Mehmet Topaktaş, Eyyüp Rencüzoğullari, Hasan Basri Ila, Ahmet Kayraldiz
{"title":"Chromosome aberration and sister chromatid exchange in workers of the iron and steel factory of Iskenderun, Turkey.","authors":"Mehmet Topaktaş, Eyyüp Rencüzoğullari, Hasan Basri Ila, Ahmet Kayraldiz","doi":"10.1002/tcm.10038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/tcm.10038","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of this study was to investigate, by using chromosome aberration (CA) and sister chromatid exchange (SCE) tests, whether or not the workers employed in the Iskenderun (Turkey) iron and steel factory have any genotoxic risk. The CA and the SCE were investigated in 48 males employed in a coke ovens unit and 8 males employed in a product side unit of the factory and in control groups. The frequency of CA was higher while the frequency of the SCE was not in all the smoker-nonsmoker workers than in smoker-nonsmoker control groups. In addition, there was no significant decrease in the RI, while the MI was significantly lower than in the controls. .</p>","PeriodicalId":22336,"journal":{"name":"Teratogenesis, carcinogenesis, and mutagenesis","volume":"22 6","pages":"411-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/tcm.10038","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22079125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mutagenicity of bisphenol A (4,4'-isopropylidenediphenol) in vitro: effects of nitrosylation.","authors":"Timothy J Schrader, I Langlois, K Soper, W Cherry","doi":"10.1002/tcm.10039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/tcm.10039","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bisphenol A (4,4'-isopropylidenediphenol) is a common component of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins. Since bisphenol A-containing plastics and resins have found uses in food-contact items, its potential migration into foodstuffs and possible health consequences have been the focus of many recent studies. However, the potential mutagenic activation of bisphenol A by nitrosylation has received little attention. Incubation of bisphenol A with sodium nitrite under acidic conditions produced a yellow-brown product. When nitrosylated bisphenol A was tested in the Ames Salmonella/microsome assay at 100 ng to 1 mg/plate, dose-dependent increases in mutagenicity were found in both TA98 and TA100 Salmonella strains. These results indicated the presence of a direct-acting mutagenic activity causing both frameshift and base pair mutations, respectively. When compared to colony formation in untreated controls, the addition of rat liver S9 for metabolic activation had little influence on revertant colony formation. Unreacted bisphenol A dissolved in DMSO, acidic buffer, or inactivated nitrosylation solution showed negligible mutagenicity. When the nature of the mutagenic changes was examined using the Ames II trade mark Assay, a variety of base pair changes was found including T:A to A:T - S9, G:C to A:T +/- S9,C:G to A:T +/- S9 and C:G to G:C +/- S9. Bisphenol A also induced frameshift mutations at G:C sites. In addition, the presence of electrophiles was shown by the production of an intensely coloured orange-red product upon incubation of nitrosylated bisphenol A with the nucleophile 4-(4'-nitrobenzyl)pyridine. These findings suggest that migration of bisphenol A into nitrite containing foodstuffs, or its ingestion in the presence of nitrite, could lead to the formation of mutagenic compounds.</p>","PeriodicalId":22336,"journal":{"name":"Teratogenesis, carcinogenesis, and mutagenesis","volume":"22 6","pages":"425-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/tcm.10039","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22079126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Konopacka, Olena Palyvoda, Joanna Rzeszowska-Wolny
{"title":"Inhibitory effect of ascorbic acid post-treatment on radiation-induced chromosomal damage in human lymphocytes in vitro.","authors":"Maria Konopacka, Olena Palyvoda, Joanna Rzeszowska-Wolny","doi":"10.1002/tcm.10040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/tcm.10040","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the present study, the effect of exposure to ascorbic acid (vitamin C) after gamma-ray-induced chromosomal damage in cultured human lymphocytes was examined to explore the mechanism by which this antioxidant vitamin protects irradiated cells Non-irradiated lymphocytes were exposed to increasing concentrations of ascorbic acid (1-100 micro g/ml) and DNA damage was estimated using chromosomal aberration analysis and the comet assay. The results showed that ascorbic acid did not influence the frequency of chromosomal aberrations in non-irradiated cells, except at the highest concentration (20 micro g/ml), which induced breakage-type chromosomal