Genotoxicity of fine and coarse fraction ambient particulate matter in immortalised normal (TT1) and cancer-derived (A549) alveolar epithelial cells.

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：:Lack of cell surface glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored protein(s) has been used as a reporter of Pig-a gene mutation in several model systems. As an extension of this work, our laboratory initiated development of an in vitro mutation assay based on the flow cytometric assessment of CD90.2 expression on the c...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Bemis JC,Avlasevich SL,Labash C,McKinzie P,Revollo J,Dobrovolsky VN,Dertinger SD

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of ultrasound on the cytoskeleton, comprising microtubules, had been studied decades ago. Nonetheless, very little attention has been paid to the effects of ultrasound on the mitotic spindle, which is also formed by microtubules. In this study, we treated human fibroblasts and human cancer cells (HeLa and ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Udroiu I,Coluzzi E,Bedini A,Giliberti C,Palomba R,Sgura A

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA damage induced by solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation plays an important role in the induction of skin cancer. Although UVA constitutes the majority of solar UV radiation, it is less damaging to DNA than UVB. The DNA damage produced by UVA radiation, however, can be augmented in the presence of a photosensitizer. We ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Toyooka T,Ibuki Y,Takabayashi F,Goto R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) has been formulated for 15 polycyclic aromatic nitro compounds acting on E. coli PQ37. Upon damage of DNA by these substances beta-galactosidase is induced and can be easily assayed colorimetrically, hence, this is a short-term test for mutagenicity. The QSAR (log ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Debnath AK,Hansch C

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzene is an important industrial chemical and widespread environmental pollutant known to induce leukemia and other blood disorders. To be carcinogenic, benzene must be metabolized to produce toxic metabolites. To investigate whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the metabolic enzyme genes are associated...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Xing C,Chen Q,Li G,Zhang L,Zheng M,Zou Z,Hou L,Wang QF,Liu X,Guo X

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality in Taiwanese women. Cigarette smoking cannot explain the high lung cancer mortality in this population because less than 10% of women in Taiwan are smokers. Therefore, environmental factors other than smoking may play an important role in lung cancer development in ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Cheng YW,Hsieh LL,Lin PP,Chen CP,Chen CY,Lin TS,Su JM,Lee H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:F- is not mutagenic in standard bacterial systems, but produces chromosome aberrations and gene mutations in cultured mammalian cells. Although there is disagreement in the literature concerning the ability of F- to induce chromosome aberrations in cultured human and rodent cells, the weight of the evidence leads to t...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Zeiger E,Shelby MD,Witt KL

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:National and international regulatory agencies historically have used genotoxicity information as part of a weight-of-evidence approach to evaluate potential human carcinogenicity. Additionally, some agencies consider heritable mutation a regulatory endpoint. Furthermore, genotoxicity has the potential to contribute t...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Cimino MC

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：:Treatment of AS52 cells with 5-azacytidine resulted in an induction of 6-thioguanine-resistant [6TG] colonies, which reached a maximum by an expression time of 9 days. Dose responses for both cytotoxicity and mutation induction were determined following treatment with 5-azacytidine. At 20 microM treatment, 5-azacytidi...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Spencer DL,Caspary WJ,Hines KC,Tindall KR

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human transcriptome is complex, comprising multiple transcript types, mostly in the form of non-coding RNA (ncRNA). The majority of ncRNA is of the long form (lncRNA, ≥ 200 bp), which plays an important role in gene regulation through multiple mechanisms including epigenetics, chromatin modification, control of tr...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： McHale CM,Zhang L,Thomas R,Smith MT

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured rodent and human cells typically display similar clonal survival characteristics following exposure to ultraviolet light (UV). However, compared to human cells, cultured cells from mice, rats, and hamsters are generally deficient in excision repair of the most prominent DNA lesion produced by UV, the cyclobut...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Hanawalt PC

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common form of pediatric cancer. Although exposure to environmental agents appears to predispose individuals to this disease, little attention has been paid to the role of genetic susceptibility to environmental exposures in the etiology of childhood ALL. The enzymes GSTM...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Canalle R,Burim RV,Tone LG,Takahashi CS

