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Genetic toxicity: in vitro

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Administrative data

Endpoint:
in vitro gene mutation study in bacteria
Type of information:
experimental study
Adequacy of study:
key study
Study period:
2019-12-03 to 2020-01-16
Reliability:
1 (reliable without restriction)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
guideline study

Data source

Reference
Reference Type:
study report
Title:
Unnamed
Year:
2020
Report date:
2020

Materials and methods

Test guideline
Qualifier:
according to guideline
Guideline:
OECD Guideline 471 (Bacterial Reverse Mutation Assay)
Version / remarks:
adopted 21 July, 1997
Deviations:
no
GLP compliance:
yes (incl. QA statement)
Type of assay:
bacterial reverse mutation assay

Test material

Constituent 1
Chemical structure
Reference substance name:
Bis(glycinato)copper
EC Number:
236-783-2
EC Name:
Bis(glycinato)copper
Cas Number:
13479-54-4
Molecular formula:
C4H8CuN2O4
IUPAC Name:
copper;2-aminoacetate
Test material form:
solid: granular
Details on test material:
Appearance Grey to bluish powder/granule
Homogeneity homogeneous
Storage room temperature (20 ± 5 °C)
Stability stable under storage conditions
CAS No. 13479-54-4
EC-No. 236-783-2
Chemical Class organometallic chelate

Method

Target gene:
his locus
Species / strain
Species / strain / cell type:
S. typhimurium TA 1535, TA 1537, TA 98, TA 100 and TA 102
Metabolic activation:
with and without
Metabolic activation system:
Type and composition of metabolic activation system: S9 liver Mix
- source of S9 : S9 was obtained by Trinova Biochem GmbH, Gießen.
- method of preparation of S9 mix: produced from the livers of male Sprague-Dawley rats which were treated with 500 mg Aroclor 1254/kg body weight intra-peritoneally.
- concentration or volume of S9 mix and S9 in the final culture medium: 500µL
Test concentrations with justification for top dose:
nominal concentrations: 0, 50, 150, 500, 1500, 5000 µg/plate Experiment 1 and 0, 78, 156, 313, 625, 1250, 2500, 5000 /plate Experiment 2
Vehicle / solvent:
- Vehicle(s)/solvent(s) used: DMSO; demineralized water
- Justification for choice of solvent/vehicle: In a non-GLP pre-test, the solubility of the test item was tested in a concentration of 50 g/L in demineralized water, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), acetone
The solid test item is not sufficiently soluble in any of the solvents. Based on the non-GLP pre-test, a test item suspension in demin. water was used, because this solvent shows the most consistent suspension with the test item and does not have any effects on the viability of the bacteria or the number of spontaneous revertants in the tested concentrations. The following nominal concentrations were prepared for the experiments 1b and 1d: 5000 µg/plate, 1500 µg/plate, 500 µg/plate, 150 µg/plate and 50 µg/plate. The following suspensions were stirred during the experiment: 5000 µg/plate, 1500 µg/plate, 500 µg/plate. The lower concentrations were dissolved completely and stirring was not necessary anymore. On the day of the start of the second experiment (2b), a test item stock solution containing 50 ± 5 g/L suspended in demin. water was prepared.
The following nominal concentrations were prepared for the second experiment: 5000 µg/plate, 2500 µg/plate, 1250 µg/plate, 625 µg/plate, 313 µg/plate, 156 µg/plate and 78 µg/plate. The suspensions were stirred during the experiment, except from 156 µg/plate and 78 µg/plate, they were dissolved completely and stirring was not necessary anymore.

DMSO was chosen due to the solubility of the positive controls 4-Nitro-1,2-phenylene diamine, benzo-a-pyrene and 2-amino-anthracene.
Controls
Untreated negative controls:
no
Negative solvent / vehicle controls:
yes
True negative controls:
no
Positive controls:
yes
Positive control substance:
sodium azide
benzo(a)pyrene
other: 4-Nitro-1,2-phenylene diamine: without metabolic activation, TA98, TA102, TA1537, 20 µg (TA98) and 30 µg (TA102 and TA1537) 2-Amino-anthracene: with metabolic activation, TA 100, TA102, TA1535, TA1537, 1µg (TA100, TA1535) and 2.4 µg (TA102, TA1537)
Details on test system and experimental conditions:
NUMBER OF REPLICATIONS:
- Number of cultures per concentration: triplicate for each with and without metabolic acitvation
- Number of independent experiments : 2

METHOD OF TREATMENT/ EXPOSURE:
- Cell density at seeding (if applicable): > E+09 cells/mL
- Test substance added in agar (plate incorporation)and in the second experiment with preincubation


METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT OF CYTOTOXICITY
- Method: background growth inhibition
- Any supplementary information relevant to cytotoxicity: No cytotoxicity nor precipitation occurred with the test item during the experimental time.

