Evaluation of chemical mutagenicity using next generation sequencing: A review. (3rd July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Du, Hua; Pan, Bohu; Chen, Tao
• Is Part Of: Journal of environmental science and health. Volume 35:Number 3(2017)
• Page Start: 140
• Page End: 158
• Publication Date: 2017-07-03
• Subjects: NGS -- genotoxicity -- mutation spectra -- bioinformationcs -- assays; Carcinogenesis -- Periodicals; Pollution -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Environmentally induced diseases -- Periodicals; Environmental Health -- periodicals; Carcinogens, Environmental -- periodicals; Hazardous Substances -- periodicals; 616.994071
• DOI: 10.1080/10590501.2017.1328831
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1059-0501

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Mutations are heritable changes in the nucleotide sequence of DNA that can lead to many adverse effects. Genotoxicity assays have been used to identify chemical mutagenicity. Recently, next generation sequencing (NGS) has been used for this purpose. In this review, we present the progress in NGS application for assessing mutagenicity of chemicals, including the methods used for detecting the induced mutations, bioinformatics tools for analyzing the sequencing data, and chemicals whose mutagenicity has been evaluated using NGS. Available information suggests that NGS technology has unparalleled advantages for evaluating mutagenicity of chemicals can be applied for the next generation of mutagenicity tests.