Detection of transfluthrin and metofluthrin genotoxicity in the ST cross of the Drosophila Wing Spot Test

SARIKAYA R., Memmi B. K.

CHEMOSPHERE, vol.93, no.2, pp.238-242, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 93 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.04.072
  • Journal Name: CHEMOSPHERE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.238-242
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In this study, different concentrations of transfluthrin and metofluthrin have been assayed for genotoxicity by using the Wing Spot Test on Drosophila melanogaster. Standard cross was used in the experiment. Third-instar larvae that were trans-heterozygous for the two genetic markers mwh and flr(3) were treated at different concentrations (0.0103 mg mL(-1), 0.103 mg mL(-1) for transfluthrin and 6 mu g mL(-1), 60 mu g mL(-1) for metofluthrin) of the test compounds. Feeding ended with pupation of the surviving larvae and the genetic changes induced in somatic cells of the wing's imaginal discs lead to the formation of mutant clones on the wing blade. Results indicated that two experimental concentrations of transfluthrin and 60 mu g mL(-1) metofluthrin showed mutagenic and recombinogenic effects in both the marker-heterozygous (MH) flies and the balancer-heterozygous (BH) flies. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.