Abstract
The possibility of using a micronucleus (MN) assay in mouse germ cells for the identification of aneuploidogenic agents was evaluated by comparing the pattern of effects induced by 4 chemicals with different mechanisms of action (adriamycin, ADM; mitomycin C, MMC; chloral hydrate, CH; ethylenedinirrilotetraacetic acid, EDTA). The results obtained after treatment of spermatocytes at the premeiotic S-phase (preleptotene) indicated that only clastogenic agents (ADM and MMC) were able to induce MN at this cell stage. Previous data obtained with the saine compounds demonstrated by contrast that the micronucleus spermatid assay may detect both clastogenic and aneuploidogenic effects after treatment of diakinesis/MI/MII cells. Analysis of MN size distributions, in the present and previous spermatid samples, revealed that the clastogens ADM and MMC produced relatively more small MN than CH and EDTA. These data are in agreement with the proposed mechanism of action of the chemicals tested.
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