Reproductive integrity of mammalian cells exposed to power frequency electromagnetic fields.

abstract：:Amsacrine (4'-(9-acridinylamino)methanesulphon-m-anisidide) is an antileukemic drug which inhibits topoisomerase II (topo II) enzymes. We studied effects of two concentrations of amsacrine on the GM10115A cell line. This is a Chinese hamster line containing a single human chromosome 4, which can be readily visualised ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Ferguson LR,Whiteside G,Holdaway KM,Baguley BC

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to inorganic arsenic increases the risk of basal cell carcinoma (BCC). Arsenic metabolism is a susceptibility factor for arsenic toxicity, and specific haplotypes in arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase (AS3MT) have been associated with increased urinary fractions of the most toxic arsenic metabolit...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Engström KS,Vahter M,Fletcher T,Leonardi G,Goessler W,Gurzau E,Koppova K,Rudnai P,Kumar R,Broberg K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of several methodological factors on mean values of sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) and micronuclei (MN) in peripheral lymphocytes of 1,650 subjects was analyzed. Donors belonged to a general healthy population living in Pisa and in two nearby small cities: Cascina and Navacchio (Ca-Na). Blood samples ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Barale R,Marrazzini A,Bacci E,Di Sibio A,Tessa A,Cocchi L,Scarcelli V,Lubrano V,Vassalle C,Landi S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effects of urban air pollutants on human nasal mucosa over an 8-month period on 102 subjects living in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. A group of subjects living in a city with a lower level of pollution (Sassari, Sardinia, Italy) was also analyzed. Nasal mucosa cells were harvested by brushing, a noninvasi...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Pacini S,Giovannelli L,Gulisano M,Peruzzi B,Polli G,Boddi V,Ruggiero M,Bozzo C,Stomeo F,Fenu G,Pezzatini S,Pitozzi V,Dolara P

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-DCP) to induce dominant lethal mutations in the germ cells of male CD rats following inhalation exposure was investigated. Groups of 11-week-old males (30 animals/group) were exposed to 1,3-DCP vapors by inhalation at targeted concentrations of 0 (negative control), 10, 60, an...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Gollapudi BB,Cieszlak FS,Day SJ,Carney EW

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polluted soil sampled from a former coking plant in Lorraine (France) was studied for its genotoxicity and reproductive effects on the Eisenia fetida earthworm. Genotoxicity was investigated by means of the single-cell gel electrophoresis (comet) assay on the coelomocytes of earthworms after 4 and 10 days of exposure ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Bonnard M,Eom IC,Morel JL,Vasseur P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytotoxicity of streptozotocin (STZ) was investigated in Chinese hamster fibroblast lines (CHO-9 and V79) in comparison to two other alkylating agents, methylnitrosourea (MNU) and ethylnitrosourea (ENU), using cell survival as the endpoint. It was found that V79 cells were far more resistant to methylation induced...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Capucci MS,Hoffmann ME,De Groot A,Natarajan AT

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphine is an important fumigant in the grain industry and has been reported to be genotoxic in occupationally exposed fumigators. This study reports on the effects of phosphine inhalation exposure at up to, and exceeding, occupational relevant levels in a subchronic (0.3, 1.0 and 4.5 ppm, 13 weeks) and a short term...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Barbosa A,Rosinova E,Dempsey J,Bonin AM

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multicolor fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) method was developed to detect aneuploidy and diploidy in epididymal sperm of rats using DNA probes specific for chromosomes 4 and Y. Fourteen healthy young-adult rats from three strains were evaluated: inbred Fisher 344/N/ehs, outbred Sprague-Dawley, and outbred ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Lowe XR,de Stoppelaar JM,Bishop J,Cassel M,Hoebee B,Moore D 2nd,Wyrobek AJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosome aberrations can occur by secondary mechanism(s) associated with cytotoxicity, induced by chemicals that do not attack DNA. Aberrations are formed from DNA double-strand breaks, and DSBs are known to be induced by nonmutagenic (Ames test negative) noncarcinogens at toxic levels [Storer et al. (1996): Mutat R...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Hilliard CA,Armstrong MJ,Bradt CI,Hill RB,Greenwood SK,Galloway SM

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:Tryptophan is metabolized through serotonin, indole, and kynurenine (KN) pathways. Uptake of an excess amount of tryptophan accompanied with vitamin B6 deficiency may result in the accumulation of higher concentrations of metabolites mainly from the KN pathways in the bladder. These metabolites could interact with nit...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Chung KT,Gadupudi GS

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Riddelliine (RID) is a pyrrolizidine alkaloid found in plants of the genera Crotalaria, Amsinckia, and Senecio in the United States. RID has been extensively studied in a wide variety of in vitro short-term genotoxicity tests and has yielded positive responses in most test systems; however, there are fewer data availa...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Mirsalis JC,Steinmetz KL,Blazak WF,Spalding JW

