Use of the SOS chromotest, the Ames-fluctuation test and the newt micronucleus test to study the genotoxicity of four trihalomethanes.

abstract：:We have investigated the genotoxicity of lambda-cyhalothrin (LCT) (CAS registry No. 91465-08-06), a pyrethroid insecticide, in bone marrow cells and in colonic crypt epithelial cells of groups of four rats per dose treated in vivo by gavage at doses of 0.8, 3.06 and 6.12 mg/kg body weight (body wt). We measured genoto...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Celik A,Mazmanci B,Camlica Y,Askin A,Cömelekoglu U

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol drinking-derived acetaldehyde is believed to cross-link DNA and induce sister chromatid exchanges in peripheral blood lymphocytes. However, little population data are available to illustrate effects of alcohol-derived acetaldehyde on DNA migration as assayed by the comet assay in peripheral lymphocytes. In the...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Lu Y,Morimoto K

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The single-cell gel electrophoresis--the comet assay--has proved to be a sensitive and relatively simple method that is much used in research for the analysis of specific types of DNA damage, and its use in genotoxicity testing is increasing. The efficiency of the comet assay, in terms of number of samples processed p...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Gutzkow KB,Langleite TM,Meier S,Graupner A,Collins AR,Brunborg G

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic B6C3F1 and C57BL/6 mice containing a lambda shuttle vector that carries a lacI target and an alpha lacZ reporter gene have been constructed for use in in vivo mutagenesis assays. After chemical treatment of mice carrying the lacI target gene, genomic DNA is isolated and the shuttle vector is recovered by ex...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Mirsalis JC,Provost GS,Matthews CD,Hamner RT,Schindler JE,O'Loughlin KG,MacGregor JT,Short JM

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A substantial database on hprt mutant frequency in circulating T-cells derived from 153 normal humans was analysed to determine if any effect of alcohol consumption could be detected. Alcohol intake (as reported in a questionnaire completed at the time of the blood sample) ranged from 0 to 35+ units per week. Donors w...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Cole J,Green MH

更新日期：1995-09-01 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：:Swiss albino mice were exposed to formulated cypermethrin (CMR) and/or or chlorpyrifos (CPF) through oral gavages for 60 days. Test doses of CMR (0.69, 1.38 or 2.76mg/kg/day) or CPF (0.5, 1.0 or 2.0mg/kg/day) or CMR + CPF (0.69 + 0.5, 1.38 + 1.0 or 2.76 + 2.0mg/kg/day) were based on the acute oral median lethal doses ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Chauhan LK,Varshney M,Pandey V,Sharma P,Verma VK,Kumar P,Goel SK

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction of aneuploidy in cultured mammalian cells has been studied using two chemical agents, diethylstilboestrol dipropionate and Colcemid, which act on the mitotic spindle, in order to investigate different methods of scoring and statistical analysis. Two cell lines, one human and the other Chinese hamster, we...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Danford N,Balfe P

更新日期：1987-09-01 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：:In response to DNA damage, cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, and DNA repair are mediated by a TP53 pathway that induces p21(WAF1/Cip1). The chemotherapeutic drug cis-diamminedichloroplatinum-II (cisplatin) damages cellular DNA by forming cis-diammineplatinum-N(7)-d[GpG] and cis-diammine-platinum-N(7)-d[ApG] adducts. To in...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： van Gijssel HE,Leil TA,Weinberg WC,Divi RL,Olivero OA,Poirier MC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protection from chronic exposure to cosmic radiation, which is primarily composed of protons, in future manned missions to Mars and beyond is considered to be a key unresolved issue. To model the effects of cosmic radiation on a living cell, we used Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells harboring various deletions of DNA rep...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Rostek C,Turner EL,Robbins M,Rightnar S,Xiao W,Obenaus A,Harkness TA

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell transformation assays (CTAs) have long been proposed as in vitro methods for the identification of potential chemical carcinogens. Despite showing good correlation with rodent bioassay data, concerns over the subjective nature of using morphological criteria for identifying transformed cells and a lack of underst...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Creton S,Aardema MJ,Carmichael PL,Harvey JS,Martin FL,Newbold RF,O'Donovan MR,Pant K,Poth A,Sakai A,Sasaki K,Scott AD,Schechtman LM,Shen RR,Tanaka N,Yasaei H

更新日期：2012-01-01 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 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：:The repairability during G(1) of DNA lesions eliciting sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) induced by methylmethanesulfonate (MMS) and ethylmethanesulfonate (EMS) in BrdU-substituted and unsubstituted DNA strands was determined in murine salivary gland cells in vivo. The SCE frequency was determined after exposure to MMS...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： González-Beltrán F,Morales-Ramírez P

