Baumstark-Khan C, Hellweg CE, Reitz G. Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity reporter systems based on the use of mammalian cells.
ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2010;
118:113-51. [PMID:
20140660 DOI:
10.1007/10_2009_20]
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Abstract
With the dramatic increase in the number of new agents arising from the chemical, pharmaceutical, and agricultural industries, there is an urgent need to develop assays for rapid evaluation of potential risks to man and environment. The panel of conventional tests used for cytotoxicity and genotoxicity and the strategies to progress from small scale assays to high content screening in toxicology are discussed. The properties of components necessary as sensors and reporters for new reporter assays, and the application of genetic strategies to design assays are reviewed. The concept of cellular reporters is based on the use of promoters of chemical stress-regulated genes ligated to a suitable luminescent or fluorescent reporter gene. Current reporter assays designed from constructs transferred into suitable cell lines are presented.
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