[Use of the D7 strain of S. cerevisiae in the determination of environmental risk. 1. Genetic effects of trichloroethylene].

Trichloroethylene (TCE) was tested for its ability to induce both point mutation and mitotic gene conversion in diploid strain of yeast. S. cerevisiae (strain D7) was tested for both activities in culture with and without a mammalian microsomal activation system and intrasanguinous host-mediated assay in mice. In suspension test with D7, TCE was genetically active only with microsomal activation. In vivo TCE induced both point mutation and gene conversion in D7 and gene conversion in D4 when recovered from the liver and kidneys after both acute and subacute dosing. Yeasts recovered from the lungs showed little, if any, increase in genetic effects.