BRCA1 requirement for the fidelity of plasmid DNA double-strand break repair in cultured breast epithelial cells.

abstract：:The effects of long-term smoking on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletions in hair follicles were investigated in subjects with different antioxidant capacity. Twenty-two male smokers with a smoking index of greater than 5 pack-years and without any known systemic diseases were recruited for this study. Forty healthy non...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Liu CS,Chen HW,Lii CK,Tsai CS,Kuo CL,Wei YH

更新日期：2002-01-01 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 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：:Radiation and many chemicals have been found to induce homologous genetic recombination. Experimental systems that allow the detection and characterization of recombinagens exist in organisms as diverse as bacteria, fungi, plants, insects, and mammals. Recombination plays an important role in many biological processes...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Hoffmann GR

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate genotoxic effects of lamivudine (an analogue of cytidine) using in vitro sister chromatid exchange (SCE), chromosome aberration (CA), and micronucleus (MN) tests in human peripheral lymphocytes. The cells were treated with 75, 100, 125, and 150 microg/ml concentrations of lamiv...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Bayram S,Topaktaş M

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to characterize in vivo gene mutations that occur during fetal development, molecular analyses were undertaken of mutant 6-thioguanine resistant T-lymphocytes isolated from placental cord blood samples of 13 normal male newborns. These mutant T-cells were studied to define hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosylt...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： McGinniss MJ,Nicklas JA,Albertini RJ

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contamination of ground water by industrial waste poses potential health hazards for man and his environment. The improper disposal of toxic wastes could allow genotoxic chemicals to percolate into ground waters, and these contaminated ground waters may produce toxicity, including mutation and eventually cancer, in ex...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Chandra S,Chauhan LK,Murthy RC,Gupta SK

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：:In this study we compared the ability of extractable organic material from particulate and semivolatile fractions of gasoline emission to induce mutations in bacteria and form adducts with calf thymus (CT) DNA with corresponding data obtained from diesel exhaust. Exhaust particles from gasoline-powered passenger cars ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Pohjola SK,Lappi M,Honkanen M,Savela K

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extractable organic material (EOM) from atmospheric total suspended particles (TSP) contains several organic compounds including non-substituted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), alkyl-PAHs, and nitro-PAHs. These chemicals seem to be among the key drivers of TSP genotoxicity. We have shown previously that t...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Maselli BS,Cunha V,Lim H,Bergvall C,Westerholm R,Dreij K,Watanabe T,Cardoso AA,Pozza SA,Umbuzeiro GA,Kummrow F

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modulation of 1,3-butadiene (BD)-induced DNA adducts by occupational exposure, glutathione S-transferase (GST) genotypes, single-strand breaks, and cytogenetic end points was studied in 15 workers and 11 controls. The exposed group consisted of 8 smokers and 7 nonsmokers, whereas the control group consisted of 7 n...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Zhao C,Vodicka P,Sram RJ,Hemminki K

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene therapy has been proposed to have implications in the treatment of cancer. By genetically manipulating the hematopoietic stem cell compartment with genes that confer resistance to chemotherapeutic agents, the dose escalation that is necessary to effectively treat the cancers could potentially be achieved. DNA rep...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Limp-Foster M,Kelley MR

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：: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：:An automated approach for scoring in vitro micronuclei (MN) has been described in which flow cytometric analysis is combined with compound exposure, processing, and sampling in a single 96-well plate (Bryce SM et al. [2010]: Mutat Res 703:191-199). The current report describes protocol optimization and an interlaborat...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Bryce SM,Avlasevich SL,Bemis JC,Tate M,Walmsley RM,Saad F,Van Dijck K,De Boeck M,Van Goethem F,Lukamowicz-Rajska M,Elhajouji A,Dertinger SD

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：: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：: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：:Quinoline is a specific and potent carcinogen to the rat and mouse liver. Studies are described here in which it was evaluated for its ability to initiate unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS) in the rat liver in vivo. Although some individual animals showed indications of a marginal response the absence of clear group posi...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Ashby J,Mohammed R,Lefevre PA,Bandara L

更新日期：1989-01-01 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

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 cytotoxicity and mutagenicity of the human carcinogen, treosulphan, and its hydrolysis product, dl-1,2:3,4-diepoxybutane (DEB), were studied in Chinese hamster ovary, AS52, cells. Treosulphan (0.1-1.0 mM) is toxic and mutagenic at the gpt locus. A strong pH dependence was noted. DEB is cytotoxic and mutagenic at a...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Zhu S,Zeiger E

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:DNA polymerase κ (Pol κ) is a specialized DNA polymerase involved in translesion DNA synthesis. Although its bypass activities across lesions are well characterized in biochemistry, its cellular protective roles against genotoxic insults are still elusive. To better understand the in vivo protective roles, we have est...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Kanemaru Y,Suzuki T,Niimi N,Grúz P,Matsumoto K,Adachi N,Honma M,Nohmi T

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pig-a assay is an emerging and promising in vivo method to determine mutagenic potential of chemicals. Since its development in 2008, remarkable progress has been made in harmonizing and characterizing the test procedures, primarily using known mutagenic chemicals. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Ji Z,Settivari RS,LeBaron MJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:Metronidazole (MTZ) is used for the treatment of many infectious diseases, including vaginal infections. While data indicate that MTZ is mutagenic and induces micronuclei in rodents, there is no information on the genotoxicity of MTZ in epithelial vaginal cells or cervical cells. In the present study, we have instille...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Ornelas-Aguirre JM,Gómez-Meda BC,Zamora-Perez AL,Ramos-Ibarra ML,Batista-González CM,Zúñiga-González GM

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vivo model Drosophila melanogaster was used here to determine the detrimental effects induced by silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) exposure. The main aim was to explore its interaction with the intestinal barrier and the genotoxic effects induced in hemocytes. The observed effects were compared with those obtained b...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Alaraby M,Romero S,Hernández A,Marcos R

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial dysfunction is a global term used in the context of "unhealthy" mitochondria. In practical terms, mitochondria are extremely complex and highly adaptive in structure, chemical and enzymatic composition, subcellular distribution and functional interaction with other components of cells. Consequently, alte...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Roede JR,Jones DP

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA damage induced by physical activity and/or exercise has been reported under different conditions but not for individuals maintaining physical fitness by regular strenuous exercise. Therefore, we compared levels of DNA damage in blood leukocytes of 40 healthy individuals (35 males, 5 females) who regularly exercise...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Gandhi G,Chopra G

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00