Atualmente, a utilização de azo corantes pelas indústrias de tingimento constitui um problema ambiental e de saúde, considerando o lançamento de quantidades elevadas para o meio ambiente e a falta de dados toxicológicos dos corantes disponíveis para as indústrias. Vários estudos têm demonstrado o potencial genotóxico de diversos corantes azóicos, porém para os corantes Disperse Red 1, Disperse Orange 1 e o Disperse Red 13, não foram encontrados dados na literatura relativos à sua capacidade de dano ao material genético. Considerando que esses corantes são empregados em processos de tingimento no Brasil, esse trabalho teve como objetivo a avaliação de sua atividade mutagênica, utilizando o teste de micronúcleo (MN) em linfócitos humanos e em células HepG2. Os resultados obtidos no teste com linfócitos, demonstram que na menor concentração testada (0,2 µg/mL), o número de micronúcleos presentes foi semelhante ao controle negativo, mas esse número aumenta à medida que eleva-se a concentração. No entanto, a partir da concentração de 1,0 µg/mL, este valor começa a decair. Isso provavelmente se deve à citotoxidade dos corantes, levando à morte celular ou redução da divisão celular e, conseqüentemente, não há a formação de micronúcleo. Embora o perfil de mutagenicidade dos três corantes seja semelhante, o corante Disperse Red 13 parece ter maior potencial de dano sobre os linfócitos em relação aos demais, seguido pelo Disperse Red 1 e Disperse Orange 1, respectivamente. Os resultados obtidos para o teste de MN em células HepG2 foram semelhantes aos obtidos no teste feito em linfócitos. O aumento do número de micronúcleos em relação ao aumento da concentração dos corantes, ocorreu até o limite de 2,0 µg/mL em células HepG2, excetuando-se o corante Disperse Red 13, para o qual o limite foi de 1,0 µg/mL. E a partir desses pontos, considerados como limites, ocorreu uma redução no número de MN. Para este sistema celular, os três corantes parecem ter potencial mutagênico bastante semelhante. Portanto, a análise dos resultados mostrou que os corantes Disperse Red 13, Disperse Red 1 e Disperse Orange 1 são mutagênicos para sistemas celulares diferentes. Foi também avaliado Índice de Proliferação do Bloqueio de Citocinese (IPBC), que permite a avaliação de toxicidade celular ou atraso no ciclo celular por meio da determinação da proliferação celular nas culturas. Porém, neste estudo não foram observadas diferenças estatísticas entre o controle negativo e as concentrações testadas. Nossos resultados confirmam que os azo corantes constituem uma importante classe de contaminantes ambientais e devem ser avaliados e utilizados de forma cautelosa. / Currently, the use of azo dyes for the textile industries can causes direct and/or indirect effects on human health and on the environment, considering the discharge of industrial effluents that contain toxic dyes and the lack of reports in the literature about the toxic effects of these compounds. Several studies have been demonstrated the genotoxic effect of diverse azo dyes, however for the dyes Disperse Red 1, Disperse Orange 1 and Disperse Red 13 no information about their capacity to cause DNA damage was found in the literature. Considering that these dyes are used for dying processes in Brazil, the main of this work was the evaluation of the mutagenic activity of Disperse Red 1, Disperse Orange 1 and Disperse Red 13, using the micronucleus assay (MN) in human lymphocytes and HepG2 cells. For the lymphocytes assay, we observed that the number of micronucleus induced by the lowest concentration of each dye (0,2 µg/mL) was similar to the negative control. For the other concentrations we observed a dose response micronucleus formation, until 1,0 µg/mL. Above this concentration, the number of micronucleus has decreased, probably because of the cytotoxic effects of the dyes, which leads to cellular death or reduction of cellular division and, consequently, does not have the micronucleus formation. Although the mutagenicity profile of the three dyes is similar, Disperse Red 13 seems to be the strongest for the lymphocytes, followed by Disperse Red 1 and Disperse Orange 1, respectively. For the HepG2 cells the results were similar to the lymphocytes. For the three dyes we noted a dose dependent increase in the frequency of micronuclei. However, for the HepG2 the threshold for this increase was 2,0 µg/mL, except for Disperse Red 13, which the limit was at 1 µg/ml, after this point a reduction in the MN number occurred. For this cellular system, the three dyes seem to have similar mutagenic potential. Therefore, our results suggest that the dyes Disperse Red 13, Disperse Red 1 and Disperse Orange 1 are potentially mutagenic for different cellular systems. Besides, cytokinesis-block proliferation index (CBPI) was calculated, in order to evaluate cellular toxicity or delay in the cellular cycle through of the determination of the cellular proliferation in the cultures. No statistical difference was detected between the tested concentrations and the negative control. Our results confirmed that azo dyes constitute an important class of environmental contamination and they should be evaluated and used carefully.

