Article
The importance of glutathione and glutathione transferase for somatic mutations in Drosophila melanogaster induced in vivo by 1,2-dichloroethane.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Aug 1990
Romert L, Magnusson J, Ramel C
Abstract excerpt
Two principal pathways of metabolism of the carcinogenic compound 1,2-dichloroethane (DCE) have been proposed. One is a mixed function oxidase dependent pathway requiring oxygen and NADPH. The other pathway depends on the presence of glutathione (GSH) and glutathione transferase (GST). The aim of this study was to investigate the role of the latter pathway for the in vivo mutagenicity of DCE in the somatic wing...
Topics
- Aflatoxins
- Animals
- Buthionine Sulfoximine
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Ethylene Dichlorides
- Female
- Glutathione
- Glutathione Transferase
- Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated
- Male
- Methionine Sulfoximine
