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R Fiorio

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PubMed1983

Isolation and preliminary characterization of u.v.-sensitive mutants from the human cell line EUE.

Five u.v. light-sensitive clones were isolated in the EUE cell line by means of a modified form of the original 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BUdR)-light method worked out by Puck and Kao for the isolation of nutritional mutants. A cell population was mutagenized with ethylmethanesulfonate. After the expression time, cells were u.v.-irradiated and incubated with BUdR to label excision patches in repair proficient cells. A subsequent irradiation with 'black' light caused DNA strand breakage in BUdR-substituted cells. During BUdR treatment, hydroxyurea and a fluorochrome (Hoechst 33258) were added to possibly enhance the analogue incorporation into DNA and to increase the photolability of BUdR containing sequences, respectively. Out of 192 colonies selected with this method, 38 were isolated and tested for their u.v.-sensitivity. Five of them showed significant, reproducible differences with respect to the parental line. As a partial characterization, the five u.v.-sensitive clones were assayed for unscheduled [3H]thymidine incorporation after exposure to u.v. light, by means of liquid scintillation spectrometry and autoradiography. In all clones. DNA repair synthesis was significantly decreased with respect to the parental line.

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PubMed1980

Experiments on the effect of the medium in mutation tests with the HGPRT system in cultured mammalian cells.

Higher mutation frequencies were observed on 8AG than on 6TG medium when HGPRT-deficient mutants were being selected in V79 Chinese hamster cells. 2 alternative explanations for the effect of the medium were considered, namely (1), that mechanisms are present that cause resistance to 8AG only, in addition to that (or those) causing resistance to both drugs, and (2), that mutants with low HGPRT content survive on 8AG but not on 6TG medium, owing to lower affinity of 8AG for the enzyme. The second explanation was favoured as a result of various experimental approaches, including kinetics of expression on the 2 media, cross-resistance at different expression times and serial selection on the 2 media.

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PubMed1980

The use of organic solvents in mutagenicity testing.

13 organic substances (dimethylsulfoxide, methanol, ethanol, n-propyl alcohol, sec-butyl alcohol, tert-butyl alcohol, dl-sec-amyl alcohol, ethylene glycol, ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, 1,4-diethylene dioxide, acetone, methyl acetate and formamide) were considered from the standpoint of their use as solvents for water-insoluble chemicals to be tested for mutagenicity. First, the effect of these solvents on cell survival was studied in the yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe and in V79 Chinese hamster cells. 8 solvents showing relatively low toxicity on either cell system (dimethylsulfoxide, ethanol, ethylene glycol, ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, 1,4-diethylene dioxide, acetone, methyl acetate and formamide) were tested for their effect on aminopyrine demethylase. 4 solvents (ethanol, 1,4-diethylene dioxide, methyl acetate and formamide) showed a more or less pronounced adverse effect on the microsomal enzymic activity. The remaining 4 and methanol (whose effect on aminopyrine demethylase was not testable) were assayed for mutagenicity in S. pombe. They all gave negative results both with and without the post-mitochondrial fraction from mouse liver.

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PubMed1978

Mutagenicity of industrial compounds. VII. Styrene and styrene oxide: II. Point mutations, chromosome aberrations and DNA repair induction analyses.

The possible genetic effects produced by styrene have been investigated by means of different methodologies in several biological organisms: (a) the induction of point mutation has been investigated in Salmonella typhimurium (reverse mutation), in the yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe (forward mutation), both in vitro and in vivo, in the host-mediated assay of mice, and in the Chinese hamster cell line grown in vitro (V-79) (forward mutation); (b) the induction of chromosome mutation has been investigated in vivo, in mice, through the analysis of the presence of chromosome aberrations in bone marrow cells of treated animals; (c) the production of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) damage and the stimulation of DNA repair synthesis have been evaluated from measurements of unscheduled DNA synthesis in a heteroploid human cell line (EUE) and gene-conversion produced in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae treated in vitro and in vivo (host-mediated assay). All the in vitro studies have been developed by the testing of the styrene in the presence of a metabolic activating system obtained with a mouse liver microsomal preparation. Styrene oxide, one of the in vivo metabolites of styrene with electrophilic properties towards DNA molecules, have also been tested in similar systems. Styrene was not mutagenic in all the systems tested; styrene oxide, on the contrary, was shown to be an active mutagen, independently of the genetic system under evaluation.

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Mutagenicity and toxicity of electromagnetic fields.

Humans are exposed daily to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) originating from a variety of devices and systems. During the 1980s many reports of potential mutagenic, teratogenic, and carcinogenic effects of EMFs were published, sometimes with contrasting results. To date, no study has established unequivocally a causal relationship between EMFs and cancer. Cell cultures can provide a simple and inexpensive tool for the study of the effects of EMFs. We have used the Chinese hamster V79 cell line to evaluate the influence of a sinusoidal EMF at 50-Hz with a constant flow of 2 G on the induction of HGPRT- mutants and on survival. Our results showed that the EMF employed did not induce any modification of mutation frequency, but the results on survival were contrasting. When only 10(2) cells were plated, a reduction in the number of colonies, reaching about 50% after 10 days of treatment, was observed; however, when 2 x 10(5) cells or more were seeded, no reduction in viability was recorded. An intercellular metabolic interaction may explain these results.

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