Open AccessToxicology Studies on Lewisite and Sulfur Mustard Agents: Genetic Toxicity of Sulfur Mustard (HD) in Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells Final Report
Author(s) -
R. F. Jostes,
L. B. Sasser,
R. J. Rausch
Publication year - 1989
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1086510
Subject(s) - chinese hamster ovary cell , sulfur mustard , clastogen , cytotoxicity , toxicity , sulfur , chinese hamster , hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase , chemistry , toxicology , pharmacology , biology , genotoxicity , genetics , biochemistry , cell culture , in vitro , gene , organic chemistry , mutant
The cytotoxic, clastogenic and mutagenic effects of sulfur nustard in Chinese hamster ovary cells are described in this reoort. The cytotoxicity data indicate that micromolar amounts of HC are highly toxic in microrolar amounts. Chromosone aberration frequencies increased in a dose-dependent manner over a dose range of 0. 5 to 1.0 {micro}m and SCE increased in a dose-dependent fashion in the dose range of 0.0625 to 0.25 {micro}M. Mutation induction at the HGPRT locus was sporadic, but the majority of the exoosures resulted in mutation frequencies which were 1.2 to 4.3 fold higher than the spontaneous frequencies