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Doherty AT, Hayes JE, Molloy J, Wood C, O'Donovan MR. Bone marrow micronucleus frequencies in the rat after oral administration of cyclophosphamide, hexamethylphosphoramide or gemifloxacin for 2 and 28 days. Toxicol Res (Camb) 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c3tx50028d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Improvement of in vivo genotoxicity assessment: Combination of acute tests and integration into standard toxicity testing. MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2011; 723:108-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2010.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2010] [Accepted: 12/10/2010] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Heddle JA, Fenech M, Hayashi M, MacGregor JT. Reflections on the development of micronucleus assays. Mutagenesis 2010; 26:3-10. [PMID: 20980366 DOI: 10.1093/mutage/geq085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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These are personal reflections on the development of methods to use micronuclei as a measure of genetic damage and their use in research and in toxicology by four people who have been intimately involved with this work, a personal rather than a comprehensive history. About 6000 papers have been published using such methods in many tissues in vivo or in cultured cells of many organisms from plants to humans, but the majority of the work has been on mammalian erythrocytes and human lymphocytes, the areas in which we have worked primarily. Although this is by no means a complete history, those working in the field may be interested in some of the personal events that lie behind the development and acceptance of methods that are now standard.
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- John A Heddle
- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada
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Kushwaha S, Tripathi D, Vikram A, Ramarao P, Jena G. Evaluation of multi-organ DNA damage by comet assay from 28 days repeated dose oral toxicity test in mice: A practical approach for test integration in regulatory toxicity testing. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2010; 58:145-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2010.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2009] [Revised: 04/22/2010] [Accepted: 05/13/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Celik A, Ogenler O, Cömelekoglu U. The evaluation of micronucleus frequency by acridine orange fluorescent staining in peripheral blood of rats treated with lead acetate. Mutagenesis 2005; 20:411-5. [PMID: 16135535 DOI: 10.1093/mutage/gei055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The data concerning the mutagenic, clastogenic and carcinogenic properties of inorganic lead compounds have been conflicting. Here, we evaluated the frequency of micronuclei in the peripheral blood of female rats treated with three different lead acetate doses. Outbred female Wistar rats were treated by gavage once per week for 10 weeks with cumulative doses of 140, 250 and 500 mg/kg body weight (body wt) of lead acetate. Mitomycin C (MMC) 2 mg/kg body wt was used as a positive control. The aim of the present study was to investigate the possible cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of lead acetate on peripheral blood reticulocytes using the micronucleus test following chronic exposure. The results show the effects of lead acetate in peripheral blood reticulocytes. These effects are both cytotoxic and genotoxic because of a decrease in the number of polychromatic erythrocytes in the peripheral blood and an increase in frequency of micronucleated reticulocytes, respectively.
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- Ayla Celik
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters and Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey.
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Zeiger E. History and rationale of genetic toxicity testing: an impersonal, and sometimes personal, view. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2004; 44:363-371. [PMID: 15529324 DOI: 10.1002/em.20062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Genetic toxicity testing is a necessary and pivotal component of product development and registration. This article traces the historical development and evolution of genetic toxicity testing, and the rationale for such testing, and identifies some of the individuals who played key roles in this process. The evolution of the present test batteries and some of the research and rationales behind the decisions to accept or reject tests are described.
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- Errol Zeiger
- Errol Zeiger Consulting, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA.
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Gámez R, González JE, Rodeiro I, Fernández I, Alemán C, Rodríguez MD, Acosta PC, García H. In Vivo Genotoxic Evaluation of D-003, a Mixture of Very Long Chain Aliphatic Acids. J Med Food 2003; 4:85-91. [PMID: 12639417 DOI: 10.1089/109662001300341743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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D-003 is a mixture of very long chain aliphatic acids purified from sugar cane wax with cholesterol-lowering effects. The present study was undertaken to investigate the in vivo cytotoxic and genotoxic potential of D-003 using three established assays: bone marrow micronucleus, sperm morphology, and single cell gel electrophoresis (Comet) assay. In a first experimental series, CEN/NMRI mice (6-8 animals per sex per group) were administered D-003 by gastric gavage at 5, 50, or 500 mg/kg for 90 days, then sacrificed 24 hours after the last administration. The effects on bone marrow micronucleus were evaluated only in female mice. D-003 (5-500 mg/kg) did not increase the frequency of micronucleated polychromatic erythrocytes, nor the ratio of polychromatic to normochromatic erythrocytes, compared with the controls. The assessment of the effects on sperm morphology showed that D-003 did not change the sperm count or the frequency of all types of abnormal head shapes, compared with the controls. In a second series, the micronucleus assay was performed in mice of both sexes given 2,000 mg/kg for 6 days. Likewise, in this series, neither cytotoxic nor genotoxic effects were found. Finally, five male Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with D-003 (1,250 mg/kg) by oral gavage for 90 days, and Comet assay on liver cells was performed. No single-strand breaks or alkali-labile site induction on DNA was observed. These results indicate that D-003 does not show evidence of cytotoxic or genotoxic activity on either somatic or germ cells in rodents.
