Cytogenetic and microtubule array effects of the zineb-containing commercial fungicide formulation Azzurro ® on meristematic root cells of Allium cepa L.

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 742, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 48-53

  Andrioli, Nancy B ^a   Soloneski, Sonia ^b,c   Larramendy, Marcelo L ^b,c   Mudry, Marta D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Cytotoxicity; Genotoxicity; Microtubules; Zineb

Indexed keywords

ZINEB;

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; GENOTOXICITY; MICRONUCLEUS; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS INDEX; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; ONION; PHRAGMOPLAST; PLANT CELL; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOPHASE;

ALLIUM; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; MERISTEM; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC INDEX; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; PLANT ROOTS; ZINEB;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 84856216980     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: 18793592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. IARC Some carbamates, thiocarbamates and carbazides 1976, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon.
2. EPA ECOTOX: Ecotoxicology Database 2004, USEPA/ORD/NHEERL, Mid-Continent Ecology Division, URL:http://www.epa.gov/ecotox/ecotox_home.htm.
3. EPA Compendium of Registered Pesticides 1974, US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.
4. IARC Occupational exposures in insecticide application and some pesticides 1991, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon.
5. IARC, Genetic and related effects: an updating of selected IARC monographs from volumes 1 to 42, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, 1987.
6. Pilinskaya M.A. Results of cytogenetic examination of persons occupationally contacting with the fungicide zineb. Genetika 1974, 10:140-146.
7. Perocco P., Colacci A., Bonora B., Grilli S. In vitro transforming effect of the fungicides metalaxyl and zineb. Teratogen. Carcinogen. Mutagen. 1995, 15:73-80.
8. Tripathy N.K., Dey L., Majhi B., Das C.C. Genotoxicity of zineb detected through the somatic and germ-line mosaic assays and sex-linked recessive-lethal test in Drosophila melanogaster. Mutat. Res. 1988, 206:25-31.
9. Soloneski S., González M., Piaggio E., Apezteguía M., Reigosa M.A., Larramendy M.L. Effect of dithiocarbamate pesticide zineb and its commercial formulation azzurro. I. Genotoxic evaluation on cultured human lymphocytes exposed in vitro. Mutagenesis 2001, 16:487-493.
10. Soloneski S., González M., Piaggio E., Reigosa M.A., Larramendy M.L. Effect of dithiocarbamate pesticide zineb and its commercial formulation azzurro. III. Genotoxic evaluation on Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. Mutat. Res. 2002, 514:201-212.
11. Soloneski S., Reigosa M.A., Larramendy M.L. Effect of dithiocarbamate pesticide zineb and its commercial formulation azzurro. V. Abnormalities induced in the spindle apparatus of transformed and non-transformed mammalian cell lines. Mutat. Res. 2003, 536:121-129.
12. Mineyuki Y., Iida H., Anraku Y. Loss of microtubules in the interphase cells of onion (Allium cepa L.) root tips from the cell cortex and their appearance in the cytoplasm after treatment with cycloheximide. Plant Physiol. 1994, 104:281-284.
13. Nogami A., Suzaki T., Shigenaka Y., Nagahama Y., Mineyuki Y. Effects of cycloheximide on preprophase bands and prophase spindles in onion (Allium cepa L.) root tip cells. Protoplasma 1996, 192:109-121.
14. Voutsinas G., Zarani F.E., Kappas A. The effect of environmental aneuploidy-inducing agents on the microtubule architecture of mitotic meristematic root cells in Hordeum vulgare. Cell Biol. Int. 1997, 21:411-418.
