The N-nitroso derivatives formed by the in vitro reaction of 5 beta-adrenergic-blocking drugs with sodium nitrite and previously found to induce DNA fragmentation and repair in primary cultures of both rat and human hepatocytes were tested for their ability to exert a clastogenic effect in vivo. In partially hepatectomized rats given by gavage a single dose of 1000 mg/kg, all 5 N-nitroso derivatives caused a statistically significant increase in the frequency of micronucleated hepatocytes, the clastogenic potencies of NO-propranolol, NO-metoprolol, and NO-nadolol being slightly greater than those of NO-atenolol and NO-sotalol. In contrast, none of them produced a significant increase in the frequency of micronucleated polychromatic erythrocytes in the bone marrow and the spleen. For all 5 N-nitroso derivatives the in vivo clastogenic potency, i.e. the ratio between the number of micronuclei observed in the liver and the dose administered, was markedly lower than the in vitro DNA-damaging potency calculated as the ratio between the amount of DNA fragmentation and the concentration tested. This suggests a preferential detoxification in vivo of the 5 N-nitroso derivatives.

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