The ability of nickel sulfate (NiSO4) to induce chromosome aneuploidy was investigated in vitro using the V79 Chinese hamster cell line. V79 cells were treated with 100-400 μM NiSO4 for 24 h, and monitored up to 72 h following treatment with a chromosome aberration assay, a micronuclei assay using antikinetochore antibodies (CREST assay) and an anaphase/telophase assay. Aneuploid cells were induced in a significant fraction of the cell population 24-48 h following treatment with nickel sulfate. The majority of these cells were hyperdiploid. In addition, nickel sulfate caused increased frequency of cells with kinetochore-positive micronuclei as well as kinetochore-negative micronuclei. Abnormal chromosome segregation such as lagging chromosomes, chromosome bridges and asymmetric segregation were also observed in more than 50% of anaphase or telophase cells following treatment with NiSO4. The incidences of these abnormalities were dose-dependent in general, although the effects were prominent in a sublethal dose. These results indicate that NiSO4 has the ability to induce aneuploidy in V79 cells. In addition, the results in anaphase/telophase assay suggest that the compound may have an effect on spindle apparatus, which could result in aneuploidy following abnormal chromosome segregation. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.
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Ohshima, S. (2001). Induction of aneuploidy by nickel sulfate in V79 Chinese hamster cells. Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis, 492(1–2), 39–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1383-5718(01)00148-6
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