aberrations. Vitamin C at the concentration of 50 micro g/ml caused DNA damage detected by the comet assay. A significant (34%) decrease in the frequency of chromosomal aberrations was observed in lymphocytes exposed to gamma-radiation and then cultured in the presence of ascorbic acid (1 micro g/ml). The removal of DNA breaks in cells exposed to 2 Gy of gamma-radiation was accelerated in the presence of ascorbic acid as determined by the comet assay, suggesting that it may stimulate DNA repair processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":22336,"journal":{"name":"Teratogenesis, carcinogenesis, and mutagenesis","volume":"22 6","pages":"443-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/tcm.10040","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22079127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of the aneugenic potential of the fungicide Ferbam in mice.","authors":"R Shanthi, M Krishnamoorthy","doi":"10.1002/tcm.10041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/tcm.10041","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ferbam, a potent dithiocarbamate fungicide is used as a protectant against a wide variety of fungal diseases in fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants. The wide-spread use of this chemical is likely to pollute the environment. Hence, it was planned to test the possible genotoxicity of Ferbam through its aneugenic potential in the in vivo mouse (Mus musculus) test system. Four different doses of Ferbam, namely, 7.5, 15.0, 30.0, 60.0 mg/kg body weight were administered orally to mice Mus musculus suspended in gum tragacanth representing, respectively, 1/16, 1/8, 1/4;, 1/2 th of the LD50 value. They were sacrificed at 6-, 12-, 24-, and 48-h intervals along with a distilled water negative control at 2 mg/kg body weight. Colchicine treated animals were used as positive controls. Bone marrow preparations were made following the standard Hypotonic flame dry Giemsa staining technique to study the dose and time yield effect of Ferbam. The aneugenic potential was evaluated for C-mitotic effects by scoring the mitotic index, c-mitoses frequency, anaphase reduction, and hyper/hypodiploidy induction. Ferbam showed a significant increase in the mitotic index and C-mitoses effects and anaphase decreased at the highest doses of 30 and 60 mg/kg at 12- and 24-h intervals. Colchicine induced significant effects in all the aneugenic parameters observed at all the time intervals. There was no significant induction of either hyperdiploidy or hypodiploidy by Ferbam, unlike colchicine, indicating that the fungicide Ferbam is not aneugenic in the mouse test system.</p>","PeriodicalId":22336,"journal":{"name":"Teratogenesis, carcinogenesis, and mutagenesis","volume":"22 6","pages":"451-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/tcm.10041","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22079644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identification of polymorphisms in the human Reprimo gene using public EST data.","authors":"Zheng Ye, James M Parry","doi":"10.1002/tcm.10044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/tcm.10044","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The human Reprimo gene is a recently identified cytoplasmic protein, which plays an important role in the regulation of p53-dependent G2 arrest of the cell cycle. Genetic variations in the Reprimo gene that may influence enzyme activity can be of both biological and epidemiological significance. The human expressed sequence tag (EST) database is a wealth of resources, which can be used to rapidly screen for potential polymorphisms in proteins of physiological interest. On the basis of the alignment of human EST sequences, we identified two candidate polymorphisms at nucleotides 824 and 839 in the 3'-untranslated region of the Reprimo gene. The presence of these polymorphisms was confirmed in a Caucasian population (n=82) by the use of the allele specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The rare allele frequency at position 824 (38.4%) is much higher than rare allele frequency at position 839 (3.7%). Our results suggest that the human EST data may serve as a valuable source for the rapid identification of genetic variation.</p>","PeriodicalId":22336,"journal":{"name":"Teratogenesis, carcinogenesis, and mutagenesis","volume":"22 6","pages":"485-93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/tcm.10044","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22079647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Hagiwara, M. Sano, Hikaru Tanaka, M. Kawabe, S. Tamano, Tadaomi Kadota, T. Yanagisawa, S. Maemura, N. Ito, T. Shirai