Rationale for test conditions:
as recommended by OECD Testguideline 471
Evaluation criteria:
The colonies were counted visually and the numbers were recorded. A substance is considered to be mutagenic, if a reproducible increase with or without metabolic activation of revertant colonies per plate exceeding an increase factor of 2 for the bacteria strains TA98, TA100, TA102, TA1535 and TA1537 compared to vehicle controls in at least one strain can be observed. A concentration-related increase over the range tested is also taken as a sign of mutagenic activity. A substance is not mutagenic if it does not meet these criteria. If the criteria listed above are not clearly met, the results will be assessed as equivocal and will be discussed.
Statistics:
The colonies were counted visually and the numbers were recorded. A validated spread-sheet software (Microsoft Excel®) was used to calculate mean values and standard deviations of each treatment, solvent control and positive control.

Results and discussion

Test resultsopen allclose all
Key result
Species / strain:
S. typhimurium TA 1537
Metabolic activation:
with and without
Genotoxicity:
negative
Cytotoxicity / choice of top concentrations:
no cytotoxicity nor precipitates, but tested up to recommended limit concentrations
Vehicle controls validity:
valid
Untreated negative controls validity:
not examined
True negative controls validity:
not examined
Positive controls validity:
other: The positive control of strain TA1537 was slightly outside the historical data range. However, since the number of revertants was increased this was not considered to reduce the validity of the test result.
Key result
Species / strain:
S. typhimurium TA 1535
Metabolic activation:
with and without
Genotoxicity:
negative
Cytotoxicity / choice of top concentrations:
no cytotoxicity nor precipitates, but tested up to recommended limit concentrations
Vehicle controls validity:
valid
Untreated negative controls validity:
not examined
True negative controls validity:
not examined
Positive controls validity:
other: The positive control of strain TA1537 was slightly outside the historical data range. However, since the number of revertants was increased this was not considered to reduce the validity of the test result.
Key result
Species / strain:
S. typhimurium TA 102
Metabolic activation:
with and without
Genotoxicity:
negative
Cytotoxicity / choice of top concentrations:
no cytotoxicity nor precipitates, but tested up to recommended limit concentrations
Vehicle controls validity:
valid
Untreated negative controls validity:
not examined
True negative controls validity:
not examined
Positive controls validity:
other: The positive control of strain TA1537 was slightly outside the historical data range. However, since the number of revertants was increased this was not considered to reduce the validity of the test result.
Key result
Species / strain:
S. typhimurium TA 98
Metabolic activation:
with and without
Genotoxicity:
negative
Cytotoxicity / choice of top concentrations:
no cytotoxicity nor precipitates, but tested up to recommended limit concentrations
Vehicle controls validity:
valid
Untreated negative controls validity:
not examined
True negative controls validity:
not examined
Positive controls validity:
other:
Remarks:
The positive control of strain TA1537 was slightly outside the historical data range. However, since the number of revertants was increased this was not considered to reduce the validity of the test result.
Key result
Species / strain:
S. typhimurium TA 100
Metabolic activation:
with and without
Genotoxicity:
negative
Cytotoxicity / choice of top concentrations:
no cytotoxicity nor precipitates, but tested up to recommended limit concentrations
Vehicle controls validity:
valid
Untreated negative controls validity:
not examined
True negative controls validity:
not examined
Positive controls validity:
other: The positive control of strain TA1537 was slightly outside the historical data range. However, since the number of revertants was increased this was not considered to reduce the validity of the test result.
Additional information on results:
TEST-SPECIFIC CONFOUNDING FACTORS
- Data on pH: not reported
- Water solubility: Not soluble in demineralized water, suspensions were used in the experiments.

