Synthesis of 6-methylchrysene-1,2-diol-3,4-epoxides and comparison of their mutagenicity to 5-methylchrysene-1,2-diol-3,4-epoxides.

abstract：:Amarogentin, a secoiridoid glycoside, is an active component of the medicinal plant Swertia chirata. In this study, chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic actions of amarogentin were evaluated in a carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4))/N-nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA)-induced liver carcinogenesis mouse model system during continuou...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Pal D,Sur S,Mandal S,Das A,Roy A,Das S,Panda CK

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred forty-seven female Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 5 groups and at 60 days of age were treated i.g. with 5 mg of 7,12-dimethylbenzanthracene (DMBA) suspended in 1.0 ml of sesame oil. Selenium (Se), as selenium dioxide (SeO2), was administered in the drinking water to 4 of the 5 groups (30 rats/group)...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Welsch CW,Goodrich-Smith M,Brown CK,Greene HD,Hamel EJ

更新日期：1981-01-01 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

abstract：:Conversion of the 2'-deoxyguanosine (dG) residues in calf thymus DNA to 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OH-dG) was achieved at physiological pH by treating the DNA with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in the presence of nickel(II) chloride (NiCl2). The effectiveness of this reaction was enhanced by L-histidine (His) which for...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Dutta AK,Misra M,North SL,Kasprzak KS

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is widely distributed, certain EBV-driven malignancies are geographically restricted. EBV-associated Burkitt's lymphoma (eBL) is endemic in children living in sub-Saharan Africa. This population is heavily exposed to food contaminated with the mycotoxin aflatoxin B1 (AFB1). ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Accardi R,Gruffat H,Sirand C,Fusil F,Gheit T,Hernandez-Vargas H,Le Calvez-Kelm F,Traverse-Glehen A,Cosset FL,Manet E,Wild CP,Tommasino M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human male volunteers were studied in a metabolic facility whilst they were fed randomized controlled diets. In eight volunteers there was a significant increase in faecal apparent total N:-nitroso compounds (ATNC) and nitrite excretion (P < 0.0001 and P = 0.046, respectively) when randomized doses of meat were increa...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Hughes R,Cross AJ,Pollock JR,Bingham S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of murine Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts and XB/2 keratinocytes with UV-B light (302 nm) resulted in a dose-dependent inhibition of [125I]epidermal growth factor (EGF) binding. The light dose required to achieve 50% inhibition of binding in both cell types was 80-85 J/m2. Decreased [125I]platelet-derived growth facto...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Brooks G,Goss MW,Hart IR

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) are potential biomarkers for cancer diagnosis, screening and prognosis. This study aimed to identify serum miRNAs as predictors of survival in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We profiled serum miRNAs in a pilot set of four patients with good survival (>24 month...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Zhang Y,Roth JA,Yu H,Ye Y,Xie K,Zhao H,Chang DW,Huang M,Li H,Qu J,Wu X

更新日期：2019-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypolipidaemic drug nafenopin (NAF) has been shown to enhance the hepatocarcinogenic effect of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) and N-nitrosodiethylamine in rats. We have investigated whether the NAF-induced peroxisome proliferation in hepatocytes interferes with NDMA's metabolism and interaction with DNA. Adult male...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wiestler OD,Schmerold I,Fringes B,Volk B,Kleihues P

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) is a major contributor to tumor cellular resistance toward chloroethylnitrosoureas. To further clarify the effect of MGMT gene expression on cellular chemosensitivity to 1-(4-amino-2-methyl-5-pyrimidinyl)-3-(2-chloroethyl)-3-nitrosou...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Yang J,Chen JM,Zhang YP

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-Methyladenine DNA glycosylases initiate base excision repair by flipping the nucleotide bearing the target base out of double-stranded DNA into an active site pocket for glycosylic bond cleavage and base release. Substrate bases for the murine 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylase (other than 3-methyladenine) include hypo...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wyatt MD,Samson LD