<p>Generation of DNA damage is regarded to be an important initial event in the development cancer. Consequently, a battery of tests have been developed to detect different types of genotoxic effects in order to be able to predict the potential genotoxicity and mutagenicity of chemicals, including both pharmaceutical drugs and various types of environmental and occupational agents, as well as dietary factors. The aim of this thesis was to evaluate whether the combination of the comet assay and the extended-term cultures of human lymphocytes (ETC) can be used as an alternative <i>in vitro</i> system to more commonly used transformed mammalian cell lines, and primary cell cultures from humans, when testing the potential genotoxicity of chemicals. </p><p>Using the comet assay, a panel of reference compounds showed that the ETC were found to detect the DNA-damaging effects with no remarkable difference to what has been reported in other cell types. Moreover, in comparison with a well-established rodent cell line, the mouse lymphoma L5178Y cells, the ETC showed similar sensitivity to the DNA damaging effects of the genotoxic agents hydrogen peroxide and catechol. Although there was an interindividual variation in induced DNA damage and the subsequent repair when using ETC from different blood donors, it did not seem to be of crucial importance for the identification of DNA-damaging agents. The demonstrated difference in sensitivity to catechol-induced DNA damage between freshly isolated peripheral lymphocytes and ETC may very well be due to their different proliferative status but despite this difference, both <i>in vitro</i> systems were able to identify catechol as a DNA-damaging agent at the same concentration.</p><p>Based on these results, it is proposed that the ETC and the comet assay are a useful combination when testing for the potential DNA damaging effects of chemicals. Representing easily cultivated cells possessing the normal human karyotype, where one blood sample can be used for numerous experiments performed over a long time, extended-term cultures appear to be a useful alternative, both to transformed mammalian cell lines, and primary cell cultures from humans. In fact, the extended-term lymphocytes, with or without S9 and/or lesion specific DNA repair enzymes, should be used more frequently when screening for the potential genotoxicity of chemicals.</p>

Generation of DNA damage is regarded to be an important initial event in the development cancer. Consequently, a battery of tests have been developed to detect different types of genotoxic effects in order to be able to predict the potential genotoxicity and mutagenicity of chemicals, including both pharmaceutical drugs and various types of environmental and occupational agents, as well as dietary factors. The aim of this thesis was to evaluate whether the combination of the comet assay and the extended-term cultures of human lymphocytes (ETC) can be used as an alternative in vitro system to more commonly used transformed mammalian cell lines, and primary cell cultures from humans, when testing the potential genotoxicity of chemicals. Using the comet assay, a panel of reference compounds showed that the ETC were found to detect the DNA-damaging effects with no remarkable difference to what has been reported in other cell types. Moreover, in comparison with a well-established rodent cell line, the mouse lymphoma L5178Y cells, the ETC showed similar sensitivity to the DNA damaging effects of the genotoxic agents hydrogen peroxide and catechol. Although there was an interindividual variation in induced DNA damage and the subsequent repair when using ETC from different blood donors, it did not seem to be of crucial importance for the identification of DNA-damaging agents. The demonstrated difference in sensitivity to catechol-induced DNA damage between freshly isolated peripheral lymphocytes and ETC may very well be due to their different proliferative status but despite this difference, both in vitro systems were able to identify catechol as a DNA-damaging agent at the same concentration. Based on these results, it is proposed that the ETC and the comet assay are a useful combination when testing for the potential DNA damaging effects of chemicals. Representing easily cultivated cells possessing the normal human karyotype, where one blood sample can be used for numerous experiments performed over a long time, extended-term cultures appear to be a useful alternative, both to transformed mammalian cell lines, and primary cell cultures from humans. In fact, the extended-term lymphocytes, with or without S9 and/or lesion specific DNA repair enzymes, should be used more frequently when screening for the potential genotoxicity of chemicals.

