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Title: Occurrence, synthesis, and mammalian cell cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of haloacetamides: an emerging class of nitrogenous drinking water disinfection byproducts.

Authors: Plewa, Michael J; Muellner, Mark G; Richardson, Susan D; Fasano, Francesca; Buettner, Katherine M; Woo, Yin-Tak; McKague, A Bruce; Wagner, Elizabeth D

Published In Environ Sci Technol, (2008 Feb 01)

Abstract: The haloacetamides, a class of emerging nitrogenous drinking water disinfection byproduct (DBPs), were analyzed for their chronic cytotoxicity and for the induction of genomic DNA damage in Chinese hamster ovary cells. The rank order for cytotoxicity of 13 haloacetamides was DIAcAm > IAcAm > BAcAm > TBAcAm > BIAcAm > DBCAcAm > CIAcAm > BDCAcAm > DBAcAm > BCAcAm > CAcAm > DCAcAm > TCAcAm. The rank order of their genotoxicity was TBAcAm > DIAcAm approximately equal to IAcAm > BAcAm > DBCAcAm > BIAcAm > BDCAcAm > CIAcAm > BCAcAm > DBAcAm > CAcAm > TCAcAm. DCAcAm was not genotoxic. Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity were primarily determined by the leaving tendency of the halogens and followed the order I > Br > > Cl. With the exception of brominated trihaloacetamides, most of the toxicity rank order was consistent with structure-activity relationship expectations. For di- and trihaloacetamides, the presence of at least one good leaving halogen group (I or Br but not Cl) appears to be critical for significant toxic activity. Log P was not a factor for monohaloacetamides but may play a role in the genotoxicity of trihaloacetamides and possible activation of dihaloacetamides by intracellular GSH and -SH compounds.

PubMed ID: 18323128 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: Acetamides/chemical synthesis*; Acetamides/chemistry; Acetamides/toxicity*; Animals; CHO Cells; Cell Death/drug effects; Cricetinae; Cricetulus; Disinfectants/chemical synthesis*; Disinfectants/chemistry; Disinfectants/toxicity*; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Mass Spectrometry; Mutagens/toxicity*; Structure-Activity Relationship; Toxicity Tests*; Water Purification*; Water Supply

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