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Genotoxicity and DNA Repair

A Practical Approach

  • Focuses on key assays in genotoxicity and DNA repair
  • Places special emphasis on the analysis of nanoparticles and nanomaterials
  • Features reproducible techniques and expert implementation advice
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology (MIPT)

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Table of contents (25 protocols)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Genotoxicity Assays

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Ames Test (Bacterial Reverse Mutation Test): Why, When, and How to Use

      • Araceli Pillco, Eduardo de la Peña
      Pages 3-22
    3. Revised Procedure of the Bacterial Reverse Mutation Test for Genotoxic Evaluation of Nanoparticles

      • Christophe Pagnout, Stéphane Jomini, Pascale Bauda
      Pages 43-58
    4. The In Vitro Micronucleus Assay and FISH Analysis

      • Lucia Migliore, Sebastiano Di Bucchianico, Chiara Uboldi
      Pages 73-102
    5. The In Vivo Rodent Micronucleus Test

      • Edson Luis Maistro
      Pages 103-113
    6. Chromosomal Aberration Test Utilities In Vitro and In Vivo

      • Ana Paula A. Guimarães, Adriana C. Guimarães, Diego Á. Alcântara, Luiz Raimundo Cunha, Patrícia L. Lima, Marne C. Vasconcellos et al.
      Pages 115-139
    7. Chromosome Painting of Mouse Peripheral Blood and Spleen Tissues

      • Dayton M. Petibone, James D. Tucker, Suzanne M. Morris
      Pages 141-158
    8. The Human RBC PIG-A Gene Mutation Assay

      • Vasily N. Dobrovolsky, Robert H. Heflich
      Pages 169-183
    9. The Comet Assay: High Throughput Use of FPG

      • Amaya Azqueta, Andrew R. Collins
      Pages 199-217
    10. The Comet Assay In Vivo in Humans

      • Carla Costa, João Paulo Teixeira
      Pages 219-239
    11. Analysis of Nanoparticle-Induced DNA Damage by the Comet Assay

      • Julia Catalán, Satu Suhonen, Anna Huk, Maria Dusinska
      Pages 241-268
    12. The Comet Assay in Drosophila: Neuroblast and Hemocyte Cells

      • L. María Sierra, Erico R. Carmona, Leticia Aguado, Ricard Marcos
      Pages 269-282
    13. The SMART Assays of Drosophila: Wings and Eyes as Target Tissues

      • Ricard Marcos, L. María Sierra, Isabel Gaivão
      Pages 283-295
    14. Testing the Genotoxic Potential of Nanomaterials Using Drosophila

      • Mohamed A. Abdalaziz, Balasubramanyam Annangi, Ricard Marcos
      Pages 297-304
    15. Transgenic Rodent Gene Mutation Assay in Somatic Tissues

      • John D. Gingerich, Lynda Soper, Christine L. Lemieux, Francesco Marchetti, George R. Douglas
      Pages 305-321

About this book

Genotoxicity and DNA Repair: A Practical Approach provides a key reference for determining how to analyze the genotoxic activity of molecules or materials and, at the same time, serves as a useful tool for researchers in the Environmental Mutagenesis and DNA Repair fields. Focused on genotoxicity assays recommended by the “OECD guidelines for the testing of chemicals”, this volume also covers other useful assays, such as some gene mutation assays, the comet assay in different species and applications, and the SMART assays of Drosophila. For all the assays, the book presents brief theoretical introductions to the topics and updated standard and modified step-by-step protocols to perform them. Special emphasis is placed on the analysis of nanoparticles, including an integrative approach analysis. The DNA Repair section includes several assays that provide information on repair activity in vitro and in vivo, as well as recent applications to study DNA repair in humans, cell cultures, and animal models. As a volume in the Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology series, the chapters contain the kind of detail and key implementation advice that ensures reproducible results in the lab.

Authoritative and invaluable, Genotoxicity and DNA Repair: A Practical Approach aims to aid scientists in their pursuit of forwarding this vital field of study.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain

    L. María Sierra

  • Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal

    Isabel Gaivão

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Genotoxicity and DNA Repair

  • Book Subtitle: A Practical Approach

  • Editors: L. María Sierra, Isabel Gaivão

  • Series Title: Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1068-7

  • Publisher: Humana New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Protocols

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-1067-0Published: 22 August 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4829-1Published: 17 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-1068-7Published: 21 August 2014

  • Series ISSN: 1557-2153

  • Series E-ISSN: 1940-6053

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 483

  • Number of Illustrations: 28 b/w illustrations, 42 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology, Human Genetics

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