Atualmente, a utilização de azo corantes pelas indústrias de tingimento constitui um problema ambiental e de saúde, considerando o lançamento de quantidades elevadas para o meio ambiente e a falta de dados toxicológicos dos corantes disponíveis para as indústrias. Vários estudos têm demonstrado o potencial genotóxico de diversos corantes azóicos, porém para os corantes Disperse Red 1, Disperse Orange 1 e o Disperse Red 13, não foram encontrados dados na literatura relativos à sua capacidade de dano ao material genético. Considerando que esses corantes são empregados em processos de tingimento no Brasil, esse trabalho teve como objetivo a avaliação de sua atividade mutagênica, utilizando o teste de micronúcleo (MN) em linfócitos humanos e em células HepG2. Os resultados obtidos no teste com linfócitos, demonstram que na menor concentração testada (0,2 µg/mL), o número de micronúcleos presentes foi semelhante ao controle negativo, mas esse número aumenta à medida que eleva-se a concentração. No entanto, a partir da concentração de 1,0 µg/mL, este valor começa a decair. Isso provavelmente se deve à citotoxidade dos corantes, levando à morte celular ou redução da divisão celular e, conseqüentemente, não há a formação de micronúcleo. Embora o perfil de mutagenicidade dos três corantes seja semelhante, o corante Disperse Red 13 parece ter maior potencial de dano sobre os linfócitos em relação aos demais, seguido pelo Disperse Red 1 e Disperse Orange 1, respectivamente. Os resultados obtidos para o teste de MN em células HepG2 foram semelhantes aos obtidos no teste feito em linfócitos. O aumento do número de micronúcleos em relação ao aumento da concentração dos corantes, ocorreu até o limite de 2,0 µg/mL em células HepG2, excetuando-se o corante Disperse Red 13, para o qual o limite foi de 1,0 µg/mL. E a partir desses pontos, considerados como limites, ocorreu uma redução no número de MN. Para este sistema celular, os três corantes parecem ter potencial mutagênico bastante semelhante. Portanto, a análise dos resultados mostrou que os corantes Disperse Red 13, Disperse Red 1 e Disperse Orange 1 são mutagênicos para sistemas celulares diferentes. Foi também avaliado Índice de Proliferação do Bloqueio de Citocinese (IPBC), que permite a avaliação de toxicidade celular ou atraso no ciclo celular por meio da determinação da proliferação celular nas culturas. Porém, neste estudo não foram observadas diferenças estatísticas entre o controle negativo e as concentrações testadas. Nossos resultados confirmam que os azo corantes constituem uma importante classe de contaminantes ambientais e devem ser avaliados e utilizados de forma cautelosa. / Currently, the use of azo dyes for the textile industries can causes direct and/or indirect effects on human health and on the environment, considering the discharge of industrial effluents that contain toxic dyes and the lack of reports in the literature about the toxic effects of these compounds. Several studies have been demonstrated the genotoxic effect of diverse azo dyes, however for the dyes Disperse Red 1, Disperse Orange 1 and Disperse Red 13 no information about their capacity to cause DNA damage was found in the literature. Considering that these dyes are used for dying processes in Brazil, the main of this work was the evaluation of the mutagenic activity of Disperse Red 1, Disperse Orange 1 and Disperse Red 13, using the micronucleus assay (MN) in human lymphocytes and HepG2 cells. For the lymphocytes assay, we observed that the number of micronucleus induced by the lowest concentration of each dye (0,2 µg/mL) was similar to the negative control. For the other concentrations we observed a dose response micronucleus formation, until 1,0 µg/mL. Above this concentration, the number of micronucleus has decreased, probably because of the cytotoxic effects of the dyes, which leads to cellular death or reduction of cellular division and, consequently, does not have the micronucleus formation. Although the mutagenicity profile of the three dyes is similar, Disperse Red 13 seems to be the strongest for the lymphocytes, followed by Disperse Red 1 and Disperse Orange 1, respectively. For the HepG2 cells the results were similar to the lymphocytes. For the three dyes we noted a dose dependent increase in the frequency of micronuclei. However, for the HepG2 the threshold for this increase was 2,0 µg/mL, except for Disperse Red 13, which the limit was at 1 µg/ml, after this point a reduction in the MN number occurred. For this cellular system, the three dyes seem to have similar mutagenic potential. Therefore, our results suggest that the dyes Disperse Red 13, Disperse Red 1 and Disperse Orange 1 are potentially mutagenic for different cellular systems. Besides, cytokinesis-block proliferation index (CBPI) was calculated, in order to evaluate cellular toxicity or delay in the cellular cycle through of the determination of the cellular proliferation in the cultures. No statistical difference was detected between the tested concentrations and the negative control. Our results confirmed that azo dyes constitute an important class of environmental contamination and they should be evaluated and used carefully.

