In the (few) published reports of Ames assays with BBP, results
have been negative (Litton Bionetics Inc., 1976; Rubin et al., 1979; Kozumbo et al., 1982; Zeiger et al., 1982, 1985). Negative results have also been reported for mouse lymphoma
assays (Litton Bionetics Inc., 1977; Hazleton Biotechnologies Company,
1986), although equivocal findings have also been published (Myhr et al., 1986; Myhr & Caspary, 1991). In an assay for in vitro transformation of Balb/c-3T3 cells (Litton Bionetics Inc., 1985), results
were negative. In an assay for chromosomal aberrations and sister chromatid
exchanges in Chinese hamster ovary cells (Galloway et al., 1987), there was slight evidence for a trend in one sister chromatid exchange
test without activation, but no convincing evidence for positive results
for sister chromatid exchanges or aberrations. Conversion factor: 1 ppm
in food = 0.13 mg/kg body weight per day (Health Canada, 1994).
The results from the mouse lymphoma (Myhr et al., 1986; Myhr & Caspary, 1991) and chromosomal aberration (Galloway et al., 1987) assays are equivocal. For the mouse lymphoma assay, the NTP concluded
that "Increases in mutant colonies were observed in the absence of
S9 in cultures treated with concentrations that produced precipitation,
but such responses were not considered valid by experimental quality control
parameters." However, it is difficult to dismiss the observed dose-response
in several studies as spurious, although the repeat tests were negative,
particularly in view of inconsistencies of results of the latter. In repeat
studies ( n = 5) in the absence of S9, there was limited evidence of activity in only one case; however, although BBP was positive at 80 nl/ml in the second trial, it was toxic at concentrations above 30 nl/ml in the third. The inconsistently observed increase in small colony mutants and percent damaged Chinese hamster ovary cells may be indicative of weak clastogenic activity, which warrants proper confirmation in well-conducted assays.
A negative response was reported for an assay for the induction
of sex-linked recessive lethals in Drosophila melanogaster (Valencia et al., 1985). Recently, the NTP (1997) published summary results of mouse bone
marrow tests for sister chromatid exchanges and induction of chromosomal
aberrations; responses were weak, and the sister chromatid exchange test
was not repeated. Both of these responses, although statistically significant,
were small and indicative of only weak clastogenic activity. Ashby et al. (1997) reported negative results in a micronucleus assay in rats.
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