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ArticleMutagenesis2017

Development of an in vitro PIG-A gene mutation assay in human cells.

Benjamin J Rees, Matthew Tate, Anthony M Lynch, Catherine A Thornton, Gareth J Jenkins, Richard M Walmsley, George E Johnson

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Article in Mutagenesis, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Benjamin J ReesInstitute of Life Science, Swansea University Medical School, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK.
Matthew TateGentronix Ltd BioHub at Alderley Park, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, SK10 4TF, UK.
Anthony M LynchGlaxoSmithKline R&D, Ware, Hertfordshire SG12 0DP, UK and.
Catherine A ThorntonInstitute of Life Science, Swansea University Medical School, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK.
Gareth J JenkinsInstitute of Life Science, Swansea University Medical School, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK.
Richard M WalmsleyGentronix Ltd BioHub at Alderley Park, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, SK10 4TF, UK.
George E JohnsonInstitute of Life Science, Swansea University Medical School, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK.
Swansea University · GBGentronix (United Kingdom) · GBGlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom) · GB

Funding

HCRW_ HS-16-33
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mutagens can be carcinogens, and traditionally, they have been identified in vitro using the Salmonella 'Ames' reverse mutation assay. However, prokaryotic DNA packaging, replication and repair systems are mechanistically very different to those in the humans we inevitably seek to protect. Therefore, for many years, mammalian cell line genotoxicity assays that can detect eukaryotic mutagens as well as clastogens and aneugens have been used. The apparent lack of specificity in these largely rodent systems, due partly to their mutant p53 status, has contributed to the use of animal studies to resolve data conflicts. Recently, silencing mutations at the PIG-A locus have been demonstrated to prevent glycophosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor synthesis and consequentially result in loss of GPI-anchored proteins from the cell's extracellular surface. The successful exploitation of this mutant phenotype in animal studies has triggered interest in the development of an analogous in vitro PIG-A mutation screening assay. This article describes the development of a robust assay design using metabolically active human cells. The assay includes viability and cell membrane integrity assessment and conforms to the future ideas of the 21st-century toxicology testing.

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MutationCell LineHumansMembrane ProteinsMutagenicity TestsMembrane Proteinsphosphatidylinositol glycan-class A protein

Identifiers

PMID28057708
PMCPMC5907909
OpenAlexW2569205312

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