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MUTAGENIC EFFECTS PHOTOINDUCED IN MAMMALIAN CELLS IN VITRO BY TWO MONOFUNCTIONAL PYRIDOPSORALENS
Author(s) -
Papadopoulo D.,
Averbeck D.,
Moustacchi E.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
photochemistry and photobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.818
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1751-1097
pISSN - 0031-8655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1986.tb03560.x
Subject(s) - furocoumarin , psoralen , in vitro , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , mutant , cell culture , dna , cytotoxic t cell , stereochemistry , biochemistry , biology , genetics , gene
— The photobiological activity of the two monofunctional pyridopsoralens pyrido (3,4‐c) psoralen (PyPs) and 7‐methyl pyrido (3,4‐c) psoralen (MePyPs) was studied in mammalian cells in vitro taking 8‐methoxypsoralen (8‐MOP) as a reference compound. In the presence of 365‐nm irradiation (UVA) MePyPs was found to be more effective than 8‐MOP in terms of DNA photobinding capacity and inhibition of cell cloning ability in Chinese hamsterV–79 cells. As a function of UVA dose and of the number of total photoadducts induced MePyPs produced a higher frequency of 6‐thioguanine resistant mutants than 8‐MOP. PyPs showed an intermediate response for cell killing and mutation induction. At equal cytotoxic levels both monofunctional pyridopsoralens exhibited the same mutagenic activity as the Afunctional furocoumarin 8‐MOP. The antiproliferative effect being taken as indicative for an efficient photochemotherapeutic activity against psoriasis, the inhibition of cloning capacity induced by MePyPs plus UVA was studied in parallel on human skin fibroblasts. Such cells were more sensitive to 8‐MOP photoadditions thanV–79 cells and even more so to MePyPs photoadditions. Data obtained on the rate of DNA semi conservative synthesis on both cell lines following treatments with the two compounds are in line with these observations.