Cytogenetic biomonitoring in a Spanish group of agricultural workers exposed to pesticides.

abstract：:Activation of the human bladder carcinogen 4-aminobiphenyl (ABP) and its N-hydroxy derivatives was investigated using lysates and subcellular enzyme preparations from cultured human uroepithelial cells (HUC). Mutagenic activation was determined using Salmonella typhimurium strains TA98; TA98/1,8-DNP6, a derivative def...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Hatcher JF,Rao KP,Swaminathan S

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

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：:Barrett's oesophagus (BO) carries an increased risk of progression to oesophageal adenocarcinoma. Chromoendoscopy with methylene blue (MB) can be used to facilitate identification of BO and target areas for biopsy. If photoexcited, MB can generate reactive oxygen species and genotoxic photodegradation products leading...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Sturmey RG,Wild CP,Hardie LJ

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pronase digestion procedure for the isolation of gastric mucosal cells was evaluated for its usefulness in measuring unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS). The method has been claimed to be suited for assessing the genotoxicity potential of compounds. Compounds were given orally to rats. After 13 h [3H]thymidine was injec...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Larsson H,Fryklund J,Helander HF,Wallmark B

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:A simplified method, using recombinant interleukin-2, foetal bovine serum and freeze-killed feeder cells, has been developed for the mass culture of T-lymphocytes derived from human peripheral blood. In this protocol, bulk cultures can be cryopreserved approximately 8 days after initiation, and subsequent mass culture...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： O'Donovan MR,Freemantle MR,Hull G,Bell DA,Arlett CF,Cole J

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligodontia, which is the congenital absence of six or more permanent teeth, excluding the third molars, may contribute to masticatory dysfunction, speech alteration, aesthetic problems and malocclusion. Msh homeobox 1 (MSX1) was the first gene identified as causing non-syndromic oligodontia. In this study, we identif...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Wong SW,Liu HC,Han D,Chang HG,Zhao HS,Wang YX,Feng HL

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many chronic inflammatory conditions are associated with an increased risk of cancer development. At the site of inflammation, cellular DNA is damaged by hypochlorous acid (HOCl), a potent oxidant generated by myeloperoxidase. 8-Chloro-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-Cl-dG) is a major DNA adduct formed by HOCl and has been detec...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Sassa A,Kamoshita N,Matsuda T,Ishii Y,Kuraoka I,Nohmi T,Ohta T,Honma M,Yasui M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the aim of optimizing the efficiency of S9 fractions used in in vitro mutagenicity assays, different schemes for the induction of liver enzymes in rats were tried and the amount of S9 fraction required was assessed. The activity of 2-anthramine (2AA), 2-acetylaminofluorene (2AAF), 3-methylcholanthrene (3MTCL) and...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： García Franco S,Domínguez G,Pico JC

更新日期：1999-05-01 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：:Anaesthetics have gained a lot of attention for their potential mutagenic/carcinogenic effects. In the present study we have investigated the genotoxicity of the inhalation anaesthetic sevoflurane on DNA of lymphocytes isolated from 20 patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery. The genotoxicity of the anaesthetic was st...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Alleva R,Tomasetti M,Solenghi MD,Stagni F,Gamberini F,Bassi A,Fornasari PM,Fanelli G,Borghi B

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：:Primary liver fibroblasts were applied in a cytokinesis-block micronucleus assay in combination with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using two protocols. In protocol A (Prot. A), cytochalasin B (Cyt B) was added at the end of the treatment time directly to the medium containing the standard compounds, wherea...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Nesti C,Trippi F,Scarpato R,Migliore L,Turchi G

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past four years several livestock farms (sheep, cattle and river buffalo) in the provinces of Naples and Caserta (southern Italy) have been unable to sell their milk and other dairy products due to the levels of dioxins (17 different types) present in the milk mass exceeding the value permitted [3 pg/g of f...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Perucatti A,Di Meo GP,Albarella S,Ciotola F,Incarnato D,Jambrenghi AC,Peretti V,Vonghia G,Iannuzzi L

