作者:Asaka Takahashi、Hiroki Matsuoka、Yoshio Ozawa、Yasushi Uda
DOI:10.1021/jf980430x
日期:1998.12.1
3,5-Disubstituted 2-thiohydantoins, which were prepared:by the reaction of allyl isothiocyanate (AITC) or 4-(methylthio)-3-butenyl isothiocyanate (MTBI) with various amino acids, were assayed for their inhibitory effects on the mutagenicity of 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (IQ) on Salmonella typhimurium TA 98. When the 3,5-disubstituted 2-thiohydantoins (125-500 mu g/mL) were simultaneously preincubated with the bacterial strain, IQ (0.5 mu g/mL), and rat microsomal fraction (S9 mix) for 20 min, a dose-dependent inhibition of IQ mutagenicity was observed in the tested compounds except one prepared from MTBI and L-methionine. This inhibition ranged from 23% to 86%. The inhibitory effect either disappeared or was largely reduced to 5-19%, when the 3,5-disubstituted 2-thiohydantoins were added after metabolic activation of IQ with S9 mix. These results suggest that the 3,5-disubstituted 2-thiohydantoins probably acted as an inhibitor of the S9 mix-mediated metabolic activation of the mutagen.