Abstract
Spontaneous and mitomycin C-induced sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) in lymphocytes were analyzed in 24 non-smokers and 24 sex- and age-matched smokers. Mean spontaneous SCE frequency for non-smokers was 9.8 SCEs/cell, and that for smokers was 11.5 SCEs/cell. The difference was statistically significant ( P < 0.001 by t-test). These results suggest that spontaneous SCE frequency in lymphocytes is useful for evaluation of biological effects of environmental mutagens. However, we could not find any effects of smoking on the sensivities of lymphocytes to mitomycin C in vitro. The effects of mutagens on humans may be independent of one another.
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