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：: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：:Malignant gliomas are heterogeneous populations of dynamically interacting cells. Genomic and transcriptional changes define this cellular hierarchy and allow certain tumor cells to co-opt metabolic machinery and adopt gene expression profiles that promote cellular reprogramming. Resultant expansion of privileged subp...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Baulch JE,Geidzinski E,Tran KK,Yu L,Zhou YH,Limoli CL

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this research was to study the gaseous and particulate emissions of genotoxic substances during cooking with two types of methane stoves (a new one and an old one). The particulates were sampled both with a cascade impactor air sampler and an impinger with ice trap and analyzed by two bacterial mutagenicity...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Monarca S,Zanardini A,Feretti D,Falistocco E,Antonelli P,Resola S,Moretti M,Villarini M,Nardi G

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), which are widely used as flame retardants, are considered persistent organic pollutants. To date, the available toxicological data on PBDEs are limited and were primarily obtained by studying technical blends. The present study was undertaken to investigate the genotoxicity of t...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Evandri MG,Mastrangelo S,Costa LG,Bolle P

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genotoxic effects of therapeutic ultrasound are poorly documented, when compared with the wide use of this physical agent. The aim of this work was to investigate the clastogenic and aneugenic potential of 1 MHz ultrasound, employing intensities (200 and 300 mW/cm2 ) above the cavitational threshold, but in the range ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Udroiu I,Marinaccio J,Bedini A,Giliberti C,Palomba R,Sgura A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

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：:Exposure to emissions from laser printers during the printing process is commonplace worldwide, both in the home and workplace environment. In the present study, cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of the emission from five low to medium-throughput laser printers were investigated with respect to the release of ozone (O(3...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Tang T,Gminski R,Könczöl M,Modest C,Armbruster B,Mersch-Sundermann V

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amoxicillin (AMO), a drug used in the treatment of infections caused by susceptible bacteria, has been evaluated for its ability to induce genotoxicity in human peripheral blood lymphocytes. The potential genotoxic effects of AMO were investigated in vitro by the sister chromatid exchange (SCE), chromosomal aberration...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Istifli ES,Topaktaş M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is scientific and regulatory interest in using mutation assays in transgenic mice in safety assessments for new chemicals and drugs. Currently these assays are in the process of being validated, and protocols for routine testing are being defined. Some of the issues and results to date with regard to assay valid...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Gorelick NJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alkylating treatments predominantly induce G: C = greater than A:T transitions, consistent with the predicted significance of the miscoding potential of the O6-alG lesion. However, the frequency and distribution of these events induced by any one compound may be diagnostic. SN1 agents that act via an alkyldiazonium ca...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Horsfall MJ,Gordon AJ,Burns PA,Zielenska M,van der Vliet GM,Glickman BW

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer (PC) is commonly diagnosed cancer in men but only a few risk factors, such as family history, ethnicity, and age have been established. Chromosomal instability is another possible risk factor but this has not been adequately explained previously. In this study, we tested the hypotheses that peripheral ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Dhillon VS,Yeoh E,Salisbury C,Butters J,Di Matteo A,Olver I,Fenech M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent study conducted by our group showed that the NAT2 fast acetylator genotype is associated with an increasing risk for the development of colorectal cancer (CRC), especially for females. We therefore examined whether a higher risk of CRC in females with the NAT2 fast acetylator genotype was associated with the ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Huang CC,Chien WP,Wong RH,Cheng YW,Chen MC,Lee H

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Halogenated acetonitriles (HANs) are known to be water disinfectant by-products. Their mutagenicity and carcinogenicity have been shown in different test systems in vivo and in vitro. They also have clastogenic properties. In this study, the ability of HAN to induce single-strand breaks on the DNA of HeLa S3 cells was...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Muller-Pillet V,Joyeux M,Ambroise D,Hartemann P

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorinated drinking water contains several chlorohydroxyfuranone (CHF) by-products whose contribution to cancer risk is not presently known. 3,4-Dichloro-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MCA), 3-chloro-4-(chloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (CMCF), and 3- chloro-4-methyl-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MCF) were studied for th...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Mäki-Paakkanen J,Laaksonen M,Munter T,Kronberg L,Komulainen H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This collection of articles was inspired by the long-standing relationship between the Environmental Mutagen Society and Latin American scientists, and by the program for the 39th Environmental Mutagen Society meeting in Puerto Rico in 2008, which included a symposium featuring "South of the border" scientists. This c...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Olivero OA,Larramendy M,Soloneski S,Menck CF,Matta J,Folle GA,Zamorano-Ponce E,Spivak G

更新日期：2010-10-01 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