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Li X, Chen S, Guo X, Wu Q, Seo JE, Guo L, Manjanatha MG, Zhou T, Witt KL, Mei N. Development and Application of TK6-derived Cells Expressing Human Cytochrome P450s for Genotoxicity Testing. Toxicol Sci 2020; 175:251-265. [PMID: 32159784 PMCID: PMC7334878 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfaa035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Metabolism plays a key role in chemical genotoxicity; however, most mammalian cells used for in vitro genotoxicity testing lack effective metabolizing enzymes. We recently developed a battery of TK6-derived cell lines that individually overexpress 1 of 8 cytochrome P450s (CYP1A1, 1A2, 1B1, 2A6, 2B6, 2C9, 2C19, and 3A4) using a lentiviral expression system. The increased expression and metabolic function of each individual CYP in each established cell line were confirmed using real-time PCR, Western blotting, and mass spectrometry analysis; the parental TK6 cells and empty vector (EV) transduced cells had negligible CYP levels. Subsequently, we evaluated these cell lines using 2 prototypical polyaromatic hydrocarbon mutagens, 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) and benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P), that require metabolic activation to exert their genotoxicity. DMBA-induced cytotoxicity, phosphorylation of histone H2A.X, and micronucleus formation were significantly increased in TK6 cells with CYP1A1, 1B1, 2B6, and 2C19 expression as compared with EV controls. B[a]P significantly increased cytotoxicity, DNA damage, and chromosomal damage in TK6 cells overexpressing CYP1A1 and 1B1 when compared with EV controls. B[a]P also induced micronucleus formation in TK6 cells expressing CYP1A2. These results suggest that our CYP-expressing TK6 cell system can be used to detect the genotoxicity of compounds requiring metabolic transformation.
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- Xilin Li
- Division of Genetic and Molecular Toxicology
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- Division of Biochemical Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079
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- Division of Biochemical Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079
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- Division of Genetic and Molecular Toxicology
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- Division of Biochemical Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079
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- Center for Veterinary Medicine, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland 20855
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- Division of the National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
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- Division of Genetic and Molecular Toxicology
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Rees BJ, Tate M, Lynch AM, Thornton CA, Jenkins GJ, Walmsley RM, Johnson GE. Development of an in vitro PIG-A gene mutation assay in human cells. Mutagenesis 2017; 32:283-297. [PMID: 28057708 PMCID: PMC5907909 DOI: 10.1093/mutage/gew059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2016] [Accepted: 11/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Mutagens can be carcinogens, and traditionally, they have been identified in vitro using the Salmonella 'Ames' reverse mutation assay. However, prokaryotic DNA packaging, replication and repair systems are mechanistically very different to those in the humans we inevitably seek to protect. Therefore, for many years, mammalian cell line genotoxicity assays that can detect eukaryotic mutagens as well as clastogens and aneugens have been used. The apparent lack of specificity in these largely rodent systems, due partly to their mutant p53 status, has contributed to the use of animal studies to resolve data conflicts. Recently, silencing mutations at the PIG-A locus have been demonstrated to prevent glycophosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor synthesis and consequentially result in loss of GPI-anchored proteins from the cell's extracellular surface. The successful exploitation of this mutant phenotype in animal studies has triggered interest in the development of an analogous in vitro PIG-A mutation screening assay. This article describes the development of a robust assay design using metabolically active human cells. The assay includes viability and cell membrane integrity assessment and conforms to the future ideas of the 21st-century toxicology testing.
