PMID- 15037998 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20040812 LR - 20131121 IS - 1520-4081 (Print) IS - 1520-4081 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 2 DP - 2004 Apr TI - Marine toxin okadaic acid induces aneuploidy in CHO-K1 cells in presence of rat liver postmitochondrial fraction, revealed by cytokinesis-block micronucleus assay coupled to FISH. PG - 123-8 AB - Okadaic acid (OA), a major polyether toxin involved in diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP), is a potent tumor promoter in rodent skin and glandular stomach and a specific inhibitor of the serine/threonine protein phosphatases PP1 and PP2A. A previous study, which used the cytokinesis-block micronucleus (CBMN) assay in CHO-K1 cells, showed that OA induced chromosome damage in the presence of a rat liver metabolic activation system (S9). To support OA biotransformation by S9, the same test system was performed, and DNA damage induced by OA was measured with and without metabolic activation as well as in the presence of heat-inactivated S9 fraction. The results showed that only in the presence of active S9 did OA significantly increased the frequency of micronucleated binucleated (MNBN) cells. After a 4-h treatment a 2- to 5-fold increase of MNBN cells was observed at 30 nM and at 50 nM of OA. However, without S9 or in the presence of heat-inactivated S9, OA did not induce any chromosome damage. We concluded that OA can be metabolically activated in vitro into metabolites that are more genotoxic. The CBMN assay coupled with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using a DNA probe for centromere detection was performed to discriminate between clastogenic (chromosome breakage) and aneugenic (chromosome loss) effects. FISH analysis showed that OA metabolites increased in a dose-dependent manner in centromere positive micronuclei (CEN+): 60% of CEN+ at 30 nM and 75% of CEN+ at 50 nM of OA. The uptake of OA into CHO-K1 cells and the biotransformation of the toxin are discussed. CI - Copyright 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Environ Toxicol 19: 123-128, 2004 FAU - Le Hegarat, Ludovic AU - Le Hegarat L AD - AFSSA, Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches sur les Medicaments Veterinaires et les Desinfectants, Unite de Toxicologie Alimentaire, B.P. 90203, 35302 Fougeres cedex, France. FAU - Fessard, Valerie AU - Fessard V FAU - Poul, Jean Michel AU - Poul JM FAU - Dragacci, Sylviane AU - Dragacci S FAU - Sanders, Pascal AU - Sanders P LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Environ Toxicol JT - Environmental toxicology JID - 100885357 RN - 1W21G5Q4N2 (Okadaic Acid) SB - IM MH - Analysis of Variance MH - *Aneuploidy MH - Animals MH - CHO Cells MH - Cell Division/drug effects MH - Chromosome Breakage MH - Chromosome Deletion MH - Cricetinae MH - Cricetulus MH - DNA Damage/*drug effects MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - Liver/chemistry MH - Micronuclei, Chromosome-Defective/*drug effects MH - Micronucleus Tests MH - Okadaic Acid/pharmacokinetics/*toxicity MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley EDAT- 2004/03/24 05:00 MHDA- 2004/08/13 05:00 CRDT- 2004/03/24 05:00 PHST- 2004/03/24 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2004/08/13 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/03/24 05:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/tox.20004 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Environ Toxicol. 2004 Apr;19(2):123-8. doi: 10.1002/tox.20004.