Assessment of the ability of propoxur, methomyl, and aldicarb, three carbamate insecticides, to induce micronuclei in vitro in cultured Chinese hamster ovary cells and in vivo in BALB/c mice.

abstract：:The phenoxyherbicide and peroxisome proliferator 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA) was tested for its ability to induce sister-chromatid exchanges (SCE) in chick embryos. Erbitox E30 (a commercial formulation containing 28% MCPA sodium potassium salt as active ingredient) was injected into the air chamber in ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Arias E

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The centrosome, also known as the microtubule organizing center of the cell, is a membrane-less organelle composed of a pair of barrel-shaped centrioles surrounded by electron-dense pericentriolar material. The centrosome progresses through the centrosome cycle in step with the cell cycle such that centrosomes are dup...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Lukasiewicz KB,Lingle WL

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：:AQ-13 ([N1-(7-chloro-quinolin-4yl)-3-(N3,N3-diethylamino)propylamine] dihydrochloride trihydrate) is an aminoquinoline antimalarial drug that is effective against chloroquine-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum. It is structurally similar to the widely used chloroquine diphosphate (CQ). We evaluated these drugs...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Riccio ES,Lee PS,Winegar RA,Krogstad DJ,De D,Mirsalis JC

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of mutations induced by xenotoxins is a common task in the field of genetic toxicology. Mutations are often detected by clonally expanding potential mutant cells and genotyping each viable clone by Sanger sequencing. Such a "clone-by-clone" approach requires significant time and effort, and sometimes is...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Revollo JR,Crabtree NM,Pearce MG,Pacheco-Martinez MM,Dobrovolsky VN

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased telomerase expression has been implicated in the pathogenesis of lung cancer and, since the primary cause of lung cancer is smoking, an association between telomerase reactivation and tobacco smoke has been proposed. In this work an investigation has been performed to assess the relationship between tobacco ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Marcon F,Siniscalchi E,Andreoli C,Allione A,Fiorito G,Medda E,Guarrera S,Matullo G,Crebelli R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vivo model Drosophila melanogaster was used here to determine the detrimental effects induced by silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) exposure. The main aim was to explore its interaction with the intestinal barrier and the genotoxic effects induced in hemocytes. The observed effects were compared with those obtained b...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Alaraby M,Romero S,Hernández A,Marcos R

更新日期：2019-04-01 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：:Respirable crystalline silica has been classified as a human lung carcinogen. Ultrafine (diameter < 100 nm) silica particles may be important in carcinogenesis, although the mechanisms remain unclear. In the present study, WIL2-NS cells were incubated for 6, 24, and 48 hr with 0, 30, 60, and 120 microg/ml ultrafine cr...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Wang JJ,Sanderson BJ,Wang H

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal studies have linked perinatal bisphenol A (BPA) exposure to altered DNA methylation, but little attention is given to analyzing multiple physiologically relevant doses. Utilizing the viable yellow agouti (A(vy)) mouse, we examine the effects of developmental exposure through maternal diet to 50 ng BPA/kg (n = 1...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Anderson OS,Nahar MS,Faulk C,Jones TR,Liao C,Kannan K,Weinhouse C,Rozek LS,Dolinoy DC

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2,6-Dicyano-4-nitroaniline and 2-cyano-4-nitroaniline (CNNA; 2-amino-5-nitrobenzonitrile) are potent mutagens in the Ames test, even though unsubstituted nitroanilines (NAs) are no more than weak mutagens. These compounds are putative reduction products of many commercial azo dyes, including Disperse Blue 165, Dispers...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Josephy PD,Dhanoa J,Elzawy G,Heney K,Petrie L,Senis C

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：:Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), which are widely used as flame retardants, are considered persistent organic pollutants. To date, the available toxicological data on PBDEs are limited and were primarily obtained by studying technical blends. The present study was undertaken to investigate the genotoxicity of t...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Evandri MG,Mastrangelo S,Costa LG,Bolle P

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of long-term smoking on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletions in hair follicles were investigated in subjects with different antioxidant capacity. Twenty-two male smokers with a smoking index of greater than 5 pack-years and without any known systemic diseases were recruited for this study. Forty healthy non...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Liu CS,Chen HW,Lii CK,Tsai CS,Kuo CL,Wei YH