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- Benjamin J Rees
- Institute of Life Science, Swansea University Medical School, Singleton Park, Swansea, UK
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- Gentronix Ltd BioHub at Alderley Park, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, UK
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- Institute of Life Science, Swansea University Medical School, Singleton Park, Swansea, UK
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- Institute of Life Science, Swansea University Medical School, Singleton Park, Swansea, UK
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- Gentronix Ltd BioHub at Alderley Park, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, UK
- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Institute of Life Science, Swansea University Medical School, Singleton Park, Swansea, UK
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Brüsehafer K, Manshian BB, Doherty AT, Zaïr ZM, Johnson GE, Doak SH, Jenkins GJS. The clastogenicity of 4NQO is cell-type dependent and linked to cytotoxicity, length of exposure and p53 proficiency. Mutagenesis 2016; 31:171-80. [PMID: 26362870 PMCID: PMC4748179 DOI: 10.1093/mutage/gev069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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4-Nitroquinoline 1-oxide (4NQO) is used as a positive control in various genotoxicity assays because of its known mutagenic and carcinogenic properties. The chemical is converted into 4-hydroxyaminoquinoline 1-oxide and gives rise to three main DNA adducts, N-(deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-4AQO, 3-(desoxyguanosin-N (2)-yl)-4AQO and 3-(deoxyadenosin-N (6)-yl)-4AQO. This study was designed to assess the shape of the dose-response curve at low concentrations of 4NQO in three human lymphoblastoid cell lines, MCL-5, AHH-1 and TK6 as well as the mouse lymphoma L5178Y cell line in vitro. Chromosomal damage was investigated using the in vitro micronucleus assay, while further gene mutation and DNA damage studies were carried out using the hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase forward mutation and comet assays. 4NQO showed little to no significant increases in micronucleus induction in the human lymphoblastoid cell lines, even up to 55±5% toxicity. A dose-response relationship could only be observed in the mouse lymphoma cell line L5178Y after 4NQO treatment, even at concentrations with no reduction in cell viability. Further significant increases in gene mutation and DNA damage induction were observed. Hence, 4NQO is a more effective point mutagen than clastogen, and its suitability as a positive control for genotoxicity testing has to be evaluated for every individual assay.
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- Katja Brüsehafer
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. ILS1, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK. Tel: +44 179 260 2512; Fax: +44 179 260 2147;
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- Drug Safety and Metabolism, AstraZeneca, Unit 310, Darwin Building, Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB40WG, UK
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David R, Ebbels T, Gooderham N. Synergistic and Antagonistic Mutation Responses of Human MCL-5 Cells to Mixtures of Benzo[a]pyrene and 2-Amino-1-Methyl-6-Phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine: Dose-Related Variation in the Joint Effects of Common Dietary Carcinogens. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2016; 124:88-96. [PMID: 26091049 PMCID: PMC4709171 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1409557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2014] [Accepted: 06/16/2015] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Chemical carcinogens such as benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) and 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP) may contribute to the etiology of human diet-associated cancer. Individually, these compounds are genotoxic, but the consequences of exposure to mixtures of these chemicals have not been systematically examined. OBJECTIVES We determined the mutagenic response to mixtures of BaP and PhIP at concentrations relevant to human exposure (micromolar to subnanomolar). METHODS Human MCL-5 cells (metabolically competent) were exposed to BaP or PhIP individually or in mixtures. Mutagenicity was assessed at the thymidine kinase (TK) locus, CYP1A activity was determined by ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) activity and qRT-PCR, and cell cycle was measured by flow cytometry. RESULTS Mixtures of BaP and PhIP produced dose responses different from those of the individual chemicals; we observed remarkably increased mutant frequency (MF) at lower concentrations of the mixtures (not mutagenic individually), and decreased MF at higher concentrations of the mixtures, than the calculated predicted additive MF of the individual chemicals. EROD activity and CYP1A1 mRNA levels were correlated with TK MF, supporting involvement of the CYP1A family in mutation. Moreover, a cell cycle G2/M phase block was observed at high-dose combinations, consistent with DNA damage sensing and repair. CONCLUSIONS Mixtures of these genotoxic chemicals produced mutation responses that differed from those expected for the additive effects of the individual chemicals. The increase in MF for certain combinations of chemicals at low concentrations that were not genotoxic for the individual chemicals, as well as the nonmonotonic dose response, may be important for understanding the mutagenic potential of food and the etiology of diet-associated cancers. CITATION David R, Ebbels T, Gooderham N. 2016. Synergistic and antagonistic mutation responses of human MCL-5 cells to mixtures of benzo[a]pyrene and 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine: dose-related variation in the joint effects of common dietary carcinogens. Environ Health Perspect 124:88-96; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1409557.
