Assessment of RTG-W1, RTL-W1, and PLHC-1 fish cell lines for genotoxicity testing of environmental pollutants by means of a Fpg-modified comet assay. 2012

Aude Kienzler, and Xavier Tronchère, and Alain Devaux, and Sylvie Bony
Université de Lyon, UMR LEHNA 5023, USC INRA IGH, ENTPE, rue Maurice Audin, Vaulx-en-Velin F-69518, France.

In a context of growing awareness of aquatic pollution impacts, there is an increasing need to develop methods for hazard and risk assessment of pollutants. For this purpose, in vitro models such as fish cell lines warrant to be evaluated as possible alternative to in vivo fish testing, and new toxicity endpoints such as genotoxicity deserve to be considered. This study assesses the interest of the formamido pyrimidine glycosylase (Fpg)-modified comet assay applied to three fish cell lines (RTL-W1, RTG-W1, and PLHC-1) regarding the sensitivity of the system for measuring genotoxicity of various classes of pollutants. Cytochrome P450-dependent EROD activity has also been measured to evaluate the importance of the biotransformation capacity of the cell lines in genotoxicity assessment. For all cell lines and chemicals tested, a concentration dependent genotoxic effect was observed with a 10- to 1000-fold increased sensitivity when using the Fpg-protocol compared to the standard comet assay. Such a modified assay led in particular to improve the detection threshold of oxidative and alkylating DNA damages following exposure at environmentally relevant contaminant concentrations and could partly compensate for the lower sensitivity of cell lines versus whole organism testing often cited as a limit of in vitro testing.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009153 Mutagens Chemical agents that increase the rate of genetic mutation by interfering with the function of nucleic acids. A clastogen is a specific mutagen that causes breaks in chromosomes. Clastogen,Clastogens,Genotoxin,Genotoxins,Mutagen
D002460 Cell Line Established cell cultures that have the potential to propagate indefinitely. Cell Lines,Line, Cell,Lines, Cell
D003532 Cyprinodontiformes An order of fish with eight families and numerous species of both egg-laying and livebearing fish. Families include Cyprinodontidae (egg-laying KILLIFISHES;), FUNDULIDAEl; (topminnows), Goodeidae (Mexican livebearers), Jenynsiidae (jenynsiids), Poeciliidae (livebearers), Profundulidae (Middle American killifishes), Aplocheilidae, and Rivulidae (rivulines). In the family Poeciliidae, the guppy and molly belong to the genus POECILIA. Gambusia,Mosquito Fish,Platyfish,Xiphophorus,Fish, Mosquito,Gambusias
D004249 DNA Damage Injuries to DNA that introduce deviations from its normal, intact structure and which may, if left unrepaired, result in a MUTATION or a block of DNA REPLICATION. These deviations may be caused by physical or chemical agents and occur by natural or unnatural, introduced circumstances. They include the introduction of illegitimate bases during replication or by deamination or other modification of bases; the loss of a base from the DNA backbone leaving an abasic site; single-strand breaks; double strand breaks; and intrastrand (PYRIMIDINE DIMERS) or interstrand crosslinking. Damage can often be repaired (DNA REPAIR). If the damage is extensive, it can induce APOPTOSIS. DNA Injury,DNA Lesion,DNA Lesions,Genotoxic Stress,Stress, Genotoxic,Injury, DNA,DNA Injuries
D004305 Dose-Response Relationship, Drug The relationship between the dose of an administered drug and the response of the organism to the drug. Dose Response Relationship, Drug,Dose-Response Relationships, Drug,Drug Dose-Response Relationship,Drug Dose-Response Relationships,Relationship, Drug Dose-Response,Relationships, Drug Dose-Response
D004785 Environmental Pollutants Substances or energies, for example heat or light, which when introduced into the air, water, or land threaten life or health of individuals or ECOSYSTEMS. Environmental Pollutant,Pollutant,Pollutants,Pollutants, Environmental,Pollutant, Environmental
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013045 Species Specificity The restriction of a characteristic behavior, anatomical structure or physical system, such as immune response; metabolic response, or gene or gene variant to the members of one species. It refers to that property which differentiates one species from another but it is also used for phylogenetic levels higher or lower than the species. Species Specificities,Specificities, Species,Specificity, Species
D017686 Oncorhynchus mykiss A large stout-bodied, sometimes anadromous, TROUT found in still and flowing waters of the Pacific coast from southern California to Alaska. It has a greenish back, a whitish belly, and pink, red, or lavender stripes on the sides, with usually a sprinkling of black dots. It is highly regarded as a sport and food fish. Its former name was Salmo gairdneri. The sea-run rainbow trouts are often called steelheads. Redband trouts refer to interior populations of rainbows. Salmo gairdneri,Steelhead,Trout, Rainbow,Trout, Redband,Rainbow Trout,Redband Trout,Steelheads
D043382 DNA-Formamidopyrimidine Glycosylase A DNA repair enzyme that is an N-glycosyl hydrolase with specificity for DNA-containing ring-opened N(7)-methylguanine residues. Formamidopyrimidine-DNA Glycosylase,FAPY-DNA Glycosylase,DNA Formamidopyrimidine Glycosylase,FAPY DNA Glycosylase,Formamidopyrimidine DNA Glycosylase

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