The invention discloses a method for detecting mutagenicity of chemicals, the detection method adopts
gene editing tetrahymena for expressing
fluorescent protein-PIG-P
fusion protein for detection, and a construction method of the
gene editing tetrahymena comprises the following steps: S1, designing and constructing a
fluorescent protein-PIG-P fusion
expression vector; and S2, transduction of the
fluorescent protein-PG-P fusion
expression vector obtained in the step S1 into tetrahymena. The detection method is based on
gene editing tetrahymena for expressing PIGP /
mCherry on the
cell surface, and after the gene editing tetrahymena is exposed to mutagenic chemicals, the intensity of
red fluorescence on the
cell membrane surface is weakened; in combination with a
flow cytometry or a high-content screening
system, the detection method provided by the invention can realize rapid, high-
throughput and automatic scanning and
image analysis, and can be widely applied to
rapid detection of mutagenicity of chemicals such as industrial
raw material chemicals,
small molecule chemicals and pesticides.