Spontaneous mutation spectrum in the hprt gene in human lymphoblastoid TK6 cells.

abstract：:All of the published mutagenicity data generated using the Muta Mouse (lacZ) and the Big Blue (lacI) transgenic mouse mutation assays have been re-presented in a standard format. To date, 26 chemicals have been evaluated in one or other of the assays, and eight tissues have been sampled. The present analysis should ex...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Morrison V,Ashby J

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic microsomes from rats pretreated with PCB were found to metabolize the food mutagen 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo(4,5-b)pyridine (PhIP) to two major metabolites, one of which was identified as the N-hydroxy derivative, 2-hydroxy-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo(4,5-b)pyridine (N-OH-PhIP). This identification w...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Frandsen H,Rasmussen ES,Nielsen PA,Farmer P,Dragsted L,Larsen JC

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tetrahydrofuran-type abasic site analog (THF) induces large deletion mutations in human cells. To compare the large deletions induced by THF on leading and lagging strand templates, plasmid DNAs bearing the analog at a specific position outside the supF gene were introduced into human U2OS cells. The replicated DN...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Suzuki T,Katayama Y,Komatsu Y,Kamiya H

更新日期：2019-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclophosphamide (CP)-induced micronuclei were evaluated in females of two strains of mice (C57BL and CD1), in F1 hybrid females and in fetuses (day 13 of gestation) obtained from different crosses. F1 adult hybrids from a cross between the strain with a high level of induced micronuclei (C57BL) and the strain with a ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Barale R,Migliore L,Zucconi D,Ciranni R,Casini D,Carducci A,Loprieno N

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of the third UKEMS collaborative trial, ICI Central Toxicology Laboratory (CTL) tested the three study chemicals ethylmethanesulphonate (EMS), benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) and benzidine (BZD) in a microwell adaptation of the L5178Y gene mutation assay using the thymidine kinase (tk) locus. Cofactors for metabolic ac...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Clay P,Cross MF

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation-induced exchange aberrations are thought to arise as a consequence of misrejoining of free ends of DNA double strand breaks (dsbs). In quiescent mammalian cells this process of misrejoining is prevalently taken up by the non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) process. In order to investigate the role of glutathio...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Dutta A,Chakraborty A,Saha A,Ray S,Chatterjee A

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of diet in DNA damage prevention is well established; however, the comparison of weight loss diets with different micronutrient and macronutrient profiles on genome stability in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) has not been studied. This study tested the hypothesis that genome stability in PBLs of ov...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Benassi-Evans B,Clifton PM,Noakes M,Keogh JB,Fenech M

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromatographic profiles of DNA adducts formed following treatment of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells or C3H10T1/2 mouse embryo fibroblast cells with benzo[a]pyrene (BP), in the presence or absence of rat liver S9 fraction, have been obtained by both direct labelling ([3H]BP) and 32P-post-labelling methods. The prin...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Watson WP,Smith RJ,Ryan D,Meyer AL

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Published data regarding the association between the apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1) T1349G (Asp148Glu) polymorphism and cancer risk show inconclusive results. To derive a more precise estimation of the relationship, we performed a meta-analysis of 27 published studies that included 12 432 cancer cases and...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Gu D,Wang M,Wang M,Zhang Z,Chen J

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adaptive response is a phenomenon by which cells exposed to low, non-cytotoxic doses of a genotoxicant become significantly resistant to a subsequent higher dose of the same or another genotoxic agent. Induction of the adaptive response has been mainly studied using ionizing radiation and alkylating agents as geno...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Oliveira NG,Rodrigues AS,Chaveca T,Rueff J

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of an adaptive response to low doses of alkylating chemicals in the phototrophic bacteria Rhodobacter sphaeroides and R.capsulatus has been studied. Results obtained show that both strains display this repair response against the challenge doses of N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG), when they ar...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Vericat JA,Barbé J

