| Title: |
Genotoxic and mutagenic potential of 7-methylxanthine: an investigational drug molecule for the treatment of myopia. |
| Authors: |
Singh, Harjeet1,2 (AUTHOR), Singh, Harmanpreet1,3 (AUTHOR), Sharma, Sunil4 (AUTHOR), Kaur, Harmanpreet4 (AUTHOR), Kaur, Arvinder4 (AUTHOR), Kaur, Satwinderjeet5 (AUTHOR), Kaur, Sandeep5 (AUTHOR), Sahajpal, Nikhil Shri1,3 (AUTHOR), Chaubey, Alka6 (AUTHOR), Shahtaghi, Navid Reza1 (AUTHOR), Kaur, Inderjeet7 (AUTHOR), Jain, Subheet Kumar1,8 (AUTHOR) subheetjain@rediffmail.com |
| Source: |
Drug & Chemical Toxicology. May2024, Vol. 47 Issue 3, p264-273. 10p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*GENETIC toxicology, *INVESTIGATIONAL drugs, *CHROMOSOME abnormalities, *AMES test, *MUTAGENS, *ORAL drug administration, *BONE marrow |
| Abstract: |
7-Methylxanthine (7-MX, CAS No. 552-62-5, purity 99.46%) is the first orally administered drug candidate, which showed anti-myopic activity in different pre-clinical studies. In the present study, we investigated the in-vivo genotoxic and mutagenic toxicity of 7-MX in Wistar rats using comet/single-cell gel electrophoresis, chromosomal aberration and micronucleus assays after oral administration. For the single-dose study (72 h), two doses of 7-MX 300 and 2000 mg/kg body weight were selected. For a repeated dose 28 d study, three doses (250, 500, and 1000 mg/kg) of 7-MX were selected. The doses were administered via oral gavage in the suspension form. Blood and major vital organs such as bone marrow, lung and liver were used to perform comet/single cell gel electrophoresis, chromosomal aberration, and micronucleus assays. The in-vitro Ames test was performed on TA98 and TA100 strains. In the chromosomal aberration study, a non-significant increase in deformities such as stickiness, ring chromosome, and endoreduplication was observed in bone marrow cells of 7-MX treated groups. These chromosomal alterations were observed upon treatment with doses of 2000 mg/kg single dose for 72 h and 1000 mg/kg repeated dose for 28 d. At a dose of 500 mg/kg, DNA damage in terms of tail length, tail moment, % tail DNA and the olive tail moment was also found to be non-significant in 7-MX treated groups. The Ames test showed the non-mutagenic nature of 7-MX in both strains of TA98 and TA100 of Salmonella typhimurium with or without metabolic activation. Thus, the present work is interesting in view of the non- genotoxicity and non-mutagenicity of repeated doses of 7-MX. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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