RANGE-FINDING/SCREENING STUDIES (if applicable):
In a non-GLP pre-test, the solubility of the test item was tested in a concentration of 50 g/L in demineralized water, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), acetone.
The solid test item is not sufficiently soluble in any of the solvents. Based on the non-GLP pre-test, a test item suspension in demin. water was used, because this solvent shows the most consistent suspension with the test item and does not have any effects on the viability of the bacteria or the number of spontaneous revertants in the tested concentrations. The following nominal concentrations were prepared for the experiments 1b and 1d: 5000 µg/plate, 1500 µg/plate, 500 µg/plate, 150 µg/plate and 50 µg/plate. The following suspensions were stirred during the experiment: 5000 µg/plate, 1500 µg/plate, 500 µg/plate. The lower concentrations were dissolved completely and stirring was not necessary anymore. On the day of the start of the second experiment (2b), a test item stock solution containing 50 ± 5 g/L suspended in demin. water was prepared.
The following nominal concentrations were prepared for the second experiment: 5000 µg/plate, 2500 µg/plate, 1250 µg/plate, 625 µg/plate, 313 µg/plate, 156 µg/plate and 78 µg/plate. The suspensions were stirred during the experiment, except from 156 µg/plate and 78 µg/plate, they were dissolved completely and stirring was not necessary anymore.no soluble in demineralized water

STUDY RESULTS
- Concurrent vehicle negative and positive control data Please refer to 'Any other infomation on results incl. tables'

Ames test:
- Signs of toxicity : No
- Individual plate counts : Please refer to 'Any other information on results incl. tables'.
- Mean number of revertant colonies per plate and standard deviation: Please refer to 'Any other information on results incl. tables'.

HISTORICAL CONTROL DATA (with ranges, means and standard deviation, and 95% control limits for the distribution as well as the number of data)
- Positive historical control data: Please refer to 'Any other information on results incl. tables'.
- Negative (solvent/vehicle) historical control data: Please refer to 'Any other information on results incl. tables'.

Any other information on results incl. tables

Table 1: Number of revertants per plate (mean of 3 plates), first experiment [1b]

 

 

TA 98

TA100

TA 102

TA 1535

TA1537

Conc.
[unit] per plate

— MA

Cytotoxic
(yes/no)

Precipitates

(yes/no)

+ MA

Cytotoxic
(yes/no)

Precipitates

(yes/no)

— MA

Cytotoxic
(yes/no)

Precipitates

(yes/no)

+ MA

Cytotoxic
(yes/no)

Precipitates

(yes/no)

— MA

Cytotoxic
(yes/no)

Precipitates

(yes/no)

+ MA

Cytotoxic
(yes/no)

Precipitates

(yes/no)

— MA

Cytotoxic
(yes/no)

Precipitates

(yes/no)

+ MA

Cytotoxic
(yes/no)

Precipitates

(yes/no)

— MA

Cytotoxic
(yes/no)

Precipitates

(yes/no)

+ MA

Cytotoxic
(yes/no)

Precipitates

(yes/no)

demin water

15

 no

15

 no

71

 no

73

no

264

no

275

no

10

no

18

no

7

 no

9

 no

0*

13

no

16

no

60

no

69

no

259

no

277

no

17

no

13

no

9

no

8

no

50

11

no

13

 no

63

 no

61

 no

280

no

275

no

12

no

13

no

8

 no

6

 no

150

14

 no

11

 no

65

 no

75

 no

309

no

309

no

12

no

11

no

4

 no

7

 no

500

10

 no

9

 no

67

 no

61

 no

317

no

312

no

11

no

11

no

8

 no

8

 no

1500

11

 no

9

 no

91

 no

 87

 no

293

no

285

no

9

no

8

no

7

 no

6

 no

5000

7

 no

11

 no

110

 no

121

 no

291

no

293

no

10

no

11

no

6

 no

7

 no

Positive control

s.g.

 no

98

 no

s.g.

 no

s.g.

 no

605

no

s.g.

no

221

no

175

no

232

 no

168

 no

*solvent/vehicle control with DMSO

Table 1b: Number of revertants per plate (mean of 3 plates), first experiment [1d]

 

 

TA 1537

Conc.
[unit] per plate

— MA

Cytotoxic
(yes/no)

Precipitates

(yes/no)

+ MA

Cytotoxic
(yes/no)

