Novel DNA repair alkyltransferase from Caenorhabditis elegans.

abstract：:DAS (diallyl sulfide), DADS (diallyl disulfide), and DATS (diallyl trisulfide) are major oil-soluble allyl sulfides (OAS) that represent major garlic constituents. The anticarcinogenic and antimutagenic effects of these substances have been extensively studied during the last decades. Previous reports suggest that ind...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Wu XJ,Hu Y,Lamy E,Mersch-Sundermann V

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maintenance of the mitochondrial genome is essential for proper cellular function. For this purpose, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) needs to be faithfully replicated, transcribed, translated, and repaired in the face of constant onslaught from endogenous and environmental agents. Although only 13 polypeptides are encoded w...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Sharma N,Pasala MS,Prakash A

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Azidothymidine (AZT) is a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) that is used for reducing mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus I. Combinations of AZT and 3'-thiacytidine (3TC) are even more effective than AZT alone. AZT, however, is a mutagen and carcinogen in rodent models and 3TC ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Dobrovolsky VN,Shaddock JG,Mittelstaedt RA,Bishop ME,Lewis SM,Lee FW,Aidoo A,Leakey JE,Dunnick JK,Heflich RH

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular analysis of proaerolysin selected glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor (GPI-a) deficient isolates in the TK6 cell line was performed. Initial studies found that the expected X-linked PIGA mutations were rare among the spontaneous isolates but did increase modestly after ethyl methane sulfate (EMS) treatment (...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Nicklas JA,Carter EW,Albertini RJ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown previously that carbon black (CB), Printex 90 exposure induces cII and lacZ mutants in the FE1-Muta(TM) Mouse lung epithelial cell line and causes oxidatively damaged DNA and the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The purpose of this study was to determine the mutation spectrum in the cII g...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Jacobsen NR,White PA,Gingerich J,Møller P,Saber AT,Douglas GR,Vogel U,Wallin H

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparison of spontaneous mutation spectra derived from different transgenic constructs can provide valuable insights for interpreting the mechanisms of spontaneous mutation. In this study, spontaneous mutation frequencies and spectra of the lacI transgene are compared in the liver of C57BL/6, B6C3F1, and BC-1 mice an...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Zhang S,Glickman BW,de Boer JG

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative damage (lipid peroxidation, LPO) induced in a completely defined system containing glutathione (GSH), purified gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), and EDTA- and ADP-chelated ferric iron was enhanced by catalytic amounts of cupric ions and by ceruloplasmin (CP). The enhancement depended on GSH concentration,...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Glass GA,Stark AA

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:Vanillin (VA) modulates the genotoxicity of chemical and physical agents in a complex manner. Previous studies indicate that VA inhibits the mutagenicity but increases the mitotic homologous recombination caused by at least some genotoxic agents. In the present study, we have evaluated the effects of VA on the repair ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Furlanetto MP,Sinigaglia M,Amaral VS,Dihl RR,de Andrade HH

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accessibility of reactive metabolites to test cells is critical for a genotoxic response. However, sulfo-conjugates formed outside may not readily enter cells, and some metabolites formed by cytochromes P450 (CYPs) may not endure transport. This topic was addressed in the present study, using V79 cells engineered ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Zhu N,Hu K,Li Z,Chen Y,Liu Y

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antioxidant vitamins are able to deactivate highly bioactive molecules, such as free radicals, that are generated during cellular biochemical processes. Doxorubicin (DXR) is a cancer chemotherapeutic agent that generates free radicals as a byproduct. In the present study, the Drosophila melanogaster somatic wing spot ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Costa WF,Nepomuceno JC

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Big Blue mouse was used to investigate the role of cell proliferation in mutation fixation in the mouse back skin model of carcinogenesis. Phorbol 12-myristate 13 acetate (TPA) was applied to the dorsum of Big Blue mice to manipulate cell proliferation, and benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) or BaP-diolepoxide (BPDE) was applie...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Miller ML,Vasunia K,Talaska G,Andringa A,de Boer J,Dixon K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome P450 (CYP), glutathione-S-transferase (GST), and N-acetyltransferase (NAT) are crucial for metabolism and clearance of xenobiotics. This study investigated whether CYP, GST, and NAT single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) in patients with Lynch syndrome. The intera...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Kamiza AB,You JF,Wang WC,Tang R,Chang CY,Chien HT,Lai CH,Chiu LL,Lo TP,Hung KY,Hsiung CA,Yeh CC

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of meiotic and postmeiotic germ-cell-stage sensitivity of male mice to induction of unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS) by acrylamide showed that DNA repair could be detected in early spermatocytes (after the last scheduled DNA synthesis) through about mid-spermatid stages. No DNA repair could be detected in later...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Sega GA,Generoso EE,Brimer PA

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present work we analyse some properties of the pso4-1 (= xs9) mutant of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which is blocked in both reverse mutation and recombination. We have applied the "apparent survival test" as a method to characterize putative inducible error-prone repair activities related to the PSO4 g...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Severgnini A,Lillo O,Nunes E

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endogenous X-linked PIG-A gene is involved in the synthesis of glycosyl phosphatidyl inositol (GPI) anchors that tether specific protein markers to the exterior of mammalian cell cytoplasmic membranes. Earlier studies in rodent models indicate that Pig-a mutant red blood cells (RBCs) can be induced in animals trea...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Dobrovolsky VN,Elespuru RK,Bigger CA,Robison TW,Heflich RH

