Antioxidant, anticlastogenic and radioprotective effect of Coleus aromaticus on Chinese hamster fibroblast cells (V79) exposed to gamma radiation.

abstract：:Urine and serum samples of rats bearing three different experimental tumours (hepatocellular carcinoma, myelomonocytic leukemia and mesoblastic nephroma) were investigated for mutagenicity with the Ames Salmonella test. Enhancement of mutagenic activity in TA98 and TA100 was observed only in the case of urine samples ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Varga C,Pocsai Z,Kertai P

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic B6C3F1 and C57BL/6 mice containing a lambda shuttle vector that carries a lacI target and an alpha lacZ reporter gene have been constructed for use in in vivo mutagenesis assays. After chemical treatment of mice carrying the lacI target gene, genomic DNA is isolated and the shuttle vector is recovered by ex...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Mirsalis JC,Provost GS,Matthews CD,Hamner RT,Schindler JE,O'Loughlin KG,MacGregor JT,Short JM

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations of DNA repair enzymes and consequential triggering of aberrant DNA damage response (DDR) pathways are thought to play a pivotal role in genomic instabilities associated with cancer development, and are further thought to be important predictive biomarkers for therapy using the synthetic lethality paradigm....

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Malfatti MC,Antoniali G,Codrich M,Burra S,Mangiapane G,Dalla E,Tell G

更新日期：2020-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Adducts of 1,2-epoxy-3-butene (EB) with haemoglobin were monitored in 17 workers from the 1,3-butadiene (BD) production unit of a petrochemical plant and in nine referents employed at the same factory but not exposed to BD. The air concentrations of BD were determined using stationary and personal monitoring. The ambi...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Osterman-Golkar S,Peltonen K,Anttinen-Klemetti T,Landin HH,Zorcec V,Sorsa M

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protection from chronic exposure to cosmic radiation, which is primarily composed of protons, in future manned missions to Mars and beyond is considered to be a key unresolved issue. To model the effects of cosmic radiation on a living cell, we used Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells harboring various deletions of DNA rep...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Rostek C,Turner EL,Robbins M,Rightnar S,Xiao W,Obenaus A,Harkness TA

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterized six SV40-transformed xeroderma pigmentosum cell lines (XP20S and XP12BE derived from female donors, XP12RO-SV, XP3BR/12SV, XP4PA-SV and XP8CAC-SV from male donors) for their usability in HPRT mutation studies. All cell lines exhibit hypersensitivity, compared with MRC5CV1 cells, towards the cytot...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Merk O,Speit G

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the very limited transduction capacity of hitherto available vectors, the success of gene therapy of tumours by means of suicide genes has so far essentially depended on the transfer of toxic drug metabolites from transduced (metabolizing) cells to adjacent non-transduced cells via gap junctions (bystander effe...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Thust R,Tomicic MT,Gräbner R,Friedrichs C,Wutzler P,Kaina B

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Barrett's oesophagus (BO) carries an increased risk of progression to oesophageal adenocarcinoma. Chromoendoscopy with methylene blue (MB) can be used to facilitate identification of BO and target areas for biopsy. If photoexcited, MB can generate reactive oxygen species and genotoxic photodegradation products leading...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Sturmey RG,Wild CP,Hardie LJ

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) and chromosome aberrations (CA) were studied in the lymphocytes of 70 male agricultural workers occupationally exposed to several pesticides and 69 matched controls, without indication of exposure to pesticides, from 'El Maresme' (Barcelona, Spain), Comparison between both groups revea...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

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

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ser326Cys polymorphism in the human 8-oxogunaine DNA glycosylase (hOGG1) gene had been implicated in cancer susceptibility. Studies investigating the associations between the Ser326Cys polymorphism and cancer susceptibility showed conflicting results. To derive a more precise estimation of the relationship, a meta...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Wang W,Wang M,Chen Y,Zhang Z,Wang S,Xu M,Wang B,Zhao Q,Zhang Z

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytogenetic effects of mimosine, a naturally occurring plant amino acid known to arrest cell-cycle progression at the G1-S border in cultured cells, have been studied. It was found that mimosine inhibits the cell-cycle progression in a dose-dependent manner in primary and transformed Chinese hamster fibroblasts as...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Jha AN,Hande PM,Mullenders LH,Natarajan AT

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AHH-1 TK+/- is a human B cell-derived lymphoblastoid cell line that constitutively expresses a high level of the cytochrome CYP1A1. The MCL-5 cell line was developed by transfection of AHH-1 with cDNAs encoding the human cytochrome P450s, CYP1A2, CYP2A6, CYP2E1, CYP3A4 and microsomal epoxide hydrolase carried in plasm...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Corso C,Parry EM

