Genotoxic activity of five haloacetonitriles: comparative investigations in the single cell gel electrophoresis (comet) assay and the ames-fluctuation test.

abstract：:Methyl 3,4-diphenyl-5-hydroxylamino-2-furoate (N-OH-MDPF) (I), methyl 3,4-diphenyl-5-acetoxyamino-2-furoate (N-OAc-MDPF) (II), methyl 3,4-diphenyl-N-hydroxy-5-acetylamino-2-furoate (N-OH-MDPAF) (III), and methyl 3,4-diphenyl-N-acetoxy-5-acetylamino-2-furoate (N-OAc-MDPAF) (IV) were synthesized and tested for mutagenic...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Swaminathan S,Hatcher JF,Yamamoto K,Tanaka A,Ichikawa M,Bryan GT

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Griseofulvin is an orally administered antifungal drug that affects microtubule formation in vitro and interferes with microtubule dynamics in vivo as clearly shown for mitotic cells in several cell systems. This article reports the effects of griseofulvin on in vitro maturation of porcine oocytes and subsequent effec...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Miao YL,Zhang X,Zhao JG,Spate L,Zhao MT,Murphy CN,Prather RS,Sun QY,Schatten H

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Third instar larvae of Drosophila melanogaster transdihybrid for mwh and flr were exposed to varying concentrations of cisplatin by feeding on dry media wetted with aqueous solutions of the test compound. Larval feeding continued until pupation, and surviving transdihybrid adults were collected seven days following co...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Katz AJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the mutagenicity and antimutagenicity of hispidulin and hortensin, the flavonoids from Millingtonia hortensis L. (Bignoniaceae), were performed using the liquid preincubation method of the Salmonella/microsome test. At the highest dose tested, 100 micrograms/plate, both compounds showed no mutagenicity and ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Chulasiri M,Bunyapraphatsara N,Moongkarndi P

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transporter associated with antigen processing 2 (TAP2) is involved in the development of multidrug resistance and the etiology of immunological diseases. In this study, we investigated whether the expression of TAP2 can be perturbed by single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located in 3'-untranslated region (3'-U...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Knox B,Wang Y,Rogers LJ,Xuan J,Yu D,Guan H,Chen J,Shi T,Ning B,Kadlubar SA

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Benchmark Dose (BMD) method is the favored approach for quantitative dose-response analysis where uncertainty measurements are delineated between the upper (BMDU) and lower (BMDL) confidence bounds, or confidence intervals (CIs). Little has been published on the accurate interpretation of uncertainty measurements ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Wheeldon RP,Dertinger SD,Bryce SM,Bemis JC,Johnson GE

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between bleomycin (BLM) and conventional or unconventional intercalating agents were analyzed in an assay for mitotic gene conversion at the trp5 locus and reversion of the ilv1-92 allele in Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain D7. BLM is a potent recombinagen and mutagen in the assay. Various chemicals modula...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Hoffmann GR,Laterza AM,Sylvia KE,Tartaglione JP

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments are described which elucidate some of the technical problems associated with the direct sequencing of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplified DNA. Sequencing primer purity, labeling methodology, and template preparation were explored. Conditions are presented for the routine sequencing of single- and dou...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Zimmerman LJ,Fuscoe JC

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:311 chemicals were tested under code, for mutagenicity, in Salmonella typhimurium; 35 of the chemicals were tested more than once in the same or different laboratories. The tests were conducted using a preincubation protocol in the absence of exogenous metabolic activation, and in the presence of liver S-9 from Aroclo...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Zeiger E,Anderson B,Haworth S,Lawlor T,Mortelmans K

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA polymerase κ (Pol κ) is a specialized DNA polymerase involved in translesion DNA synthesis. Although its bypass activities across lesions are well characterized in biochemistry, its cellular protective roles against genotoxic insults are still elusive. To better understand the in vivo protective roles, we have est...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Kanemaru Y,Suzuki T,Niimi N,Grúz P,Matsumoto K,Adachi N,Honma M,Nohmi T

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micronucleus (MN) expression in peripheral blood lymphocytes is well established as a standard method for monitoring chromosome damage in human populations. The first results of an analysis of pooled data from laboratories using the cytokinesis-block micronucleus (CBMN) assay and participating in the HUMN (HUman Micro...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Bonassi S,Fenech M,Lando C,Lin YP,Ceppi M,Chang WP,Holland N,Kirsch-Volders M,Zeiger E,Ban S,Barale R,Bigatti MP,Bolognesi C,Jia C,Di Giorgio M,Ferguson LR,Fucic A,Lima OG,Hrelia P,Krishnaja AP,Lee TK,Migliore L

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) has been formulated for 15 polycyclic aromatic nitro compounds acting on E. coli PQ37. Upon damage of DNA by these substances beta-galactosidase is induced and can be easily assayed colorimetrically, hence, this is a short-term test for mutagenicity. The QSAR (log ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Debnath AK,Hansch C

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased telomerase expression has been implicated in the pathogenesis of lung cancer and, since the primary cause of lung cancer is smoking, an association between telomerase reactivation and tobacco smoke has been proposed. In this work an investigation has been performed to assess the relationship between tobacco ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Marcon F,Siniscalchi E,Andreoli C,Allione A,Fiorito G,Medda E,Guarrera S,Matullo G,Crebelli R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extractable organic material (EOM) from atmospheric total suspended particles (TSP) contains several organic compounds including non-substituted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), alkyl-PAHs, and nitro-PAHs. These chemicals seem to be among the key drivers of TSP genotoxicity. We have shown previously that t...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Maselli BS,Cunha V,Lim H,Bergvall C,Westerholm R,Dreij K,Watanabe T,Cardoso AA,Pozza SA,Umbuzeiro GA,Kummrow F

