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Wang HD, Xu JZ, Zhang WG. Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for efficient production of L-arginine. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 106:5603-5613. [PMID: 35931894 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-022-12109-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Revised: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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As an important semi-essential amino acid, L-arginine (L-Arg) has important application prospects in medicine and health care. However, it remains a challenge to efficiently produce L-Arg by Escherichia coli (E. coli). In the present study, we obtained an E. coli A1 with L-Arg accumulation ability, and carried out a series of metabolic engineering on it, and finally obtained an E. coli strain A7 with high L-Arg production ability. First, genome analysis of strain A1 was performed to explore the related genes affecting L-Arg accumulation. We found that gene speC and gene speF played an important role in the accumulation of L-Arg. Second, we used two strategies to solve the feedback inhibition of the L-Arg pathway in E. coli. One was the combination of a mutation of the gene argA and the deletion of the gene argR, and the other was the combination of a heterologous insertion of the gene argJ and the deletion of the gene argR. The combination of exogenous argJ gene insertion and argR gene deletion achieved higher titer accumulation with less impact on strain growth. Finally, we inserted the gene cluster argCJBDF of Corynebacterium glutamicum (C. glutamicum) to enhance the metabolic flux of the L-Arg pathway in E. coli. The final strain obtained 70.1 g/L L-Arg in a 5-L bioreactor, with a yield of 0.326 g/g glucose and a productivity of 1.17 g/(L· h). This was the highest level of L-Arg production by E. coli ever reported. Collectively, our findings provided valuable insights into the possibility of the industrial production of L-Arg by E. coli. KEY POINTS: • Genetic background of E. coli A1 genome analysis. • Heterologous argJ substitution of argA mutation promoted excessive accumulation of L-Arg in E. coli A1. • The overexpression of L-Arg synthesis gene cluster argCJBDF of Corynebacterium glutamicum (C. glutamate) promoted the accumulation of L-Arg, and 70.1 g/L L-Arg was finally obtained in fed-batch fermentation.
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- Hai-De Wang
- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1,800# Lihu Road, 214122, WuXi, People's Republic of China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1,800# Lihu Road, 214122, WuXi, People's Republic of China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1,800# Lihu Road, 214122, WuXi, People's Republic of China.
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Elmogy S, Ismail MA, Hassan RYA, Noureldeen A, Darwish H, Fayad E, Elsaid F, Elsayed A. Biological Insights of Fluoroaryl-2,2'-Bichalcophene Compounds on Multi-Drug Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Molecules 2020; 26:E139. [PMID: 33396841 PMCID: PMC7795799 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26010139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Revised: 12/26/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Resistance of bacteria to multiple antibiotics is a significant health problem; hence, to continually respond to this challenge, different antibacterial agents must be constantly discovered. In this work, fluoroaryl-2,2'-bichalcophene derivatives were chemically synthesized and their biological activities were evaluated against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). The impact of the investigated bichalcophene derivatives was studied on the ultrastructural level via scanning electron microscopy (SEM), molecular level via sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) method and on the biofilm inhibition via the electrochemical biosensors. Arylbichalcophenes' antibacterial activity against S. aureus was affected by the presence and location of fluorine atoms. The fluorobithiophene derivative MA-1156 displayed the best minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) value of 16 µM among the tested fluoroarylbichalcophenes. Over a period of seven days, S. aureus did not develop any resistance against the tested fluoroarylbichalcophenes at higher concentrations. The impact of fluoroarylbichalcophenes was strong on S. aureus protein pattern showing high degrees of polymorphism. SEM micrographs of S. aureus cells treated with fluoroarylbichalcophenes displayed smaller cell-sizes, fewer numbers, arranged in a linear form and some of them were damaged when compared to the untreated cells. The bioelectrochemical measurements demonstrated the strong sensitivity of S. aureus cells to the tested fluoroarylbichalcophenes and an antibiofilm agent. Eventually, these fluoroarylbichalcophene compounds especially the MA-1156 could be recommended as effective antibacterial agents.
