DNA adduct formation in primary mouse embryo cells induced by 7H-dibenzo[c,g]carbazole and its organ-specific carcinogenic derivatives.

abstract：:Aldehydes are widespread environmental and industrial compounds, able to stimulate a range of adverse health effects (e.g., general toxicity, allergenic reactions, mutagenicity, and carcinogenicity). We have previously presented quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs) for the genotoxicity of simple and a...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Benigni R,Conti L,Crebelli R,Rodomonte A,Vari' MR

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A set of stable nitroxide free radicals that are used as spin labels have been shown to possess metal-independent superoxide dismutase-like activity. Unlike superoxide dismutase (SOD), these compounds are low molecular weight, and readily penetrate into the cell. A representative nitroxide, 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetrameth...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： DeGraff WG,Krishna MC,Russo A,Mitchell JB

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1960s witnessed detailed studies on the genetic properties of a large number of histidine-requiring mutants of Salmonella typhimurium. The early 1970s saw development of selected strains, the Ames strains, for use in rapid, cheap, sensitive, and manipulable tests of chemicals and chemical mixtures for genotoxic ac...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Hartman PE

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to high concentrations of hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] in drinking water was associated with an increased incidence of oral tumors in F344 rats in a 2-year cancer bioassay conducted by the National Toxicology Program. These tumors primarily occurred at 180 ppm Cr(VI) and appeared to originate from the gingiva...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Thompson CM,Young RR,Suh M,Dinesdurage HR,Elbekai RH,Harris MA,Rohr AC,Proctor DM

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is provided that antitopoisomerase drugs induce chromosomal aberrations via the formation of DNA double strand breaks. Camptothecin, an inhibitor of DNA topoisomerase I, produced only chromatid-type aberrations, and in order to be effective it has to be present during the DNA replication. The fact that it ind...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Palitti F

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although not mutagenic by Ames test, 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF), a leading biofuel candidate, was found to induce chromosomal damage in cultured murine cells, suggesting that it may be genotoxic. We sought to prioritize the environmental and biological impacts of using DMF as a combustible biofuel. First, we assessed DMF...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Phuong J,Kim S,Thomas R,Zhang L

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noncovalent DNA interactions, e.g., DNA intercalation and DNA groove-binding, have not been well studied relative to covalent interactions largely due to the inability of predicting and detecting such events in intact cells. We have adapted an in vitro bleomycin amplification method for DNA intercalation for use in cu...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Snyder RD,Hendry LB

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modulation of 1,3-butadiene (BD)-induced DNA adducts by occupational exposure, glutathione S-transferase (GST) genotypes, single-strand breaks, and cytogenetic end points was studied in 15 workers and 11 controls. The exposed group consisted of 8 smokers and 7 nonsmokers, whereas the control group consisted of 7 n...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Zhao C,Vodicka P,Sram RJ,Hemminki K

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial dysfunction is a global term used in the context of "unhealthy" mitochondria. In practical terms, mitochondria are extremely complex and highly adaptive in structure, chemical and enzymatic composition, subcellular distribution and functional interaction with other components of cells. Consequently, alte...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Roede JR,Jones DP

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality in Taiwanese women. Cigarette smoking cannot explain the high lung cancer mortality in this population because less than 10% of women in Taiwan are smokers. Therefore, environmental factors other than smoking may play an important role in lung cancer development in ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Cheng YW,Hsieh LL,Lin PP,Chen CP,Chen CY,Lin TS,Su JM,Lee H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents the first application of an in vivo alkaline comet assay using haemocytes of Drosophila melanogaster larvae. These cells, which play a role similar to that of mammalian blood, can be easily obtained and represent an overall exposure of the treated larvae. To validate the assay, we evaluated the res...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Carmona ER,Guecheva TN,Creus A,Marcos R

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to emissions from laser printers during the printing process is commonplace worldwide, both in the home and workplace environment. In the present study, cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of the emission from five low to medium-throughput laser printers were investigated with respect to the release of ozone (O(3...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Tang T,Gminski R,Könczöl M,Modest C,Armbruster B,Mersch-Sundermann V

