Vitamins at physiological levels cause oxidation to the DNA nucleoside deoxyguanosine and to DNA--alone or in synergism with metals.

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：:Autosomal recessive woolly hair/hypotrichosis (ARWH/HT: OMIM #278150/604379) is a rare hereditary hair disease characterized by tightly curled hair at birth which can lead to sparse hair later in life. The mutations in both LIPH and LPAR6/P2RY5 are responsible for autosomal recessive woolly hair with or without hypotr...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Chang XD,Gu YJ,Dai S,Chen XR,Zhang CL,Zhao HS,Song QH

更新日期：2017-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The principal hydroxy-metabolites of benzene--hydroquinone, catechol and phenol--were assayed in tests for mitotic segregation induction in Aspergillus nidulans diploid strain 19. Hydroquinone was the most effective chemical, increasing the frequency of mitotic segregants up to 10-fold at 1-3 mM. Catechol was similarl...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Crebelli R,Conti G,Carere A

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development and use of chromosome-specific DNA probes to label entire human chromosomes has been an important advance in molecular cytogenetics. Fluorescence in situ hybridization using whole chromosome-specific DNA probes has been used to study both numerical and structural chromosomal aberrations in many human c...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Blakey DH,Bayley JM,Huang KC

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer is a major health burden, being the second most commonly diagnosed malignancy in men worldwide. Overtreatment represents a major problem in prostate cancer therapy, leading to significant long-term quality-of-life effects for patients and a broad socio-ecological burden. Biomarkers that could facilitat...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Brezina S,Feigl M,Gumpenberger T,Staudinger R,Baierl A,Gsur A

更新日期：2020-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:O6-Methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MT) specific activity (fmol/mg protein) was measured in human T lymphocytes which were maintained as exponentially growing cultures from 6 to 17 days. The T lymphocytes were not transformed and were grown under the same conditions used previously for determination of spontaneous...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Bartlett JD,Robison SH

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thymidine kinase-deficient subclone, 707BUF, of the Friend murine leukaemia cell line exhibits increased sensitivity to the induction of cytogenetic aberrations by mitomycin C (MMC) relative to wild-type clone 707. It has been suggested that thymidine kinase-deficient cells may be highly mutagen-sensitive through ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： McKelvey VJ,McKenna PG

更新日期：1986-05-01 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：:This study was a part of an international project sponsored by the Commission of the European Communities to evaluate the utility of certain bioassays including hexaploid wheat assay to identify potential aneugens. Ten suspect spindle poisons, i.e. colchicine (COL), cadmium chloride (CdCl2), chloral hydrate (CH), diaz...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Sandhu SS,Dhesi JS,Gill BS,Svendsgaard D

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genotoxic effects of benzene in lung cells of mice exposed to single acute doses by inhalation have been estimated by cytogenetic analysis of micronuclei in primary cultures of lung fibroblasts. Mice were nose-only exposed to 1000 p.p.m. for 30 or 60 min or to 3500 p.p.m. for 30 min and sacrificed 24 h after the e...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Ranaldi R,Bassani B,Villani P,Lombardi CC,Tanzarella C,Pacchierotti F

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A working party was set up by the UK Environmental Mutagen Society to consider alternatives to Aroclor 1254 (Aroclor)-induced S9 in in vitro genotoxicity assays, with the aims of considering whether a replacement for Aroclor in its role in general screening assays could be readily identified. The working party conclud...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Elliott BM,Combes RD,Elcombe CR,Gatehouse DG,Gibson GG,Mackay JM,Wolf RC

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of salts of 27 elements on recombination and on the production of disomic and/or diploid spores during meiosis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been investigated. Be(NO3)2, MgSO4, FeSO4, CuSO4, AgNO3, Na2HAsO4 were inactive on the events studied during meiotic cell division. AuCl4, CdCl2, C4H6O4Pb, SnCl2, K...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Sora S,Agostoni Carbone ML,Pacciarini M,Magni GE

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ISIS 2302, a phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotide with antisense activity against human ICAM-1 mRNA, was evaluated in a battery of tests to assess genotoxic potential. There was no evidence of genotoxicity in three in vitro studies performed: (i) a bacterial reverse mutation test; (ii) a chromosomal aberration test i...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Henry SP,Monteith DK,Matson JE,Mathison BH,Loveday KS,Winegar RA,Matson JE,Lee PS,Riccio ES,Bakke JP,Levin AA

