Visible Light Irradiation of [60]Fullerene Causes Killing and Initiation of Transformation in Balb/3T3 Cells

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Abstract
Cell transformation in vitro is a model of carcinogenesis in vivo. Two-stage transformation assay increases the sensitivity of cells to chemicals and permits detection of carcinogens acting as initiating agents. [60]Fullerene (C60) was cytotoxic in BALB/3T3 cells when it was irradiated by visible light, but not without light irradiation. Under conditions when C60 was cytotoxic, it acted as an initiating agent for cell transformation, but it did not act as a complete transforming agent. the initiating activity of visible-light-irradiated C60 was statistically significant in a modified two-stage transformation assay including a procedure for replating cells treated by C60 and light, but it was equivocal in the standard two-stage transformation assay.