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Published data regarding the association between the apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1) T1349G (Asp148Glu) polymorphism and cancer risk show inconclusive results. To derive a more precise estimation of the relationship, we performed a meta-analysis of 27 published studies that included 12 432 cancer cases and...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Gu D,Wang M,Wang M,Zhang Z,Chen J

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clastogenic potential of sodium fluoride was determined both in vitro (using cultured human lymphocytes) and in vivo (using the rat bone-marrow micronucleus test). The incidence of chromosome aberrations in human lymphocyte cultures exposed to 20 or 40 micrograms/ml sodium fluoride (3 and 9% respectively) was sign...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Albanese R

更新日期：1987-11-01 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：:We report on a new method for the study of radiation-induced chromatid breaks in stimulated human peripheral blood T lymphocytes, involving a combination of a 1-h colcemid block and a short (15 min) calyculin A treatment. We find that this procedure eliminates the problem of centromere splitting when calyculin A is us...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Shovman O,Riches AC,Adamson D,Bryant PE

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aneuploidy inducing capacity of 2-chlorobenzylidene malonitrile (CS), a chemical used as a riot control agent, and its hydrolysis products o-chlorobenzaldehyde and malonitrile was studied at various exposure conditions in V79 Chinese hamster cells. Chromosomes were counted in metaphase preparations with preserved ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Schmid E,Bauchinger M

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

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 spectrum of mutations induced by cobalt(II) chloride (CoCl2) was examined using plasmid pUB3 DNA, which was propagated after transfection into Escherichia coli SY1032/pKY241 host cells. The vector plasmid carried an E.coli supF suppressor tRNA gene as a target for mutations. After CoCl2 treatment, 64 independent n...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Ogawa HI,Ohyama Y,Ohsumi Y,Kakimoto K,Kato Y,Shirai Y,Nunoshiba T,Yamamoto K

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to establish the capacity of Mytilus spp. to form genotoxin-DNA adducts, a series of in vitro and in vivo studies were conducted in which tissue samples and animals were exposed to five model genotoxins. Following the in vitro characterization of the major adducts induced by the compounds, a series of in vivo...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Harvey JS,Parry JM

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The over-production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) can cause oxidative damage to a large number of molecules, including DNA, and has been associated with the pathogenesis of several disorders, such as diabetes mellitus (DM), dyslipidemia and periodontitis (PD). We hypothesise that the presence of these diseases coul...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Corbi SC,Bastos AS,Orrico SR,Secolin R,Dos Santos RA,Takahashi CS,Scarel-Caminaga RM

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggest increased cancer risk in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) compared with healthy individuals. The present study aims to assess whether T2DM is associated with increased genome instability and whether a healthy diet with natural foods can improve genome stability in peripheral blood l...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Müllner E,Brath H,Toferer D,Adrigan S,Bulla MT,Stieglmayer R,Wallner M,Marek R,Wagner KH

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：:The revertibility of three spontaneous hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPRT)-deficient V79 cell lines has been determined after exposure to a number of alkylating agents. TG11 and 19 reverted at frequencies ranging from 1 X 10(-5) to 1 X 10(-4) after exposure to doses of ethylmethane sulphonate (EMS) N-methyl...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Fox M,Rossiter BJ,Brennand J

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The restriction site mutation method described by Parry et al. (1990) for isolating mutant sequences directly from DNA is discussed and an additional enrichment step proposed using magnetic beads. ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Bridges BA,Carr AM,Lehmann AR

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human lymphocyte micronucleus (MN) test combined with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) of a centromeric probe is considered a useful screening assay to distinguish between clastogenic and aneugenic agents. Four suspected aneuploidy-inducing chemicals, acetaldehyde (AA), diethylstilbestrol (DES), diethylst...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Migliore L,Cocchi L,Scarpato R

更新日期：1996-05-01 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：:Five independently isolated glutathione-deficient (gsh-) mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisae with maximally 6% residual glutathione content have been analysed genetically. Complementation as well as tetrad analysis of the homo- and heterozygous diploids constructed by suitable crosses of the five mutants indicated that...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Kistler M,Maier K,Eckardt-Schupp F

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many chronic inflammatory conditions are associated with an increased risk of cancer development. At the site of inflammation, cellular DNA is damaged by hypochlorous acid (HOCl), a potent oxidant generated by myeloperoxidase. 8-Chloro-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-Cl-dG) is a major DNA adduct formed by HOCl and has been detec...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Sassa A,Kamoshita N,Matsuda T,Ishii Y,Kuraoka I,Nohmi T,Ohta T,Honma M,Yasui M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A relatively large, reproducible inter-individual variation was found in the ability of 17 human liver S9 samples to mediate the mutagenicity of 2-acetylaminofluorene (2AAF) in Salmonella typhimurium strain TA98. In an animal model, variation in metabolic activation of 2AAF did not appear to relate to the phenotype of...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Smith AJ,Chipman JK

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00