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adduct that would arise from cis opening of (+)-(1S,2R,3R, 4S)-3,4-dihydroxy-1,2-epoxy-benzo[c]phenan-threne (benzo[c]phenanthrene diol epoxide-2, where the benzylic hydroxyl group and the epoxide oxygen are trans) by the exocyclic N6-amino group of deoxyadenosine was incorporated at the marked site into four olig...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Pontén I,Waters LS,Sayer JM,Pilcher AS,Dipple A,Jerina DM

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we evaluated campthotecin (CPT)-induced chromosomal damage in human lymphocytes in the G0 phase of the cell cycle as revealed by the premature chromosome condensation technique. The results obtained here indicate that CPT was able to induce chromosome fragments in the G0 phase of the cell cycle of...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Mosesso P,Fonti E,Bassi L,Lorenti Garcia C,Palitti F

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-homologous end joining (NHEJ), the major pathway of double-strand break (DSB) repair in mammalian cells, comprises two subpathways: one that requires the three core factors Ku70/80, DNA-PKcs and XRCC4/LigIV (DNA-PK-dependent NHEJ) and the other that is independent of these factors. Using a cell-free NHEJ assay, we...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Kuhfittig-Kulle S,Feldmann E,Odersky A,Kuliczkowska A,Goedecke W,Eggert A,Pfeiffer P

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A spectrum of 100 mutations in the endogenous hprt gene of the human lymphoblastoid TK6 cell line is presented. The majority of the mutations originates in sequences outside the coding region of the gene. Large deletions are a major cause of inactivation of the hprt gene (57% of the mutants). Mutations in the splice s...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Lichtenauer-Kaligis EG,Thijssen JC,den Dulk H,van de Putte P,Giphart-Gassler M,Tasseron-de Jong JG

更新日期：1995-03-01 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：: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：:Induced genomic instability in the human B lymphoblastoid cell line TK6 manifests itself as increases in end-to-end chromosome fusions and non-reciprocal chromosome translocations. It is not associated with elevated frequencies of specific locus mutations or other cytogenetic alterations. Previous studies on a limited...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Schwartz JL,Jordan R,Evans HH,Lenarczyk M,Liber HL

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：:A modified protocol is described for the in vitro analysis of micronuclei in whole blood or separated lymphocyte cultures. The induction of binucleate cells by various concentrations of cytochalasin B (3, 4.5 or 6 micrograms/ml) was examined at two harvest times (68 or 72 h). An optimal yield was obtained by adding cy...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Ellard S,Parry EM

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanistic/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a conserved protein kinase that controls several anabolic processes required for cell growth and proliferation. As such, mTOR has been implicated in an increasing number of pathological conditions, including cancer, obesity, type 2 diabetes and neurodegeneration....

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Cargnello M,Tcherkezian J,Roux PP

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations has been proposed as an underlying cause of the ageing process and mutations have been associated with cancer in many tissues, including human skin. This involvement is linked to the key roles of mitochondrial function and mtDNA in oxidative stress production and...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Birch-Machin MA,Swalwell H

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (nitro-PAHs) are mutagenic and carcinogenic environmental pollutants found in diesel exhaust and on urban air pollution particles. In the present study, human bronchial epithelial BEAS-2B cells were exposed to 2-nitrobenzanthrone (2-NBA) and 3-nitrobenzanthrone (3-NBA). DNA damag...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Oya E,Ovrevik J,Arlt VM,Nagy E,Phillips DH,Holme JA

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The toxicological relevance of the micronucleus (MN) test is well defined: it is a multi-target genotoxic endpoint, assessing not only clastogenic and aneugenic events but also some epigenetic effects, which is simple to score, accurate, applicable in different cell types. In addition, it is predictive for cancer, ame...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Kirsch-Volders M,Decordier I,Elhajouji A,Plas G,Aardema MJ,Fenech M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, disruption of genes by deletion allowed elucidation of the molecular mechanisms of a series of human diseases, such as in Wilson disease (WD). WD is a disorder of copper metabolism, due to inherited mutations in human copper-transporting ATPase (ATP7B). An orthologous gene is present in S....

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： da Silva CR,Almeida GS,Caldeira-de-Araújo A,Leitão AC,de Pádula M

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:In order to validate the in vivo micronucleus test in mouse splenocytes using the cytokinesis block method, 14 compounds with various mechanisms of action were tested: three direct alkylating agents (mitomycin C, ethylnitrosourea, beta-propiolactone), seven indirect alkylating agents (cyclophosphamide, benzo[a]pyrene,...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Benning V,Brault D,Duvinage C,Thybaud V,Melcion C

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00