更新日期：1988-03-01 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：:The objective of the present study was to develop a cellular phenotype assay for nucleotide excision repair (NER), using benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide (BPDE) as model mutagen. Since in vitro exposure to BPDE may lead to DNA strand breaks resulting from both direct interaction with DNA and incisions introduced by the rep...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Vande Loock K,Decordier I,Ciardelli R,Haumont D,Kirsch-Volders M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of deficiency in the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) protein Pms2 were investigated using the endogenous mouse Hprt and Tk genes as reporters of intragenic mutation and loss of heterozygosity (LOH). Pms2(-/-)Tk(+/-), Pms2(+/+)Tk(+/-), Pms2(+/-)Tk(+/-) and Pms2(-/-)Tk(-/-) mice were bred from Pms2(+/-)Tk(+/-) mic...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Dobrovolsky VN,McKinzie PB,Shaddock JG,Mittelstaedt RA,Heflich RH,Parsons BL

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified method for the 32P-postlabeling assay that permits standardized quantitation for specific polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-DNA adducts is described. This method has been designed to test the components of the 32P-postlabeling assay for use in the chemically specific detection of individual adducts with...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Shields PG,Harris CC,Petruzzelli S,Bowman ED,Weston A

更新日期：1993-03-01 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：:This is an investigation of the long-term effects of a shift from a mixed diet to a lacto-vegetarian diet and of a return to a mixed diet on the mutagenic activity in urine and faeces. The participants were 20 normal weight, non-smoking subjects. Dietary surveys and urinary and faecal samples were collected before and...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Johansson G,Holmén A,Persson L,Högstedt B,Wassén C,Ottova L,Gustafsson JA

更新日期：1998-03-01 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：:The old herbal drug aristolochic acid (AA), derived from Aristolochia spp., has been associated with the development of a novel nephropathy, designated aristolochic acid nephropathy (AAN), and urothelial cancer in AAN patients. There is clear evidence that the major components of the plant extract AA, aristolochic aci...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Arlt VM,Stiborova M,Schmeiser HH

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a two dose/single-sample protocol for the in vivo/in vitro rat hepatocyte unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS) assay. In order to enhance the effectiveness of grain detection by image analysis we found minor technical modifications to be beneficial. These included the use of 3% acetic acid in ethanol (or ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Amphlett NW,Mitchell ID,Rees RW,Haynes GA

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of topoisomerase II inhibitor, teniposide, to induce aneuploidy and meiotic delay in somatic and germinal cells of male mice was investigated by fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) assay using labelled DNA probes and 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation assay, respectively. Colchicine and mit...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Attia SM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genotoxicity of alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane (alpha-HCH) was evaluated in primary cultures of mouse, rat and human hepatocytes. DNA fragmentation was measured by the alkaline elution technique and DNA repair synthesis by quantitative autoradiography. A 20 h exposure to subtoxic concentrations ranging from 0.056 to ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Mattioli F,Robbiano L,Adamo D,Federa R,Martelli A,Brambilla G

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical carcinogenesis can be induced by genotoxic (GTX) or non-genotoxic (NGTX) carcinogens. GTX carcinogens have a well-described mode of action. However, the complex mechanisms by which NGTX carcinogens act are less clear and may result in conflicting results between species [e.g. Wy-14,643 (Wy)]. We hypothesise t...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Rieswijk L,Brauers KJ,Coonen ML,van Breda SG,Jennen DG,Kleinjans JC

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-syndromic cleft lip and/or palate (NSCL/P) is a common birth defect caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. The possible role of genome instability on NSCL/P patient needs more investigation, since DNA metabolism is an essential cellular function to keep cells with normal genotypes and ge...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Xavier LA,Bezerra JF,de Rezende AA,Oliveira RA,Dalmolin RJ,do Amaral VS

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：:It has been hypothesised that positive associations between age and levels of oxidative stress-generated damage to DNA may be related to an age-dependent decline in DNA repair activity. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between age and repair activity of oxidatively damaged DNA in peripher...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Løhr M,Jensen A,Eriksen L,Grønbæk M,Loft S,Møller P

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：: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：:The induction of localized DNA damage within a discrete nuclear volume is an important tool in DNA repair studies. Both charged particle irradiation and laser microirradiation (LMI) systems allow for such a localized damage induction, but the results obtained are difficult to compare, as the delivered laser dose canno...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Splinter J,Jakob B,Lang M,Yano K,Engelhardt J,Hell SW,Chen DJ,Durante M,Taucher-Scholz G

更新日期：2010-05-01 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