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An earlier study indicated that ozone (O3), a major pollutant in our atmosphere, acts as a carcinogen as well as a synergistic co-carcinogen with radiation in cultured hamster embryo cells and in mouse C3H10T1/2 cells. In this investigation we further characterize the oncogenic action of ozone, alone or in combination...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Borek C,Ong A,Zaider M

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine the nature of the cytotoxic lesion(s) formed by the antitumour drugs cisplatin and carboplatin, a comparative study was made of bifunctional DNA-adduct formation by these drugs. The kinetics of bifunctional cisplatin adduct formation were studied with DNA in vitro and in cultured Chinese hamster ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Fichtinger-Schepman AM,van Dijk-Knijnenburg HC,van der Velde-Visser SD,Berends F,Baan RA

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP) is formed in cooked meats and may be linked to dietary-associated colorectal, prostate and mammary cancers. Genotoxic N-oxidized metabolites of PhIP react with the Cys34 of albumin (Alb) to form a sulfinamide adduct, a biomarker of the biologically effective dose....

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Bellamri M,Wang Y,Yonemori K,White KK,Wilkens LR,Le Marchand L,Turesky RJ

更新日期：2018-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Nitrofluorene (NF) is a potent genotoxic substance found in environments where incomplete combustion takes place. NF is a mutagen and a carcinogen in animal models. NF or 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) was administered once topically to female SENCAR mice followed by promotion by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Möller L,Zeisig M,Toftgård R

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adaptor protein regulator for ubiquitous kinase/c-Cbl-interacting protein of 85kDa (Ruk/CIN85) was found to modulate HER1/EGFR signaling and processes like cell adhesion and apoptosis. Although these features imply a role in carcinogenesis, it is so far unknown how and by which molecular mechanisms Ruk/CIN85 could...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Samoylenko A,Vynnytska-Myronovska B,Byts N,Kozlova N,Basaraba O,Pasichnyk G,Palyvoda K,Bobak Y,Barska M,Mayevska O,Rzhepetsky Y,Shuvayeva H,Lyzogubov V,Usenko V,Savran V,Volodko N,Buchman V,Kietzmann T,Drobot L

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of four different lactobacillus (LB) strains, namely Lactobacillus bulgaricus 291, Streptococcus thermophilus F4, S.thermophilus V3 and Bifidobacterium longum BB536, which are used for the production of yogurt, on the DNA-damaging effects of heterocyclic aroma...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Zsivkovits M,Fekadu K,Sontag G,Nabinger U,Huber WW,Kundi M,Chakraborty A,Foissy H,Knasmüller S

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Observational studies suggest that fish consumption is associated with a decreased colorectal cancer (CRC) risk. A possible mechanism by which fish could reduce CRC risk is by decreasing colonic genotoxicity. However, concerns have also been raised over the levels of toxic compounds found in mainly oil-rich fish, whic...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Pot GK,Habermann N,Majsak-Newman G,Harvey LJ,Geelen A,Przybylska-Philips K,Nagengast FM,Witteman BJ,van de Meeberg PC,Hart AR,Schaafsma G,Hooiveld G,Glei M,Lund EK,Pool-Zobel BL,Kampman E

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer continues to be the leading cause of cancer death in the USA and the best example of a cancer with undisputed evidence of environmental risk. However, a genetic contribution to lung cancer has also been demonstrated by studies of familial aggregation, family-based linkage, candidate gene studies and most r...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Schwartz AG,Wenzlaff AS,Bock CH,Ruterbusch JJ,Chen W,Cote ML,Artis AS,Van Dyke AL,Land SJ,Harris CC,Pine SR,Spitz MR,Amos CI,Levin AM,McKeigue PM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four inbred strains of mice (C3H/HeJ, C57BL/6J, AKR/J, and DBA/2J) were injected s.c. with 150 micrograms of dibenz[a,h]anthracene and followed for 9 months. Strains C3H/HeJ and C57BL/6J were most susceptible to dibenz[a,h]anthracene-induced carcinogenesis with 80% and 53% incidence of tumors, respectively. Strains AK...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Lubet RA,Connolly GM,Nebert DW,Kouri RE

