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Keith S, Faroon O, Roney N, et al. Toxicological Profile for Uranium. Atlanta (GA): Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (US); 2013 Feb.

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Table 3-6Genotoxicity of Uranium In Vitro

Species (test system)End pointResultsReference
With
activation
Without
activation
Eukaryotic cells:
  Human osteosarcoma (HOS) cells (DU)Micronucleus testND+Miller et al. 2002b, 2002c, 2003
  HOS cell line (DU)Cell transformationND+Miller et al. 1998b, 2002b, 2002c
  HOS cell line (DU)Sister chromatid exchangeND+Miller et al. 2002b
  HOS cell line (DU)DNA damageND+Miller et al. 2002b
  Human bronchial fibroblasts (particulate DU)Chromosomal aberrationsND+Wise et al. 2007
  Human bronchial fibroblasts (soluble DU)Chromosomal aberrationsNDWise et al. 2007
  Human bronchial epithelial cells (particulate DU)Chromosomal aberrationsND+LaCerte et al. 2010
  Mouse embryo fibroblast cell line (DU)Micronucleus testND+Darolles et al. 2010
  CHO cellsSister chromatid exchangeND+Lin et al. 1993
  CHO cellsChromosomal aberrationsND+Lin et al. 1993
  CHO cellsMicronucleiND+Lin et al. 1993
  CHO EM9 cell line (DU)Mutation at hprt locusND±Stearns et al. 2005; Coryell and Stearns 2006
  CHO EM9 cell line (DU)DNA damage; DNA adductsND+Stearns et al. 2005
  Rat kidney proximal cells (DU)DNA damageND+Thiébault et al. 2007
  Rat kidney proximal cells (DU)MicronucleiNDThiébault et al. 2007
Prokaryotic organisms:
  pBluescript SK+ plasmid from E. coli TOP10F’ (DU)aDNA damageND+Yazzie et al. 2003
  Salmonella typhimurium TA98 (DU)Reverse mutationbND+Miller et al. 1998a
  Salmonella TA7001-7006 (DU)Reverse mutationbND+Miller et al. 1998a
  Salmonella TA98 (DU)Reverse mutationcNDMiller et al. 1998a
  Salmonella TA7001-7006 (DU)Reverse mutationcNDMiller et al. 1998a
a

Incubated with ascorbate.

b

Urine from rats implanted DU was tested.

c

Serum from rats implanted DU was tested.

+ = positive result; ± = weakly positive; CHO = Chinese hamster ovary; DU = depleted uranium; ND = no data

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