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Table 3 Mutant frequencies of ACNU and BCNU induced in MMR-deficient strains

From: Chloroethylating anticancer drug-induced mutagenesis and its repair in Escherichia coli

  

Mutant frequency (× 10− 7)

 

Doses (mM)

ACNU

BCNU

0

0.5

1

0

0.5

1

Strain

wild-type

0.39 ± 0.15

22.0 ± 5.83

39.2 ± 7.72

0.59 ± 0.62

45.2 ± 27.2

118 ± 77.3

mutS

57.2 ± 9.11

71.8 ± 11.2

90.7 ± 9.15

49.6 ± 9.78

80.8 ± 6.43

158 ± 31.3

mutL

15.5 ± 2.45

41.2 ± 2.60

96.4 ± 9.26*

24.1 ± 5.76

100 ± 38.2

215 ± 72.7

mutH

34.8 ± 7.26

50.2 ± 9.05

78.9 ± 7.72

32.2 ± 4.09

107 ± 30.0

188 ± 75.9

  1. These data are from 3 independent experiments with ACNU and from 2 independent experiments with BCNU
  2. Statistical analysis was performed using the Student’s t test. *p < 0.05 compared with the mutant frequency for the wild-type