Validation study of the in vitro micronucleus test in a Chinese hamster lung cell line (CHL/IU)
| Autor: | Kanehisa Morimoto, Kimiko Koshi, Makoto Hayashi, Taijiro Matsushima, Motoi Ishidate, A. Matsuoka, Toshio Sofuni, Hiroko Ogura, Hidesuke Shimizu, Kanae Mure, Yuji Suzuki, Kunihiko F. Miura |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
Genetics
biology Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Hamster Mutagen Toxicology biology.organism_classification medicine.disease_cause Molecular biology Chromosome aberration Chinese hamster chemistry.chemical_compound Clastogen chemistry Micronucleus test medicine Micronucleus Cytochalasin B Genetics (clinical) |
| Zdroj: | Mutagenesis. 14:569-580 |
| ISSN: | 1464-3804 0267-8357 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/mutage/14.6.569 |
| Popis: | We conducted a collaborative validation study, under the auspices of the Japanese Ministry of Labour, on the in vitro micronucleus test to see if it could be used as an alternative to the in vitro chromosome aberration test for evaluation of chemical safety. We used the Chinese hamster lung cell line (CHL/IU), which is the most widely used system for the latter test in Japan, and evaluated 66 chemicals, including clastogens and polyploidy inducers. The cytochalasin B cytokinesis blocking method, which is commonly used in human lymphocyte culture, was applied to the established cell line, but did not improve the detection of chemically-induced micronuclei in continuously growing cells. The highest micronucleus frequencies were obtained at 48 or 72 h continuous treatments. In short treatments (6 h), a 42 h recovery time yielded the best responses. Concordance between the results of the micronucleus test and the chromosomal aberration test was satisfactorily high (88.7%), and we concluded that the in vitro micronucleus test could be used in place of the chromosomal aberration test as a simple and rapid method for detecting clastogens and aneugens in vitro. We also propose a protocol for the test. |
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