Structure-activity relationship of genotoxic polycyclic aromatic nitro compounds: further evidence for the importance of hydrophobicity and molecular orbital energies in genetic toxicity.

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected pregnant women are administered nucleoside-analogue antiretrovirals to reduce maternal-infant viral transmission. The current protocol recommends treating newborns for 6 additional weeks postpartum. The treatment is effective, but the risk of drug-induced chromosomal damage ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Bishop JB,Witt KL,Tice RR,Wolfe GW

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isothiocyanates (ITCs) are commonly found in cruciferous vegetables. A variety of biological activities have been ascribed to ITCs, such as inhibition of cytochrome P450 enzymes and induction of phase II enzymes in animal models. ITCs are also able to block cell-cycle progression and induce apoptosis in human cancer c...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Fimognari C,Berti F,Cantelli-Forti G,Hrelia P

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respirable crystalline silica has been classified as a human lung carcinogen. Ultrafine (diameter < 100 nm) silica particles may be important in carcinogenesis, although the mechanisms remain unclear. In the present study, WIL2-NS cells were incubated for 6, 24, and 48 hr with 0, 30, 60, and 120 microg/ml ultrafine cr...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Wang JJ,Sanderson BJ,Wang H

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：:Experiments described herein were designed to evaluate the performance characteristics of a flow cytometry-based system that scores the incidence of peripheral blood micronucleated reticulocytes (MN-RETs). These procedures represent the continued refinement of a previously reported anti-CD71-based method (Dertinger et...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Dertinger SD,Camphausen K,Macgregor JT,Bishop ME,Torous DK,Avlasevich S,Cairns S,Tometsko CR,Menard C,Muanza T,Chen Y,Miller RK,Cederbrant K,Sandelin K,Pontén I,Bolcsfoldi G

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the assumption that compounds having similar toxic modes of action induce specific gene expression changes, the toxicity of unknown compounds can be predicted after comparison of their molecular fingerprints with those obtained with compounds of known toxicity. These predictive models will therefore rely on t...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Thybaud V,Le Fevre AC,Boitier E

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the influence of DNA repair by Ogt alkyltransferase on the distribution of alkylnitrosourea-induced mutations, we have analysed in Ogt-proficient and Ogt-deficient bacterial strains the DNA sequence changes of a total of 357 independent mutations occurring within the initial part of the lacl gene of Esche...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Vidal A,Abril N,Pueyo C

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate whether blood-based genotoxicity endpoints can provide temporal and dose-response data within the low-dose carcinogenic range that could contribute to carcinogenic mode of action (MoA) assessments, we evaluated the sensitivity of flow cytometry-based micronucleus and Pig-a gene mutation assays at and below...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Dertinger SD,Phonethepswath S,Avlasevich SL,Torous DK,Mereness J,Cottom J,Bemis JC,Macgregor JT

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human exposure to airborne particulate matter (PM) is associated with adverse cardiopulmonary health effects, including lung cancer. Ambient PM represents a heterogeneous mixture of chemical classes including transition metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their derivatives such as nitro-PAHs, many of w...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Jarvis IWH,Enlo-Scott Z,Nagy E,Mudway IS,Tetley TD,Arlt VM,Phillips DH

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The placenta is a readily available source of material for molecular epidemiological investigations. As such, DNA damage in this tissue can be indicative of maternal exposure to environmental pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Previous reports have demonstrated that (32)P-postlabeling (PPL) is...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Marafie EM,Marafie I,Emery SJ,Waters R,Jones NJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clustered damage induced by ionizing radiation--two or more oxidized bases, abasic sites, or strand breaks within a few DNA helical turns--have been postulated to be major lethal and/or mutagenic sites. Although they have recently been shown to be induced in genomic DNAs by ionizing photons and particles, little is kn...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Sutherland BM,Bennett PV,Weinert E,Sidorkina O,Laval J

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral lymphocytes from Taiwanese women (n = 35) exposed to polychlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons and from matched controls (n = 24) were assessed for the levels of sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) after a 72-hour incubation of whole blood in the presence or absence of alpha-naphthoflavone (ANF) and for chromosom...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Lundgren K,Collman GW,Wang-Wuu S,Tiernan T,Taylor M,Thompson CL,Lucier GW

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro transcriptional signatures that predict toxicities can facilitate chemical screening. We previously developed a transcriptomic biomarker (known as TGx-28.65) for classifying agents as genotoxic (DNA damaging) and non-genotoxic in human lymphoblastoid TK6 cells. Because TK6 cells do not express cytochrome P450...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Yauk CL,Buick JK,Williams A,Swartz CD,Recio L,Li HH,Fornace AJ Jr,Thomson EM,Aubrecht J