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- Sally Elmogy
- Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Elgomhouria St., Mansoura 35516, Egypt;
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Elgomhouria St., Mansoura 35516, Egypt;
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- Nanoscience Program, University of Science and Technology (UST), Zewail City of Science and Technology, 6th October City, Giza 12588, Egypt;
- Applied Organic Chemistry Department, National Research Centre (NRC), Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt
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- Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia;
- Department of Agricultural Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Elgomhouria St., Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Sciences, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia; (H.D.); (E.F.)
- Department of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Horticulture Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza 12619, Egypt
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Sciences, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia; (H.D.); (E.F.)
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- Biology Department, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 10347, Abha 61321, Saudi Arabia;
- Zoology Department, Faculty of Sciences, Mansoura University, Elgomhouria St., Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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- Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Elgomhouria St., Mansoura 35516, Egypt;
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Spurlin S, Blocker M, LoBue J, Wu J, Padgett C, Shaikh A. Regioselective electrolytic 5,8-difluorination of quinolines. Tetrahedron Lett 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2019.151474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Tennant RE, Guesné SJ, Canipa S, Cayley A, Drewe WC, Honma M, Masumura K, Morita T, Stalford SA, Williams RV. Extrapolation of in vitro structural alerts for mutagenicity to the in vivo endpoint. Mutagenesis 2019; 34:111-121. [PMID: 30281100 DOI: 10.1093/mutage/gey030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2018] [Revised: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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As part of the hazard and risk assessment of chemicals in man, it is important to assess the ability of a chemical to induce mutations in vivo. Because of the commonalities in the molecular initiating event, mutagenicity in vitro can correlate well to the in vivo endpoint for certain compound classes; however, the difficulty lies in identifying when this correlation holds true. In silico alerts for in vitro mutagenicity may therefore be used as the basis for alerts for mutagenicity in vivo where an expert assessment is carried out to establish the relevance of the correlation. Taking this into account, a data set of publicly available transgenic rodent gene mutation assay data, provided by the National Institute of Health Sciences of Japan, was processed in the expert system Derek Nexus against the in vitro mutagenicity endpoint. The resulting predictivity was expertly reviewed to assess the validity of the observed correlations in activity and mechanism of action between the two endpoints to identify suitable in vitro alerts for extension to the in vivo endpoint. In total, 20 alerts were extended to predict in vivo mutagenicity, which has significantly improved the coverage of this endpoint in Derek Nexus against the data set provided. Updating the Derek Nexus knowledge base in this way led to an increase in sensitivity for this data set against this endpoint from 9% to 66% while maintaining a good specificity of 89%.
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- Lhasa Limited, Granary Wharf House, Leeds, UK
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- National Institute of Health Sciences, Kawasaki-ku, Kanagawa, Japan
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- National Institute of Health Sciences, Kawasaki-ku, Kanagawa, Japan
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- National Institute of Health Sciences, Kawasaki-ku, Kanagawa, Japan
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Marchetti F, Aardema MJ, Beevers C, van Benthem J, Godschalk R, Williams A, Yauk CL, Young R, Douglas GR. Identifying germ cell mutagens using OECD test guideline 488 (transgenic rodent somatic and germ cell gene mutation assays) and integration with somatic cell testing. MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2018; 832-833:7-18. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2018.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Revised: 05/28/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Duran LTD, Rincón NO, Galvis CEP, Kouznetsov VV, Lorenzo JLF. Genotoxicity risk assessment of diversely substituted quinolines using the SOS chromotest. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY 2015; 30:278-292. [PMID: 24106140 DOI: 10.1002/tox.21905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2013] [Revised: 08/06/2013] [Accepted: 08/12/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Quinolines are aromatic nitrogen compounds with wide therapeutic potential to treat parasitic and microbial diseases. In this study, the genotoxicity of quinoline, 4-methylquinoline, 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide (4-NQO), and diversely functionalized quinoline derivatives and the influence of the substituents (functional groups and/or atoms) on their genotoxicity were tested using the SOS chromotest. Quinoline derivatives that induce genotoxicity by the formation of an enamine epoxide structure did not induce the SOS response in Escherichia coli PQ37 cells, with the exception of 4-methylquinoline that was weakly genotoxic. The chemical nature of the substitution (C-5 to C-8: hydroxyl, nitro, methyl, isopropyl, chlorine, fluorine, and iodine atoms; C-2: phenyl and 3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl rings) of quinoline skeleton did not significantly modify compound genotoxicities; however, C-2 substitution with α-, β-, or γ-pyridinyl groups removed 4-methylquinoline genotoxicity. On the other hand, 4-NQO derivatives whose genotoxic mechanism involves reduction of the C-4 nitro group were strong inducers of the SOS response. Methyl and nitrophenyl substituents at C-2 of 4-NQO core affected the genotoxic potency of this molecule. The relevance of these results is discussed in relation to the potential use of the substituted quinolines. The work showed the sensitivity of SOS chromotest for studying structure-genotoxicity relationships and bioassay-guided quinoline synthesis.
