Sensitivity of several cell systems to acrylamide.

Chick spinal ganglia, chick muscle cells combined with mouse spinal cord explants, C1300 neuroblastoma cells, Chinese hamster ovary cells and newborn rat cerebral cells were exposed to various concentrations of acrylamide in culture. Four morphological and 1 electrophysiological parameters were applied in order to score toxic effects. It appeared that the neurite formation of rat cerebral neurons was the most sensitive criterion showing an effect at 10(-7) M acrylamide.