Table 2

Effect of different concentrations of 3-OH-BP on DNA adduct levels

Adduct3-OH-BP (0.03 μM)3-OH-BP (0.3 μM)3-OH-BP (3 μM)
12.52 ± 0.313.06 ± 1.913.90 ± 1.3
21.84 ± 0.3<0.02<0.02
3<0.020.63 ± 0.11.78 ± 0.3
4<0.020.44 ± 0.040.61 ± 0.04
5<0.02<0.021.48 ± 0.2
Total4.36 ± 0.314.74 ± 1.817.18 ± 1.6

Adduct values represent the means ± S.D. of three independent experiments and are expressed as RAL × 108. 3-OH-BP treatment of cells, DNA isolation, and 32P-postlabeling were carried out as described under Materials and Methods. The limit of detection, expressed as RAL × 108, was 0.02.