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- Leidy Tatiana Díaz Duran
- Laboratorio de Microbiología y Mutagénesis Ambiental, Escuela de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia
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Suzuki T, Takeshita K, Saeki KI, Kadoi M, Hayashi M, Sofuni T. Clastogenicity of Quinoline and Monofluorinated Quinolines in Chinese Hamster Lung Cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1248/jhs.53.325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Takayoshi Suzuki
- Division of Genetics and Mutagenesis
- Division of Cellular and Gene Therapy Products, National Institute of Health Sciences
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University
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Hakura A, Kadoi M, Suzuki T, Saeki KI. Clastogenicity of Quinoline Derivatives in the Liver Micronucleus Assay Using Rats and Mice. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1248/jhs.53.470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University
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- Division of Cellular and Gene Therapy Products, National Institute of Health Sciences
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University
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Hakura A, Kato TA, Kawamura I, Saeki KI. Modification of Mutagenicity by Fluorine-Substitution on Diazachrysene. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1248/jhs.53.320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University
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Lambert IB, Singer TM, Boucher SE, Douglas GR. Detailed review of transgenic rodent mutation assays. Mutat Res 2005; 590:1-280. [PMID: 16081315 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2005.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 252] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2005] [Revised: 04/04/2005] [Accepted: 04/12/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Induced chromosomal and gene mutations play a role in carcinogenesis and may be involved in the production of birth defects and other disease conditions. While it is widely accepted that in vivo mutation assays are more relevant to the human condition than are in vitro assays, our ability to evaluate mutagenesis in vivo in a broad range of tissues has historically been quite limited. The development of transgenic rodent (TGR) mutation models has given us the ability to detect, quantify, and sequence mutations in a range of somatic and germ cells. This document provides a comprehensive review of the TGR mutation assay literature and assesses the potential use of these assays in a regulatory context. The information is arranged as follows. (1) TGR mutagenicity models and their use for the analysis of gene and chromosomal mutation are fully described. (2) The principles underlying current OECD tests for the assessment of genotoxicity in vitro and in vivo, and also nontransgenic assays available for assessment of gene mutation, are described. (3) All available information pertaining to the conduct of TGR assays and important parameters of assay performance have been tabulated and analyzed. (4) The performance of TGR assays, both in isolation and as part of a battery of in vitro and in vivo short-term genotoxicity tests, in predicting carcinogenicity is described. (5) Recommendations are made regarding the experimental parameters for TGR assays, and the use of TGR assays in a regulatory context.
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- Iain B Lambert
- Mutagenesis Section, Environmental Health Sciences Bureau, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, 0803A, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada K1A 0L2.
