Analysis of eight known or suspected aneugens by the in vitro human lymphocyte micronucleus test.

abstract：:We have investigated the relative importance of DNA methylation-directed repair of replication errors to the production of mutation/gene rearrangements in mammalian cells with hypomethylated genomes. Using a series of sibling (Chinese hamster derived) cell clones with stably altered DNA methylation levels, we found th...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Diver WP,Woodcock DM

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human FANCG/XRCC9 gene, which is defective in Fanconi anemia complementation group G (FA-G) cells, was first cloned by genetic complementation of the mitomycin C (MMC) sensitivity of CHO mutant UV40. The CHO NM3 mutant was subsequently assigned to the same complementation group. The parental AA8 CHO cells are hemi...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Lamerdin JE,Yamada NA,George JW,Souza B,Christian AT,Jones NJ,Thompson LH

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports showed the protective effect of the synthetic antioxidant butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) against the chromosomal damage induced by bleomycin (BLM), cadmium chloride and potassium dichromate. To test the hypothesis that this effect was exerted by inhibition and/or scavenging of reactive oxygen species ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Grillo CA,Dulout FN

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we evaluated campthotecin (CPT)-induced chromosomal damage in human lymphocytes in the G0 phase of the cell cycle as revealed by the premature chromosome condensation technique. The results obtained here indicate that CPT was able to induce chromosome fragments in the G0 phase of the cell cycle of...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Mosesso P,Fonti E,Bassi L,Lorenti Garcia C,Palitti F

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The single-cell gel electrophoresis--the comet assay--has proved to be a sensitive and relatively simple method that is much used in research for the analysis of specific types of DNA damage, and its use in genotoxicity testing is increasing. The efficiency of the comet assay, in terms of number of samples processed p...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Gutzkow KB,Langleite TM,Meier S,Graupner A,Collins AR,Brunborg G

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coleus aromaticus (Benth, Family: Laminaceae), Indian Oregano native to India and Mediterranean, is well known for its medicinal properties. A preliminary study was undertaken to elucidate in vitro free radical scavenging potential and inhibition of lipid peroxidation by C.aromaticus hydroalcoholic extract (CAE). Anti...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Rao BS,Shanbhoge R,Upadhya D,Jagetia GC,Adiga SK,Kumar P,Guruprasad K,Gayathri P

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inter-individual differences in susceptibility to breast cancer are partially mediated through the levels of endogenous and exogenous steroid hormones. The CYP17 gene encodes P450c17alpha, an enzyme that is involved in the metabolism of steroid hormones. Increased endogenous steroid hormone levels have been associated...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Ye Z,Parry JM

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A working party was set up by the UK Environmental Mutagen Society to consider alternatives to Aroclor 1254 (Aroclor)-induced S9 in in vitro genotoxicity assays, with the aims of considering whether a replacement for Aroclor in its role in general screening assays could be readily identified. The working party conclud...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Elliott BM,Combes RD,Elcombe CR,Gatehouse DG,Gibson GG,Mackay JM,Wolf RC

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of novel nanomaterials with unique physico-chemical properties is increasing at a rapid rate, with potential applications across a broad range of manufacturing industries and consumer products. Nanomaterial safety is therefore becoming an increasingly contentious issue that has intensified over the pas...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Doak SH,Griffiths SM,Manshian B,Singh N,Williams PM,Brown AP,Jenkins GJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A substantial database on hprt mutant frequency in circulating T-cells derived from 153 normal humans was analysed to determine if any effect of alcohol consumption could be detected. Alcohol intake (as reported in a questionnaire completed at the time of the blood sample) ranged from 0 to 35+ units per week. Donors w...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Cole J,Green MH

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A spectrum of 100 mutations in the endogenous hprt gene of the human lymphoblastoid TK6 cell line is presented. The majority of the mutations originates in sequences outside the coding region of the gene. Large deletions are a major cause of inactivation of the hprt gene (57% of the mutants). Mutations in the splice s...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Lichtenauer-Kaligis EG,Thijssen JC,den Dulk H,van de Putte P,Giphart-Gassler M,Tasseron-de Jong JG

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urine samples from 26 cigarette smokers on a restricted diet were collected in the late afternoon. Urine extracts on XAD-2 resin were tested for mutagenicity in the microsuspension assay using Salmonella typhimurium strain TA98 in the presence of metabolizing and deconjugating enzymes. Levels of urinary nicotine plus ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Granella M,Priante E,Nardini B,Bono R,Clonfero E

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An established human hepatoma cell strain (Hep G2) was used in micronuclei (MN) and sister chromatid exchange (SCE) assays to evaluate the clastogenic potential of several indirectly-acting mutagenic carcinogens. Benzo[a]pyrene, cyclophosphamide, dimethyl nitrosamine, hexamethylphosphoramide, pyrene and safrole were s...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Natarajan AT,Darroudi F

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal recessive woolly hair/hypotrichosis (ARWH/HT: OMIM #278150/604379) is a rare hereditary hair disease characterized by tightly curled hair at birth which can lead to sparse hair later in life. The mutations in both LIPH and LPAR6/P2RY5 are responsible for autosomal recessive woolly hair with or without hypotr...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Chang XD,Gu YJ,Dai S,Chen XR,Zhang CL,Zhao HS,Song QH

更新日期：2017-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The principal hydroxy-metabolites of benzene--hydroquinone, catechol and phenol--were assayed in tests for mitotic segregation induction in Aspergillus nidulans diploid strain 19. Hydroquinone was the most effective chemical, increasing the frequency of mitotic segregants up to 10-fold at 1-3 mM. Catechol was similarl...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Crebelli R,Conti G,Carere A