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) signaling pathway has been shown to play a pivotal role in intracellular signal transduction pathways involved in cell growth, cellular transformation and tumorigenesis. Analysis of several colon adenocarcinoma cell lines indicates that the PI 3-kinase signaling pathway is u...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Khaleghpour K,Li Y,Banville D,Yu Z,Shen SH

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methylation affects the aggressiveness of human malignancies. Cancers with CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP), a distinct group with extensive DNA methylation, show characteristic features in several types of tumors. In this study, we initially defined the existence of CIMP in 41 lung adenocarcinomas (AdCas) t...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Shinjo K,Okamoto Y,An B,Yokoyama T,Takeuchi I,Fujii M,Osada H,Usami N,Hasegawa Y,Ito H,Hida T,Fujimoto N,Kishimoto T,Sekido Y,Kondo Y

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:raf oncogenes have been implicated in hepatic carcinogenesis. We studied the effects of the v-raf of murine retrovirus 3611-MSV on the growth and differentiation of a simian virus 40 (SV40)-immortalized rat liver cell line (ALB-8) which maintained many of characteristics of differentiated hepatocytes. Cells were co-tr...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Fang XJ,Keating A,Flowers M,Liew CC,Gupta H,Mills GB,Sherman M

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DL-N-acetyl-N'-nitrosotryptophan (I) and its methyl ester (II), readily formed under mild conditions by the reaction of nitrite with N-acetyltryptophan or its methyl ester, are model compounds for the study of the nitrosation of alpha-amino acid side chains, considered relevant to possible role of nitrosation of pepti...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Venitt S,Crofton-Sleigh C,Ooi SL,Bonnett R

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) pathway has recently been appreciated as a central mediator of tumorigenesis and an important drug target; however, the influence of genetic variation in this pathway on bladder cancer is not understood. Pathway activation leads to cell proliferation, angiogenesis and is ant...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Mason RA,Morlock EV,Karagas MR,Kelsey KT,Marsit CJ,Schned AR,Andrew AS

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report evidence that the mutagen and carcinogen 3-amino-1-methyl-5H pyrido[4,3b]indole (Trp P-2) is a substrate for co-oxidation by prostaglandin H synthase (PHS) in ram seminal vesicle (RSV) microsomes. Trp P-2 serves as a reducing cofactor for the hydroperoxidase activity of PHS as shown by the concentration-depe...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Petry TW,Krauss RS,Eling TE

更新日期：1986-08-01 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：:The rates of reaction and the products formed when two vicinal diol-epoxides derived from benz(a)anthracene, anti-BA-3,4-diol 1,2-oxide (t-3,r-4-dihydroxy-t-1,2-oxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrobenz(a) anthracene)* and anti-BA-8,9-diol 10,11-oxide (r-8,t-9-dihydroxy-t-10,11-oxy-8,9,10,11-tetrahydrobenz(a)anthracene) reacted with...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Hemminki K,Cooper CS,Ribeiro O,Grover PL,Sims P

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the alternative splicing of various genes is a common event in human tumors, the mechanisms behind it have not been characterized. We hypothesized that the expression of splicing regulatory factors would be changed during cellular transformation. Gene expression of three splicing regulatory factors, alternati...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Maeda T,Hiranuma H,Jikko A

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of pregnant mice with 3-methylcholanthrene (MC) causes lung and liver tumors in the offspring, the incidences of which are greatly influenced by the Ah locus regulated induction phenotype for aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase activity (AHH) in both the mother and fetuses. In order to examine the biochemical and m...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Miller MS,Jones AB,Chauhan DP,Anderson LM

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00