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Yamada K, Suzuki T, Kohara A, Kato TA, Hayashi M, Mizutani T, Saeki KI. Nitrogen-substitution effect on in vivo mutagenicity of chrysene. MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2005; 586:1-17. [PMID: 16054434 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2005.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2005] [Revised: 04/28/2005] [Accepted: 05/06/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We have previously reported the in vivo mutagenicity of aza-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (azaPAHs), such as quinoline, benzo[f]quinoline, benzo[h]quinoline, 1,7-phenanthroline and 10-azabenzo[a]pyrene. The 1,10-diazachrysene (1,10-DAC) and 4,10-DAC, nitrogen-substituted analogs of chrysene, were shown to exhibit mutagenicity in Salmonella typhimurium TA100 in the presence of rat liver S9 and human liver microsomes in our previous report, although DACs could not be converted to a bay-region diol epoxide, the ultimate active form of chrysene, because of their nitrogen atoms. In the present study, we tested in vivo mutagenicity of DACs compared with chrysene using the lacZ transgenic mouse (Mutatrade markMouse) to evaluate the effect of the nitrogen substitution. DACs- and chrysene-induced mutation in all of the six organs examined (liver, spleen, lung, kidney, bone marrow and colon). The mutant frequencies obtained with chrysene showed only small differences between the organs examined and ranged from 1.5 to 3 times the spontaneous frequency. The 4,10-DAC was more mutagenic than chrysene in all the organs tested. The highest lacZ mutation frequency was observed in the lung of 4,10-DAC-treated mice and it was 19 and 6 times the spontaneous frequency and the frequency induced by chrysene, respectively. The 1,10-DAC induced lacZ mutation in the lung with a frequency 4.3- and 1.5-fold higher than in the control and chrysene-treated mice, respectively, although the mutant frequencies in the other organs of 1,10-DAC-treated mice were almost equivalent to those of chrysene-treated mice. Not only chrysene but also DACs depressed the G:C to A:T transition and increased the G:C to T:A transversion in the liver and lung. These results suggest that the two types of nitrogen substitutions in the chrysene structure may enhance mutagenicity in the mouse lung, although they showed no difference in the target-organ specificity and the mutation spectrum.
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- Katsuya Yamada
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Tanabedori, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8603, Japan
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Wahnschaffe U, Bitsch A, Kielhorn J, Mangelsdorf I. Mutagenicity testing with transgenic mice. Part I: Comparison with the mouse bone marrow micronucleus test. J Carcinog 2005; 4:3. [PMID: 15655069 PMCID: PMC548135 DOI: 10.1186/1477-3163-4-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2004] [Accepted: 01/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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As part of a larger literature study on transgenic animals in mutagenicity testing, test results from the transgenic mutagenicity assays (lacI model; commercially available as the Big Blue(R) mouse, and the lacZ model; commercially available as the Mutatrade markMouse), were compared with the results on the same substances in the more traditional mouse bone marrow micronucleus test. 39 substances were found which had been tested in the micronucleus assay and in the above transgenic mouse systems. Although, the transgenic animal mutation assay is not directly comparable with the micronucleus test, because different genetic endpoints are examined: chromosome aberration versus gene mutation, the results for the majority of substances were in agreement. Both test systems, the transgenic mouse assay and the mouse bone marrow micronucleus test, have advantages and they complement each other. However, the transgenic animal assay has some distinct advantages over the micronucleus test: it is not restricted to one target organ and detects systemic as well as local mutagenic effects.