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- Rafael Gámez
- Pharmacology and Toxicology Department, Center of Natural Products, National Center for Scientific Research, P.O.B. 6880, Havana City, Cuba
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Lohani M, Dopp E, Becker HH, Seth K, Schiffmann D, Rahman Q. Smoking enhances asbestos-induced genotoxicity, relative involvement of chromosome 1: a study using multicolor FISH with tandem labeling. Toxicol Lett 2002; 136:55-63. [PMID: 12368057 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4274(02)00260-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Several experimental and epidermological studies have indicated augmentation of asbestos induced diseases by cigarette smoke by the mechanisms, which are still unknown. To determine whether smoking affects genetic system of the cells and further modifies asbestos induced genotoxicity, whole blood from non-smokers and smokers was exposed to asbestos fibres separately in vitro and micronucleus test was performed. The number of micronuclei was found to be significantly higher (P<0 05) in cases of smoker's lymphocytes, asbestos exposed non-smokers lymphocytes as well as asbestos exposed smokers lymphocytes, as compared with unexposed non-smokers lymphocytes. Further we investigated involvement of chromosome 1 in the damaging process using multicolor FISH technique. FISH is fast and reliable method, distinguishing both structural and numerical alterations. The centric/pericentric regions of chromosome 1 (cen-q12) were labeled, as the pericentric heterochromatin region 1 (q12) is quite large, highly repetitive and prone to breakage. Multicolor FISH assay suggested that the genetic damage by asbestos fibres mainly involve chromosome 1 but in case of cigarette smoking the damage is not strictly connected to chromosome 1 only, but also involves damage to other chromosomes. Further the study suggested that smoking makes genetic system of the cells more vulnerable to the deleterious effects of asbestos.
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- M Lohani
- Division of Fibre Toxicology, Industrial Toxicology Research Center, M.G. Marg, Lucknow, India
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Torous DK, Hall NE, Dertinger SD, Diehl MS, Illi-Love AH, Cederbrant K, Sandelin K, Bolcsfoldi G, Ferguson LR, Pearson A, Majeska JB, Tarca JP, Hewish DR, Doughty L, Fenech M, Weaver JL, Broud DD, Gatehouse DG, Hynes GM, Kwanyuen P, McLean J, McNamee JP, Parenteau M, Van Hoof V, Vanparys P, Lenarczyk M, Siennicka J, Litwinska B, Slowikowska MG, Harbach PR, Johnson CW, Zhao S, Aaron CS, Lynch AM, Marshall IC, Rodgers B, Tometsko CR. Flow cytometric enumeration of micronucleated reticulocytes: high transferability among 14 laboratories. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2001; 38:59-68. [PMID: 11473389 DOI: 10.1002/em.1051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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This laboratory previously described a single-laser flow cytometric method, which effectively resolves micronucleated erythrocyte populations in rodent peripheral blood samples. Even so, the rarity and variable size of micronuclei make it difficult to configure instrument settings consistently and define analysis regions rationally to enumerate the cell populations of interest. Murine erythrocytes from animals infected with the malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei contain a high prevalence of erythrocytes with a uniform DNA content. This biological model for micronucleated erythrocytes offers a means by which the micronucleus analysis regions can be rationally defined, and a means for controlling interexperimental variation. The experiments described herein were performed to extend these studies by testing whether malaria-infected erythrocytes could also be used to enhance the transferability of the method, as well as control intra- and interlaboratory variation. For these studies, blood samples from mice infected with malaria, or treated with vehicle or the clastogen methyl methanesulfonate, were fixed and shipped to collaborating laboratories for analysis. After configuring instrumentation parameters and guiding the position of analysis regions with the malaria-infected blood samples, micronucleated reticulocyte frequencies were measured (20,000 reticulocytes per sample). To evaluate both intra- and interlaboratory variation, five replicates were analyzed per day, and these analyses were repeated on up to five separate days. The data of 14 laboratories presented herein indicate that transferability of this flow cytometric technique is high when instrumentation is guided by the biological standard Plasmodium berghei.
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- D K Torous
- Litron Laboratories, Rochester, New York 14620, USA.