Precipitates

(yes/no)

demin water

5

 no

5

 no

0*

4

no

6

no

50

5

no

5

 no

150

5

 no

5

 no

500

4

 no

4

 no

1500

4

 no

4

 no

5000

2

 no

2

 no

Positive control

91

 no

149

 no

Table 2: Number of revertants per plate (mean of 3 plates), second experiment

 

 

TA 98

TA100

TA 102

TA 1535

TA1537

Conc.
[unit] per plate

— MA

Cytotoxic
(yes/no)

Precipitates

(yes/no)

+ MA

Cytotoxic
(yes/no)

Precipitates

(yes/no)

— MA

Cytotoxic
(yes/no)

Precipitates

(yes/no)

+ MA

Cytotoxic
(yes/no)

Precipitates

(yes/no)

— MA

Cytotoxic
(yes/no)

Precipitates

(yes/no)

+ MA

Cytotoxic
(yes/no)

Precipitates

(yes/no)

— MA

Cytotoxic
(yes/no)

Precipitates

(yes/no)

+ MA

Cytotoxic
(yes/no)

Precipitates

(yes/no)

— MA

Cytotoxic
(yes/no)

Precipitates

(yes/no)

+ MA

Cytotoxic
(yes/no)

Precipitates

(yes/no)

demin water

20

 no

19

 no

91

 no

89

no

371

no

376

no

10

no

10

no

5

 no

8

 no

0*

18

no

20

no

81

no

83

no

355

no

365

no

9

no

12

no

6

no

8

no

78

15

no

16

 no

61

 no

61

 no

371

no

357

no

7

no

6

no

6

 no

6

 no

156

15

 no

16

 no

69

 no

65

 no

365

no

371

no

8

no

7

no

7

 no

6

 no

313

17

 no

16

 no

80

 no

77

 no

363

no

365

no

7

no

7

no

5

 no

4

 no

1250

16

 no

16

 no

85

 no

83

 no

357

no

352

no

6

no

5

no

3

 no

3

 no

2500

15

 no

16

 no

57

 no

63

 no

304

no

320

no

3

no

5

no

0

 no

1

 no

5000

0

no

0

no

4

no

2

no

269

no

275

no

1

no

1

no

0

no

0

no

Positive control

s.g.

 no

111

 no

s.g.

 no

s.g.

 no

765

no

872

no

248

no

167

no

152

 no

160

 no

*solvent/vehicle control with water

Concurrent controls

DMSO Experiment 1b/Vehicle control

Strain

TA98

TA100

TA102

TA1535

TA1537

Induction

-S9

+S9

-S9

+S9

-S9

+S9

-S9

+S9

-S9

+S9

Repl.1

11

15

60

62

256

288

15

15

11

8

Repl.2

14

13

62

80

272

264

17

10

8

9

Repl.3

14

19

58

66

248

280

18

14

8

8

Mean

13

16

60

69

259

277

17

13

9

8

sd

1.7

3.1

2.0

9.5

12.2

12.2

1.5

2.6

1.7

0.6

Demin Water Experiment 1b/Vehicle control

Strain

TA98

TA100

TA102

TA1535

TA1537

Induction

-S9

+S9

-S9

+S9

-S9

+S9

-S9

+S9

-S9

+S9

Repl.1

15

18

62

70

280

9

17

8

9

 9

Repl.2

13

10

78

72

248

272

9

17

8

10

Repl.3

16

17

72

76

264

272

12

19

6

8

Mean

15

15

71

73

264

275

10

18

7

9

sd

1.5

4.4

8.1

3.1

16.0

4.6

1.7

1.2

1.2

1.0

Positive control Experiment 1b

Strain

TA98

TA100

TA102

TA1535

TA1537

Induction

-S9

+S9

-S9

+S9

-S9

+S9

-S9

+S9

-S9

+S9

Substance

NPD

BaP

Na-azide

2-AA

NPD

2-AA

Na-azide

2-AA

NPD

2-AA

Repl.1

s.g.

100

s.g.

s.g.

576

s.g.

220

180

232

160

Repl.2

s.g.

80

s.g.

s.g.

608

s.g.

228

172

240

192

Repl.3

s.g.

114

s.g.

s.g.

632

s.g.

216

172

224

152

Mean

--

98

--

--

605

--

221

175

232

168

sd

--

17.1

--

--

28.1

--

6.1

4.6

8.0

21.2

f(l)

>2

6.13

>2

>2

2.34

>2

22.10

13.46

25.78

21.00

Rev. abs.

