abstract：:The cytogenetic effects of mimosine, a naturally occurring plant amino acid known to arrest cell-cycle progression at the G1-S border in cultured cells, have been studied. It was found that mimosine inhibits the cell-cycle progression in a dose-dependent manner in primary and transformed Chinese hamster fibroblasts as...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Jha AN,Hande PM,Mullenders LH,Natarajan AT

更新日期：1995-09-01 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：:Three short-term assays (the SOS chromotest, the Ames-fluctuation test and the newt micronucleus test) were carried out to evaluate the genotoxicity of four trihalomethanes (chloroform, bromodichloromethane, chlorodibromomethane and bromoform). With the SOS chromotest, all the chemicals studied except chloroform were ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Le Curieux F,Gauthier L,Erb F,Marzin D

更新日期：1995-07-01 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：: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：: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：:Urine and serum samples of rats bearing three different experimental tumours (hepatocellular carcinoma, myelomonocytic leukemia and mesoblastic nephroma) were investigated for mutagenicity with the Ames Salmonella test. Enhancement of mutagenic activity in TA98 and TA100 was observed only in the case of urine samples ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Varga C,Pocsai Z,Kertai P

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photomutagenicity assays are required for regulatory submissions of some chemicals. As yet there are no well-validated protocols available for these assays. Critical factors which may contribute to the ability of a bacterial assay to detect photomutagens (e.g. dose of UV and test chemical, exposure conditions, light s...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Henderson L,Fedyk J,Bourner C,Windebank S,Fletcher S,Lovell W

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complementation group (CG) assignment is presented for 74 moderately sensitive (approximately 2-4x sensitivity of parental line based on ratio of D10s) UV-sensitive mutants of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells from the Facility for Automated Experiments in Cell Biology (FAECB) collection. The distribution of mutan...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Busch D,Greiner C,Rosenfeld KL,Ford R,de Wit J,Hoeijmakers JH,Thompson LH

更新日期：1994-07-01 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：:In order to validate the in vivo micronucleus test in mouse splenocytes using the cytokinesis block method, 14 compounds with various mechanisms of action were tested: three direct alkylating agents (mitomycin C, ethylnitrosourea, beta-propiolactone), seven indirect alkylating agents (cyclophosphamide, benzo[a]pyrene,...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Benning V,Brault D,Duvinage C,Thybaud V,Melcion C

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lines irs1, irs2 and irs3, derived from V79-4 hamster cells, are sensitive to DNA-damaging agents including ionizing radiations. However, unlike some other radiosensitive lines, the irs lines show no apparent defect in the repair of DNA strand breaks. We have now assessed the mis-repair of DNA damage in the irs li...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Thacker J,Ganesh AN,Stretch A,Benjamin DM,Zahalsky AJ,Hendrickson EA

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutagens in the semivolatile phase of airborne particulate matter, diesel and gasoline engine emissions were investigated using chemical and biological assays. The previously unknown mutagens, 1-(3-)nitro-6-azabenzo[a]pyrenes (1-N-6-ABP and 3-N-6-ABP) and 1-(3-)nitro-6-azabenzo[a]pyrene-N-oxides (1-N-6-ABPO and 3-N-6-...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Sera N,Fukuhara K,Miyata N,Tokiwa H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) and chromosome aberrations (CA) were studied in the lymphocytes of 70 male agricultural workers occupationally exposed to several pesticides and 69 matched controls, without indication of exposure to pesticides, from 'El Maresme' (Barcelona, Spain), Comparison between both groups revea...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Carbonell E,Xamena N,Creus A,Marcos R

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutation induction by UV irradiation was studied in a retroviral vector integrated in one copy per cell at various chromosomal positions. As a mutational target, hamster hprt cDNA was present on the retroviral vector. To minimize the influence of repair we used repair-deficient hamster cells, V-H1 and UV5, as a recipi...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Tasseron-de Jong JG,den Dulk H,Lichtenauer-Kaligis EG,Kroone RC,Giphart-Gassler M,van de Putte P

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified protocol is described for the in vitro analysis of micronuclei in whole blood or separated lymphocyte cultures. The induction of binucleate cells by various concentrations of cytochalasin B (3, 4.5 or 6 micrograms/ml) was examined at two harvest times (68 or 72 h). An optimal yield was obtained by adding cy...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Ellard S,Parry EM

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development and use of chromosome-specific DNA probes to label entire human chromosomes has been an important advance in molecular cytogenetics. Fluorescence in situ hybridization using whole chromosome-specific DNA probes has been used to study both numerical and structural chromosomal aberrations in many human c...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Blakey DH,Bayley JM,Huang KC

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic B6C3F1 and C57BL/6 mice containing a lambda shuttle vector that carries a lacI target and an alpha lacZ reporter gene have been constructed for use in in vivo mutagenesis assays. After chemical treatment of mice carrying the lacI target gene, genomic DNA is isolated and the shuttle vector is recovered by ex...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Mirsalis JC,Provost GS,Matthews CD,Hamner RT,Schindler JE,O'Loughlin KG,MacGregor JT,Short JM

更新日期：1993-05-01 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：: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：:A transgenic mouse strain with a high copy number of rescuable lacZ sequences was evaluated for its effectiveness in detecting lacZ- mutations in selected tissues. Procarbazine, cyclophosphamide, ethylnitrosourea, 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA), acrylamide and chlorambucil were tested following either single or...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Hoorn AJ,Custer LL,Myhr BC,Brusick D,Gossen J,Vijg J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the light of the CEC aneuploidy programme eight known or suspected aneugens were evaluated with the human lymphocyte 'in vitro' micronucleus test using the cytochalasin-B technique. Only colchicine, chloral hydrate and hydroquinone induced dose-dependent increases in micronucleus frequencies. The other five chemica...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Van Hummelen P,Kirsch-Volders M