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- U Wahnschaffe
- Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine ITEM, Department of Chemical Risk Assessment, Nikolai-Fuchs-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine ITEM, Department of Chemical Risk Assessment, Nikolai-Fuchs-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine ITEM, Department of Chemical Risk Assessment, Nikolai-Fuchs-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine ITEM, Department of Chemical Risk Assessment, Nikolai-Fuchs-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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Yamada K, Suzuki T, Kohara A, Hayashi M, Mizutani T, Saeki KI. In vivo mutagenicity of benzo[f]quinoline, benzo[h]quinoline, and 1,7-phenanthroline using the lacZ transgenic mice. Mutat Res 2004; 559:83-95. [PMID: 15066577 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2003.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2003] [Revised: 12/26/2003] [Accepted: 12/26/2003] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Phenanthrene, a simplest angular polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with a bay-region in its molecule, is reported to be non-mutagenic, although most angular (non-linear) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, such as benzo[a]pyrene and chrysene, are known to show genotoxicity after metabolic transformation into a bay-region diol epoxide. On the other hand, benzo[f]quinoline (BfQ), benzo[h]quinoline (BhQ), and 1,7-phenanthroline (1,7-Phe), which are all aza-analogs of phenanthrene, are mutagenic in the Ames test using Salmonella typhimurium TA100 in the presence of a rat liver S9 fraction. In this report, we undertook to investigate the in vivo mutagenicity of BfQ, BhQ and 1,7-Phe by an in vivo mutation assay system using the lacZ transgenic mouse (Muta Mouse). BfQ and BhQ only slightly induced mutation in the liver and lung, respectively. BfQ- and BhQ-induced cII mutant spectra showed no characteristics compared with that of the control. These results suggest that the in vivo mutagenicities of BfQ and BhQ were equivocal. On the other hand, 1,7-Phe induced a potent mutation in the liver and a weak mutation in the lung. Furthermore 1,7-Phe depressed the G:C to A:T transition and increased the G:C to C:G transversion in the liver like quinoline, a hepatomutagen possessing the partial structure of 1,7-Phe, compared with the spontaneous mutation spectrum. These results suggest that the in vivo mutagenicity of 1,7-Phe might be caused by the same mechanism as that of quinoline, which induced the same mutational spectrum change (G:C to C:G transversion).
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- Katsuya Yamada
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Tanabedori, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8603, Japan
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Yamada K, Suzuki T, Kohara A, Hayashi M, Hakura A, Mizutani T, Saeki KI. Effect of 10-aza-substitution on benzo[a]pyrene mutagenicity in vivo and in vitro. Mutat Res 2002; 521:187-200. [PMID: 12438015 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(02)00240-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), an environmental carcinogen, shows genotoxicity after metabolic transformation into the bay-region diol epoxide, BaP-7,8-diol 9,10-epoxide. 10-Azabenzo[a]pyrene (10-azaBaP), in which a ring nitrogen is located in the bay-region, is also a carcinogen and shows mutagenicity in the Ames test in the presence of the rat liver microsomal enzymes. In order to evaluate the effect of aza-substitution on in vivo genotoxicity, BaP and 10-azaBaP were assayed for their in vivo mutagenicity using the lacZ-transgenic mouse (MutaMouse). BaP was potently mutagenic in all of the organs examined (liver, lung, kidney, spleen, forestomach, stomach, colon, and bone marrow), as described in our previous report, whereas, 10-azaBaP was slightly mutagenic only in the liver and colon. The in vitro mutagenicities of BaP and 10-azaBaP were evaluated by the Ames test using liver homogenates prepared from several sources, i.e. CYP1A-inducer-treated rats, CYP1A-inducer-treated and non-treated mice, and humans. BaP showed greater mutagenicities than 10-azaBaP in the presence of a liver homogenate prepared from CYP1A-inducer-treated rodents. However, 10-azaBaP showed mutagenicities similar to or more potent than BaP in the presence of a liver homogenate or S9 from non-treated mice and humans. These results indicate that 10-aza-substitution markedly modifies the nature of mutagenicity of benzo[a]pyrene in both in vivo and in vitro mutagenesis assays.