--

82

--

--

346

--

211

162

223

160

DMSO Experiment 1d/Vehicle control

Strain

TA1537

Induction

-S9

+S9

Repl. 1

4

5

Repl. 2

3

7

Repl. 3

5

6

Mean

5

6

SD

1.0

1.0

Demin Water Experiment 1d/Vehicle control

Strain

TA1537

Induction

-S9

+S9

Repl. 1

4

6

Repl. 2

5

4

Repl. 3

6

5

Mean

5

5

SD

1.0

1.0

Positive control Experiment 1d

Strain

TA1537

Induction

-S9

+S9

Substance

Na-Azide

2-AA

Repl. 1

96

160

Repl. 2

92

148

Repl. 3

84

140

Mean

91

149

SD

6.1

10.1

f(l)

22.75

24.83

Rev. abs.

87

143

s.g.= strong growth, too strong for counting of revertants

f(l) = increase factor

Rev.abs. = absolute revertants

Demin. Water Experiment 2/Vehicle control

Strain

TA98

TA100

TA102

TA1535

TA1537

Induction

-S9

+S9

-S9

+S9

-S9

+S9

-S9

+S9

-S9

+S9

Repl.1

19

20

96

96

352

368

9

10

6

9

Repl.2

20

19

92

92

384

384

12

10

5

7

Repl.3

20

19

84

80

376

376

10

11

4

7

Mean

20

19

91

89

371

376

10

10

5

8

sd

0.6

0.6

6.1

8.3

16.7

8.0

1.5

0.6

1.0

1.2

DMSO Experiment 2/Vehicle control

Strain

TA98

TA100

TA102

TA1535

TA1537

Induction

-S9

+S9

-S9

+S9

-S9

+S9

-S9

+S9

-S9

+S9

Repl.1

18

19

76

80

352

360

9

11

6

9

Repl.2

18

20

80

84

360

368

8

15

6

6

Repl.3

18

21

88

84

352

368

10

10

6

8

Mean

18

20

81

83

355

365

9

12

6

8

sd

0.0

1.0

6.1

2.3

4.6

4.6

1.0

2.6

0.0

1.5

Positive control Experiment 2

Strain

TA98

TA100

TA102

TA1535

TA1537

Induction

-S9

+S9

-S9

+S9

-S9

+S9

-S9

+S9

-S9

+S9

Substance

NPD

BaP

Na-azide

2-AA

NPD

2-AA

Na-azide

2-AA

NPD

2-AA

Repl.1

s.g.

112

s.g.

s.g.

752

856

240

164

156

168

Repl.2

s.g.

112

s.g.

s.g.

768

864

264

168

132

168

Repl.3

s.g.

108

s.g.

s.g.

776

896

240

168

168

144

Mean

--

111

--

--

765

872

248

167

152

160

sd

--

2.3

--

--

12.2

21.2

13.9

2.3

18.3

13.9

f(l)

>2

5.55

>2

>2

2.15

2.39

24.80

13.92

25.33

20.00

Rev. abs.

--

91

--

--

410

507

238

155

146

152

s.g.= strong growth, too strong for counting of revertants

f(l) = increase factor

Rev.abs. = absolute revertants

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Conclusions:
There was no evidence of induced mutant colonies over background, when bis(glycinato)copper was tested with and without metabolic activation up to the recommended limit concentration (5000 µg/plate).
Executive summary:

In a reverse gene mutation assay in bacteria according to OECD guideline 471 and EU Method B.14 (Version Commission Directive 92/69/EEC), strains TA1535, TA 1537, TA 102, TA 100 and TA 98 of S. typhimurium were exposed to bis(glycinato)copper. The test was performed with concentrations up to the recommended limit concentration of 5000 µg/plate in the absence and the presence of mammalian metabolic activation (S9 -mix).

 

No evidence of biologically significant mutagenic activity of the test item was found in the presence and absence of metabolic activation, up to the limit concentration of 5000 µg/plate. The positive controls induced the appropriate responses in the corresponding strains and activity of metabolizing system was confirmed.

 

There was no evidence of induced mutant colonies over background. Based on the results of this study, it is concluded that bis(glycinato)copper is not mutagenic in the Salmonella typhimurium strains TA98, TA100, TA102, TA1535 and TA1537 in the presence and absence of metabolic activation under the experimental conditions in this study.