Coumarin chemoprotection against aflatoxin B1-induced gene mutation in a mammalian cell system: a species difference in mutagen activation and protection with chick embryo and rat liver S9.

abstract：:We evaluated the mutagens in fumes produced by heating three different cooking oils used in Taiwan to temperatures of 100 degrees C, 200 degrees C, and 300 degrees C, and constructed models to study the efficacy of fume extractors used commonly by Taiwanese women. Particulates of volatile emissions from lard (at 200 d...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Chiang TA,Wu PF,Ko YC

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorinated drinking water contains several chlorohydroxyfuranone (CHF) by-products whose contribution to cancer risk is not presently known. 3,4-Dichloro-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MCA), 3-chloro-4-(chloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (CMCF), and 3- chloro-4-methyl-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MCF) were studied for th...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Mäki-Paakkanen J,Laaksonen M,Munter T,Kronberg L,Komulainen H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human lymphocytes and Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) fibroblasts were analyzed for cytogenetic and cytotoxic endpoints to determine whether exposure to power frequency (60 Hz) electromagnetic fields (EMF) interferes with normal cell growth and reproduction. An exposure chamber was built to apply variable electric current...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Livingston GK,Witt KL,Gandhi OP,Chatterjee I,Roti Roti JL

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：: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：:The accessibility of reactive metabolites to test cells is critical for a genotoxic response. However, sulfo-conjugates formed outside may not readily enter cells, and some metabolites formed by cytochromes P450 (CYPs) may not endure transport. This topic was addressed in the present study, using V79 cells engineered ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Zhu N,Hu K,Li Z,Chen Y,Liu Y

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA repair proteins XPD and XRCC1 are involved in the nucleotide and base excision repair of DNA lesions induced by many tobacco and environmental carcinogens. Common variant alleles at the XPD (312Asn, 751Gln) and XRCC1 (399Gln) loci have been identified and associated with increased risk for lung cancer. We ther...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Hou SM,Ryk C,Kannio A,Angelini S,Fält S,Nyberg F,Husgafvel-Pursiainen K

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we compared the ability of extractable organic material from particulate and semivolatile fractions of gasoline emission to induce mutations in bacteria and form adducts with calf thymus (CT) DNA with corresponding data obtained from diesel exhaust. Exhaust particles from gasoline-powered passenger cars ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Pohjola SK,Lappi M,Honkanen M,Savela K

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic polymorphisms have been reported in several cytochrome P450 (CYP) genes, including CYP1B1 which metabolically activates procarcinogens present in tobacco to carcinogenic intermediates. This study used a case-control approach in North Indian population to determine associations between genetic variants in CYP1B...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Katiyar T,Maurya SS,Hasan F,Singh AP,Khan AJ,Hadi R,Singh S,Bhatt MLB,Parmar D

更新日期：2017-07-01 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

abstract：:The Ames Salmonella/microsomal assay was employed to test the mutagenicity of some benzamines (aniline, and o- and p-phenylenediamine) and their nitro-derivatives (p-nitroaniline, 2-nitro-p-phenylenediamine, 3- and 4-nitro-o-phenylenediamine), using strains TA98 and TA100 and their nitroreductase-deficient mutants, TA...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Chung KT,Murdock CA,Zhou Y,Stevens SE Jr,Li YS,Wei CI,Fernando SY,Chou MW

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arsenic is an environmental pollutant capable of causing oxidative stress, disturbance of metabolism, and cancer development. The present study was undertaken to investigate the effects of exposure to sodium arsenite on the glutathione pool, lipid peroxidation, protein carbonyl levels, global DNA methylation, and acti...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Bagnyukova TV,Luzhna LI,Pogribny IP,Lushchak VI

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) is a critical event in the development of human cancers. LOH is thought to result from either a large deletion or recombination between homologous alleles during repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). These types of genetic alterations produce mutations in the TK gene mutation assay, w...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Honma M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modulating effects of tannic acid (TA) on somatic mutation and mitotic recombination induced by methylmethanesulfonate (MMS), nitrogen mustard (HN2), and mitomycin C (MMC) were evaluated in the standard (ST) cross of the wing spot test in Drosophila melanogaster using co- and posttreatment protocols. It was shown ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Lehmann M,Graf U,Reguly ML,Rodrigues De Andrade HH