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents the first application of an in vivo alkaline comet assay using haemocytes of Drosophila melanogaster larvae. These cells, which play a role similar to that of mammalian blood, can be easily obtained and represent an overall exposure of the treated larvae. To validate the assay, we evaluated the res...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Carmona ER,Guecheva TN,Creus A,Marcos R

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diesel exhaust (DE) is a major airborne pollutant of urban areas. It contains various polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and nitrated PAHs. In this study, gpt delta mice were treated with inhalation of 1 or 3 mg m(-3) DE, or a single intratracheal instillation of diesel exhaust particles (DEP) or DEP extract. In t...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Hashimoto AH,Amanuma K,Hiyoshi K,Sugawara Y,Goto S,Yanagisawa R,Takano H,Masumura K,Nohmi T,Aoki Y

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that N-nitrosopyrrolidine (NPYR), a carcinogen in rodents, is metabolically activated by microsomal cytochrome P450 to form an alpha-hydroxylated derivative, which induces mutations. The mutations have been demonstrated by use of Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli. We discovered directly acting mu...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Arimoto-Kobayashi S,Inada N,Anma N,Shimada H,Hayatsu H

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2,6-Dicyano-4-nitroaniline and 2-cyano-4-nitroaniline (CNNA; 2-amino-5-nitrobenzonitrile) are potent mutagens in the Ames test, even though unsubstituted nitroanilines (NAs) are no more than weak mutagens. These compounds are putative reduction products of many commercial azo dyes, including Disperse Blue 165, Dispers...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Josephy PD,Dhanoa J,Elzawy G,Heney K,Petrie L,Senis C

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BDF1 mice were exposed in inhalation chambers to benzene (900 ppm, 300 ppm) and/or toluene (500 ppm, 250 ppm) 6 hr per day, 5 days per week, for up to 8 weeks. Benzene alone induced a slight anemia after 4 and 8 weeks and a reduction of BFU-E and CFU-E numbers in the marrow. The coexposure to toluene reduced the degre...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Plappert U,Barthel E,Seidel HJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Titanium dioxide (TiO2 ) nanomaterials (NMs) are widely used in a diversity of products including cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, food, and inks, despite uncertainties surrounding the potential health risks that they pose to humans and the environment. Previous studies on the genotoxicity of TiO2 have reported discrepant ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Louro H,Tavares A,Vital N,Costa PM,Alverca E,Zwart E,de Jong WH,Fessard V,Lavinha J,Silva MJ

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occupational exposure to wood dust is associated with the occurrence of nasal cancer. In this study, we investigated micronuclei and nuclear changes (NCs: binucleates, karyorrhexis, karyolysis, and the "broken egg" effect) in exfoliated buccal cells of 20 workers exposed to wood dust and 20 age- and sex-matched contro...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Celik A,Kanik A

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is a major source of indoor air pollution. Extractable-respirable particulate (ERP) from the ETS-contaminated indoor air (ERP-ETS) was collected from six passenger train cars and one control room. The mutagenicity of ERP-ETS was tested in the Ames/Salmonella test in the presence of ma...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Zhou R,Yu G,Zhou Y,Zeng X

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigations have been carried out which have measured the influence of the repair polymerases on the yield of different types of chromosomal aberrations. The studies were mainly concerned with the effect of inhibiting the polymerases on the yield of aberrations. The polymerases fill in single strand regions, and th...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Moore RC,Bender MA

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under the exposome paradigm all nongenetic factors contributing to disease are considered to be 'environmental' including chemicals, drugs, infectious agents, and psychosocial stress. We can consider these collectively as environmental stressors. Exposomics is the comprehensive analysis of exposure to all environmenta...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Smith MT,de la Rosa R,Daniels SI

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of 6-thioguanine resistant (TGr) mutants induced in human G0 phase T-lymphocytes by 200 cGy of gamma irradiation is greatly enhanced by incubation with cytosine arabinoside (ara-C) after irradiation. The mutant frequency increased with increasing incubation time in ara-C for up to 2 hr. This mutation ind...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： O'Neill JP,Sullivan LM,Hunter TC,Nicklas JA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lead is a widely existing environmental pollutant with potential carcinogenicity. To investigate the association of blood lead level (B-Pb) with potential chromosomal damage and cancer, we analyzed micronucleus (MN) frequency of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) and the methylation status of six human tumor suppress...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Yu LB,Tu YT,Huang JW,Zhang YN,Zheng GQ,Xu XW,Wang JW,Xiao JQ,Christiani DC,Xia ZL

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used an SV40-based shuttle vector, pZ189, to investigate the capacity of HeLa cell extracts to reproduce the in vivo process of mutation fixation. We showed previously that when UV-irradiated pZ189 is replicated in these extracts, bypass of UV photoproducts occurs, resulting in base substitution mutations in t...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Carty MP,el-Saleh S,Zernik-Kobak M,Dixon K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This laboratory has previously described a method for scoring the incidence of rodent blood Pig-a mutant phenotype erythrocytes using immunomagnetic separation in conjunction with flow cytometric analysis (In Vivo MutaFlow®). The current work extends this approach to human blood. The frequencies of CD59- and CD55-nega...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Dertinger SD,Avlasevich SL,Bemis JC,Chen Y,MacGregor JT

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00