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A systematic review of the literature has been conducted and studies reporting investigations of genotoxicity biomarkers in pesticide workers have been assessed with view to establishing whether there was evidence for any risk to those using pesticides approved in the United Kingdom. Each of the studies was evaluated ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Bull S,Fletcher K,Boobis AR,Battershill JM

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A collaborative study of interlaboratory variability in bacterial mutagenicity induced by mitomycin C (MMC) and bleomycin (BLM) was performed using the four strains Salmonella typhimurium TA102 and TA2638 and Escherichia coli WP2/pKM101 and WP2 uvrA/pKM101. Thirteen laboratories participated in this study. The four st...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Watanabe K,Sakamoto K,Sasaki T

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human lymphocyte micronucleus (MN) test combined with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) of a centromeric probe is considered a useful screening assay to distinguish between clastogenic and aneugenic agents. Four suspected aneuploidy-inducing chemicals, acetaldehyde (AA), diethylstilbestrol (DES), diethylst...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Migliore L,Cocchi L,Scarpato R

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blepharophimosis-ptosis-epicanthus inversus syndrome (BPES) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by blepharophimosis, ptosis and epicanthus inversus. Based on the presence and absence of premature ovarian failure, two clinical types have been distinguished. Both types of BPES have been mapped to chromosome ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Tang S,Wang X,Lin L,Sun Y,Wang Y,Yu H

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nature is an attractive source of therapeutic compounds. In comparison to the artificial drugs, natural compounds cause less adverse side effects and are suitable for current molecularly oriented approaches to drug development and their mutual combining. Medicinal plants represent one of the most available remedy agai...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Horváthová E,Srančíková A,Regendová-Sedláčková E,Melušová M,Meluš V,Netriová J,Krajčovičová Z,Slameňová D,Pastorek M,Kozics K

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：: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：:We report on a new method for the study of radiation-induced chromatid breaks in stimulated human peripheral blood T lymphocytes, involving a combination of a 1-h colcemid block and a short (15 min) calyculin A treatment. We find that this procedure eliminates the problem of centromere splitting when calyculin A is us...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Shovman O,Riches AC,Adamson D,Bryant PE

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of novel nanomaterials with unique physico-chemical properties is increasing at a rapid rate, with potential applications across a broad range of manufacturing industries and consumer products. Nanomaterial safety is therefore becoming an increasingly contentious issue that has intensified over the pas...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Doak SH,Griffiths SM,Manshian B,Singh N,Williams PM,Brown AP,Jenkins GJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：: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：:Dibenz[a,h]anthracene (DB[a,h]A) is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon that is a by-product of combustion and a potent carcinogen. Few studies have investigated the effects of DB[a,h]A on mRNA and microRNA expression to dissect the mechanisms involved in carcinogenesis. In this study, mature male mice (Muta(™)Mouse) we...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Malik AI,Rowan-Carroll A,Williams A,Lemieux CL,Long AS,Arlt VM,Phillips DH,White PA,Yauk CL

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

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：:Tobacco farming is an important economic income in Brazil, although it has been challenged as regard the occupational exposure to both pesticides and nicotine endured by farmers. Chronic occupational exposure to complex mixtures can lead to health hazardous. We examined genomic instability and epigenetic changes in to...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Kahl VFS,Dhillon VS,Simon D,da Silva FR,Salvador M,Branco CDS,Cappetta M,Martínez-López W,Thiesen FV,Dias JF,Souza CT,Fenech M,da Silva J

更新日期：2018-04-13 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：:In this study, we determined the induction and time-dependent accumulation of micronuclei in the peripheral blood of transgenic C57BL/6 p53+/- mice (p53+/- mice), FVB/N Tg.AC v-Ha-ras mice (Tg.AC mice) and their isogenic parental strains, FVB/N and C57BL/6 following inhalation exposure to benzene. Our objective was to...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Healy LN,Pluta LJ,James RA,Janszen DB,Torous D,French JE,Recio L

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00