Comparison of micronuclei frequency in bone marrow cells of three rat lines.

The aim of this paper is to compare the spontaneous and induced with cyclophosphamide micronucleus indexes in bone marrow cells of the Sprague Dawley, Lewis and Wistar rat lines. Five experimental groups were formed (10 animals of each sex and of each line, in every group). The first group was used as the negative control (intact animals), the second one was exposed to oral administration of drugs; other conditions were the same as for the other groups. The third group was treated with 2% Tween 65 and the fourth group was treated with 0.9% NaCl. Both substances were administered by oral way to 2 ml/kg during 14 days. The fifth group was treated intraperitoneally with strong mutagen cyclophosphamide in the dose of 50 mg/kg (10 ml/kg in solution), on 48th and 24th hours before euthanasia. The Sprague Dawley line (both sexes) was significantly different from the other lines. Rats of this line had lower index of spontaneous formation of micronuclei, higher index of cyclophosphamide-induced micronucle formation, percent of micronucleated erythrocytes in bone marrow and the index of cytotoxicity. The results obtained make it possible to identify the most appropriate line of rats as model animals for studies of genotoxicity. It will allow also to obtain more accurate estimates of genotoxicity of various substances.

Respuesta de ratones Balb/c frente a ciclofosfamida y bleomicina en el ensayo cometa alcalino de linfocitos de sangre periférica / Balb/c mice response against cyclophosphamide and bleomycin in the alkaline comet assay of peripheral blood lymphocytes

En este artículo se evaluó el efecto mutágenico de la ciclofosfamida y bleomicina, con el objetivo de armonizar el número de exposiciones al ser utilizadas como controles positivos en ensayos in vivo de genotoxicidad, mediante el ensayo cometa alcalino. Se realizó en linfocitos de sangre periférica, utilizando 10 ratones/grupo/sexo de la línea Balb/c como biomodelo experimental. Fueron formados 5 grupos experimentales/sexo, el primero administrado con NaCl al 0,9% por vía intraperitoneal (i.p) como control negativo. El segundo y el tercero administrados con ciclofosfamida por vía i.p, con diseños de tratamientos diferentes en dosis de 50 mg/kg. El cuarto y quinto grupo fueron administrados con bleomicina por vía i.p, igualmente en dos diseños de tratamientos diferentes en dosis de 20 mg/kg. El mayor valor de inducción de daño se obtuvo con el uso de la ciclofosfamida y bleomicina, ambas en el diseño de administración de 48 y 24 horas antes de la eutanasia. Este estudio será aplicable a la evaluación de drogas que no han sido exploradas en el ámbito de la antigenotoxicidad y genotoxicidad in vivo. Además permitirá contar con un mayor conocimiento acerca de este ensayo, favoreciendo su validación (AU)

In this article were evaluated the mutagenic effect of cyclophosphamide and bleomycin, with the objective of harmonizing the number of exhibitions when being used as positive controls on in vivo genotoxicity assay, by means of alkaline comet assay. It was carried out in peripheral blood lymphocytes, using 10 mice/group/sex of the Balb/c line as experimental biomodel. We were formed 5 experimental groups per sex. The first group was administered with NaCl 0,9 % by intraperitoneal (i.p) route. The second and third groups were administered with cyclophosphamide by i.p route, with designs of different treatments at doses of 50 mg/kg. The fourth and fifth groups were administered with bleomycin by i.p route, equally in two designs of different treatments at doses of 20 mg/kg. The bigger inductions of damage were obtained with the use of the cyclophosphamide and bleomycin, both in the design of 48 and 24 hours administration before the euthanasia. This study will be applicable to the drugs evaluation that they have not been explored in to the in vivo antigenotoxicity and genotoxicity environment. It will also allow having a bigger knowledge about this assay, favoring their validation (AU)