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TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES
卷 125, 期 1, 页码 285-298出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfr281
关键词
toxtracker; genotoxicity; genetic toxicology; mode of action; high throughput screening; DNA replication stress; oxidative stress
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资金
- Dutch Technology Foundation STW
- applied science division of NWO
- Ministry of Economic Affairs [LCG.6935]
- Agentschap NL
- agency of the Ministry of Economic Affairs [IGE03009, IGE09007]
- Netherlands Genomics Initiative/Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research [050-060-510]
- EU [200805]
People are exposed to an ever-increasing number of chemical compounds that are developed by industry for a wide range of applications. These compounds may harmfully react with different cellular components and activate specific defense mechanisms that provide protection against the toxic, mutagenic, and possibly oncogenic consequences of exposure. Monitoring the activation of specific cellular signaling pathways upon exposure may therefore allow reliable and mechanism-based assessment of potential (geno)toxic properties of chemicals, while providing insight into their primary mode of toxicity. By whole-genome transcription profiling of mouse embryonic stem cells, we identified genes that were transcriptionally activated upon exposure to either genotoxic compounds or pro-oxidants. For selected biomarker genes, we constructed reporters encoding C-terminal green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged fusion proteins. GFP reporter genes were located on bacterial artificial chromosomes, thereby enabling transcriptional regulation of the reporters by their own physiological promoter. The Bscl2-GFP reporter is selectively activated after exposure to genotoxic agents and its induction is associated with inhibition of DNA replication and activation of the ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-related protein signaling pathway. The Srxn1-GFP reporter is preferentially induced upon oxidative stress and is part of the nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2-antioxidant response pathway. The novel (geno) toxicity assay (ToxTracker) that utilize the differential responsiveness of various reporter cell lines will enable prediction of the primary reactive properties of known and unknown chemicals.
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