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-isotopic in situ hybridization using a mouse gamma (major) satellite probe DNA was applied to detect centromeres in micronuclei, which were induced in vitro in mouse liver cells by ionizing radiation and by vinblastine sulfate. In a cytokinesis-blocked micronucleus assay a dose-dependent induction of micronuclei w...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Salassidis K,Huber R,Zitzelsberger H,Bauchinger M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human lymphocytes and Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) fibroblasts were analyzed for cytogenetic and cytotoxic endpoints to determine whether exposure to power frequency (60 Hz) electromagnetic fields (EMF) interferes with normal cell growth and reproduction. An exposure chamber was built to apply variable electric current...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Livingston GK,Witt KL,Gandhi OP,Chatterjee I,Roti Roti JL

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:The purpose of this study was to examine whether changes in the repair capacity of blood cells could be used as a valuable biomarker for radiation exposure. To characterize the repair kinetics in nonirradiated and irradiated cells we first performed in vitro split dose experiments. DNA damage and DNA repair capacity w...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Plappert UG,Stocker B,Fender H,Fliedner TM

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of 6-thioguanine resistant (TGr) mutants induced in human G0 phase T-lymphocytes by 200 cGy of gamma irradiation is greatly enhanced by incubation with cytosine arabinoside (ara-C) after irradiation. The mutant frequency increased with increasing incubation time in ara-C for up to 2 hr. This mutation ind...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： O'Neill JP,Sullivan LM,Hunter TC,Nicklas JA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male Swiss mice are tested under uniform 50-Hz electric field intensities of 100, 170, 220, and 290 kV/m. These values on the basis of equal induced current density are equivalent to the case of a human exposed to field intensities of nearly 8, 14, 18, and 24 kV/m, respectively. The latter values may be found beneath ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： el Nahas SM,Oraby HA

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：: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：:Mutagenicity is an important toxicological endpoint that requires thorough evaluation during the industrial chemical registration process. Regulatory requirements for mutagenicity assessment in registration of industrial chemicals vary in geographic regions (and in some cases by intended application). Here we compile ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Ji Z,Ball NS,LeBaron MJ

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unpublished results from our laboratory showed that colchicine increased the incidence of hyperploid mouse metaphase II (MII) oocytes when injected at the same time as human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG). The objective of the present study was to determine whether the time of administering colchicine influenced the in...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Mailhes JB,Yuan ZP

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paraoxon (diethyl-p-nitrophenylphosphate) is the toxic, but non-mutagenic metabolite of the organophosphorus ester (OP) insecticide parathion. Although this agent has been used as a deacetylase inhibitor in many studies, we discovered a mutagenic synergy with paraoxon and plant-activated m-phenylenediamine or with dir...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Wagner ED,Repetny K,Tan JS,Gichner T,Plewa MJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DAS (diallyl sulfide), DADS (diallyl disulfide), and DATS (diallyl trisulfide) are major oil-soluble allyl sulfides (OAS) that represent major garlic constituents. The anticarcinogenic and antimutagenic effects of these substances have been extensively studied during the last decades. Previous reports suggest that ind...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Wu XJ,Hu Y,Lamy E,Mersch-Sundermann V

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron oxide nanoparticles (ION) are gaining importance as diagnostic and therapeutic tool of central nervous system diseases. Although oleic acid-coated ION (O-ION) have been described as stable and biocompatible, their potential neurotoxicity was scarcely evaluated in human nervous cells so far. The primary aim of thi...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Fernández-Bertólez N,Costa C,Brandão F,Duarte JA,Teixeira JP,Pásaro E,Valdiglesias V,Laffon B

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BDF1 mice were exposed in inhalation chambers to benzene (900 ppm, 300 ppm) and/or toluene (500 ppm, 250 ppm) 6 hr per day, 5 days per week, for up to 8 weeks. Benzene alone induced a slight anemia after 4 and 8 weeks and a reduction of BFU-E and CFU-E numbers in the marrow. The coexposure to toluene reduced the degre...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Plappert U,Barthel E,Seidel HJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have applied the alkaline comet assay to study the functional impact of gene polymorphisms in base excision repair (APEX1 Asp148Glu, XRCC1 Arg194Trp, XRCC1 Arg399Gln) and homologous recombination repair (XRCC3 Thr241Met, NBS1 Glu185Gln), two pathways that play crucial roles in the repair of DNA damage induced by me...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Ryk C,Routledge MN,Allan JM,Wild CP,Kumar R,Lambert B,Hou S

更新日期：2008-12-01 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