Les adduits exocycliques à l’ADN paraissent être la conséquence indirecte, sous la médiation de la peroxydation lipidique, du stress oxydant cellulaire induit par les composés aromatiques nitrés (CANs) de l’environnement. Ces derniers, formés le plus souvent in situ dans les environnements complexes sont un sujet de préoccupation croissante en santé environnementale. Le but étant de comprendre les mécanismes de formation et de dégradation de ces adduits afin d’en apprécier leur place dans la toxicité des CANs et leur intérêt en tant que biomarqueurs du stress oxydant induit par l’environnement.Nous avons réalisé la synthèse de deux adduits exocycliques : le 1,N²-éthéno-2’-déoxyguanosine (εdG) et le 1,N²-propano-2’-déoxyguanosine (pdG-HNE) et étudié leurstabilité en présence d’une oxydation radicalaire. Il est apparu que le pdG-HNE semble être lemeilleur candidat en tant que biomarqueur du stress oxydant.Pour approcher au mieux la chimie du vivant, nous nous sommes posés la question dela stabilité de ces adduits en milieu cellulaire. Une étude préliminaire de génotoxicité a étéréalisée et montre que seuls les hydrocarbures aromatiques polycycliques nitrés présententune potentialité mutagène significative. Nous avons donc étudié le pyrène et ses dérivés nitrés(1-Nitropyrène/1,3-Dinitropyrène/1,6-Dinitropyrène/1,8-Dinitropyrène) afin d’étudier leurcapacité à générer des adduits dans les lymphocytes humains.Nos résultats montrent que le 1-Nitropyrène génère in vitro des adduits stables dans letemps ; ce qui pose la question de leur réparabilité par les systèmes cellulaires et de leurspotentialités cancérogènes pour l’homme. / Exocyclic DNA adducts seem to be the indirect consequence, mediated by lipidperoxidation, of oxidative stress induced by nitro aromatic compounds (NACs). The latterusually formed in situ in environmental complex mixtures are a matter of concern inenvironmental health. The aim is to understand the mechanisms of formation and degradationof these adducts to assess their place in toxicity of NACs and their importance as oxidativestress biomarkers induced by the environment.We synthesized two exocylic adducts: 1, N²-etheno-2’-deoxyguanosine (εdG) and 1,N²-propano-2'-deoxyguanosine (pdG-HNE) and studied their stability when a radicaloxidation is present. It appeared that pdG-HNE seems a suitable biomarker of oxidative stress.To come close to life chemistry, we were wondering whether these adducts are stablein cellular environment. A preliminary study of genotoxicity was carried out and showed thatonly nitro polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons have a significant mutagenic potency. Thereforewe studied pyrene and nitropyrenes (1-Nitropyrene/1,3-Dinitropyrene/1,6-Dinitropyrene/1,8-Dinitropyrene) to examine their ability to produce adducts in human lymphocytes.Our results show that 1-Nitropyrene give rise to stable adducts in vitro, which raisesthe question of their repairability by cellular systems and their potential carcinogenic tohumans.

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