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- Katsuya Yamada
- Faculty of Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Tanabedori, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8603, Japan
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Hirano Y, Uehara M, Saeki KI, Kato TA, Takahashi K, Mizutani T. The Influence of Quinolines on Coumarin 7-Hydroxylation in Bovine Liver Microsomes and Human CYP2A6. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1248/jhs.48.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Yoshie Hirano
- Department of Drug Metabolism and Disposition, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University
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- Department of Drug Metabolism and Disposition, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University
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- Department of Drug Metabolism and Disposition, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University
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- Department of Drug Metabolism and Disposition, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University
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- Department of Drug Metabolism and Disposition, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University
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- Department of Drug Metabolism and Disposition, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University
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Suzuki T, Wang X, Miyata Y, Saeki K, Kohara A, Kawazoe Y, Hayashi M, Sofuni T. Hepatocarcinogen quinoline induces G:C to C:G transversions in the cII gene in the liver of lambda/lacZ transgenic mice (MutaMouse). Mutat Res 2000; 456:73-81. [PMID: 11087898 DOI: 10.1016/s0027-5107(00)00128-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Quinoline is carcinogenic to the liver in rodents, but it is not clear whether it acts by a genotoxic mechanism. We previously demonstrated that quinoline does induce gene mutation in the liver of lambda/lacZ transgenic mice. In the present report, we reveal the molecular nature of the mutations induced by quinoline in the lambda cII gene, which is also a phenotypically selectable marker in the lambda transgene. (The cII gene has 294bp, which enables much easier sequence analysis than the original lacZ gene (3kb)). The liver cII mutant frequency was nine times higher in quinoline-treated mice than in control mice. Sequence analysis revealed that quinoline induced primarily G:C to C:G transversions (25 of 34). Thus, we have confirmed that quinoline is genotoxic in its target organ, and the G:C to C:G transversion is the molecular signature of quinoline-induced mutations.
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- T Suzuki
- Division of Genetics and Mutagenesis, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158, Japan.
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Transgenic mutation assays were developed to detect gene mutations in multiple organs of mice or rats. The assays permit (1) quantitative measurements of mutation frequencies in all tissues/organs including germ cells and (2) molecular analysis of induced and spontaneous mutations by DNA sequencing analysis. The protocols of recently developed selections in the lambda phage-based transgenic mutation assays, i.e. cII, Spi(-) and 6-thioguanine selections, are described, and a data set of transgenic mutation assays, including those using Big Blue and Muta Mouse, is presented.
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- T Nohmi
- Division of Genetics and Mutagenesis, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, 158-8501, Tokyo, Japan.
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Kato T, Hakura A, Mizutani T, Saeki K. Anti-mutagenic structural modification by fluorine-substitution in highly mutagenic 4-methylquinoline derivatives. Mutat Res 2000; 465:173-82. [PMID: 10708984 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(99)00226-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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We have previously shown that fluorine-substitution at position 3 of quinoline deprived this molecule of mutagenicity, possibly due to interference with the yield of its metabolically activated form, the 1,4-hydrated 2,3-epoxide (enamine epoxide), which is directly responsible for the mutagenic modification of DNA. To further explore the possibility of a method for anti-mutagenic modification of mutagens by fluorine-substitution, 4-methylquinoline (4-MeQ), the most mutagenic form of all the quinoline derivatives examined so far, was used as a target in the present study. Five mono- and di-fluorinated derivatives of 4-MeQ, 2-fluoro-4-methylquinoline (2-F-4-MeQ), 6-F-4-MeQ, 7-F-4-MeQ, 2,6-difluoro-4-methylquinoline (2, 6-diF-4-MeQ), and 2,7-diF-4-MeQ, were subjected to analysis of their structure-mutagenicity relationships. The 2-fluorinated derivatives (2-F-4-MeQ, 2,6-diF-4-MeQ, and 2,7-diF-4-MeQ) were all non-mutagenic in the Ames test. 7-F-4-MeQ was as highly mutagenic as, and 6-F-4-MeQ was less mutagenic than non-fluorinated 4-MeQ. Metabolic studies were also conducted with 4-MeQ, 2-F-4-MeQ, 6-F-4-MeQ, and 7-F-4-MeQ, using a liver microsomal enzyme fraction prepared from the 3-methylcholanthrene-treated rat. The HPLC analytical data showed that, although the metabolic patterns (hydroxylation at 4-methyl group as a main metabolic pathway and 3-hydroxylation as a minor pathway) of these four F-MeQs were similar to one another, only the 3-hydroxy metabolite of 2-F-4-MeQ was not produced under the present experimental conditions employed. These results suggest that fluorine-substitution at position 2 of 4-MeQ inhibited the formation of the enamine epoxide in the pyridine moiety and deprived this molecule of mutagenicity as in the case of quinoline.
