Altered MAP kinase (ERK1,2) regulation in primary cultures of mammary tumor cells: elevated basal activity and sustained response to EGF.

abstract：:Complementary DNA of marmoset CYP1A2 was isolated by means of screening the cDNA library and reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. The deduced amino acid sequence of marmoset CYP1A2 consisted of 516 residues and showed 88.2 and 90.0% identities to corresponding forms in human and cynomolgus monkey, respecti...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Sakuma T,Igarashi T,Hieda M,Ohgiya S,Isogai M,Ninomiya S,Nagata R,Nemoto N,Kamataki T

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The hepatitis B virus x gene (HBx) is a promiscuous transactivator implicated in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The present study was designed to investigate the molecular events regulated by HBx. METHODS:Genomic and proteomic expression profiling was performed in Huh7 HCC cells transfec...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Liu X,Wang L,Zhang S,Lin J,Zhang S,Feitelson MA,Gao H,Zhu M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports showed that skin fibroblasts or peripheral blood lymphocytes from individuals with hereditary cancer or with a genetic disorder predisposing to cancer show an abnormally high frequency of chromatid damage after X-irradiation in G2 phase. The reproducibility of this response suggested that it could pro...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Takai S,Price FM,Sanford KK,Tarone RE,Parshad R

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of 2-acetylaminofluorene (2-AAF) to rats increased mdr1b expression in Fischer, Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rat livers; however, the response was much smaller in Sprague-Dawley livers. To investigate the basis of this difference we further examined the regulation of the mdr1b gene in hepatocytes isolated ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Hill BA,Brown PC,Preisegger KH,Silverman JA

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous metabolism and DNA-binding studies indicated that 5,6-dimethylchrysene (5,6-diMeC) is metabolically activated in mouse skin through formation of its 1,2-dihydrodiol (5,6-diMeC-1,2-diol) and bay region diol-epoxide (anti-5,6-diMeC-1,2-diol-3,4-epoxide). These metabolites were tested as tumor initiators on mous...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Amin S,Desai D,Hecht SS

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study has been to define cytotoxic mechanisms that may cause clonal expansion in the liver of pre-carcinogenic cells. An in vitro model, which has been described previously, was used. Hepatocytes were isolated from carcinogen-treated rats and a high proportion of the cells were gamma-glutamyltranspepti...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Stenius U,Rubin K,Gullberg D,Högberg J

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of nitric oxide (NO) in colon cancer remains controversial. Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) has been reported to be up regulated and down regulated in colorectal cancer in both animal models and patient tissue samples. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is important in colorectal carcinogenesis but its relations...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Liu Q,Chan ST,Mahendran R

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wnt/β-Catenin signaling dysregulation is involved in tumorigenesis. Furthermore, epigenetic modification of the Dickkopf (DKK) family (DKK1-DKK4) has been shown to be important in Wnt signaling regulation. In this study, the role of DKK2, a Wnt antagonist, in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) was evaluated by examining ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Zhu J,Zhang S,Gu L,Di W

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced retinyl ester synthesis has been associated with several forms of cancer; we therefore proposed studying melanoma development from the perspective of this biochemical pathway. Cultures of human melanoma cells with fibroblastoid morphology showed negligible retinyl ester synthesis; in sharp contrast, those with...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Simmons DP,Andreola F,De Luca LM

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional activation of beta-catenin/Tcf signaling plays an important role in the early events in colorectal carcinogenesis. We examined the effect of ionomycin against beta-catenin/Tcf signaling in colon cancer cells. Reporter gene assay showed that ionomycin inhibited beta-catenin/Tcf signaling efficiently. In addi...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Park CH,Hahm ER,Lee JH,Jung KC,Rhee HS,Yang CH

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified human alpha-thrombin stimulates phosphoinositide turnover as a necessary step in its stimulation of fibroblast cell proliferation. Since phosphoinositide turnover releases diacylglycerol, which activates protein kinase C, we postulated that long-term exposure to thrombin might promote cellular transformation ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Morris DL,Ward JB Jr,Nechay P,Whorton EB Jr,Fenton JW 2nd,Carney DH

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of thioether conjugates is an important pathway for inactivation of certain carcinogens. This study assessed the mechanism by which the bladder carcinogen 2-amino-4-(5-nitro-2-furyl)-thiazole (ANFT) forms a glutathione conjugate (ANFT-SG). Peroxidatic metabolism of ANFT, in the presence of glutathione, r...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Lakshmi VM,Zenser TV,Sohani S,Davis BB

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormone (T(3)) regulates proliferation and differentiation of cells, via its nuclear receptors (TRs). These processes have been shown to be abnormally regulated during carcinogenesis. We have previously found aberrant expression of TRalpha and TRbeta mRNAs in renal clear cell carcinoma (RCCC), suggesting possi...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Kamiya Y,Puzianowska-Kuznicka M,McPhie P,Nauman J,Cheng SY,Nauman A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NIH3T3 cell line undergoes transformation when the cells are maintained at high densities for extended periods. In an effort to define the physiological status of the cells before and during the transformation process, they were seeded in medium containing 2, 5 or 10% calf serum (CS) and growth was monitored by me...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Rubin AL,Ellison BJ

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experiments reported in this study were designed to examine the question of whether a mammary epithelial cell's independence from hormonal requirements is established at the time of carcinogenic initiation, or whether the emergence of hormone independence is associated with the process of tumor progression. A newl...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Thompson HJ,McGinley J,Rothhammer K,Singh M

