Yamasaki E, Ames B N
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1977 Aug;74(8):3555-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.74.8.3555.
A method is described for concentrating mutagens/carcinogens from human urine about 200-fold for subsequent assay in the Salmonella/mammalian microsome mutagenicity test. The method is also applicable for other aqueous liquids and for other in vitro tests for mutagens/carcinogens. The urine (up to 500 ml) is put through a column with a 1.5-cm3 bed volume of XAD-2 (styrene-divinylbenzene polymer) and the adsorbed material is then eluted with a few milliliters of acetone. The acetone is taken to dryness and the residue is dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide. This is the urine concentrate that is assayed for mutagenicity. Various mutagens/carcinogens have been added to human urine and the recoveries have been measured after adsorption on XAD-2, XAD-4, and Tenax GC (diphenyl-p-phenylene oxide polymer). We propose that this method be used in monitoring the urine of human populations and of experimental animals in toxicological studies. It is shown with this procedure that cigarette smokers have mutagenic urine while nonsmokers do not.
本文描述了一种将人尿中的诱变剂/致癌物浓缩约200倍的方法,以便随后在沙门氏菌/哺乳动物微粒体诱变试验中进行检测。该方法也适用于其他水性液体以及其他诱变剂/致癌物的体外试验。将尿液(最多500毫升)通过装有1.5立方厘米床体积XAD - 2(苯乙烯 - 二乙烯基苯聚合物)的柱子,然后用几毫升丙酮洗脱吸附的物质。将丙酮蒸干,残余物溶解在二甲基亚砜中。这就是用于诱变检测的尿浓缩物。已将各种诱变剂/致癌物添加到人尿中,并测定了它们在XAD - 2、XAD - 4和Tenax GC(二苯基 - 对 - 苯撑氧化物聚合物)上吸附后的回收率。我们建议在毒理学研究中使用该方法监测人群和实验动物的尿液。通过该程序表明,吸烟者的尿液具有诱变性,而非吸烟者则没有。