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- Address correspondence to N. Gooderham, Computational and Systems Medicine, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, UK. Telephone: 02075943188. E-mail:
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Genotoxins induce binucleation in L5178Y and TK6 cells. MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2014; 770:29-34. [PMID: 25344161 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2014.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2013] [Revised: 05/19/2014] [Accepted: 05/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Following the initial observation that methyl methanesulphonate induced binucleated cells in the AHH-1 line and a significant number of them contained micronuclei, human lymphoblastoid TK6 and mouse lymphoma L5178Y cells were treated with methyl methanesulphonate, methylnitrosourea, mitomycin C, cytosine arabinoside, colchicine and triton X. All except triton X induced binucleated cells in both lines but an increased micronucleus incidence in them was seen only in TK6. The two lines also differed in the numbers of binucleates in the control cultures with 2.0% and 0.5% in TK6 and L5178Y, respectively, and a much higher proportion of those in TK6 contained micronuclei. The differences in behaviour between the two cell lines could not clearly be ascribed to their P53 status. Colchicine induced binucleates in both cell lines but they did not contain increased numbers of micronuclei. The effect on binucleate incidence was not a non-specific cytotoxic response because no increase was seen with triton X even at highly cytotoxic concentrations. The initial concern that not scoring micronuclei in binucleated cells might lead to erroneous results in in vitro micronucleus tests not using a cytokinesis block, was not proven because all the genotoxins tested here induced significant increases in micronucleus frequency in mononuclear cells. When testing less potently active agents in in vitro micronucleus tests not employing a cytokinesis block, care should be taken to understand better this phenomenon and not to include these damaged cells until we do.
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Seager AL, Shah UK, Mikhail JM, Nelson BC, Marquis BJ, Doak SH, Johnson GE, Griffiths SM, Carmichael PL, Scott SJ, Scott AD, Jenkins GJS. Pro-oxidant induced DNA damage in human lymphoblastoid cells: homeostatic mechanisms of genotoxic tolerance. Toxicol Sci 2012; 128:387-97. [PMID: 22539617 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfs152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Oxidative stress contributes to many disease etiologies including ageing, neurodegeneration, and cancer, partly through DNA damage induction (genotoxicity). Understanding the i nteractions of free radicals with DNA is fundamental to discern mutation risks. In genetic toxicology, regulatory authorities consider that most genotoxins exhibit a linear relationship between dose and mutagenic response. Yet, homeostatic mechanisms, including DNA repair, that allow cells to tolerate low levels of genotoxic exposure exist. Acceptance of thresholds for genotoxicity has widespread consequences in terms of understanding cancer risk and regulating human exposure to chemicals/drugs. Three pro-oxidant chemicals, hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)), potassium bromate (KBrO(3)), and menadione, were examined for low dose-response curves in human lymphoblastoid cells. DNA repair and antioxidant capacity were assessed as possible threshold mechanisms. H(2)O(2) and KBrO(3), but not menadione, exhibited thresholded responses, containing a range of nongenotoxic low doses. Levels of the DNA glycosylase 8-oxoguanine glycosylase were unchanged in response to pro- oxidant stress. DNA repair-focused gene expression arrays reported changes in ATM and BRCA1, involved in double-strand break repair, in response to low-dose pro-oxidant exposure; however, these alterations were not substantiated at the protein level. Determination of oxidatively induced DNA damage in H(2)O(2)-treated AHH-1 cells reported accumulation of thymine glycol above the genotoxic threshold. Further, the H(2)O(2) dose-response curve was shifted by modulating the antioxidant glutathione. Hence, observed pro- oxidant thresholds were due to protective capacities of base excision repair enzymes and antioxidants against DNA damage, highlighting the importance of homeostatic mechanisms in "genotoxic tolerance."