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently there is no well-defined biological parameter or marker to help define agents, doses, and dose schedules for human cancer chemoprevention trials. Induction of ornithine decarboxylase, the rate limiting enzyme in the polyamine biosynthetic pathway, has been shown to be an essential aspect of mouse skin tumor ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Loprinzi CL,Verma AK

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous epidemiological and laboratory studies have indicated an association between the ingestion of opium pyrolysates, dietary deficiencies and the high incidence of oesophageal cancer in subjects in north-east Iran. Pyrolysates of opium, and particularly of morphine, a major opium alkaloid, were both shown to cont...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Friesen M,O'Neill IK,Malaveille C,Garren L,Hautefeuille A,Bartsch H

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous environmental pollutants with high carcinogenic potencies that have been linked to the etiology of human cancers through their presence in cigarette smoke and environmental mixtures. They are metabolically activated in cells by cytochrome P450 enzymes and/or perox...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Melendez-Colon VJ,Luch A,Seidel A,Baird WM

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Propylene oxide, a widely used monofunctional alkylating agent, has been shown to be genotoxic in in vitro test systems and induces tumors in the nasal tissues of experimental animals. Propylene oxide, like related alkylating agents, forms several different adducts with DNA bases, but predominantly at the 7-position o...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Plna K,Nilsson R,Koskinen M,Segerbäck D

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we have investigated the relationship between the dose of 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH) and the yield (and location) of tumours in a mouse strain susceptible to colon tumour induction. Female SWR mice were injected with 6.8 mg/kg DMH i.p. once a week for 1, 5, 10 and 20 weeks and the animals were followed ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Jackson PE,Cooper DP,O'Connor PJ,Povey AC

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Saccharomyces cerevisiae a number of chemical agents induce synthesis of cytochrome P450. A cytochrome P450 gene has been well characterized in this yeast: CYP51, which codes for a constitutive enzyme involved in the 14 alpha-demethylation of lanosterol, a key step in the biosynthesis of ergosterol. In this work, w...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Del Carratore R,Morichetti E,Cecchini E,Bronzetti G,Gallo E,Galeotti CL

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrins control the cell attachment to the extracellular matrix and play an important role in mediating cell proliferation, migration and survival. A number of important cancer-associated integrin genes can be regulated by microRNAs (miRNAs) that bind to their target sites in the 3' untranslated regions. We examined...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Brendle A,Lei H,Brandt A,Johansson R,Enquist K,Henriksson R,Hemminki K,Lenner P,Försti A

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As rat tracheal epithelial cells progress from a normal to a neoplastic phenotype there are systematic changes in their ability to produce and activate latent transforming growth factor type beta (TGF-beta) as well as systematic changes in their response to this growth factor. Using a TGF-beta radioreceptor binding co...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Terzaghi-Howe M

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effects of the aliphatic amides isopropyl-valeramide (IVA) and allylisopropylacetamide (AIA) on oncogenic transformation and sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) induced by cyclopenta[cd]pyrene (CPP) and benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) in C3H/10T1/2 cells and on B[a]Pdiol-epoxide (BPDE)-induced mutation at the HGPR...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Krolewski B,Nagasawa H,Little JB

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberin (protein encodes by tuberous sclerosis complex 2, Tsc2) deficiency is associated with the decrease in the DNA repair enzyme 8-oxoG-DNA glycosylase (OGG1) in tumour kidney of tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) patients. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the mechanisms by which tuberin regulates OGG1. The...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Habib SL,Bhandari BK,Sadek N,Abboud-Werner SL,Abboud HE

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported the inhibitory effects of genistein, an inhibitor of tyrosine protein kinase (TPK), on ultraviolet B (UVB)-induced expression of c-fos and c-jun in SENCAR mouse skin. UVB irradiation substantially increased transcript levels of c-fos and c-jun mRNA in mouse skin. Topical application of genistein 60 min bef...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wang Y,Zhang X,Lebwohl M,DeLeo V,Wei H

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The three human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I antigens, HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-C, play important roles in the elimination of transformed cells by cytotoxic T cells. Frequent loss of expression of these antigens at the cell surface has been observed in many human cancers. Various mechanisms for post-transcriptional reg...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Nie Y,Yang G,Song Y,Zhao X,So C,Liao J,Wang LD,Yang CS

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of exposure to benzo[a]pyrene (BAP) and formaldehyde (HCHO), alone and combined, on the induction of carcinogenesis in rat tracheal implants was determined as the number of growth-altered cell populations (tumor-initiation sites, TIS) per trachea. While exposure twice-weekly for 4.5 months to 0.2% HCHO sol...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Cosma GN,Marchok AC

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluorescent 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) analogue dansyl-TPA allowed the distribution of fluorescent molecules to be visualized in living mouse fibroblasts. The entry of dansyl-TPA into cells occurred within millisecond time scale and was found largely energy independent. Dansyl-TPA was shown to stai...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Tran PL,Deugnier MA

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:XB2 cells, a teratocarcinoma derived cell line of keratinocyte lineage, have been shown to proliferate and differentiate in low calcium medium (0.03 mM Ca2+) at a density of 500 cells/9.6 cm2 without the need for fibroblast feeder layers or conditioned medium. The degree of differentiation can be assessed by measureme...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Hewitt SD,Duffy PA,Orton TC,Garner RC

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00