Potentiation of the mutagenicity and recombinagenicity of bleomycin in yeast by unconventional intercalating agents.

abstract：:The kinetics of micronucleus (MN) induction and decline in blood normochromatic erythrocytes (NCE) of mice subchronically exposed to benzene was investigated during and after exposure. Swiss (ICR) male mice (10/group) were given 0.0, 36.6, 73.2, and 146.4 mg/kg body weight benzene by gavage daily for 14 days, except f...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Rithidech K,Au WW,Ramanujam VM,Whorton EB Jr,Legator MS

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coal tar (CT) is a thick black liquid produced as a by-product of coal carbonization to produce coke or manufactured gas. It is comprised a complex mixture of polycyclic aromatic compounds, including a wide range of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), many of which are genotoxic and carcinogenic. CT is used in so...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Long AS,Watson M,Arlt VM,White PA

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoking leads to various detrimental health outcomes. Tobacco companies produce different brands of cigarettes that are marketed as reduced harm tobacco products. Early examples included "light" cigarettes, which differ from regular cigarettes due to filter ventilation and/or differences in chemical constitu...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Yauk CL,Williams A,Buick JK,Chen G,Maertens RM,Halappanavar S,White PA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:V(D)J recombinase-mediated recombination between the T-cell receptor (TCR) gamma variable (GV) genes at chromosome 7p15 and the TCR beta joining (BJ) genes at 7q35 leads to the formation of a hybrid TCR gene. These TCR gamma/beta interlocus rearrangements occur at classic V(D)J recombination signal sequences (RSS) and...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Ballinger SW,Judice SA,Nicklas JA,Albertini RJ,O'Neill JP

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diesel exhaust (DE) is a major airborne pollutant of urban areas. It contains various polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and nitrated PAHs. In this study, gpt delta mice were treated with inhalation of 1 or 3 mg m(-3) DE, or a single intratracheal instillation of diesel exhaust particles (DEP) or DEP extract. In t...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Hashimoto AH,Amanuma K,Hiyoshi K,Sugawara Y,Goto S,Yanagisawa R,Takano H,Masumura K,Nohmi T,Aoki Y

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal studies have linked perinatal bisphenol A (BPA) exposure to altered DNA methylation, but little attention is given to analyzing multiple physiologically relevant doses. Utilizing the viable yellow agouti (A(vy)) mouse, we examine the effects of developmental exposure through maternal diet to 50 ng BPA/kg (n = 1...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Anderson OS,Nahar MS,Faulk C,Jones TR,Liao C,Kannan K,Weinhouse C,Rozek LS,Dolinoy DC

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most women with breast cancer can become pregnant and give birth while undergoing radiation therapy and breastfeeding is generally not contraindicated. The induction of long-lived reactive species in proteins, such as casein by X-ray radiation and DNA damage to unexposed organisms, has been shown when ingesting irradi...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Solórzano-Meléndez A,Rodrigo-Alarcón R,Gómez-Meda BC,Zamora-Pérez AL,Ortiz-García RG,Bayardo-López LH,González-Virgen R,Gallegos-Arreola MP,Zúñiga-González GM

更新日期：2021-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium/copper chlorophyllin (CHL) is a water-soluble derivative of chlorophyll that exhibits antimutagenic activity in several short-term genotoxicity assays and inhibits carcinogen-DNA binding in vivo. The effect of CHL pretreatment on the excretion of mutagens in the urine and feces of male Sprague-Dawley rats has b...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Dashwood R,Liew C

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial genome is essential for producing ATP (adenosine 5'-triphosphate) via oxidative phosphorylation. The gradual decline of mitochondrial function with age has long been postulated as a factor in aging. More recently, a variety of diseases have been related to molecular defects in human mitochondrial DNA...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Grossman LI

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acquisition of breast ductal fluid by nipple aspiration and ductal lavage are simple noninvasive procedures to sample breast tissue. Nipple aspiration fluid (NAF) obtained with gentle suction and a simple syringe-adapted apparatus may evaluate the secretory components that bathe the ductal epithelial cells. Evalua...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Klein PM,Lawrence JA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A transplacental carcinogenicity study was conducted by exposing pregnant Swiss (CD-1) mice to 0, 50, 100, 200, or 300 mg 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT)/kg body weight (BW) daily for the duration of gestation (18-19 days) [National Toxicology Program,2006]. The incidence of alveolar/bronchiolar adenomas and carcinom...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Koujitani T,Ton TV,Lahousse SA,Hong HH,Wakamatsu N,Sills RC