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- T Kato
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 3-1 Tanabedori, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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Saeki K, Murakami R, Kohara A, Shimizu N, Kawai H, Kawazoe Y, Hakura A. Substituent effect of a fluorine atom on the mutagenicity of nitroquinolines. Mutat Res 1999; 441:205-13. [PMID: 10333534 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(99)00049-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Some 16 nitroquinolines (NQs) and their fluorinated derivatives were tested for mutagenicity in Salmonella typhimurium TA100 without S9 mix to investigate the effect of fluorine-substitution on the mutagenicity. These NQs consist of 5-NQs, 5-nitroquinoline N-oxides (5-NQOs), N-methyl-5-nitroquinolinium methanesulfonates (N-Me-5-NQs) and 8-NQs, including three ortho-F-NQs, one meta-F-NQ, four para-F-NQs and four 3-F-NQs. For this purpose, eight F-NQs were newly synthesized. The data indicated that the ratio of the mutagenic activities (revertants/plate/nmol) of fluorinated NQs to those of the corresponding parent non-fluorinated compounds ranged from 0.6- to 119-fold. The fluorine atom located para to the nitro group markedly enhanced the mutagenicity (24-fold and more), while three ortho-fluorinated derivatives showed no significant increase in mutagenicity (enhancement ratio were 0.6, 0.8 and 1.7). With respect to 8-NQs, its meta-fluorinated derivative also had an enhanced mutagenicity over the parent compound (53-fold). In addition, although N-Me-5-NQ was less mutagenic than 5-NQ and 5-NQO, the mutagenicity of N-Me-5-NQ was most significantly enhanced by fluorine-substitution. These results suggest that introduction of a fluorine atom to the molecule in question may be a useful tool to modify their mutagenic potency and to better understand the mechanism of mutation.
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- K Saeki
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 3-1 Tanabedori, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8603, Japan.
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Kato T, Saeki K, Kawazoe Y, Hakura A. Effects of oligofluorine substitution on the mutagenicity of quinoline: a study with twelve fluoroquinoline derivatives. Mutat Res 1999; 439:149-57. [PMID: 10023045 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(98)00188-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A total of 12 variously fluorinated derivatives of quinoline (Q) were tested for their mutagenicity in Salmonella typhimurium TA100 in the presence of S9 mix to investigate the structure-mutagenicity relationship in oligofluorinated quinolines. Nine of them, 3,7-di-, 5,6-di-, 6,7-di-, 6,8-di-, 7,8-di-, 3,5,7-tri-, 5,6,8-tri-, 6,7, 8-tri-, and 5,6,7,8-tetrafluoroquinolines (FQs), were newly synthesized for this purpose. Those fluorinated at position 3 were all non-mutagenic. Mutagenicity was enhanced by fluorine-substitution at position 5 or 7, but not in 3-FQs (i.e., 3, 5-di-, 3,7-di-, and 3,5,7-triFQs). Some of the 6-fluorinated derivatives showed less maximum induced-revertants with more mutagenic potencies in terms of induced-revertants per dose than quinoline. No marked change occurred by fluorine-substitution at position 8. These results show that the effect of di- and trifluoro-substitution on mutagenicity is generally additive, while that of tetrafluorination approaches the deactivating effect of perfluorination. Our study suggests that 3-fluorine-substitution in the pyridine moiety may be a useful means of antimutagenic structural modification in pyridine-fused aromatic chemicals for medicinal and agricultural use.
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- T Kato
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Tanabedori, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8603, Japan
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