation. To test this hypothesis, the formation of BaP metabolites was studied in normal and G6PD-deficient HL incubated with the carcinogen. HPLC profiles of organic-soluble metabolites revealed that both types of HL produced all the following known BaP metabolites: 9,10-, 4,5- and 7,8-dihydrodiols, quinones, 9- and 3-hydroxy and two peaks of more polar metabolites. There was a great decrease of the various metabolites in the deficient HL. A decrease of total water-soluble BaP metabolites also occurred. HL formed mutagenic metabolites for S. typhimurium TA100 (his-) when incubated with the rat liver S9 fraction. When intact HL substituted S9 fraction, a significant reversed mutation occurred only with normal HL. This could indicate that the NADPH pool is inadequate in G6PD-deficient HL for active BaP metabolism. Accordingly, deficient HL formed lower amounts of BaP:DNA adducts than control during incubation with BaP.

Toxicologic Pathology, Vol. 15, No. 1, 115-119 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/019262338701500118
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