Mutagenesis, Vol. 17, No. 1, 15-23,
January 2002
© 2002 UK Environmental Mutagen Society/Oxford University Press
The single laser flow cytometric micronucleus test: a time course study using colchicine and urethane in rat and mouse peripheral blood and acetaldehyde in rat peripheral blood
Genetic Toxicology, Preclinical Safety Sciences, GlaxoWellcome Park Road, Ware, UK and 1 Litron Laboratories, 1351 Mount Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY, USA
A single laser flow cytometric procedure to quantify micronucleus frequency in rat and mouse peripheral blood was evaluated. Reticulocytes express the transferrin receptor (also known as the CD71-defined antigen). When combined with a DNA stain, antibodies against this antigen can be used to differentially label and quantify micronucleated reticulocytes. The object of this study was to evaluate the method for rat and mouse peripheral blood using flow cytometry and compare the results obtained between two laboratories (GlaxoWellcome and Litron Laboratories). The compounds selected were the rodent carcinogens colchicine, urethane and acetaldehyde. Colchicine gives a positive response in the rat bone marrow micronucleus assay and an inconclusive result in the rat peripheral blood micronucleus assay. The latter two are both established rat carcinogens readily detected in both the bone marrow and peripheral blood micronucleus assays. In these experiments both rat and mice were treated with either colchicine or urethane and rats alone treated with acetaldehyde. After a single treatment, repeat sampling of peripheral blood was made at 0, 24, 48 and 72 h. Replicate blood samples were obtained and fixed for flow cytometric analysis at both facilities. The micronucleated reticulocyte frequency of each blood sample was determined by analysing 20 000 total reticulocytes per blood sample. The data suggest that the single laser flow cytometric procedure resulted in consistent reticulocyte and micronucleated reticulocyte frequencies between laboratories. Furthermore, these flow cytometric data compare favourably with previously published data.
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