T. Gichner et al., METABOLIC-ACTIVATION OF M-PHENYLENEDIAMINE TO PRODUCTS MUTAGENIC IN SALMONELLA-TYPHIMURIUM BY MEDIUM ISOLATED FROM TOBACCO SUSPENSION CELL-CULTURES, Mutation research, 331(1), 1995, pp. 127-132
Both tobacco cells in suspension and the medium recovered from the sus
pension cultures (TX1MX) activated the aromatic amine m-phenylenediami
ne (m-PDA) into a product that was mutagenic in Salmonella typhimurium
TA98 and YG1024. Medium recovered from stationary-phase tobacco cell
cultures exhibited the highest level of m-PDA activation. No cytochrom
e P-450 was detected in the activating medium. A high molecular weight
matrix having the highest m-PDA activating capacity and associated wi
th a substantial fraction of the total peroxidase activity was isolate
d by Centricon-100 ultrafiltration of TX1MX. The data suggest that the
peroxidases present in the recovered cell culture medium or in the hi
gh molecular weight matrix are responsible for the plant activation of
m-PDA.