How mitochondria record the effects of UV exposure and oxidative stress using human skin as a model tissue.

abstract：:Nature is an attractive source of therapeutic compounds. In comparison to the artificial drugs, natural compounds cause less adverse side effects and are suitable for current molecularly oriented approaches to drug development and their mutual combining. Medicinal plants represent one of the most available remedy agai...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Horváthová E,Srančíková A,Regendová-Sedláčková E,Melušová M,Meluš V,Netriová J,Krajčovičová Z,Slameňová D,Pastorek M,Kozics K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a review of the work on molecular dosimetry carried out by several laboratories within the third Environmental Programme of the Commission of the European Communities. The molecular dosimetry project is a coordinated research project in which several laboratories cooperated on various aspects of quantitative c...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： van Zeeland AA

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrocyclic polyethers (crown ethers) are a family of compounds that possess the ability to complex with and transport metal ions across membranes. Because of their unique ionophoric characteristic, they have wide application in industry and research, chemistry and biology. In the current investigation the relationshi...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Cai MY,Arenaz P

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitropyrenes are a class of polycyclic hydrocarbons that have been shown to be potent point mutagens in the Salmonella/mammalian microsome assay. However, relatively few data have been published on their ability to induce chromosome aberrations. In this paper we report the cytogenetic activity of 1-nitropyrene, 1-nitr...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Lafi A,Parry JM

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lines irs1, irs2 and irs3, derived from V79-4 hamster cells, are sensitive to DNA-damaging agents including ionizing radiations. However, unlike some other radiosensitive lines, the irs lines show no apparent defect in the repair of DNA strand breaks. We have now assessed the mis-repair of DNA damage in the irs li...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Thacker J,Ganesh AN,Stretch A,Benjamin DM,Zahalsky AJ,Hendrickson EA

更新日期：1994-03-01 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：:The mechanism responsible for the modification of mutagenicity by chlorophyllin has been investigated using mutagenic compounds with different mechanisms of action, including the monofunctional alkylating agents, N-methyl-N'-nitrosourea (MNU) and ethylmethanesulphonate (EMS); nitrosamines related to tobacco products, ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Romert L,Curvall M,Jenssen D

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A systematic review of the literature has been conducted and studies reporting investigations of genotoxicity biomarkers in pesticide workers have been assessed with view to establishing whether there was evidence for any risk to those using pesticides approved in the United Kingdom. Each of the studies was evaluated ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Bull S,Fletcher K,Boobis AR,Battershill JM

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:o-Phenylphenol (OPP), a widely used fungicide and antibacterial agent, has been considered to be among the top 10 home and garden pesticides used in the USA. Earlier studies have consistently shown that the sodium salt of OPP (SOPP) causes bladder cancer in male Fischer 344 (F344) rats, whereas OPP has produced variab...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Balakrishnan S,Uppala PT,Rupa DS,Hasegawa L,Eastmond DA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fanconi anaemia (FA) is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by increased spontaneous and DNA crosslinker-induced chromosome instability, progressive pancytopenia and cancer susceptibility. An increasing number of genes are involved in FA, including the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA2. Five of the ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Bogliolo M,Cabré O,Callén E,Castillo V,Creus A,Marcos R,Surrallés J

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colcemid (COM) and econazole (EZ) were tested for induction of mitotic arrest and C-mitotic effects in mouse bone marrow cells and for meiotic delay and induction of hyperploidy in mouse spermatocytes after single injection. Doses of 1 and 3 mg/kg COM were used and bone marrow and spermatocytes were sampled at 2, 6, 1...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Shi Q,Adler ID

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the genetic damage induced by tuberculosis infection and also by a combination of therapeutic exposure to anti-tuberculosis (anti-TB) drugs (isoniazid + rifampicin + pyrazinamide + ethambutol or streptomycin) we have considered chromosome aberrations (CA) and micronuclei (MN) in binucleate peripheral blood...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Masjedi MR,Heidary A,Mohammadi F,Velayati AA,Dokouhaki P

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：: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：:CASE, an artificial intelligence structure-activity relational system, was used to predict the carcinogenicity of a group of chemicals currently being tested in rodent bioassays by the US National Toxicology Program. The 'learning set' for the CASE predictions consisted of the results of previous 252 rodent carcinogen...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Rosenkranz HS,Klopman G

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coat and eye colour mutant beige (bg) leads to the production of distinctive retinal melanocytes with abnormally large pigment granules. Heterozygotes for bg were given 2 Gy acute X-irradiation at various times between day 11.5 of fetal life and 3 days after birth, at which age whole mounts were prepared of the re...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Stephenson DA,Searle AG