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present work we analyse some properties of the pso4-1 (= xs9) mutant of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which is blocked in both reverse mutation and recombination. We have applied the "apparent survival test" as a method to characterize putative inducible error-prone repair activities related to the PSO4 g...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Severgnini A,Lillo O,Nunes E

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:We evaluated the mutagens in fumes produced by heating three different cooking oils used in Taiwan to temperatures of 100 degrees C, 200 degrees C, and 300 degrees C, and constructed models to study the efficacy of fume extractors used commonly by Taiwanese women. Particulates of volatile emissions from lard (at 200 d...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Chiang TA,Wu PF,Ko YC

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To protect human and ecosystem health, it is necessary to develop sensitive assays and to identify responsive cells and species (and their life stages). In this study, the relative genotoxicity of two inorganic arsenicals: trivalent sodium arsenite (As(3+)) and pentavalent sodium arsenate (As(5+)), was evaluated in tw...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Raisuddin S,Jha AN

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:Experiments are described which elucidate some of the technical problems associated with the direct sequencing of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplified DNA. Sequencing primer purity, labeling methodology, and template preparation were explored. Conditions are presented for the routine sequencing of single- and dou...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Zimmerman LJ,Fuscoe JC

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human sulfotransferase (SULT) 1A1, 1A2, and 1A3 cDNA genes were subcloned separately into the pTrc99A(KM) vector. The generated plasmids were introduced into the Salmonella typhimurium O-acetyltransferase-deficient strain NM6000 (TA1538/1,8-DNP/pSK1002), resulting in the new strains NM7001, NM7002, and NM7003. We comp...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Oda Y,Zhang Y,Buchinger S,Reifferscheid G,Yang M

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Griseofulvin is an orally administered antifungal drug that affects microtubule formation in vitro and interferes with microtubule dynamics in vivo as clearly shown for mitotic cells in several cell systems. This article reports the effects of griseofulvin on in vitro maturation of porcine oocytes and subsequent effec...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Miao YL,Zhang X,Zhao JG,Spate L,Zhao MT,Murphy CN,Prather RS,Sun QY,Schatten H

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aristolochic acid (AA) is a potent human nephrotoxin and carcinogen. We previously reported that AA treatment resulted in DNA damage and mutation in the kidney and liver of rats. In this study, we have determined the DNA adducts and mutations induced by AA in rat spleen. Big Blue® transgenic rats were gavaged with 0, ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： McDaniel LP,Elander ER,Guo X,Chen T,Arlt VM,Mei N

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mutagenesis moonshot addressing the influence of the environment on our genetic wellbeing was launched just 2 months before astronauts landed on the moon. Its impetus included the discovery that X-rays (Muller HJ. [1927]: Science 64:84-87) and chemicals (Auerbach and Robson. [1946]: Nature 157:302) were germ-cell mu...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： DeMarini DM

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：: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：:A cross-sectional study was designed to determine whether occupational exposure to a complex mixture of pesticides results in a significant increase of DNA damage in farmers chronically exposed to pesticides in open fields. Leukocytes from 47 agriculture workers exposed to pesticides and 50 controls were evaluated wit...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Bhalli JA,Ali T,Asi MR,Khalid ZM,Ceppi M,Khan QM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) is a mutagenic carcinogen that is ubiquitous in our environment. To better understand the toxic effects of BaP and to explore the relationship between toxicity and toxicogenomics profiles, we assessed global mRNA and microRNA (miRNA) expression in Muta™Mouse. Adult male mice were exposed by oral g...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Malik AI,Williams A,Lemieux CL,White PA,Yauk CL

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:Cytochrome P450 (CYP), glutathione-S-transferase (GST), and N-acetyltransferase (NAT) are crucial for metabolism and clearance of xenobiotics. This study investigated whether CYP, GST, and NAT single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) in patients with Lynch syndrome. The intera...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Kamiza AB,You JF,Wang WC,Tang R,Chang CY,Chien HT,Lai CH,Chiu LL,Lo TP,Hung KY,Hsiung CA,Yeh CC

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:Noncovalent DNA interactions, e.g., DNA intercalation and DNA groove-binding, have not been well studied relative to covalent interactions largely due to the inability of predicting and detecting such events in intact cells. We have adapted an in vitro bleomycin amplification method for DNA intercalation for use in cu...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Snyder RD,Hendry LB

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genotoxic effects associated with automobile painting were analyzed using a panel of biomarkers. Chromosomal aberrations (CAs), sister chromatid exchange (SCE), and micronuclei were evaluated in 25 car painters (12 smokers, 13 nonsmokers) working in different automobile paint-shops in Italy and in 37 control subje...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Testa A,Festa F,Ranaldi R,Giachelia M,Tirindelli D,De Marco A,Owczarek M,Guidotti M,Cozzi R

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00