Conventional and novel "omics"-based approaches to the study of carbon nanotubes pulmonary toxicity.

abstract：:To what extent noncovalent chemical-DNA interactions, in particular weak nonbonded DNA intercalation, contribute to genotoxic responses in mammalian cells has not been fully elucidated. Moreover, with the exception of predominantly flat, multiple-fused-ring structures, our ability to predict intercalation ability of n...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Snyder RD,Ewing DE,Hendry LB

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:Halogenated acetonitriles (HANs) are known to be water disinfectant by-products. Their mutagenicity and carcinogenicity have been shown in different test systems in vivo and in vitro. They also have clastogenic properties. In this study, the ability of HAN to induce single-strand breaks on the DNA of HeLa S3 cells was...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Muller-Pillet V,Joyeux M,Ambroise D,Hartemann P

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:Azidothymidine (AZT) is a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) that is used for reducing mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus I. Combinations of AZT and 3'-thiacytidine (3TC) are even more effective than AZT alone. AZT, however, is a mutagen and carcinogen in rodent models and 3TC ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Dobrovolsky VN,Shaddock JG,Mittelstaedt RA,Bishop ME,Lewis SM,Lee FW,Aidoo A,Leakey JE,Dunnick JK,Heflich RH

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA damage and its subsequent repair occur heterogeneously throughout the genome, which reflects the nature of the damaging agents, gross chromosomal structure, the specific nucleotide sequence, and transcriptional status. We selected to investigate the repair of DNA damage in an artificial, transgenic situation. Here...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Yang H,Kotturi GP,de Boer JG,Glickman BW

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental features of a transgenic mouse mutation assay based on a lacI target transgene from Escherichia coli are considered in detail. Sources of variability in the experimental protocol that can affect the statistical nature of the observations are examined with the goal of identifying sources of excess variatio...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Piegorsch WW,Lockhart AM,Margolin BH,Tindall KR,Gorelick NJ,Short JM,Carr GJ,Thompson ED,Shelby MD

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of several methodological factors on mean values of sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) and micronuclei (MN) in peripheral lymphocytes of 1,650 subjects was analyzed. Donors belonged to a general healthy population living in Pisa and in two nearby small cities: Cascina and Navacchio (Ca-Na). Blood samples ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Barale R,Marrazzini A,Bacci E,Di Sibio A,Tessa A,Cocchi L,Scarcelli V,Lubrano V,Vassalle C,Landi S

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:A wild-type strain of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1:KOS) encoding a functional thymidine kinase (tk+) and a tk- mutant strain (HSV-1:PTK3B) were used to study the role of the viral tk in the repair of UV-irradiated HSV-1 in human cells. UV survival of HSV-1:PTK3B was substantially reduced compared with that of HS...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Intine RV,Rainbow AJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A data base consisting of 61 heterocyclic amines formed during food preparation and their des-amino analogs were subjected to structure-activity analysis using the CASE method, a structural activity relational expert system. The program identified the major structural determinants associated with mutagenic activity or...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Zhang YP,Klopman G,Rosenkranz HS

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:Umu test is one of the in vitro genotoxicity test that has been used widely. It was developed as a high-throughput test system using the 96-well microplate. We have previously constructed new umu test strains for the evaluation of genotoxicity of procarcinogenic metabolic products formed by cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzym...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Hori H,Hirata D,Fujii W,Oda Y

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to inorganic arsenic increases the risk of basal cell carcinoma (BCC). Arsenic metabolism is a susceptibility factor for arsenic toxicity, and specific haplotypes in arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase (AS3MT) have been associated with increased urinary fractions of the most toxic arsenic metabolit...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Engström KS,Vahter M,Fletcher T,Leonardi G,Goessler W,Gurzau E,Koppova K,Rudnai P,Kumar R,Broberg K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are dynamic organelles that are involved in a number of diverse processes. Most often the mitochondrion is associated with energy generation, but other important processes occur in this organelle such as fatty acid synthesis and amino acid metabolism. Although mitochondria encode less than 40 genes, all o...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Moore A,Golden A

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：: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：: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：: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 hydroxyl radical scavengers thiourea, ethanol, and dimethyl sulfoxide significantly reduced the killing of Escherichia coli elicited by low concentrations of H2O2 (resulting in mode 1 killing) when treatments with the oxidant and the scavengers were performed in a complete growth medium (K medium) but not in M9 sa...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Brandi G,Salvaggio L,Cattabeni F,Cantoni O

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maintenance of the mitochondrial genome is essential for proper cellular function. For this purpose, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) needs to be faithfully replicated, transcribed, translated, and repaired in the face of constant onslaught from endogenous and environmental agents. Although only 13 polypeptides are encoded w...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Sharma N,Pasala MS,Prakash A

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is scientific and regulatory interest in using mutation assays in transgenic mice in safety assessments for new chemicals and drugs. Currently these assays are in the process of being validated, and protocols for routine testing are being defined. Some of the issues and results to date with regard to assay valid...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Gorelick NJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:Oxidative damage (lipid peroxidation, LPO) induced in a completely defined system containing glutathione (GSH), purified gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), and EDTA- and ADP-chelated ferric iron was enhanced by catalytic amounts of cupric ions and by ceruloplasmin (CP). The enhancement depended on GSH concentration,...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Glass GA,Stark AA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary 1-hydroxypyrene (1-OHP), an exposure biomarker for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), was used to identify potential sources of PAH exposure for 660 Koreans who were not occupationally exposed to PAHs (65% male; 35% female; mean age, 36.5 +/- 11.1 years). In this study, 74% of subjects had detectable lev...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Yang M,Kim S,Lee E,Cheong HK,Chang SS,Kang D,Choi Y,Lee SM,Jang JY

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Black cohosh extract (BCE) is a popular botanical dietary supplement marketed to relieve symptoms of various gynecological ailments. Studies conducted by the National Toxicology Program (NTP) showed that BCE induces micronucleated erythrocytes in female rats and mice. Subsequently, the NTP showed that a variety of BCE...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Bernacki DT,Bryce SM,Bemis JC,Dertinger SD,Witt KL,Smith-Roe SL

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethylene oxide (EO) is a direct acting alkylating agent; in vitro and in vivo studies indicate that it is both a mutagen and a carcinogen. However, it remains unclear whether the mode of action (MOA) for cancer for EO is a mutagenic MOA, specifically via point mutation. To investigate the MOA for EO-induced mouse lung...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Manjanatha MG,Shelton SD,Chen Y,Parsons BL,Myers MB,McKim KL,Gollapudi BB,Moore NP,Haber LT,Allen B,Moore MM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molybdenum is an essential element in plants and animals as a cofactor for enzymes. Molybdenum trioxide is used in metallurgical processes, in cosmetics as a pigment, and in contact lens solution, yet limited information is available on molybdenum genotoxicity. In the present study the micronucleus (MN) assay in human...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Titenko-Holland N,Shao J,Zhang L,Xi L,Ngo H,Shang N,Smith MT

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：: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