Mutagenicity and DNA adduct formation by the urban air pollutant 2-nitrobenzanthrone

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 445-457

  Arlt, Volker M ^a   Glatt, Hansruedi ^b   da Costa, Gonçalo Gamboa ^a,d   Reynisson, Jóhannes ^a   Takamura Enya, Takeji ^c   Phillips, David H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^c KANAGAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

2 nitrobenzanthrone; 3 nitrobenzanthrone; 32P postlabeling; Air pollution; DNA adducts; Mutagenicity

Indexed keywords

2 NITROBENZANTHRONE; CARCINOGEN; MUTAGENIC AGENT; PHOSPHORUS 32; SULFOTRANSFERASE; SULFOTRANSFERASE 1A1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL STRAIN HCT116; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CELL STRAIN V 79; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DNA ADDUCT; DNA BINDING; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOMER; ISOTOPE LABELING; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TOXICITY TESTING; WISTAR RAT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ARYLSULFOTRANSFERASE; BENZ(A)ANTHRACENES; CELL LINE; CITIES; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DNA ADDUCTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUTAGENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

CRICETULUS GRISEUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 34547851665     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfm103     Document Type: Article

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