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Toxicological Sciences 73, 329-338 (2003)
Copyright © 2003 by the Society of Toxicology

GENETIC TOXICOLOGY

Effects of Intermittent Exposure to Aflatoxin B1 on DNA and RNA Adduct Formation in Rat Liver: Dose-Response and Temporal Patterns

Rene E. Sotomayor*,1, Melissa Washington*, Linh Nguyen{dagger}, Rahma Nyang’anyi{dagger}, Dennis M. Hinton* and Ming Chou{ddagger}

* Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, and the {dagger} Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742; and {ddagger} National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079

ABSTRACT

We studied the effects of intermittent exposure to aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) on hepatic DNA and RNA adduct formation. Fisher-344 male rats were fed 0.01, 0.04, 0.4, or 1.6 ppm of AFB1 intermittently for 8, 12, 16, and 20 weeks, alternating with 4 weeks of dosing and 4 weeks of rest. Other groups of rats were fed 1.6 ppm of AFB1 continuously for 4, 8, 12, and 16 weeks. Control rats received AFB1-free NIH-31 meal diet. AFB1-DNA and -RNA adducts were measured by HPLC with fluorescence detection. The data are presented as total DNA or RNA adducts. The DNA and RNA adduct levels increased or decreased depending on the cycles of dosing and rest. Rats removed from treatment 1 month after 1 or 2 dosing cycles (8 and 16 weeks of intermittent exposure) showed approximately a twofold decrease in DNA adduct levels and a two- to elevenfold decrease in RNA adduct levels compared with rats euthanized immediately after the last dosing cycle (12 and 20 weeks of intermittent exposure). Our data indicate that DNA and RNA adducts increased linearly, from 0.01 ppm to 1.6 ppm of AFB1 after 12 and 20 weeks of intermittent treatment. A linear dose response was also apparent for DNA but not for RNA adducts after 8 and 16 weeks of treatment. As biomarkers of exposure, AFB1-RNA adducts were three to nine times more sensitive than AFB1-DNA adducts but showed greater variability. These results suggest that binding of AFB1 to hepatic DNA is a linear function of the dose, regardless of the way this is administered. The dose-response relationship for RNA adducts depends on the length of the no-dosing cycles and on the turnover rate of RNA.

Key Words: intermittent exposure; aflatoxin B1; DNA and RNA adducts; liver; rats.


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