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. 2018 Nov 8;60(2):134–144. doi: 10.1002/em.22254

Table 4.

Examples of Lowest Effective Concentrations (LOEC) of Various Model Compounds Found in Micronucleus Experiments with Different Human Derived Cell Types

Substance/ Cell type
Huh6 HepaRG HepG2 Hep3B Human lymphocytes
AFB1 (μM) 10.0 0.25 (Le Hegarat et al., 2010) 0.5 (Josse et al., 2012) 0.5 (Majer et al., 2004) 0.1 + S9 (Miller et al., 1998)
B(a)P (μM) 5.0 5.0 (Le Hegarat et al., 2010) 25.0 (Josse et al., 2012)
0.5 (Valentin‐Severin et al., 2003)
25.0 (Majer et al., 2004) 119.0 + S9 (Miller et al., 1998)
51.0 + S9 (Fowler et al., 2014)
PhiP
(μM)
50.0 Negative (NOEC 320.0)
(Le Hegarat et al., 2010)
25.0 (Majer et al., 2004) Negative (NOEC 300.0) (Majer et al., 2004) 2.5 + S9 (Katic et al., 2010)
IQ
(μM)
50.0 Negative (NOEC 500)
(Le Hegarat et al., 2010)
300.0 (Knasmuller et al., 1999) Not tested 2200.0 + S9 (Fowler et al., 2014)
250.0 + S9 (Katic et al., 2010)
MMS (μg/mL) 10.0 9.9 (Josse et al., 2012) 11.0 (Valentin‐Severin et al., 2003) Not tested 51.0 (Fowler et al., 2014)
15.4 (Andreoli et al., 1999)
NDMA
(μM)
1 × 105 Not tested 3 × 104 (Majer et al., 2004)
1 × 104 (Valentin‐Severin et al., 2003)
Negative (NOEC 1.8 × 105) (Majer et al., 2004) Negative (NOEC 6.75 × 104 + S9; Katic et al., 2010)
H2O2
(μM)
10.0 Not tested Not tested Not tested 100 (Andreoli et al., 1999)
Etop
(μg/mL)
0.1 2.5 (Le Hegarat et al., 2014) 0.1 (Gajski et al., 2016) Not tested 0.5 (Fowler et al., 2014)
CDDP
(μg/mL)
0.5 Not tested 0.1 (Gajski et al., 2016) Not tested 1.0 (Fowler et al., 2014)

S9 – metabolic activation mix; NOEC – highest no observable effect concentration tested.