Mutagenicity of N-Nitrosodimethylamine in Salmonella / Microsome Assay and the Effect of Vitamin C on the Formation of N-Nitrosodimethylamine

Salmonella / Microsome Assay 에서의 N-nitrosodimethylamine의 돌연변이 유발성과 N-nitrosodimethylamine의 생성에 대한 비타민 C의 영향

The effective method to detect the mutagenicity of N-nitrosodimethylamineI (NDMA) by using Salmonella/microsome assay was studied. The Effect of vitamin C on the mutagenicity of the formed NDMA and during the formation of NDMA from nitrite and secondary amine was also investigated. Aroclor 1254-induced hamster S9 mix was more effective in activation NDMA than rat S9 mix induced by Aroclor 1254 or phenobarbital. Dimethyl sulfoxide and ethanol suppressed the mutagenic effect of NDMA, however, phosphate butter (pH 7.4), distilled water, 95% methanol and Tween 80 + water (1 : 4) were the appropriate dissolving system in the mutagenicity test of NDMA. Vitamin C did not show any inhibitory effect on the mutagenicity of the formed NDMA. However, the revertants of Salmonella typhinutrium TA 100 were significntly reduced (p<0.05) when vitamin C was added to the reaction mixture of nitrite and dimethylamine during the formation of NDMA. The amount of the formed NDMA was analyzed using HPLC and the level was decreased by about 95%. Thus it was concluded that vitamin C inhibited greatly the formation of NDMA from nitrite and dimethylamine.

Salmonella/microsome assay system을 이용하여 N -nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA)의 돌연변이유발성을 검토하는 효과적인 방법과 비타민 C가 NDMA자체의 돌연변이유발과 nitrite와 2급아민으로부터의 NDMA 생성에 미치는 영향을 연구하였다. NDMA를 활성화시키기 위한 S9중 Aroclor1254로 induce시킨 hamster S9이 가장 효과가 있었으며 Aroclor 1254나 phenobarbital로 induce시킨 rat 59 mix에 의하여서는 활성화가 약하였다. DMSO와 ethanol에 NDMA를 녹였을 때는 돌연변이유발실험에서 저해효과가 나타났으나 phosphate buffer(pH 7. 4), 증류수, 95% methanol, Tween 80 + water(l : 4)는 저해 효과가 없었다. 비타민 C는 이미 생성환 NDMA에 대해서는 돌연변이 유발저해 효과를 나타내지 않았지만 nitrite와 2급 아민(dimethylamine)으로 부터의 NDMA 생성은 크게 저해하였다. 반응물에 비타민C를 첨가한 경우 Salmonella typhimurium TAl00의 revertant 수가 spontaneous숫자 수준으로 감소되었으며 HPLC를 이용한 NDMA의 분석에서도 거의 95% 까지의 정량적인 감소를 관찰할 수 있었다.