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heritable mutations may result in a wide variety of detrimental outcomes, from embryonic lethality to genetic disease in the offspring. Despite this, today's commonly used test batteries do not include assays for germ cell mutation. Current challenges include a lack of practical assays and concrete evidence for human ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Singer TM,Yauk CL

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mouse Lymphoma Assay (MLA) Workgroup of the International Workshop on Genotoxicity Test Procedures held a second harmonization meeting just prior to the U.S. Environmental Mutagen Society Meeting in New Orleans, LA, in April 2000. The discussion focused on several important aspects of the MLA, including: 1) cytoto...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Moore MM,Honma M,Clements J,Harrington-Brock K,Awogi T,Bolcsfoldi G,Cifone M,Collard D,Fellows M,Flanders K,Gollapudi B,Jenkinson P,Kirby P,Kirchner S,Kraycer J,McEnaney S,Muster W,Myhr B,O'Donovan M,Oliver J,Ould

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are dynamic organelles that are involved in a number of diverse processes. Most often the mitochondrion is associated with energy generation, but other important processes occur in this organelle such as fatty acid synthesis and amino acid metabolism. Although mitochondria encode less than 40 genes, all o...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Moore A,Golden A

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mutagenic activity of airborne particulate matter collected in Pisa, a small nonindustrial town located in Italy, has been monitored over 1 year using the Ames Salmonella Test. Airborne particulate was collected on fibreglass filters using a Hi-Vol sampler and extracted by sonication and Soxhlet acetone extraction...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Barale R,Zucconi D,Giorgelli F,Carducci AL,Tonelli M,Loprieno N

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydroxyl radical scavengers thiourea, ethanol, and dimethyl sulfoxide significantly reduced the killing of Escherichia coli elicited by low concentrations of H2O2 (resulting in mode 1 killing) when treatments with the oxidant and the scavengers were performed in a complete growth medium (K medium) but not in M9 sa...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Brandi G,Salvaggio L,Cattabeni F,Cantoni O

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction and nature of mutations in the lacI transgene were evaluated in multiple tissues after exposure of adult male B6C3F1 lacI transgenic mice to cyclophosphamide (CP). Mice were given a single i.p. injection of 25 mg CP/kg, 100 mg CP/kg, or vehicle (PBS) and then necropsied 6 weeks after treatment to allow D...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Gorelick NJ,Andrews JL,deBoer JG,Young R,Gibson DP,Walker VE

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perturbation of DNA replication by chemical-DNA adducts produced by exposure to mutagenic/carcinogenic chemicals results in mutagenic or cytotoxic damage in the DNA. Demonstration of a correlation between cell cycle dependency of cytotoxicity and point mutation at the Na+/K+ ATPase gene could suggest that the two cons...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Smith GJ,Grisham JW,Bentley KS

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic dyes are released in wastewater from textile manufacturing plants, and many of these dyes are genotoxic. In the present study, the mutagenicity of azo, anthraquinone, and triphenyl methane dyes was investigated before and after successive biodegradation with activated sludge and the ligninolytic fungus, Irpe...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Malachová K,Pavlícková Z,Novotný C,Svobodová K,Lednická D,Musílková E

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomes of all living organisms are constantly threatened by endogenous and exogenous agents that challenge the chemical integrity of DNA. Most bacteria have evolved a coordinated response to DNA damage. In Escherichia coli, this inducible system is termed the SOS response. The SOS global regulatory network consists o...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Maslowska KH,Makiela-Dzbenska K,Fijalkowska IJ

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a contribution to the second round of rodent carcinogenesis prediction organised by the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), speculative predictions for 30 chemicals currently under evaluation in U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP) rodent bioassays are presented. Core chemical data r...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Bootman J

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combinations of antiretroviral drugs that include nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) are superior to single-agent regimens in treating or preventing HIV infection, but the potential long-term health hazards of these treatments in humans are uncertain. In earlier studies, our group found that coexposur...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Meng Q,Su T,O'Neill JP,Walker VE

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural, and numeric chromosome aberrations (CA), sister-chromatid exchange (SCE), phytohemagglutinin stimulation (LI), proliferative rate index (PRI), and UV light-induced unscheduled DNA-synthesis (UDS) were investigated in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) of 48 historical controls ("Controls"); of 14 hospital ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Major J,Jakab MG,Tompa A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Risk estimates for radiation-induced cancer in humans are based on epidemiological data largely drawn from the Japanese atomic bomb survivor studies, which received an acute high dose rate (HDR) ionising radiation. Limited knowledge exists about the effects of chronic low dose rate (LDR) exposure, particularly with re...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Graupner A,Eide DM,Brede DA,Ellender M,Lindbo Hansen E,Oughton DH,Bouffler SD,Brunborg G,Olsen AK

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence in situ hybridization with 7, 17, X, and Y chromosome-specific DNA probe was used to investigate the ability of Adriamycin (AM) to induce aneuploidy in interphase human lymphocytes. The reliability of the probes was tested by hybridization to metaphases and interphase nuclei of untreated normal lymphocyte...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Aly MS,Othman OE,El Nahas SM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured rodent and human cells typically display similar clonal survival characteristics following exposure to ultraviolet light (UV). However, compared to human cells, cultured cells from mice, rats, and hamsters are generally deficient in excision repair of the most prominent DNA lesion produced by UV, the cyclobut...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Hanawalt PC

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although not mutagenic by Ames test, 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF), a leading biofuel candidate, was found to induce chromosomal damage in cultured murine cells, suggesting that it may be genotoxic. We sought to prioritize the environmental and biological impacts of using DMF as a combustible biofuel. First, we assessed DMF...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Phuong J,Kim S,Thomas R,Zhang L

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00