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism responsible for the modification of mutagenicity by chlorophyllin has been investigated using mutagenic compounds with different mechanisms of action, including the monofunctional alkylating agents, N-methyl-N'-nitrosourea (MNU) and ethylmethanesulphonate (EMS); nitrosamines related to tobacco products, ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Romert L,Curvall M,Jenssen D

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to discriminate between different mechanisms put forward to explain the low observed yields of reciprocal translocation configurations at diakinesis-metaphase I spermatocytes following treatment of mouse stem cell spermatogonia with chemical clastogens, the physiological states of stem cells at the moment of ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： van Buul PP,Seelen CM,Schöppink K,Goudzwaard JH

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A working party was set up by the UK Environmental Mutagen Society to consider alternatives to Aroclor 1254 (Aroclor)-induced S9 in in vitro genotoxicity assays, with the aims of considering whether a replacement for Aroclor in its role in general screening assays could be readily identified. The working party conclud...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Elliott BM,Combes RD,Elcombe CR,Gatehouse DG,Gibson GG,Mackay JM,Wolf RC

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts from lean pork heated at 200 degrees C have a strong mutagenic activity in the Ames Salmonella assay (strain TA98 +S9). The formation of mutagenicity is highly temperature dependent, thus an extract heated at 100 degrees C is not mutagenic in this system. This paper shows that the 200 degrees C extract also c...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Kolman A,Kleman M,Bohusová T,Gustafsson JA,Overvik E

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent problems with the supply of Difco bacto agar have forced some laboratories to evaluate alternative agars for use in the Salmonella/microsome assay. This led to the independent observation in two laboratories (Boots and Glaxo) that Salmonella typhimurium TA97a is sensitive to certain types of agar that may be us...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Wilcox P,Wedd DJ,Williams WR,Mee CD,O'Donovan MR

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant lambda phage DNA containing segments of human O6-methylguanine-DNA transferase gene was employed to localize this gene among the human chromosomes using non-radioactive in situ hybridization technique. This gene was found to be present at the telomeric end, 26q, of the long arm of the chromosome 10. ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Natarajan AT,Vermeulen S,Darroudi F,Valentine MB,Brent TP,Mitra S,Tano K

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past several years, we have been evaluating the mutagenicity and clastogenicity of compounds capable of Michael-type reactions. These compounds, including acrylamide, several acrylate and methacrylate esters, vinyl sulfones, and phorone, have been evaluated using TK+/- -3.7.2C mouse lymphoma cells. Mutagenic ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Dearfield KL,Harrington-Brock K,Doerr CL,Rabinowitz JR,Moore MM

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An established human hepatoma cell strain (Hep G2) was used in micronuclei (MN) and sister chromatid exchange (SCE) assays to evaluate the clastogenic potential of several indirectly-acting mutagenic carcinogens. Benzo[a]pyrene, cyclophosphamide, dimethyl nitrosamine, hexamethylphosphoramide, pyrene and safrole were s...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Natarajan AT,Darroudi F

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was a part of an international project sponsored by the Commission of the European Communities to evaluate the utility of certain bioassays including hexaploid wheat assay to identify potential aneugens. Ten suspect spindle poisons, i.e. colchicine (COL), cadmium chloride (CdCl2), chloral hydrate (CH), diaz...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Sandhu SS,Dhesi JS,Gill BS,Svendsgaard D

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aneuploidy inducing capacity of 2-chlorobenzylidene malonitrile (CS), a chemical used as a riot control agent, and its hydrolysis products o-chlorobenzaldehyde and malonitrile was studied at various exposure conditions in V79 Chinese hamster cells. Chromosomes were counted in metaphase preparations with preserved ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Schmid E,Bauchinger M

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detailed dose-response data for two reference aneugens, vincristine and nocodazole, have been derived for the mouse bone marrow micronucleus assay. Positive data have also been described for six other micronucleus-inducing agents: cyclophosphamide; aniline; urethane; 1,2-dimethylhydrazine; 7,12-dimethylbenzanthracene ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Tinwell H,Ashby J

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunohistochemical method for the determination of 6-thioguanine resistant (TGr) lymphocytes in human blood samples has been developed. The new technique is a modification of the autoradiographic assay and uses labelling of DNA synthesizing cells by bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) instead of tritiated thymidine. The labe...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Montero R,Norppa H,Autio K,Lindholm C,Ostrosky-Wegman P,Sorsa M

更新日期：1991-03-01 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：: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：:The restriction site mutation method described by Parry et al. (1990) for isolating mutant sequences directly from DNA is discussed and an additional enrichment step proposed using magnetic beads. ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Bridges BA,Carr AM,Lehmann AR

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CASE, an artificial intelligence structure-activity relational system, was used to predict the carcinogenicity of a group of chemicals currently being tested in rodent bioassays by the US National Toxicology Program. The 'learning set' for the CASE predictions consisted of the results of previous 252 rodent carcinogen...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Rosenkranz HS,Klopman G

更新日期：1990-09-01 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：:1,8-Dinitropyrene (1,8-DNP) was clearly mutagenic at the hprt locus in CHO cells, but not detectably mutagenic in V79 cells, following a 3-h treatment period. Preliminary data indicate that CHO, but not V79, cells have measurable levels of N-acetyltransferase activity, and this may contribute to the differential sensi...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： O'Donovan MR

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00