{"title":"Lack of enhancing effect of two Kampo medicines, Sho-saiko-to (TJ-9) and Sairei-to (TJ-114), on rat urinary bladder carcinogenesis initiated with N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine.","authors":"A. Hagiwara, M. Sano, Hikaru Tanaka, M. Kawabe, S. Tamano, Tadaomi Kadota, T. Yanagisawa, S. Maemura, N. Ito, T. Shirai","doi":"10.1002/TCM.1037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/TCM.1037","url":null,"abstract":"The modifying potential of two Kampo medicines (Japanese traditional herbal medicines), Sho-saiko-to (TJ-9) and Sairei-to (TJ-114), on urinary bladder carcinogenesis in male F344 rats initiated with N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)- nitrosamine (BBN) was evaluated. Groups of 20 animals were given 0.05% BBN in their drinking water for 4 weeks and then 0.7 or 2.8% TJ-9, 0.9 or 3.6% TJ-114, or 3.0% sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO(3)) as a positive control substance in their diet for 32 weeks. All rats were killed after 36 weeks and examined histopathologically. No adverse effects of the test compounds were found in terms of survival, clinical sign, and body weight. Administration of 0.7 and 2.8% TJ-9 and 0.9 and 3.6% TJ-114 in the diet did not affect the incidences or extent of PN hyperplasia in the BBN-treated rats. Incidences and multiplicities of papillomas were also not affected in rats fed 0.7 or 2.8% TJ-9 and 0.9% TJ-114, while they were significantly decreased in animals given 3.6% TJ-114 in the diet. The results thus demonstrated that neither of the test chemicals exerted any promotional activity on urinary bladder carcinogenesis, in clear contrast to NaHCO(3). In addition, bladder carcinogenesis was reduced by 3.6% TJ-114 in the diet, under the present experimental conditions.","PeriodicalId":22336,"journal":{"name":"Teratogenesis, carcinogenesis, and mutagenesis","volume":"27 17 1","pages":"41-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74534095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessment of chemotherapy-induced DNA damage in peripheral blood leukocytes of cancer patients using the alkaline comet assay.","authors":"N. Kopjar, V. Garaj-vrhovac, I. Milas","doi":"10.1002/TCM.1035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/TCM.1035","url":null,"abstract":"The alkaline comet assay was employed to assess the pre- and post-treatment levels of in vivo DNA damage in peripheral blood leukocytes of cancer patients. During the study all patients were given antineoplastic drugs, mainly as polychemotherapy. To quantify the DNA damage, two different comet parameters were evaluated: the tail length and the tail moment. Our results indicate marked interindividual variations between baseline DNA damage in peripheral blood leukocytes recorded among cancer patients prior to the chemotherapy. After intravenous administration of various antineoplastic drugs, a significantly increased level of DNA damage in all cancer patients compared to their pre-treatment values was recorded The highest level of DNA damage was seen following administration of 5-fluorouracil, adriamycin, and cisplatin (FAP protocol). The results indicate that administration of antineoplastic drugs in standard protocols is accompanied by significant DNA damage in peripheral blood leukocytes. In order to diminish the potential risks of developing second neoplasms, a continuous biomonitoring of cancer patients after the ending of chemotherapy becomes important. Despite their limitations, present results confirm the usefulness of the alkaline comet assay as a sensitive biomarker of exposure that enables rapid and simple detection of primary DNA damage in peripheral blood leukocytes of cancer patients. Together with standard cytogenetic endpoints, the comet assay provides a powerful technique for the routine detection of critical DNA lesions produced after administration of antineoplastic drugs in the clinical settings.","PeriodicalId":22336,"journal":{"name":"Teratogenesis, carcinogenesis, and mutagenesis","volume":"24 1","pages":"13-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83493125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B Tunca, U Egeli, N Aydemir, G Cecener, R Bilaloglu
{"title":"Investigation of the genotoxic effect in bone marrow of Swiss albino mice exposed long-term to pyrimethamine.","authors":"B Tunca, U Egeli, N Aydemir, G Cecener, R Bilaloglu","doi":"10.1002/tcm.10036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/tcm.10036","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the present study, we investigated the genotoxic effect of pyrimethamine, which is a drug used in the therapy of toxoplasmosis and malaria, in bone marrow cells of Swiss albino mice exposed to three doses (1, 4, 8 mg/kg) of this agent for eight months orally in vivo. We used a chromosome analysis and micronucleus test for evaluation of genotoxic effect. While a statistically significant change was not determined in numerical chromosome abnormalities, structural chromosome aberrations and micronuclei were increased in a dose-dependent manner by cytogenetic and statistical evaluations.