15. Kiso T., Fujita K.I., Ping X., Tanaka T., Taniguchi M. Screening for microtubule-disrupting antifungal agents by using a mitotic-arrest mutant of Aspergillus nidulans and novel action of phenylalanine derivatives accompanying tubulin loss. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2004, 48:1739-1748.
16. Wang W., Vignani R., Scali M., Sensi E., Cresti M. Post-translational modifications of α-tubulin in Zea mays L. are highly tissue specific. Planta 2004, 218:460-465.
17. Giménez-Abián M.I., Giménez-Martín G., Navarrete M.H., De La Torre C. Microtubular structures developed in response to a carbamate herbicide in plant mitosis. Protoplasma 1997, 200:65-70.
18. Fukuda M., Hasezawa S., Nakajima N., Kondo N. Changes in tubulin protein expression in guard cells of Vicia faba L. Accompanied with dynamic organization of microtubules during the diurnal cycle. Plant Cell Physiol. 2000, 41:600-607.
19. Evrard J.L., Nguyen I., Bergdoll M., Mutterer J., Steinmetz A., Lambert A.M. A novel pollen-specific α-tubulin in sunflower: structure and characterization. Plant Mol. Biol. 2002, 49:611-620.
20. Singh Rathore H., Rathore M., Panchal S., Makwana M., Sharma A., Shrivastava S. Can genotoxic effect be model dependent in Allium test? An evidence. Environ. Asia 2010, 3:29-33.
21. Fiskesjo G. Allium test. In Vitro Toxicity Testing Protocols 1995, 119-127. Springer, Heidelberg, Germany. S. O'Hare, C. Atterwill (Eds.).
22. Rank J., Lopez L.C., Nielsen M.H., Moretton J. Genotoxicity of maleic hydrazide, acridine, and DEHP in Allium cepa root cells performed by two different laboratories. Hereditas 2002, 136:13-18.
23. Katnoria J.K., Arora S., Bhardwaj R., Nagpal A. Evaluation of genotoxic potential of industrial waste contaminated soil extracts of Amritsar, India. J. Environ. Biol. 2011, 32:363-367.
24. Kovalchuk O., Telyuk P., Kovalchuk L., Kovalchuk I., Titov V. Novel plant bioassays for monitoring the genotoxicity of drinking water from the inhabited areas of the Ukraine affected by the Chernobyl accident. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 2003, 70:847-853.
25. Kovalchuk O., Kovalchuk I., Arkhipov A., Telyuk P., Hohn B., Kovalchuk L. The Allium cepa chromosome aberration test reliably measures genotoxicity of soils of inhabited areas in the Ukraine contaminated by the Chernobyl accident. Mutat. Res. 1998, 415:47-57.
26. N. Andrioli, M. Mudry, Cytological and cytogenetic effects induced by thiabendazole on Allium cepa root meristems, Journal of basic applied genetics (BAG) in press.
27. Cotelle S., Masfaraud J.F., Férard J.F. Assessment of the genotoxicity of contaminated soil with the Allium/Vicia-micronucleus and the Tradescantia-micronucleus assays. Mutat. Res. 1999, 426.
28. Eleftheriou E.P., Adamakis I.D.S., Melissa P. Effects of hexavalent chromium on microtubule organization, ER distribution and callose deposition in root tip cells of Allium cepa L. Protoplasma 2011, 10.1007/s00709-011-0292-3.
29. Giménez-Abián M.I., Giménez-Abián J.F., Utrilla L., De La Torre C. Nuclear ploidy is contingent on the microtubular cycle responsible for plant cytokinesis. Protoplasma 2004, 224:41-47.
30. Mineyuki Y., Palevitz B.A. Relationship between preprophase band organization, F-actin and the division site in Allium. Fluorescence and morphometric studies on cytochalasin-treated cells. J. Cell Sci. 1990, 97:283-295.
31. Marc J., Palevitz B.A. Regulation of the spatial order of cortical microtubules in developing guard cells of Allium. Planta 1990, 182:626-634.
32. Eleftheriou E.P., Palevitz B.A. The effect of cytochalasin D on preprophase band organization in root tip cells of Allium. J. Cell Sci. 1992, 103:989-998.
33. Fenech M. Cytokinesis-block micronucleus cytome assay. Nat. Protoc. 2007, 2:1084-1104.
34. Mineyuki Y., Wick S.M., Gunning B.E.S. Preprophase bands of microtubules and the cell cycle: kinetics and experimental uncoupling of their formation from the nuclear cycle in onion root tip cells. Planta 1988, 174:518-526.