更新日期：2012-03-01 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：:In this study we evaluated the antigenotoxic and cytoprotective capabilities of WR-2721 [S-2-(3-aminopropylamino)-ethylphosphorothioic acid (amifostine)] in different normal tissues of BALB/c mice treated with idarubicin [4-demethoxydaunorubicin (IDA)]. The aminothiol WR-2721 is a pro-drug that requires dephosphorylat...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： de Campos Nebel M,Larripa I,González-Cid M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several genotoxicity endpoints have been evaluated to define nonlinear dose-responses for SN 1 and SN 2 alkylating genotoxicants. Dose-response studies acknowledging the process of multistage tumorigenesis are important; however, data pertaining nonlinearity are not yet available. In this communication, the role of DN...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Becker K,Thomas AD,Kaina B

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The types of chromosomal aberrations during the aging of Crepis capillaris (Hawksbeard; fam. Asteraceae) seeds were investigated. Seeds were stored at 22 degrees C for 2, 4, 6, and 8 years. Chromosomal aberrations were analyzed in metaphase chromosomes at the first and second mitotic cycles. A colchicine block was use...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Dimitrov BD

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unpublished results from our laboratory showed that colchicine increased the incidence of hyperploid mouse metaphase II (MII) oocytes when injected at the same time as human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG). The objective of the present study was to determine whether the time of administering colchicine influenced the in...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Mailhes JB,Yuan ZP

更新日期：1987-01-01 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

abstract：:Mutagenicity is an important toxicological endpoint that requires thorough evaluation during the industrial chemical registration process. Regulatory requirements for mutagenicity assessment in registration of industrial chemicals vary in geographic regions (and in some cases by intended application). Here we compile ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Ji Z,Ball NS,LeBaron MJ

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vanillin (VA) modulates the genotoxicity of chemical and physical agents in a complex manner. Previous studies indicate that VA inhibits the mutagenicity but increases the mitotic homologous recombination caused by at least some genotoxic agents. In the present study, we have evaluated the effects of VA on the repair ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Furlanetto MP,Sinigaglia M,Amaral VS,Dihl RR,de Andrade HH

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used an SV40-based shuttle vector, pZ189, to investigate the capacity of HeLa cell extracts to reproduce the in vivo process of mutation fixation. We showed previously that when UV-irradiated pZ189 is replicated in these extracts, bypass of UV photoproducts occurs, resulting in base substitution mutations in t...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Carty MP,el-Saleh S,Zernik-Kobak M,Dixon K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro transcriptional signatures that predict toxicities can facilitate chemical screening. We previously developed a transcriptomic biomarker (known as TGx-28.65) for classifying agents as genotoxic (DNA damaging) and non-genotoxic in human lymphoblastoid TK6 cells. Because TK6 cells do not express cytochrome P450...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Yauk CL,Buick JK,Williams A,Swartz CD,Recio L,Li HH,Fornace AJ Jr,Thomson EM,Aubrecht J

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three carbamate insecticides (propoxur, methomyl, and aldicarb) were evaluated for their ability to induce micronuclei (MN) in vitro using cultured Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, and in vivo in mouse bone marrow erythrocytes. In vitro, all three insecticides induced a significant increase in micronucleated binucle...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Wei LY,Chao JS,Hong CC

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:Amoxicillin (AMO), a drug used in the treatment of infections caused by susceptible bacteria, has been evaluated for its ability to induce genotoxicity in human peripheral blood lymphocytes. The potential genotoxic effects of AMO were investigated in vitro by the sister chromatid exchange (SCE), chromosomal aberration...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Istifli ES,Topaktaş M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosome aberrations can occur by secondary mechanism(s) associated with cytotoxicity, induced by chemicals that do not attack DNA. Aberrations are formed from DNA double-strand breaks, and DSBs are known to be induced by nonmutagenic (Ames test negative) noncarcinogens at toxic levels [Storer et al. (1996): Mutat R...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Hilliard CA,Armstrong MJ,Bradt CI,Hill RB,Greenwood SK,Galloway SM

更新日期：1998-01-01 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

abstract：:This paper summarizes recent developments in the continuing evolution of Human Relevance Frameworks to systematically consider the weight of evidence of hypothesized modes of action in animals and their potential human relevance for both cancer and non-cancer effects. These frameworks have been developed in initiative...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Meek ME

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：:Isothiocyanates (ITCs) are commonly found in cruciferous vegetables. A variety of biological activities have been ascribed to ITCs, such as inhibition of cytochrome P450 enzymes and induction of phase II enzymes in animal models. ITCs are also able to block cell-cycle progression and induce apoptosis in human cancer c...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Fimognari C,Berti F,Cantelli-Forti G,Hrelia P

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00