The hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (hprt) locus in 6-
thioguanine (TG) resistant T-lymphocytes is a useful target for the study
of somatic in vivo mutagenesis, since it provides information about a broad
spectrum of mutation. Mutations in the hprt coding region were studied in
124 TG-resistant T-cell clones from 38 healthy, non- smoking male donors
from a previously studied population of bus maintenance workers,
fine-mechanics and laboratory personnel. Their mean age was 43 years (range
23-64) and their hprt mutant frequency was 9.3 +/- 5.2 x 10(-6) (mean +/-
SD, range 1.4-22.6 x 10(-6)). Sequence analysis of hprt cDNA identified 115
unique mutations; 76% were simple base substitutions, 10% were +/-1 bp
frameshifts, and 10% were small deletions within exons (3-52 bp). In
addition, two tandem base substitutions and one complex mutation were
observed. Simple base substitutions were observed at 55 (20%) of 281 sites
known to be mutable in the hprt coding sequence. The distribution of these
mutations was significantly different than would be expected based upon a
Poisson distribution (P < 0.0001), suggesting the existence of
'hotspots'. All of the 87 simple base substitutions occurred at known
mutable sites, but eight were substitutions of a kind that have not
previously been reported at these sites. The most frequently mutated sites
were cDNA positions 197 and 146, with six and five independent mutations
respectively. Four mutations were observed at position 131, and three each
at positions 143, 208, 508 and 617. Transitions (52%) were slightly more
frequent than tranversions (48%), and mutations at GC base pairs (56%) more
common than mutations at AT base pairs (44%). GC > AT was the most
common type of base pair substitution (37%). The majority of the mutations
at GC base pairs (78%) occurred at sites with G in the non-transcribed
strand. All but one of eight mutations at CpG- sites were of the kind
expected from deamination of methylated cytosine. Deletion of a single base
pair (-1 frameshift) was three times more frequent than insertion of a
single bp (+1 frameshift). Almost half (6/13) of the small (3-52 bp)
deletions within the coding sequence clustered in the 5' end of exon 2.
Short repeats and other sequence motifs that have been associated with
replication error were found in the flanking regions of most of the
frameshifts and small deletions. However, several differences in the local
sequence context between +/-1 frameshift and deletion mutations were also
noticed. The present results identify positions 197, 146 and possibly 131
as hotspots for base substitution mutations, and confirm previously
reported hotspots at positions 197, 508 and 617. In addition, the earlier
notion of a deletion hotspot in the 5'end of exon 2 was confirmed. The
observations of these mutational cluster regions in different human
populations suggest that they are due to endogeneous mechanisms of
mutagenesis, or to ubiquitous environmental influences. The emerging
background spectrum of somatic in vivo mutation in the human hprt gene
provides a useful basis for comparisons with radiation or chemically
induced mutational spectra, as well as with gene mutations in human tumors.
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albumin (Alb) to form protein adducts (BO-Hb and BO-Alb), which are
presumed to be specific biomarkers of exposure to benzene. We analyzed
BO-Hb in 43 exposed workers and 42 unexposed controls, and BO-Alb in a
subsample consisting of 19 workers and 19 controls from Shanghai, China, as
part of a larger cross-sectional study of benzene biomarkers. The adducts
were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry following reaction of
the protein with trifluoroacetic anhydride and methanesulfonic acid. When
subjects were divided into controls (n = 42) and workers exposed to < or
=31 (n = 21) and >31 p.p.m. (n = 22) benzene, median BO-Hb levels were
32.0, 46.7 and 129 pmol/g globin, respectively (correlation with exposure:
Spearman r = 0.67, P < 0.0001). To our knowledge, these results
represent the first observation in humans that BO-Hb levels are
significantly correlated with benzene exposure. Median BO-Alb levels in
these 3 groups were 103 (n = 19), 351 (n = 7) and 2010 (n = 12) pmol/g Alb,
respectively, also reflecting a significant correlation with exposure
(Spearman r = 0.90, P < 0.0001). The blood dose of BO predicted from
both Hb and Alb adducts was very similar. These results clearly affirm the
use of both Hb and Alb adducts of BO as biomarkers of exposure to high
levels of benzene. As part of our investigation of the background levels of
BO-Hb and BO-Alb found in unexposed persons, we analyzed recombinant human
Hb and Alb for BO adducts. Significant levels of both BO-Hb (19.7 pmol/g)
and BO-Alb (41.9 pmol/g) were detected, suggesting that portions of the
observed background adducts reflect an artifact of the assay, while other
portions are indicative of either unknown exposures or endogenous
production of adducts.
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Methods
We recruited postmenopausal women aged 55 to 70 years from mammography clinics in Madison, Wisconsin (N = 264). Subjects completed a questionnaire and provided a blood sample that was analyzed for mono-ethyl phthalate, mono-butyl phthalate, mono-benzyl phthalate, butyl paraben, propyl paraben, octylphenol, nonylphenol, and bisphenol A (BPA). Percentage breast density was measured from mammograms by using a computer-assisted thresholding method.
Results
Serum BPA was positively associated with mammographic breast density after adjusting for age, body mass index, and other potentially confounding factors. Mean percentage density was 12.6% (95% confidence interval (CI), 11.4 to 14.0) among the 193 women with nondetectable BPA levels, 13.7% (95% CI, 10.7 to 17.1) among the 35 women with detectable levels below the median (<0.55 ng/ml), and 17.6% (95% CI, 14.1 to 21.5) among the 34 women with detectable levels above the median (>0.55 ng/ml; Ptrend = 0.01). Percentage breast density was also elevated (18.2%; 95% CI, 13.4 to 23.7) among the 18 women with serum mono-ethyl phthalate above the median detected level (>3.77 ng/ml) compared with women with nondetectable BPA levels (13.1%; 95% CI, 11.9 to 14.3; Ptrend = 0.07). No other chemicals demonstrated associations with percentage breast density.
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