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Detection of benzo[a]pyrene-DNA adducts in human placenta and umbilical cord blood

Laboratoire de Toxicologie, Faculté de Pharmacie, 1 rue des Louvels, 80037 Amiens

P. Verhoest

Centre de gynécologie obstétrique du Centre Hospitalier Régional, 124 rue C. Desmoulins, 80000 Amiens

V. Bach

Unité de Recherches sur les Adaptations Physiologiques et Comportementales, 3 rue des Louvels, 80036 Amiens, France

JP Libert

Unité de Recherches sur les Adaptations Physiologiques et Comportementales, 3 rue des Louvels, 80036 Amiens, France

J. Belegaud

Laboratoire de Toxicologie, Faculté de Pharmacie, 1 rue des Louvels, 80037 Amiens

Placenta constitutes a vital organ of exchange between mother and foetus. In addition to this favourable effect for foetal development, placenta indirectly may allow trans fer of several maternal blood xenobiotics. Human placenta and umbilical cord blood are interesting models for investigating maternal environment and the metabolism, the bioactivation and the transfer of carcinogens such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. We used them to assess the effect of a woman's smoking on the foetus. Few studies cover this subject. In pregnant women who have continued to smoke, benzo[a]pyrene compound of cigar ette smoke is metabolically activated to diol-epoxide derivative: benzo[a]pyrene-trans-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10- epoxide, ultimate carcinogen (BPDE-I). This derivative is covalently fixed on DNA and gives BPDE-I-DNA adducts. By a competitive immunoassay technique, we determined BDPE-I-DNA adducts in 20 samples of placenta and umbilical cord blood from women who smoked (n=15) and who did not (n=10). Tobacco consumption was checked by urinary cotinine determination. In the group of smokers levels of adducts were found in 13 specimens of placenta (from 10 to 60 finol/50 µg of DNA) and 12 umbilical cord blood (from 10 to 22.15 fmol/50 µg of DNA) samples. These results indicate that a mother's tobacco consumption is linked to the accumulation of BPDE-I-DNA adducts in the placenta, which are seen in smaller quantities in the umbilical cord blood, probably because of the metabolic capacity of the placenta and the transfer of B[a]P from the mother to the foetus.

Key Words: benzo[a]pyrene • adducts • tobacco consumption • pla centa • umbilical cord blood

Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 16, No. 12, 716-721 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/096032719701601204


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