Juneja TR, Talukdar A, Gupta RL. Mutagenicity of sulfoscanate: a comparative study.
Mutat Res 2002;
518:155-61. [PMID:
12113767 DOI:
10.1016/s1383-5718(02)00104-3]
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Abstract
The mutagenic activity of sulfoscanate (SSC) (4-isothiocyanate-4'-nitrodiphenyl sulphide) has been compared with that of the following reported drugs: (a) nitroscanate (NSC) (4-isothiocyanate-4'-nitrodiphenyl ether) which is a veterinary anthelmintic drug and (b) amoscanate (ASC) (4-isothiocyanate-4'-nitrodiphenyl amine) which is effective against schistosomes. SSC has been found to be a very potent mutagen towards TA98 and TA100 inducing 26.0 and 475.5revertants/nmole, respectively. NSC was found to induce mutations at a rate of 11.1 and 21.5revertants/nmole in TA98 and TA100, respectively. ASC was found to be non-mutagenic as such, but the urine of animals given the drug displayed mutagenicity. When SSC was tested in TA98/1,8-DNP(6), deficient in O-acetyltransferase, the activity decreased to 10.0revertants/nmole. However, in case of NSC the mutagenic activity was reduced to 0.24revertants/nmole, indicating the importance of O-acetyltransferase in generating N-acetoxyarylamine. In TA98NR, deficient in nitroreductase, the mutagenicity of SSC and NSC was totally absent. The positional isomers of SSC, 4-isothiocyanate-3'-nitro- and 4-isothiocyanate-2'-nitrodiphenyl sulphide, were found to be non-mutagenic in both TA98 and TA100. Our comparison of the mutagenic activity of SSC, NSC and ASC indicates that the pattern of activity is SSC>NSC>ASC.
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