Mutagenicity of 8-ethoxycaffeine in vitro: Induction of point mutations in the salmonella/microsome test and of sister-chromatid exchanges as well as chromosomal aberrations in Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO line)

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Abstract

The caffeine derivative 8-ethoxycaffeine (EOC) was tested in 3 different test systems in vitro. Each experiment was carried out with and without S9 mix. Incubation temperatures were 20 and 37dgC.

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    (1) In the Salmonella/microsome test, EOC behaved as a pro-mutagen in the Salmonella typhimurium strain TA1535. No mutagenic activity was found in experiments without S9 mix. The influence of temperature was negligible. The mutagenic activity of EOC depended mainly on the mammals used to prepare the S9 fraction and on the agents given to them to induce liver enzymes.

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    (2) EOC did not induce sister-chromatid exchanges in cell cultures, either at 20 or at 37°C.

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    (3) On the other hand, EOC induced chromosomal aberrations when the cells were incubated at 37°C without S9 mix.

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