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lead is a widely existing environmental pollutant with potential carcinogenicity. To investigate the association of blood lead level (B-Pb) with potential chromosomal damage and cancer, we analyzed micronucleus (MN) frequency of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) and the methylation status of six human tumor suppress...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Yu LB,Tu YT,Huang JW,Zhang YN,Zheng GQ,Xu XW,Wang JW,Xiao JQ,Christiani DC,Xia ZL

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：:The induction and nature of mutations in the lacI transgene were evaluated in multiple tissues after exposure of adult male B6C3F1 lacI transgenic mice to cyclophosphamide (CP). Mice were given a single i.p. injection of 25 mg CP/kg, 100 mg CP/kg, or vehicle (PBS) and then necropsied 6 weeks after treatment to allow D...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Gorelick NJ,Andrews JL,deBoer JG,Young R,Gibson DP,Walker VE

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vivo Pig-a mutation assay has been adapted for measuring mutation in rats, mice, monkeys, and humans. To date, the assay has been used mainly to assess the mutagenicity of chemicals that are known to be powerful point mutagens. The assay has not been used to measure the biological effects associated with ionizi...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Ohtani S,Unno A,Ushiyama A,Kimoto T,Miura D,Kunugita N

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, high concentrations of arsenic have been documented in ground waters of Southern Assam, India. Indiscriminate smokeless tobacco consumption is a common practice in this region. Correlation between nutritional status and arsenic and smokeless tobacco-induced health effects has not been taken up in h...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Das S,Langthasa P,Barhoi D,Upadhaya P,Giri S

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of micronucleus (MN) induction and decline in blood normochromatic erythrocytes (NCE) of mice subchronically exposed to benzene was investigated during and after exposure. Swiss (ICR) male mice (10/group) were given 0.0, 36.6, 73.2, and 146.4 mg/kg body weight benzene by gavage daily for 14 days, except f...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Rithidech K,Au WW,Ramanujam VM,Whorton EB Jr,Legator MS

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA adducts of carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) play a critical role in the etiology of gastrointestinal tract cancers in humans and other species orally exposed to PAHs. Yet, the precise localization of PAH-DNA adducts in the gastrointestinal tract, and the long-term postmortem PAH-DNA adduct stab...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Poirier MC,Beland FA,Divi KV,Damon AL,Ali M,Vanlandingham MM,Churchwell MI,Von Tungeln LS,Dwyer JE,Divi RL,Beauchamp G,Martineau D

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The L5178Y mouse lymphoma cell mutagenesis assay is used to detect the mutagenic activity of chemicals in a mammalian cell system. To evaluate this assay we compared the results of assays performed independently on 63 chemicals by laboratories at SRI International and Litton Bionetics, Inc. The two laboratories used s...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Caspary WJ,Daston DS,Myhr BC,Mitchell AD,Rudd CJ,Lee PS

更新日期：1988-01-01 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

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：:Previous population-based studies have identified subject characteristics that, when combined, can account for approximately 20% of the observed interindividual variation in baseline SCE rates. In the present investigation, a classic twin study design was used to address the issue of the relevance of genetic factors t...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Hirsch BA,Sentz KK,McGue M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coumarin (1,2-benzopyrone), a natural food constituent, prevents polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-induced neoplasms in rats and mice, but has not been studied with other chemical carcinogens. We examined coumarin chemoprotection against aflatoxin B1 using the 6-thioguanine resistance mutation assay in two different Chi...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Goeger DE,Anderson KE,Hsie AW

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

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：:Monohaloacetic acids (monoHAAs) are a major class of drinking water disinfection by-products (DBPs) and are cytotoxic, genotoxic, mutagenic, and teratogenic. We propose a model of toxic action based on monoHAA-mediated inhibition of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) as a target cytosolic enzyme. This mo...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Dad A,Jeong CH,Pals JA,Wagner ED,Plewa MJ

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an in vivo mutagenesis model that utilizes reverse mutation and forward mutation at the endogenous Aprt locus. Reverse mutation provides an in situ method for detecting environments or agents that cause point mutations. Forward mutation detects large chromosomal events, including mitotic recombination, chr...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Stambrook PJ,Shao C,Stockelman M,Boivin G,Engle SJ,Tischfield JA

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the genotoxic effects of a widely used herbicide, trifluralin, and its commercial formulation, Treflan, were evaluated using the micronucleus test in a commercially important fish species, Oreochromis niloticus (Nile Tilapia). Fish were exposed to 1, 5, and 10 microg/L doses of trifluralin and Treflan f...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Könen S,Cavaş T

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00