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Trichloroethylene radicals generated by ionizing radiation. An EPR/spin trapping study

Applied Cellular Radiobiology Department, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20889-5603

Linda Steel-Goodwin

Biological Effects Group, Environmental and Occupational Toxicology Division, Armstrong Laboratory, Dayton, Ohio, USA

Trichloroethylene (TCE) was exposed in the presence of the spin trap N-tert-butyl--phenyl nitrone (PBN, 0.1 M) to ionizing radiation from two different sources in an attempt to determine the origin of the spin-trapped radicals generating the EPR spectra in precision cut liver slices. TCE samples were irradiated with 18 MeV electrons to a total dose of 1000 Gy in a linear accelerator (LINAC) or exposed to ⁶⁰Co -rays to total doses of 100 Gy and 1000 Gy. The results show that three PBN adducts were generated during the LINAC radiations. Two of these spin adducts correspond to the addition of carbon-centered radicals to PBN, and the third adduct is consistent with a decomposition product of PBN. The predominant carbon- entered radical yields a PBN adduct that is more stable, persists for over 24 h and has identical hyperfine coupling constants (a _N=1.61 mT, a_Hβ=0.325 mT) to the PBN adduct obtained when precision-cut liver slices were exposed to TCE. Gamma radiation (100 Gy) of TCE yields PBN adducts with lower primary nitrogen hyperfine coupling constants (aN=1.45 mT and aN=1.54 mT). The results (y- radiation) suggest that the carbon-centered radical is formed on a single TCE carbon that is different than the predominant radical formed during LINAC radiations. This difference is confirmed by experiments using ¹³C- TCE. The results further suggest that, during -radiation of TCE, the radicals are formed by dechlorination at the TCE carbon containing two chlorine atoms. The results obtained during LINAC radiations suggest that the predominant radical is formed by dechlorination at the TCE carbon containing a single chlorine and a single proton. In addition, it is possible that this radical is the initial TCE radical formed during exposure of liver slices to TCE.

Key Words: free radicals • trichloroethylene • EPR • spin trapping • ionizing radiation

Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 16, No. 6, 334-342 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/096032719701600607


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