title: Rotenone induces aneuploidy, polyploidy and endoreduplication in cultured Chinese hamster cells.
abstract: The clastogenic potential of rotenone, an insecticide, was investigated in cultured Chinese hamster cells. Rotenone induced aneuploidy (hypodiploidy and hyperdiploidy), polyploidy, and endoreduplication, but not structural chromosome aberrations. The highest frequency of polyploidy and endoreduplication was 58.8% and 3.0%, respectively, when cells were treated with rotenone at 1.0 microgram/ml for 30 h.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental Toxicology, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohta
mesh_terms: D000782:Aneuploidy; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D006224:Cricetinae; D009153:Mutagens; D011123:Polyploidy; D012402:Rotenone / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D009153:Mutagens; D012402:Rotenone