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gravid Swiss Webster dams were injected via tail vein with a single (1.1, 2.2, or 3.3 mmol/kg) dose of ethyl carbamate (urethane) on days 13-17 of pregnancy. Relative sister chromatid exchange (SCE) responses in maternal bone marrow vs. individual fetal liver cells were assessed. In addition, in order to evaluate the ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Neeper-Bradley TL,Conner MK

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) is a mutagenic carcinogen that is ubiquitous in our environment. To better understand the toxic effects of BaP and to explore the relationship between toxicity and toxicogenomics profiles, we assessed global mRNA and microRNA (miRNA) expression in Muta™Mouse. Adult male mice were exposed by oral g...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Malik AI,Williams A,Lemieux CL,White PA,Yauk CL

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metronidazole (MTZ) is used for the treatment of many infectious diseases, including vaginal infections. While data indicate that MTZ is mutagenic and induces micronuclei in rodents, there is no information on the genotoxicity of MTZ in epithelial vaginal cells or cervical cells. In the present study, we have instille...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Ornelas-Aguirre JM,Gómez-Meda BC,Zamora-Perez AL,Ramos-Ibarra ML,Batista-González CM,Zúñiga-González GM

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

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：: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：: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：:The hydroxyl radical scavengers thiourea, ethanol, and dimethyl sulfoxide significantly reduced the killing of Escherichia coli elicited by low concentrations of H2O2 (resulting in mode 1 killing) when treatments with the oxidant and the scavengers were performed in a complete growth medium (K medium) but not in M9 sa...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Brandi G,Salvaggio L,Cattabeni F,Cantoni O

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quinoline is a specific and potent carcinogen to the rat and mouse liver. Studies are described here in which it was evaluated for its ability to initiate unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS) in the rat liver in vivo. Although some individual animals showed indications of a marginal response the absence of clear group posi...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Ashby J,Mohammed R,Lefevre PA,Bandara L

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the mutagenicity and antimutagenicity of hispidulin and hortensin, the flavonoids from Millingtonia hortensis L. (Bignoniaceae), were performed using the liquid preincubation method of the Salmonella/microsome test. At the highest dose tested, 100 micrograms/plate, both compounds showed no mutagenicity and ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Chulasiri M,Bunyapraphatsara N,Moongkarndi P

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA damage induced by physical activity and/or exercise has been reported under different conditions but not for individuals maintaining physical fitness by regular strenuous exercise. Therefore, we compared levels of DNA damage in blood leukocytes of 40 healthy individuals (35 males, 5 females) who regularly exercise...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Gandhi G,Chopra G

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The widespread application of carbon nanotubes (CNT) on industrial, biomedical, and consumer products can represent an emerging respiratory occupational hazard. Particularly, their similarity with the fiber-like shape of asbestos have raised a strong concern about their carcinogenic potential. Several in vitro and in ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Ventura C,Sousa-Uva A,Lavinha J,Silva MJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：:Urinary 1-hydroxypyrene (1-OHP), an exposure biomarker for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), was used to identify potential sources of PAH exposure for 660 Koreans who were not occupationally exposed to PAHs (65% male; 35% female; mean age, 36.5 +/- 11.1 years). In this study, 74% of subjects had detectable lev...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Yang M,Kim S,Lee E,Cheong HK,Chang SS,Kang D,Choi Y,Lee SM,Jang JY

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) are covalent linkages between two strands of DNA, and their presence interferes with essential metabolic processes such as transcription and replication. These lesions are extremely toxic, and their repair is essential for genome stability and cell survival. In this review, we will di...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Sharma S,Canman CE

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Benchmark Dose (BMD) method is the favored approach for quantitative dose-response analysis where uncertainty measurements are delineated between the upper (BMDU) and lower (BMDL) confidence bounds, or confidence intervals (CIs). Little has been published on the accurate interpretation of uncertainty measurements ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Wheeldon RP,Dertinger SD,Bryce SM,Bemis JC,Johnson GE

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we determined that elimination of deoxycytidylate (dCMP) deaminase (DCD1) in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae increases the intracellular dCTP:dTTP ratio and reduces the induction of G x C --> A x T transitions in the SUP4-o gene by ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS) and N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (M...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Kunz BA,Henson ES,Karthikeyan R,Kuschak T,McQueen SA,Scott CA,Xiao W

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00