35. Mineyuki Y. The preprophase band of microtubules: its function as a cytokinetic apparatus in higher plants. Int. Rev. Cytol. 1999, 187:1-49.
36. Natarajan A.T. An overview of the results of testing of known or suspected aneugens using mammalian cells in vitro. Mutat. Res. 1993, 287:113-118.
37. Kochendörfer U., Stammberger I., Mayer D., Schwanitz G. A new possible parameter for the detection of aneuploidy inducing substances: the analysis of qualitative and quantitative abnormalities of the spindle apparatus. Mutat. Res. 1996, 361:55-66.
38. Miller B.M., Adler I.D. Suspect spindle poisons: analysis of c-mitotic effects in mouse bone marrow cells. Mutagenesis 1989, 4:208-215.
39. Ochi T. Induction of multiple microtubule-organizing centers, multipolar spindles and multipolar division in cultured V79 cells exposed to diethylstibestrol, estradiol-17B and bisphenol A. Mutat. Res. 1999, 431:105-121.
40. Ochi T., Nakajima F., Nasui M. Distribution of γ-tubulin in multipolar spindles and multinucleated cells induced by dimethylarsinic acid, a methylated derivative of inorganic arsenics, in Chinese hamster V79 cells. Toxicology 1999, 136:79-88.
41. Ochi T., Nakajima F., Shimizu A., Harada M. Induction of multinucleated cells in V70 Chinese hamster cells exposed to dimethylarsinic acid, a methylated derivative of inorganic arsenics: mechanisms associated with the formation of aberrant spindles. Toxicol. In Vitro 1999, 13:11-25.
42. Ochi T., Suzuki T., Isono H., Kaise T. In vitro cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of diphenylarsinic acid, a degradation product of chemical warfare agents. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 2004, 200:64-72.
43. Rojas E., Valverde M., Vega L., Salvador A., Ramirez P., Herrera L.A., Watters D., Lavin M.F., Ostrosky-Wegman P. Genotoxic effects of bistratene A on human lymphocytes. Mutat. Res. 1996, 367:169-175.
44. Vidaković-Cifrek Z., Pavlica M., Regula I., Papes D. Cytogenetic damage in shallot (Allium cepa) root meristems induced by oil industry high-density brines. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 2002, 43:284-291.
45. Li Y., Shen Y., Cai C., Zhong C., Zhu L., Yuan M., Ren H. The type II Arabidopsis formin14 interacts with microtubules and microfilaments to regulate cell division. Plant Cell 2010, 22:2710-2726.
46. Pastuglia M., Azimzadeh J., Goussot M., Camilleri C., Belcram K., Evrard J.-L., Schmit A.-C., Guerche P., Bouchez D. γ-Tubulin is essential for microtubule organization and development in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 2006, 18:1412-1425.
47. Giménez-Abián M.I., Panzera F., López-Sáez J.F., Giménez-Abián J.F., De La Torre C., Giménez-Martín G. Immediate disruption of spindle poles and induction of additional microtubule-organizing centres by a phenylcarbamate, during plant mitosis. Protoplasma 1998, 204:119-127.
48. González M., Soloneski S., Reigosa M.A., Larramendy M.L. Effect of dithiocarbamate pesticide zineb and its commercial formulation azzurro. IV. DNA damage and repair kinetic assessed by single cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE) assay on Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. Mutat. Res. 2003, 534:145-154.
49. Soloneski S., Reigosa M.A., Larramendy M.L. Effect of dithiocarbamate pesticide zineb and its commercial formulation azzurro. II. Clastogenesis on immunophenotyped human lymphocytes assessed by the micronucleus test. Environ. Mol. Mutagen. 2002, 40:57-62.
50. McDonald A.R., Liu B., Joshi H.C., Palevitz B.A. γ-Tubulin is associated with a cortical-microtubule-organizing zone in the developing guard cells of Allium cepa L. Planta 1993, 191:357-361.
51. Palevitz B.A. Organization of the mitotic apparatus during generative cell division in Nicotiana tabacum. Protoplasma 1993, 174:25-35.