</p>","PeriodicalId":22336,"journal":{"name":"Teratogenesis, carcinogenesis, and mutagenesis","volume":"22 6","pages":"393-402"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/tcm.10036","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22079123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Blocking the translation elongation factor-1 delta with its antisense mRNA results in a significant reversal of its oncogenic potential.","authors":"Yi-Xiong Lei, Jia-Kun Chen, Zhong-Liang Wu","doi":"10.1002/tcm.10034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/tcm.10034","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In spite of the strong evidence for the carcinogenic activity of cadmium and its related compounds, the underlying molecular mechanisms that lead to malignant transformation in cells exposed to cadmium remain unknown. Recently, Joseph et al. [J. Biol. Chem. 227:6131-6136, 2002] have identified, cloned, and characterized the mouse Translation Elongation Factor-1 delta sub-unit (TEF-1 delta, GenBank Accession Number AF304351) as a novel cadmium-responsive proto-oncogene. Presently, additional studies regarding the oncogenic potential of TEF-1 delta have been carried out. Transfection of NIH3T3 cells with the pcDNA3.1 expression vector containing the TEF-1 delta cDNA in the sense (5'-->3') orientation resulted in overexpression of the encoded 31 kDa protein. Transfection-mediated overexpression of TEF-1 delta protein resulted in transformation of the cells as evidenced from the appearance of transformed foci. Cotransfection of the cells with a mixture of plasmid DNA consisting of TEF-1 delta cDNA in the sense (5'-->3') and in the antisense (3'-->5') orientation resulted in significant inhibition of translation of the TEF-1 delta protein. Antisense TEF-1 delta mRNA-mediated inhibition of translation of TEF-1 delta protein, furthermore, resulted in inhibition of TEF-1 delta-mediated transformation of NIH3T3 cells as evidenced from the decrease in the number of transformed foci. These results further confirm that overexpression of TEF-1 delta is oncogenic and the antisense TEF-1 delta mRNA expression reverses its oncogenic potential.</p>","PeriodicalId":22336,"journal":{"name":"Teratogenesis, carcinogenesis, and mutagenesis","volume":"22 5","pages":"377-83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/tcm.10034","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21972534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paul J Donovan, George T Smith, Charles W Riggs, Valerii A Alexandrov
{"title":"Effects of glucose on cloning efficiency and mutagenesis of fetal rat cells.","authors":"Paul J Donovan, George T Smith, Charles W Riggs, Valerii A Alexandrov","doi":"10.1002/tcm.10027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/tcm.10027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In a previous study, treatment of rats with 10% glucose in the drinking water, as fetuses during gestation and for 1.5 months after delivery, significantly enhanced tumor incidence that resulted from N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU, 20 mg/kg) given transplacentally on gestation day 21, with a 1.6-fold increase in overall tumor incidence. We investigated whether glucose would have an effect on MNU-induced mutation in fetal F-344 rat somatic cells as measured in an in vivo/in vitro assay. Rat fetuses were exposed transplacentally to MNU on gestation day 16 and to a 10% glucose solution from gestation day 7 to day 17. Cells were isolated on gestation day 17 for determination of cloning efficiency and for selection of 6-thioguanine (6-TG)-resistant HGPRT mutants. Cloning efficiency of the fetal cells exposed to MNU alone was 22.6+/-2.3% S.E., while that for cells from fetuses exposed to MNU+glucose was 27.5+/-1.6% S.E., which was a significant difference (P=0.018). This indicates an effect of glucose on cell proliferation and survival. MNU treatment significantly increased the mutation frequency of fetal cells from a spontaneous value of 0.4 x 10(-6) per viable cell to (8.8+/-1.8 S.E.,) x 10(-6) (P=0.0087). The coexposure to MNU and glucose yielded a mutant frequency per plate of 0.62+/-0.05 S.E., which was a 1.5-fold increase compared to MNU alone (0.43+/-0.11 S.E., P=0.075. In summary, the data indicate that glucose during pregnancy increases proliferation/survival of fetal cells and possibly also mutation rate.</p>","PeriodicalId":22336,"journal":{"name":"Teratogenesis, carcinogenesis, and mutagenesis","volume":"22 5","pages":"329-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/tcm.10027","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21972593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}