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- Anna L Seager
- DNA Damage Research Group, Institute of Life Science, College of Medicine, Swansea University, SA2 8PP, UK
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Sharifuddin Y, Parry EM, Parry JM. The genotoxicity and cytotoxicity assessments of andrographolide in vitro. Food Chem Toxicol 2012; 50:1393-8. [PMID: 22326971 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.01.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2011] [Revised: 12/23/2011] [Accepted: 01/26/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Andrographolide is a major phytoconstituent present in Andrographis paniculata, a plant used in traditional medicines in Asia for various ailments. This tropical shrub was reported to possess various pharmacological activities and has been marketed around the world including Europe, however the toxicological data especially potential genotoxicity assessment on the phytocompound is still lacking. This study was performed to assess the ability of andrographolide to induce chromosomal changes using the in vitro cytokinesis-blocked micronucleus assay with immunofluorescent labelling of kinetochores in metabolically-competent AHH-1 and MCL-5 human lymphoblastoid cell lines. Various cytotoxicity endpoints were also evaluated in this study. Andrographolide was found to cause a weak increase in micronuclei induction at 10-50 μM in both AHH-1 and MCL-5 cell lines, respectively which were within the historical range. Kinetochore analysis revealed that the micronuclei induced in MCL-5 cells due to andrographolide exposure originated via an aneugenic mechanism that was indicated by the relatively higher but non-significant percentage of kinetochore positive micronuclei compared to negative control. Andrographolide also elicited a dose-dependent cellular cytotoxicity, with cells dying primarily via necrosis compared to apoptosis. Here we report that andrographolide was not genotoxic at the doses tested and it induces dose-dependent necrosis in vitro.
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Varès G, Wang B, Tanaka K, Kakimoto A, Eguchi-Kasai K, Nenoi M. Mutagenic adaptive response to high-LET radiation in human lymphoblastoid cells exposed to low doses of heavy-ion radiation. Mutat Res 2011; 712:49-54. [PMID: 21540043 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2011.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2010] [Revised: 04/06/2011] [Accepted: 04/14/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Adaptive response (AR) and bystander effect are two important phenomena involved in biological responses to low doses of ionizing radiation (IR). Furthermore, there is a strong interest in better understanding the biological effects of high-LET radiation. We previously demonstrated the ability of low doses of X-rays to induce an AR to challenging heavy-ion radiation [8]. In this study, we assessed in vitro the ability of priming low doses (0.01Gy) of heavy-ion radiation to induce a similar AR to a subsequent challenging dose (1-4Gy) of high-LET IR (carbon-ion: 20 and 40keV/μm, neon-ion: 150keV/μm) in TK6, AHH-1 and NH32 cells. Our results showed that low doses of high-LET radiation can induce an AR characterized by lower mutation frequencies at hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase locus and faster DNA repair kinetics, in cells expressing p53.
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- Guillaume Varès
- Radiation Risk Reduction Research Program, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Anagawa 4-9-1, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan.
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Varès G, Wang B, Tanaka K, Kakimoto A, Eguchi-Kasai K, Nenoi M. Mutagenic adaptive response to high-LET radiation in human lymphoblastoid cells exposed to X-rays. Mutat Res 2011; 706:46-52. [PMID: 21055411 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2010.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2010] [Revised: 10/15/2010] [Accepted: 10/26/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The ability of cells to adapt low-dose or low-dose rate radiation is well known. High-LET radiation has unique characteristics, and the data concerning low doses effects and high-LET radiation remain fragmented. In this study, we assessed in vitro the ability of low doses of X-rays to induce an adaptive response (AR) to a subsequent challenging dose of heavy-ion radiation. Lymphoblastoid cells (TK6, AHH-1, NH32) were exposed to priming 0.02-0.1Gy X-rays, followed 6h later by challenging 1Gy heavy-ion radiation (carbon-ion: 20 and 40keV/μm, neon-ion: 150keV/μm). Pre-exposure of p53-competent cells resulted in decreased mutation frequencies at hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase locus and different H2AX phosphorylation kinetics, as compared to cells exposed to challenging radiation alone. This phenomenon did not seem to be linked with cell cycle effects or radiation-induced apoptosis. Taken together, our results suggested the existence of an AR to mutagenic effects of heavy-ion radiation in lymphoblastoid cells and the involvement of double-strand break repair mechanisms.