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The micronucleus test (MNT) is a well-established assay in genotoxicity testing and human biomonitoring. The cytokinesis-block micronucleus test (CBMNT) is the preferred method for measuring MN in cultured human lymphocytes from human subjects exposed to genotoxins. However, it is unclear to what extent mutagen exposu...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Speit G,Zeller J,Neuss S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A transgenic mouse strain with a high copy number of rescuable lacZ sequences was evaluated for its effectiveness in detecting lacZ- mutations in selected tissues. Procarbazine, cyclophosphamide, ethylnitrosourea, 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA), acrylamide and chlorambucil were tested following either single or...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Hoorn AJ,Custer LL,Myhr BC,Brusick D,Gossen J,Vijg J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male infertility is a relevant social and medical problem. Male infertility is mostly caused by genetic disorders. The purpose of the study was to analyze the correlation of chromosome aberrations, as well as DNA fragmentation and various manifestations of spermatogenesis disorder. Sperm samples of 58 males with infer...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Alchinbayev MK,Aralbayeva AN,Tuleyeva LN,Duysenbayeva SM,Makazhanov MA

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：:A modified method for the 32P-postlabeling assay that permits standardized quantitation for specific polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-DNA adducts is described. This method has been designed to test the components of the 32P-postlabeling assay for use in the chemically specific detection of individual adducts with...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Shields PG,Harris CC,Petruzzelli S,Bowman ED,Weston A

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tobacco farming is an important economic income in Brazil, although it has been challenged as regard the occupational exposure to both pesticides and nicotine endured by farmers. Chronic occupational exposure to complex mixtures can lead to health hazardous. We examined genomic instability and epigenetic changes in to...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Kahl VFS,Dhillon VS,Simon D,da Silva FR,Salvador M,Branco CDS,Cappetta M,Martínez-López W,Thiesen FV,Dias JF,Souza CT,Fenech M,da Silva J

更新日期：2018-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic damage in workers occupationally exposed to an antineoplastic drug was studied using the micronucleus (MN) test, the comet assay, the hprt gene mutation assay and the TCR gene mutation assay. The subjects were divided into two groups: (i) 21 workers from a plant producing methotrexate (MTX); (ii) 21 controls w...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Deng H,Zhang M,He J,Wu W,Jin L,Zheng W,Lou J,Wang B

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The partial hepatectomy method, co-treatment method with mitogens and an in vivo/in vitro assay method have been reported as in vivo liver micronucleus (MN) assays. These methods have disadvantages with respect to widespread use as an in vivo assay, i.e. they are time consuming, labour intensive and there is the possi...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society-Mammalian Mutagenicity Study Group.,Suzuki H,Takasawa H,Kobayashi K,Terashima Y,Shimada Y,Ogawa I,Tanaka J,Imamura T,Miyazaki A,Hayashi M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photomutagenicity assays are required for regulatory submissions of some chemicals. As yet there are no well-validated protocols available for these assays. Critical factors which may contribute to the ability of a bacterial assay to detect photomutagens (e.g. dose of UV and test chemical, exposure conditions, light s...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Henderson L,Fedyk J,Bourner C,Windebank S,Fletcher S,Lovell W

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the genotoxicity of lambda-cyhalothrin (LCT) (CAS registry No. 91465-08-06), a pyrethroid insecticide, in bone marrow cells and in colonic crypt epithelial cells of groups of four rats per dose treated in vivo by gavage at doses of 0.8, 3.06 and 6.12 mg/kg body weight (body wt). We measured genoto...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Celik A,Mazmanci B,Camlica Y,Askin A,Cömelekoglu U

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-syndromic cleft lip and/or palate (NSCL/P) is a common birth defect caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. The possible role of genome instability on NSCL/P patient needs more investigation, since DNA metabolism is an essential cellular function to keep cells with normal genotypes and ge...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Xavier LA,Bezerra JF,de Rezende AA,Oliveira RA,Dalmolin RJ,do Amaral VS

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：:Each of the Escherichia coli tester strains in the WP3101P-WP3106P series contains an F' plasmid with a different base substitution mutation within the lacZ gene. Each of the six possible base substitution mutations, therefore, can be assayed with these strains by Lac(+) reversion. We used the strains to characterize ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Ohta T,Watanabe-Akanuma M,Yamagata H

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurocysticercosis (NCC) has been associated with a high frequency of DNA damage in human circulating lymphocytes and more recently with the development of hematological malignancies. Chronic inflammation, a common feature of helminthic infections, has been proposed to play a key role in carcinogenesis induced by para...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Herrera LA,Rodríguez U,Gebhart E,Ostrosky-Wegman P

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00