1
|
Mondal SC, Tripathi DN, Vikram A, Ramarao P, Jena GB. Furosemide-induced genotoxicity and cytotoxicity in the hepatocytes, but weak genotoxicity in the bone marrow cells of mice. Fundam Clin Pharmacol 2011; 26:383-92. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2011.00927.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
|
2
|
Ghosh M, Biswas D, Mukherjee A. High-altitude medicines: A short-term genotoxicity study. Toxicol Ind Health 2010; 26:417-24. [DOI: 10.1177/0748233710369125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
People live in the mountains distributed across the world and are exposed to reduced inspired oxygen and lower barometric pressure along with other factors that lead to high-altitude diseases. The present study was conducted to examine what extent of marketed medicines used in the management of high-altitude sickness has been tested for their genotoxic activity. Comet assay or the single-cell gel electrophoresis was utilized to evaluate genotoxicity of the six medicines on human peripheral whole blood cells and isolated lymphocytes at the concentrations 250 μg/mL, 500 μg/mL and 1 mg/mL. The comet assay endpoints included percentage Tail DNA (% Tail DNA) and olive tail moment (OTM) as they were considered to be sensitive and reliable scores across different laboratories. The results show that dexamethasone, deriphylline and furosemide can induce significant DNA damage in human whole blood and lymphocytes alike. Acetazolamide, ibuprofen and nifedipine show no genotoxic effect, neither on human whole blood nor on human lymphocytes. Taking into account the results of genotoxicity, it will be a prudent choice to restrict the use of these compounds for longer periods, until more information on the in vitro mutagenicity and in vivo genotoxicity studies are available.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Manosij Ghosh
- Centre of Advanced Study, Cell and Chromosome Research, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
| | | | - Anita Mukherjee
- Centre of Advanced Study, Cell and Chromosome Research, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India,
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Update on genotoxicity and carcinogenicity testing of 472 marketed pharmaceuticals. MUTATION RESEARCH-REVIEWS IN MUTATION RESEARCH 2009; 681:209-229. [PMID: 18845271 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2008.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2007] [Revised: 09/09/2008] [Accepted: 09/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
|