PT Journal AU Vainio, H Pääkkönen, R Rönnholm, K Raunio, V Pelkonen, O TI A study on the mutagenic activity of styrene and styrene oxide. SO Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health PD 9VL PY 1976 BP 147 EP 151 IS 3 DI 10.5271/sjweh.2813 WP https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=2813 DE metabolic activation; microsome; mutagenic activity; mutation; styrene; styrene oxide SN 0355-3140 AB

Styrene oxide is multagenic, without metabolic activation, to S. typhimurium strains TA 1535 and TA 100, which have been devised to detect mutagens causing base-pair substitutions. Styrene seems to be mutagenic toward the same strains, but only after metabolic activation. The toxicity of both styrene and styrene oxide make the construction of reliable dose-response curves rather difficult. Diethylmaleate and 3,3,3-trichloropropene oxide enhanced the mutagenicity of styrene oxide in the presence of homogenate; this result indicates the participation of epoxide hydratase and glutathione S-oxide transferase in the metabolism of styrene oxide. These two chemicals did not influence the mutagenic activity of styrene. Styrene glycol and 4-tert-butyl-brenzcatechin were not mutagenic to any of the strains studied. Results show that further, more detailed experimental and, possibly, epidemiologic studies are warranted.

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