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) is a critical event in the development of human cancers. LOH is thought to result from either a large deletion or recombination between homologous alleles during repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). These types of genetic alterations produce mutations in the TK gene mutation assay, w...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Honma M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron oxide nanoparticles (ION) are gaining importance as diagnostic and therapeutic tool of central nervous system diseases. Although oleic acid-coated ION (O-ION) have been described as stable and biocompatible, their potential neurotoxicity was scarcely evaluated in human nervous cells so far. The primary aim of thi...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Fernández-Bertólez N,Costa C,Brandão F,Duarte JA,Teixeira JP,Pásaro E,Valdiglesias V,Laffon B

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：:Occupational exposure to pesticides in tobacco fields causes genetic damage in farmers. The aim of this study was to analyze tobacco farmers chronically exposed to low doses of pesticides and nicotine (present in the tobacco leaves) in relation to absolute telomere length (aTL), and explore the influence of lifestyle ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Kahl VF,Simon D,Salvador M,Branco Cdos S,Dias JF,da Silva FR,de Souza CT,da Silva J

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：: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：:The 1960s witnessed detailed studies on the genetic properties of a large number of histidine-requiring mutants of Salmonella typhimurium. The early 1970s saw development of selected strains, the Ames strains, for use in rapid, cheap, sensitive, and manipulable tests of chemicals and chemical mixtures for genotoxic ac...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Hartman PE

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genotoxicity of humic acid and its possible interaction with the herbicides alachlor and maleic hydrazide have been evaluated in cultured human lymphocytes from two donors. Humic acid and the two herbicides have been tested (alone and combined) for sister-chromatid exchange (SCE) induction. In addition, the effect...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Ribas G,Carbonell E,Creus A,Xamena N,Marcos R

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unpublished results from our laboratory showed that colchicine increased the incidence of hyperploid mouse metaphase II (MII) oocytes when injected at the same time as human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG). The objective of the present study was to determine whether the time of administering colchicine influenced the in...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Mailhes JB,Yuan ZP

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mutational spectrum for 28 X-ray induced mutations and 2 spontaneous mutations, previously determined by genetic and cytogenetic methods, consisted of 20 multilocus deficiencies (19 induced and 1 spontaneous) and 10 intragenic mutations (9 induced and 1 spontaneous). One of the X-ray induced intragenic mutations w...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Mahmoud J,Fossett NG,Arbour-Reily P,McDaniel M,Tucker A,Chang SH,Lee WR

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In industrialized countries, heart disease rates are higher among women after menopause. Recent studies indicate that consumption of phytoestorogens, e.g., isoflavones such as genistein (GE), may have potential cardiovascular health benefits; however, no studies have evaluated the effect of these agents on toxicant-in...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Manjanatha MG,Shelton SD,Rhodes BS,Bishop ME,Lyn-Cook LE,Aidoo A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AQ-13 ([N1-(7-chloro-quinolin-4yl)-3-(N3,N3-diethylamino)propylamine] dihydrochloride trihydrate) is an aminoquinoline antimalarial drug that is effective against chloroquine-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum. It is structurally similar to the widely used chloroquine diphosphate (CQ). We evaluated these drugs...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Riccio ES,Lee PS,Winegar RA,Krogstad DJ,De D,Mirsalis JC

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coal is the largest fossil fuel source used for the generation of energy. However, coal extraction and its use constitute important pollution factors; thus, risk characterization and estimation are extremely important for the safety of coal workers and the environment. Candiota is located to the southeast of the state...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Rohr P,da Silva J,da Silva FR,Sarmento M,Porto C,Debastiani R,Dos Santos CE,Dias JF,Kvitko K

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Mentha piperita or peppermint is currently used for alleviating nausea, flatulence, and vomiting. In the present investigation, we evaluated the chemopreventive, antigenotoxic, and antioxidative effects of an aqueous extract of Mentha piperita leaves. One-day-old Swiss albino mice were treated with a single subcutaneo...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Samarth RM,Panwar M,Kumar A

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major pathway of bioactivation of procarcinogenic heterocyclic aromatic amines (HCAs) is cytochrome P450 1A2 (CYP1A2)-catalyzed N-hydroxylation and subsequent esterification by O-acetyltransferase (O-AT). We have previously reported that an umu tester strain, Salmonella typhimurium OY1001/1A2, endogenously coexpre...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Aryal P,Terashita T,Guengerich FP,Shimada T,Oda Y

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclease P1 modification of the 32P-postlabeling technique was used to study the biological activity of 7H-dibenzo[c,g]carbazole (DBC) and some of its derivatives, including N-methyldibenzo[c,g]carbazole (N-MeDBC), 5,9-dimethyldibenzo[c,g]carbazole (5,9-diMeDBC), 5,9,N-trimethyldibenzo[c,g]carbazole (5,9,N-triMeDB...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Gábelová A,Périn-Roussel O,Jounaidi Y,Périn F

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00