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- Guillaume Varès
- National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Anagawa 4-9-1, Inage-ku, Chiba, Japan.
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Doak SH, Brüsehafer K, Dudley E, Quick E, Johnson G, Newton RP, Jenkins GJS. No-observed effect levels are associated with up-regulation of MGMT following MMS exposure. Mutat Res 2008; 648:9-14. [PMID: 18992265 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2008.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2008] [Revised: 07/31/2008] [Accepted: 09/04/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The alkylating agents methyl methanesulphonate (MMS) and ethyl methanesulphonate (EMS) have non-linear dose-response curves, with a no-observed effect level (NOEL) and a lowest observed effect level (LOEL) for both gross chromosomal damage and mutagenicity. However, the biological mechanism responsible for the NOEL has yet to be identified. A strong candidate is DNA repair as it may be able to efficiently remove alkyl adducts at low doses resulting in a NOEL, but at higher doses fails to fully remove all lesions due to saturation of enzymatic activity resulting in a LOEL and subsequent linear increases in mutagenicity. We therefore assessed the transcriptional status of N-methylpurine-DNA glycoslase (MPG) and O(6)-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT), which represent the first line of defence following exposure to alkylating agents through the respective enzymatic removal of N7-alkylG and O(6)-alkylG. The relative MPG and MGMT gene expression profiles were assessed by real-time RT-PCR following exposure to 0-2 microg/ml MMS for 1-24h. MPG expression remained fairly steady, but in contrast significant up-regulation of MGMT was observed when cells were treated with 0.5 and 1.0 microg/ml MMS for 4h (2.5- and 6.5-fold increases respectively). These doses lie within the NOEL for MMS mutagenicity (LOEL is 1.25 microg/ml), thus this boost in MGMT expression at low doses may be responsible for efficiently repairing O(6)methylG lesions and creating the non-linear response for mutations. However, as the LOEL for MMS clastogenicity is 0.85 microg/ml, O(6)-alkylG is unlikely to be responsible for the clastogenicity observed at these concentrations. Consequently, at low doses N7-methylG is possibly the predominant cause of MMS clastogenicity, while O(6)-methylG is more likely to be responsible for MMS mutagenicity, with MGMT up-regulation playing a key role in removal of O(6)-alkylG lesions before they are fixed as permanent point mutations, resulting in non-linear dose-responses for direct acting genotoxins.
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- Shareen H Doak
- Institute of Life Science, School of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, Wales, UK.
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Lin R, Sun Y, Li C, Xie C, Wang S. Identification of differentially expressed genes in human lymphoblastoid cells exposed to irradiation and suppression of radiation-induced apoptosis with antisense oligonucleotides against caspase-4. Oligonucleotides 2007; 17:314-26. [PMID: 17854271 DOI: 10.1089/oli.2007.0064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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To identify candidate genes in response to ionizing radiation (IR) and discover new targets for basic research and radiation protection, whole human genome bioarrays were used to examine gene expression profiles in human lymphoblastoid AHH-1 cells exposed to IR. The results were confirmed by semiquantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). In addition, the effects of ionizing radiation on cell growth, cell cycles and apoptosis were also examined. The microarray analysis revealed a set of IR responsive genes, including 906 genes at 4 hours and 789 genes at 24 hours after exposure to 5 Gy IR. The processes of cell cycles, apoptosis, signal transduction, and DNA repair involved a high percentage of IR responsive genes, among which, caspase-4 was most strongly induced by irradiation. Consistent with this, downregulation of caspase-4 expression by antisense oligonucleotides significantly increased cell viability and protected cells from undergoing apoptosis induced by IR. Taken together, the results suggested that caspase-4 plays an important role in radiation-induced apoptosis.
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- Ruxian Lin
- Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing 100850, P.R. China
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