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunohistochemical method for the determination of 6-thioguanine resistant (TGr) lymphocytes in human blood samples has been developed. The new technique is a modification of the autoradiographic assay and uses labelling of DNA synthesizing cells by bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) instead of tritiated thymidine. The labe...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Montero R,Norppa H,Autio K,Lindholm C,Ostrosky-Wegman P,Sorsa M

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aneuploidy has important consequences for human health. There is a requirement to detect aneugens that may not be fully satisfied by the current test batter. New cytogenetic techniques look promising. ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors：

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of deficiency in the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) protein Pms2 were investigated using the endogenous mouse Hprt and Tk genes as reporters of intragenic mutation and loss of heterozygosity (LOH). Pms2(-/-)Tk(+/-), Pms2(+/+)Tk(+/-), Pms2(+/-)Tk(+/-) and Pms2(-/-)Tk(-/-) mice were bred from Pms2(+/-)Tk(+/-) mic...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Dobrovolsky VN,McKinzie PB,Shaddock JG,Mittelstaedt RA,Heflich RH,Parsons BL

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fanconi anaemia (FA) patients show cellular sensitivity to a variety of clastogens and prominently to cross-linking agents. Although there is a long-standing clinical impression of radiosensitivity, in vitro studies have yielded conflicting results. In this study, initial radiation-induced DNA damage and kinetics of D...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Mohseni-Meybodi A,Mozdarani H,Mozdarani S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past decade, a number of case-control studies have been carried out to investigate the relationship between the HHEX polymorphism and type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, the results have been inconclusive. To investigate this inconsistency, we performed a meta-analysis of all available studies dealing with the rela...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Cai Y,Yi J,Ma Y,Fu D

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many chemical carcinogens require metabolic activation to form genotoxic compounds in human. Standard in vitro genotoxicity assays performed with activation systems, such as rat liver S9, are recognised to lead to a high number of false positives. The aim of this study was to evaluate the suitability of differentiated...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Le Hegarat L,Dumont J,Josse R,Huet S,Lanceleur R,Mourot A,Poul JM,Guguen-Guillouzo C,Guillouzo A,Fessard V

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are fibrous carbon-based nanomaterials with a potential to cause carcinogenesis in humans. Alterations in DNA methylation on cytosine-phosphate-guanidine (CpG) sites are potential markers of exposure-induced carcinogenesis. This study examined cytotoxicity, genotoxicity and DNA methylation alte...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Öner D,Moisse M,Ghosh M,Duca RC,Poels K,Luyts K,Putzeys E,Cokic SM,Van Landuyt K,Vanoirbeek J,Lambrechts D,Godderis L,Hoet PH

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts from lean pork heated at 200 degrees C have a strong mutagenic activity in the Ames Salmonella assay (strain TA98 +S9). The formation of mutagenicity is highly temperature dependent, thus an extract heated at 100 degrees C is not mutagenic in this system. This paper shows that the 200 degrees C extract also c...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Kolman A,Kleman M,Bohusová T,Gustafsson JA,Overvik E

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The XPF and ERCC1 proteins form a tight complex and function as an endonuclease to incise on the 5'-side of pyrimidine dimers in DNA. Levels of both proteins are extremely low in group F xeroderma pigmentosum (XP-F) cells. We transfected XP-F cells with the plasmids expressing XPF or ERCC1 and examined levels of both ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Yagi T,Katsuya A,Koyano A,Takebe H

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development and use of chromosome-specific DNA probes to label entire human chromosomes has been an important advance in molecular cytogenetics. Fluorescence in situ hybridization using whole chromosome-specific DNA probes has been used to study both numerical and structural chromosomal aberrations in many human c...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Blakey DH,Bayley JM,Huang KC

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the human bladder carcinogen 4-aminobiphenyl (ABP) and its N-hydroxy derivatives was investigated using lysates and subcellular enzyme preparations from cultured human uroepithelial cells (HUC). Mutagenic activation was determined using Salmonella typhimurium strains TA98; TA98/1,8-DNP6, a derivative def...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Hatcher JF,Rao KP,Swaminathan S

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative and qualitative aspects of the in vivo micronucleus-inducing potential of five chemicals were studied using flow cytometric enumeration of micronucleated polychromatic peripheral blood erythrocytes in mice. The chemicals were hydroquinone, vinblastine sulphate, chloral hydrate (tested in two different mou...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Grawé J,Nüsse M,Adler ID

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction of aneuploidy in cultured mammalian cells has been studied using two chemical agents, diethylstilboestrol dipropionate and Colcemid, which act on the mitotic spindle, in order to investigate different methods of scoring and statistical analysis. Two cell lines, one human and the other Chinese hamster, we...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Danford N,Balfe P

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dibenz[a,h]anthracene (DB[a,h]A) is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon that is a by-product of combustion and a potent carcinogen. Few studies have investigated the effects of DB[a,h]A on mRNA and microRNA expression to dissect the mechanisms involved in carcinogenesis. In this study, mature male mice (Muta(™)Mouse) we...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Malik AI,Rowan-Carroll A,Williams A,Lemieux CL,Long AS,Arlt VM,Phillips DH,White PA,Yauk CL

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All of the published mutagenicity data generated using the Muta Mouse (lacZ) and the Big Blue (lacI) transgenic mouse mutation assays have been re-presented in a standard format. To date, 26 chemicals have been evaluated in one or other of the assays, and eight tissues have been sampled. The present analysis should ex...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Morrison V,Ashby J

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00