Cellular toxicology

In Vitro Toxicology, A Journal of Molecular and Cellular Toxicology, journal of the Industrial In Vitro Toxicology Group. Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Larchmont, NY. 

Professor of Molecular and Cellular Toxicology North Carolina State University... 

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The ambiguity here is in fact one reflection of our ambiguous understanding of the details of the relations in different people between what happens to the body and what happens to the mind—that is, our ambiguous understanding of the relations between phenotype cellular toxicology and phenotype behavior. But it s a miserable fallacy to assume that because we don t know the relations in detail the relations are not important. 

Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Toxicology, Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA e-mail massonm nhlbi.nih.gov... 

H. Schweikl, C. Spagnuolo, G. Schmalz, Genetic and cellular toxicology of dental resin monomers, J. Dent. Res. 85 (2006) 870-877. 

Acrylonitrile is beheved to behave similarly to hydrogen cyanide (enzyme inhibition of cellular metaboHsm) (150) and is befleved to be a potential carcinogen (151). It can also affect the cardiovascular system and kidney and Hver functions (150). Eurther information on the toxicology and human exposure to acrylonitrile is available (152—154) (see Acrylonitrile). 

Hecdth effects data come from three types of studies clinical, epidemiological, and toxicological. Clinical and epidemiological studies focus on human subjects, whereas toxicological studies are conducted on animals or simpler cellular systems. Ethical considerations limit human exposure to low levels of air poUutants which do not have irreversible effects. Table 7-1 lists the advantages and disadvantages of each type of experimental informahon. 

Pieters RHH, Bol M, Seinen W (1994a) Cellular and molecular aspects of organotin-induced thymus atrophy. Human and Experimental Toxicology, 13(12) 876-879. 

A xenobiotic is said to be stored when it is not available to sites of metabolism or action and is not available for excretion. In other words, it is held in an inert position from a toxicological point of view, where it is not able to express toxic action or to be acted upon by enzymes. A xenobiotic is stored when it is located in a fat depot (adipose tissue), bound to an inert protein or other cellular macromolecule, or simply held in a membrane that does not have any toxicological function (i.e., it does not contain or represent a site of toxic action, neither does it contain enzymes that can degrade the xenobiotic). 

We postulate that the double13C -labeling technique presented in this chapter could be used to study adducts on large pieces of DNA and even follow the chemical details cellular metabolic processes in real time. The double 13C-labeling technique is currently being developed to solve problems in metabolism and toxicology. 

In the last 30 years, the use of in vitro tools for toxicological studies and evaluation has become relevant and the number of scientific works and techniques has increased day by day. One of the most important advantages of in vitro systems is their ability to serve as model for the central events in the in vivo toxicological process, and a depth evaluation of the intrinsic cellular toxicity can provide useful information for toxicological safety evaluation. 

In vitro tools could be used alone or in test batteries. Multiple endpoint batteries increase the power of the evaluation because they provide information of different cellular functions. This information can be useful to investigate the mode of action of toxicity and to provide data regarding the mechanistic nature of the toxicological effects of the chemical [8],... 

Moller A et al. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis a powerful method to elucidate cellular responses to toxic compounds. Toxicology 2001 160 129-138. 

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