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Hamada S, Sutou S, Morita T, Wakata A, Asanami S, Hosoya S, Ozawa S, Kondo K, Nakajima M, Shimada H, Osawa K, Kondo Y, Asano N, Sato S, Tamura H, Yajima N, Marshall R, Moore C, Blakey DH, Schechtman LM, Weaver JL, Torous DK, Proudlock R, Ito S, Namiki C, Hayashi M. Evaluation of the rodent micronucleus assay by a 28-day treatment protocol: Summary of the 13th Collaborative Study by the Collaborative Study Group for the Micronucleus Test (CSGMT)/Environmental Mutagen Society of Japan (JEMS)-Mammalian Mutagenicity Study Group (MMS). ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2001; 37:93-110. [PMID: 11246216 DOI: 10.1002/em.1017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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To examine whether micronucleus tests can be incorporated into general toxicology assays, we performed micronucleus tests applying the treatment protocols typically used in such assays. In this 13th Collaborative Study of the CSGMT, both rats and mice were tested, although rats were used in the majority of the studies. Fifteen mutagens were tested in rats, mainly by oral (p.o.) administration. Micronucleus induction was evaluated 2, 3, and 4 days, and 1, 2, 3, and 28 days after the beginning of the treatment in the peripheral blood, and at 28 days in the bone marrow. Of the 15 chemicals that induced micronuclei in rats in short-term assays, two chemicals (1,2-dimethylhydrazine.2HCl and mitomycin C) were negative in all our experiments, possibly because of insufficient dose levels. The remaining 13 were positive within the estimated dose range of a general toxicology assay, suggesting the possibility of integrating the micronucleus assay into general toxicology assays. Three patterns were observed in micronucleus induction during the period of repeated treatment: (1) gradual increases in micronucleus frequency with sequential doses, (2) a peak at 3-5 days followed by gradual decreases in micronucleus frequency with sequential doses, and (3) a rapid increase in micronucleus frequency followed by a plateau. We evaluated factors that might have been involved in those patterns, such as the spleen function, target organ exposure, extramedullary hematopoiesis, hypothermia, and hypoxia. Another factor we considered was dosage. Because the dosages employed in a general toxicity assay are usually lower than those used in short-term micronucleus assays, this discrepancy was considered the greatest potential problem for integrating the micronucleus assay into general toxicology assays. Our results indicate that the integration of the micronucleus assay into a 28-day toxicological assay is feasible. To serve this purpose, blood samples collected 4 days after the beginning of treatment and blood and bone marrow samples collected at autopsy should be examined. Furthermore, although it is recognized that mice may be suitable for performing independent micronucleus assays, we propose that rats can provide biologically important and relevant information regarding potential chemical mutagens that can be evaluated under conditions used in the conduct of general toxicology studies.
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- S Hamada
- Central Research Laboratory, SSP Company, Ltd., Chiba, Japan.
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Krishna G, Urda G, Theiss J. Principles and practices of integrating genotoxicity evaluation into routine toxicology studies: a pharmaceutical industry perspective. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 1998; 32:115-120. [PMID: 9776173 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2280(1998)32:2<115::aid-em6>3.0.co;2-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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In this article, an integrated in vivo genotoxicity testing philosophy and a practical approach, as applied to pharmaceuticals, are described. Recently, there has been an effort to integrate the rodent (primarily rat) micronucleus assay with routine 2-4-week toxicokinetic studies. This approach has several advantages: 1) it utilizes the general principles of toxicology that govern the overall toxicity profile of a test substance; 2) factors such as the dose and/or route of drug administration, drug metabolism, principles of toxicokinetics, and saturation of defense mechanisms are considered in evaluating genotoxicity; 3) it uses the concept of administering multiple tolerable doses aiding in achieving steady state plasma drug levels, which is more relevant for risk assessment compared to high acute doses; and 4) it helps minimize the amount of drug, number of animals used, and other resources. This integration approach can be extended to other toxicology studies and other relevant genotoxicity endpoints may be assessed. Based on the experience in our laboratory, integrating micronucleus assessment in routine toxicology testing is promising and should be utilized when practical.
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- G Krishna
- Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, Division of Warner-Lambert Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA.
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Lee BH, Lee S, Kim YS, Bertram B, Wiessler M. Chemopreventive effects of S-(N,N-diethyldithiocarbamoyl)-N-acetyl-L-cysteine against benzo[a]pyrene. Mutat Res 1997; 377:167-75. [PMID: 9247612 DOI: 10.1016/s0027-5107(97)00063-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The putative antimutagenic/anticarcinogenic organosulfur compound, S-(N,N-diethyldithiocarbamoyl)-N-acetyl-L-cysteine (AC-DDTC), has been demonstrated to inhibit the metabolic activation and the genotoxicity of N-nitrosodiethylamine. We have investigated the chemopreventive activity of AC-DDTC against benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) in the Salmonella typhimurium bacterial mutation assay, in the chromosome aberration assay using Chinese hamster lung fibroblast (CHL), and in the mouse micronucleus assay in bone marrow cells. In the bacterial mutation assay, AC-DDTC produced a concentration dependent decrease in the number of mutant colonies induced by B[a]P. The chromosome damaging responses of B[a]P in CHL cells were abolished by the treatment of AC-DDTC, approximately to the level of the control. In the in vivo mouse bone marrow micronucleus test, pretreatment of AC-DDTC 1 h prior to B[a]P reduced the frequency of micronucleated polychromatic erythrocytes. The inhibitory effects were statistically significant and dose-dependent. Our results demonstrate that AC-DDTC, one of the mixed disulfide model compounds of disulfiram, prevents the mutagenic effects of B[a]P.
