CpG methylation-dependent repression of the human O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase gene linked to chromatin structure alteration.

abstract：:Male F344 rats were administered phenobarbital, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), retinol acetate, indomethacin, 6-amino-caproic acid, dexamethasone (DEX) or diethylmaleate (DEM) for one week and then were treated with these chemicals plus butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) for a further four weeks. Histopathologically, the...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Hirose M,Inoue T,Masuda A,Tsuda H,Ito N

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP), a mutagen found in cooked meat, has been shown to induce mammary gland tumors in rats. Our laboratory recently observed that a high fat diet enhances the incidence and severity of PhIP-induced mammary gland cancer in rats. In the current study, reverse transcript...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Davis CD,Snyderwine EG

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternative splicing regulators have emerged as new players in cancer development, modulating the activities of many tumor suppressors and oncogenes and regulating the signaling pathways. However, little is known about the mechanisms by which these oncogenic splicing factors lead to cellular transformation. We have sh...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Shimoni-Sebag A,Lebenthal-Loinger I,Zender L,Karni R

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts of human urine were shown to contain substances that strongly inhibited the liver S9-mediated mutagenicity of 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP) in Salmonella typhimurium TA98 strain in a liquid incubation assay. The inhibitory effect was unrelated to cytotoxicity and was similar with urin...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Malaveille C,Hautefeuille A,Brun G,Vineis P,Bartsch H

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare mutagenesis by O6-methylguanine (m6G), O4-methylthymine (m4T) and O6-ethylguanine (e6G), and assess their genotoxicity in Escherichia coli, double-stranded and gapped plasmids were constructed containing a single m6G, e6G or m4T in the initiation codon (ATG) of a lacZ' gene. Modified base induced mutations ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Pauly GT,Hughes SH,Moschel RC

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterocyclic aromatics amines (HAAs), such as 2-amino-3,8-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoxaline (MeIQx), are metabolically activated by cytochrome P4501A2 (CYP1A2) and N-acetyltransferase (NAT2). We examined the relationship between CYP1A2 and NAT2 activity and the excretion of total unconjugated MeIQx in 66 healthy subje...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Sinha R,Rothman N,Mark SD,Murray S,Brown ED,Levander OA,Davies DS,Lang NP,Kadlubar FF,Hoover RN

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological evidence has suggested that consumption of a diet rich in cruciferous vegetables reduces the risk of several types of cancers and chronic degenerative diseases. In particular, broccoli sprouts are a convenient and rich source of the glucosinolate, glucoraphanin, which can release the chemopreventive ag...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Kensler TW,Ng D,Carmella SG,Chen M,Jacobson LP,Muñoz A,Egner PA,Chen JG,Qian GS,Chen TY,Fahey JW,Talalay P,Groopman JD,Yuan JM,Hecht SS

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:Aphidicolin is a specific inhibitor of DNA polymerase alpha. Its influence of DNA repair has been studied in both normal and excision deficient xeroderma pigmentosum cells exposed to u.v. irradiation at 254 nm. Single strand DNA breaks accumulated in u.v. irradiated normal cells when the inhibitor was present. Such br...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Waters R

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of tumor estrogen receptors (ERs) and serum estrogen in lung cancer is inconclusive. We investigated the hypothesis that ERs and functional single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the estrogen biosynthesis pathway are associated with poorer lung cancer survival. Lung cancer patients (n = 305) from a National Cance...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Olivo-Marston SE,Mechanic LE,Mollerup S,Bowman ED,Remaley AT,Forman MR,Skaug V,Zheng YL,Haugen A,Harris CC

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified DNA was modified in vitro by 3H-labelled O-acetyl or O,O'-diacetyl-4-hydroxyaminoquinoline-1-oxide (Ac4HAQO or di Ac-4HAQO). It was then subjected to the action of the single-stranded DNA specific nuclease S1 and the digested fractions were analysed. For both types of modified DNA, the release of non-modified...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Galiègue S,Bailleul B,Loucheux-Lefebvre MH,Laval J

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhalation of diesel exhaust (DE), which contains soot particles with adsorbed mutagenic organic compounds, and its virtually mutagen-free soot particle analog, carbon black (CB), produce similar types and prevalences of pulmonary neoplasms in chronically exposed F344 rats. This result suggests that DE-induced neoplas...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Swafford DS,Nikula KJ,Mitchell CE,Belinsky SA

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of the smoking parameters (puff profile, puff duration, puff volume, puff frequency) on the delivery of tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) in mainstream smoke was investigated for six different cigarette brands, including filter cigarettes with very low to medium smoke yields and non-filter cigarettes...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Fischer S,Spiegelhalder B,Preussmann R

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of N-nitrosobis(2-oxopropyl)amine (BOP) was examined in microsomes from uninduced F-344 rats. Even when the conditions were varied, no metabolism of this compound was detected. On the other hand, freshly isolated hepatocytes from F-344 rats metabolized BOP efficiently to CO2. The kinetics of conversion ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Farrelly JG,Saavedra JE,Kupper RJ,Stewart ML

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apigenin, a flavonoid abundant in various vegetables and fruits, including parsley and onions, has been reported to possess anticarcinogenic effects. However, the direct molecular target of apigenin and its chemopreventive effect on ultraviolet (UV)-induced skin inflammation are not understood fully. Herein, we examin...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Byun S,Park J,Lee E,Lim S,Yu JG,Lee SJ,Chen H,Dong Z,Lee KW,Lee HJ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have revealed that 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-galloyl-beta-d-glucose (PGG) has anti-tumorigenic activity in vitro. In the present work, we evaluated the in vitro and in vivo antiangiogenic and antitumor activities of PGG and examined its molecular mechanisms. PGG significantly inhibited the proliferation and tub...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Huh JE,Lee EO,Kim MS,Kang KS,Kim CH,Cha BC,Surh YJ,Kim SH