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the genetic damage induced by tuberculosis infection and also by a combination of therapeutic exposure to anti-tuberculosis (anti-TB) drugs (isoniazid + rifampicin + pyrazinamide + ethambutol or streptomycin) we have considered chromosome aberrations (CA) and micronuclei (MN) in binucleate peripheral blood...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Masjedi MR,Heidary A,Mohammadi F,Velayati AA,Dokouhaki P

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detailed dose-response data for two reference aneugens, vincristine and nocodazole, have been derived for the mouse bone marrow micronucleus assay. Positive data have also been described for six other micronucleus-inducing agents: cyclophosphamide; aniline; urethane; 1,2-dimethylhydrazine; 7,12-dimethylbenzanthracene ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Tinwell H,Ashby J

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations of DNA repair enzymes and consequential triggering of aberrant DNA damage response (DDR) pathways are thought to play a pivotal role in genomic instabilities associated with cancer development, and are further thought to be important predictive biomarkers for therapy using the synthetic lethality paradigm....

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Malfatti MC,Antoniali G,Codrich M,Burra S,Mangiapane G,Dalla E,Tell G

更新日期：2020-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously that UVC irradiation of benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide (BPDE)-adducted DNA (BPDE/UVC) induces an increase in mutation frequency in the supF gene greater than the calculated additive value derived from either treatment alone, with a greater absolute increase in the level of BPDE signature transver...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： McLuckie KI,Gaskell M,Farmer PB,Martin EA,Jones GD,Routledge MN

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of centromeric DNA was studied in micronuclei isolated from the blood of male ddY mice after five weekly intraperitoneal injections of mitomycin C (MMC), 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine (Ara-C), colchicine (COL) or vinblastine sulfate (VBL). In agreement with our earlier findings, about half of the micr...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Mäki-Paakkanen J,Hayashi M,Suzuki T,Tanabe H,Honma M,Sofuni T

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zeocin is a member of the bleomycin/phleomycin family of antibiotics, known to bind and cleave DNA. We established human SK-OV-3 cells that stably express the Zeocin resistance gene (Sh ble) using an ecdysone-inducible mammalian expression system. Surprisingly, our results demonstrated that Zeocin, added in the cultur...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Oliva-Trastoy M,Defais M,Larminat F

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3 beta-Hydroxy-13 alpha-amino-13,17-seco-5 alpha-androstan-17-oic-13,17-lactam-p-bis(2-chloroethyl) aminophenoxyacetate (NSC 294859) is a new modified steroidal alkylating agent. This compound was given by i.p. administration to mice bearing different types of tumour. It was found to exhibit good activity in L1210 and...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Tselepi MR,Demopoulos NA,Catsoulacos P

更新日期：1989-09-01 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：: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：:Genetic damage in workers occupationally exposed to an antineoplastic drug was studied using the micronucleus (MN) test, the comet assay, the hprt gene mutation assay and the TCR gene mutation assay. The subjects were divided into two groups: (i) 21 workers from a plant producing methotrexate (MTX); (ii) 21 controls w...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Deng H,Zhang M,He J,Wu W,Jin L,Zheng W,Lou J,Wang B

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：:Vitamins with antioxidant properties have the ability to act as pro-oxidants, inducing oxidative damage and oxidative stress as opposed to preventing it. While vitamin supplements are commonly consumed, the scientific evidence for their health beneficial effects is inconclusive. In fact, even harmful effects have been...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Bergström T,Ersson C,Bergman J,Möller L

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the tests used to determine the mutagenic potential of chemicals, the chromosomal aberrations and micronucleus assays play an important role. These tests score either chromosomal structural aberrations at metaphase or micronuclei at interphase. One of the hallmarks of apoptosis is DNA fragmentation into 50-300 k...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Meintières S,Biola A,Pallardy M,Marzin D

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbaryl causes depolymerization of spindle microtubules and apparent uncoupling of karyokinesis and cytokinesis in mitotic V79 cells. The metabolite 1-naphthol has virtually identical effects at equimolar concentrations. The closely related 2-naphthol causes similar configurations, but at a much lower frequency than ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Renglin A,Olsson A,Wachtmeister CA,Onfelt A

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coleus aromaticus (Benth, Family: Laminaceae), Indian Oregano native to India and Mediterranean, is well known for its medicinal properties. A preliminary study was undertaken to elucidate in vitro free radical scavenging potential and inhibition of lipid peroxidation by C.aromaticus hydroalcoholic extract (CAE). Anti...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Rao BS,Shanbhoge R,Upadhya D,Jagetia GC,Adiga SK,Kumar P,Guruprasad K,Gayathri P

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00