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- B H Lee
- Institute of Environment and Life Science, Hallym University, Chunchon, Kangwon-Do, South Korea.
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Holden HE, Majeska JB, Studwell D. A direct comparison of mouse and rat bone marrow and blood as target tissues in the micronucleus assay. Mutat Res 1997; 391:87-9. [PMID: 9219552 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1218(97)00036-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Rats and mice were treated concurrently with mitomycin C at a dose of 1 mg/kg/day i.p. for 3 days, a regimen known to induce micronuclei in polychromatic erythrocytes (MN-PCE) in the bone marrow of rats and mice and the peripheral blood of mice. The incidence of micronuclei was evaluated in the peripheral blood and the bone marrow of both species. Early reports suggested that the efficiency of the rat spleen in removing micronuclei from the circulation precluded the use of rat peripheral blood in the detection of chemically-induced micronuclei. The data in the present study demonstrate that the induction of micronuclei in polychromatic erythrocytes as the result of treatment with a clastogen can be demonstrated equally well in the bone marrow or the peripheral blood of both rats and mice.
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- H E Holden
- Department of Toxicology and Safety Assessment, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Ridgefield, CT 06877, USA
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Venier P, Maron S, Canova S. Detection of micronuclei in gill cells and haemocytes of mussels exposed to benzo[a]pyrene. Mutat Res 1997; 390:33-44. [PMID: 9150750 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1218(96)00162-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Mediterranean mussels were exposed to benzo[a]pyrene for 2 days at doses which had previously caused the formation of specific adducts in gill DNA. Micronuclei and other nuclear abnormalities were detected in gill cells and haemocytes in order to ascertain the induction of cytogenetic damage in two different target cells in parallel. A number of procedural details were examined initially to improve the quality of slides obtained from mussel cells. Adequate cytological preparations were obtained when gill cells and haemocytes were suspended, respectively, in Alsever and sea water with EDTA, cytospun and fixed with absolute methanol. In the exposed mussels, micronuclei significantly increased in both the large gill cells (the main cell type) and the agranular haemocytes. Granular haemocytes, cells present in variable proportions between individual mussels, did not show cytogenetic damage except at the highest B[a]P doses. In the same slides, steady levels of binucleated cells were detected, whereas the incidence of other nuclear abnormalities was significantly higher in the exposed compared with control mussels. Precise knowledge of the replication kinetics of gill cells and haemocytes is still lacking.
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- P Venier
- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Italy.
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Short-term genetic toxicology tests were developed for the purpose of identifying chemical carcinogens in the environment. After two decades of development and validation, the tests are well-established in routine testing schemes, but our views of their utility for safety evaluation have undergone re-assessment. The correlation between identified mutagens and identified carcinogens has turned out to be significantly less than one. Processes or mechanisms that are not directly genotoxic appear to play a role in carcinogenesis. While short term test data are still components of the assessment of carcinogenic risk, genetic damage also has been recognized as important in its own right, in relation to heritable genetic risk and other health-related effects, such as aging, reproductive failure and developmental toxicity. The revolution in molecular biology and genetic analysis occurring over the past 20 years has contributed to the wealth of new information on the complexities of cell regulation, differentiation, and the carcinogenic process. These technologies have provided new experimental approaches to genetic toxicology assessments, including transgenic cell and animal models, human monitoring, and analysis of macromolecular interactions at environmentally relevant exposures. The potential exists for the development of more efficient and more relevant genetic toxicology testing schemes for use assessing human safety. A delineation of contemporary needs, a modern view of the elements of cancer induction, and an examination of new assays and technologies may provide a framework for integrating new approaches into current schemes for evaluating the potential genetic and carcinogenic risk of environmental chemicals.
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- R K Elespuru
- Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
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Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is used for many purposes, including analysis of chromosomal damage, gene mapping, clinical diagnostics, molecular toxicology and cross-species chromosome homology. FISH allows an investigator to identify the presence and location of a region of cellular DNA or RNA within morphologically preserved chromosome preparations, fixed cells or tissue sections. This report describes in situ hybridization, and discusses the past, present and future applications of this method for genetic analysis and molecular toxicology.
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- R R Swiger
- Biology and Biotechnology Research Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, USA
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