Evaluation of the micronucleus test in vitro using chinese hamster cells: Results of four chemicals weakly positive in the in vivo micronucleus test
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis
- Vol. 26 (3) , 240-247
- https://doi.org/10.1002/em.2850260309
Abstract
A rapid and simple procedure for the micronucleus test (MNT) in vitro using Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells was established in our laboratory. The assay is intended to quickly screen chromosomal aberrations in vitro within the framework of industrial genotoxicity studies. To test the sensitivity of the assay in the experiments described here, four substances, classified as noncarcinogens but reported as weak inducers of micronuclei (MN) in bone‐marrow cells of mice, were evaluated in the MNT in vitro. Of the four compounds, ascorbic acid, phenol, and 2,6‐diaminotoluene proved to be genotoxic in the MNT in vitro. Titanium dioxide, which could not be dissolved in the culture medium, did not induce MN. The MNT in vitro proved to be quick and relatively simple and to yield highly reproducible results when testing the four chemicals.Keywords
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