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This commentary celebrates the 40th year of Carcinogenesis, spanning 1980-2020 with a focus on lung cancer. For lung cancer, these 40 years come toward the end of a century of scientific inquiry that began with descriptions of this highly fatal malignancy and that closes with emphasis on molecular processes and genomi...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Samet JM

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:AP-endonuclease (APE) plays a central role in the base excision repair process for oxidative and alkylation damage in DNA. The major human APE with 318 amino acid residues possesses transcriptional regulatory activities for which the N-terminal region was found to be essential. Systematic deletion studies of both amin...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Izumi T,Mitra S

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both trans-4-acetylaminostilbene (AAS) and 2-acetylaminofluorene (AAF) exert tumor-initiating activity in rat liver when administered in the initiation phase of an initiation-promotion experiment. The effects are more than additive when the compounds are sequentially combined in the initiation phase of such an experim...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Ruthsatz M,Neumann HG

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Folate and vitamin D have been shown to be influenced by ultraviolet (UV) radiation. UVA radiation can break down plasma folate, whereas vitamin D can be synthesized in UVB-exposed skin. Folate metabolism is involved in DNA synthesis and repair, and vitamin D processes anti-proliferative effects. The functions of both...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Han J,Colditz GA,Hunter DJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal tumours are among the most common malignancies in Western society, the majority of which are associated with dietary and lifestyle factors. Many dietary or lifestyle factors have been identified which may have toxic or carcinogenic properties. However, several dietary compounds also able to reduce gas...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： van der Logt EM,Roelofs HM,Nagengast FM,Peters WH

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dihydrodiol dehydrogenase (DD) has been shown to catalyze the oxidation of (+/-)-trans-7,8-dihydroxy-7,8-dihydrobenzo [a]pyrene (BP-diol) to yield benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-dione (BPQ) in uninduced fortified rat liver S100 fractions but the formation of BPQ has not been observed in whole cells. In these studies [3H]BP-diol w...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Flowers-Geary L,Harvey RG,Penning TM

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The catalytic activity of the nuclear enzyme poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (NAD+ ADP-ribosyl transferase, EC 2,4,2,30) is totally dependent upon the presence of DNA strand breaks. Having isolated a full-length cDNA for the polymerase, we have now evaluated the effect of endogenously and exogenously induced DNA strand br...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Bhatia K,Pommier Y,Giri C,Fornace AJ,Imaizumi M,Breitman TR,Cherney BW,Smulson ME

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the influence of genetic polymorphisms in the microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEPHX) gene on lung cancer risk in a case-control study of two different ethnic groups, Mexican-Americans and African-Americans. There were 138 lung cancer cases (60 Mexican-American and 78 African-American) and 148 contro...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wu X,Gwyn K,Amos CI,Makan N,Hong WK,Spitz MR

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 14-3-3 proteins are associated with proto-oncogene and oncogene products. Here, we generated NIH 3T3 cells overexpressing the beta isoform of the 14-3-3 proteins (14-3-3 beta) to examine the function of this isoform in cellular proliferation and oncogenic transformation. Overexpression of 14-3-3 beta in NIH 3T3 ce...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Takihara Y,Matsuda Y,Hara J

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BTG3/ANA/APRO4 has been reported to be a tumor suppressor gene in some malignancies. It constitutes important negative regulatory mechanism for Src-mediated signaling, a negative regulator of the cell cycle and inhibits transcription factor E2F1. We report that BTG3 is downregulated in renal cancer and that the mechan...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Majid S,Dar AA,Ahmad AE,Hirata H,Kawakami K,Shahryari V,Saini S,Tanaka Y,Dahiya AV,Khatri G,Dahiya R

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies from our laboratory demonstrated that diallyl disulfide (DADS), an oil-soluble allyl sulfur compound found in processed garlic, markedly suppressed p34(cdc2) kinase activity and induced a G(2)/M phase arrest in cultured human colon tumor (HCT-15) cells. The present studies reveal that suppression of p...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Knowles LM,Milner JA

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation of 2-nitrofluorene (2-NF) to reactive intermediates that bind covalently to DNA, RNA and protein has been investigated both in vitro and in the rat in vivo. In vitro, such binding was catalyzed by the hepatic microsomal fraction, was NADPH dependent and could be inhibited by SKF 525A, an inhibitor of cy...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wierckx FC,Wedzinga R,Meerman JH,Mulder GJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Manganese superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) is strongly expressed in human ovarian cancer, and the serum level of the enzyme is a useful marker for the diagnosis and monitoring of human ovarian cancer. In the present study we found that Mn-SOD was highly expressed in primary and transplanted ovarian cancers in rats induce...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Nakata T,Suzuki K,Fujii J,Ishikawa M,Tatsumi H,Sugiyama T,Nishida T,Shimizu T,Yakushiji M,Taniguchi N

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modifying effects of the phenolic antioxidant catechol (CC) and its analogs hydroquinone (HQ) and resorcinol (RN) on pancreatic carcinogenesis were evaluated in 146 female Syrian golden hamsters. Groups of animals received either saline or 70 mg/kg body wt N-nitrosobis(2-oxopropyl)amine (BOP) s.c. injections, twic...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Maruyama H,Amanuma T,Nakae D,Tsutsumi M,Kondo S,Tsujiuchi T,Denda A,Konishi Y

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00