Modulation of urinary mutagenicity by genetically determined carcinogen metabolism in smokers.

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：:Diglycerides function as analogs of the phorbol ester tumor promoters. We compare here the activity of glycerol 1-myristate 2-acetate (GMA) with the corresponding phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). GMA inhibited phorbol ester binding to reconstituted protein kinase C, stimulated protein kinase C enzymatic activity...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Sharkey NA,Blumberg PM

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor induction with chronic feeding of methyl-donor-deficient diets has been well established; however, the biochemical and molecular mechanisms which predipose to tumorigenesis in this model are still not well understood. The purpose of the present investigation was to assess DNA damage and altered nucleotide metabo...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： James SJ,Yin L

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resveratrol is a phytochemical that has been under consideration for use as a prostate cancer chemopreventive agent. However, the efficacy, as well as the mechanisms of action of resveratrol on prostate cancer prevention, remains largely unknown. This study seeks to address these questions and examine the cancer preve...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wang TT,Hudson TS,Wang TC,Remsberg CM,Davies NM,Takahashi Y,Kim YS,Seifried H,Vinyard BT,Perkins SN,Hursting SD

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Checkpoint kinase (CHEK) 2, a tumor suppressor gene, plays an essential role in the DNA damage checkpoint response cascade. We first investigated two polymorphisms in the proximal promoter of the CHEK2 gene and evaluated their associations with the risk of lung cancer in a case-control study using 500 incident lung ca...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Zhang S,Lu J,Zhao X,Wu W,Wang H,Lu J,Wu Q,Chen X,Fan W,Chen H,Wang F,Hu Z,Jin L,Wei Q,Shen H,Huang W,Lu D

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：:FEZ1/LZTS1 is a tumor suppressor gene that is frequently altered in human cancers of different histotypes. We have reported previously that LZTS1 is downregulated in high-grade bladder cancer and that its restoration suppresses tumorigenicity in urothelial carcinoma cells. To further investigate the role of LZTS1 in t...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Baffa R,Fassan M,Sevignani C,Vecchione A,Ishii H,Giarnieri E,Iozzo RV,Gomella LG,Croce CM

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apigenin is a plant flavonoid which has been shown to significantly inhibit UV-induced mouse skin tumorigenesis when applied topically, and may represent an alternative sunscreen agent in humans. We have investigated the molecular mechanism(s) by which apigenin inhibits skin tumorigenesis. Initial studies examined the...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Lepley DM,Li B,Birt DF,Pelling JC

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the activity of insoluble and soluble lead compounds in inducing mutagenesis, cell transformation and sister chromatid exchange in mammalian cells. Insoluble lead sulfide, readily phagocytized, was more than four times as toxic to V79 cells on a microM basis, than two moderately soluble lead compo...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Zelikoff JT,Li JH,Hartwig A,Wang XW,Costa M,Rossman TG

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA mismatch repair (MMR) deficiency results in a strong mutator phenotype and high-frequency microsatellite instability (MSI-H), which are the hallmarks of tumors arising within Lynch syndrome. MSI-H is characterized by length alterations within simple repeated sequences, microsatellites. Lynch syndrome is primarily ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Imai K,Yamamoto H

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP), the most abundant heterocyclic amine produced during the cooking of meats and fish, is suspected to be a human carcinogen. Metabolic activation of PhIP is primarily mediated by the enzyme cytochrome P450 (CYP) 1A2. Metabolism of PhIP by CYP1A2 differs considerabl...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Cheung C,Loy S,Li GX,Liu AB,Yang CS

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chondrosarcoma is a form of malignant skeletal tumor of cartilaginous origin. The non-malignant form of the disease is termed chondroma. Correctly distinguishing between the two forms is essential for making therapeutic decisions. However, due to their similar histological appearances and the lack of a reliable diagno...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Kumari R,Li H,Haudenschild DR,Fierro F,Carlson CS,Overn P,Gupta L,Gupta K,Nolta J,Yik JH,Di Cesare PE

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several previous in vitro studies have indicated that ascorbate and glutathione are the major reductants of Cr(VI) in cells. In order to evaluate the in vivo effects of ascorbate and glutathione on Cr(VI)-induced carcinogenesis, Cr uptake and the formation of Cr(V), Cr-DNA adducts and 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OH...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Yuann JM,Liu KJ,Hamilton JW,Wetterhahn KE

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Observational studies have been largely consistent in showing an inverse association between vitamin D and an individual's risk of developing colorectal cancer. Vitamin D protection is further supported by a range of preclinical colon cancer models, including carcinogen, genetic and dietary models. A large number of m...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Giardina C,Madigan JP,Tierney CA,Brenner BM,Rosenberg DW

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclin D1 is one of the major enhancers of cell cycle progression and its expression is regulated in several growth stimulatory signaling pathways. ARA54 is an androgen receptor (AR) co-activator that enhances AR-dependent transcriptional activation. Although expression of ARA54 mRNA is observed in a variety of human ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Kikuchi H,Uchida C,Hattori T,Isobe T,Hiramatsu Y,Kitagawa K,Oda T,Konno H,Kitagawa M

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The age-dependence of the induction of pre-neoplastic enzyme-altered hepatic foci was investigated. Rats were exposed (8 h/day, 7 days/week) to 2000 p.p.m. vinyl chloride (VC) either 'transplacentally' (exposure of pregnant females), or immediately after birth for different time intervals (5, 11, 17, 47, 83 days) or f...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Laib RJ,Klein KP,Bolt HM

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：:The lipoxygenase catalyzed epoxidation of 7,8-dihydroxy-7,8-dihydrobenzo[a]pyrene (BP-7,8-diol) was examined. Epoxidation of the BP-7,8-diol was catalyzed by 5- and 15-lipoxygenase in the presence of either arachidonic acid, gamma-linolenic acid, or 15-hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid (15-HPETE). The anti-9,10-epoxy-7...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Hughes MF,Chamulitrat W,Mason RP,Eling TE

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated that the active dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) gene is efficiently repaired in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells which remove only a small fraction of u.v.-induced pyrimidine dimers from the overall genome. Preferential DNA repair of essential genes may explain why the u.v. resistance o...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Bohr VA,Hanawalt PC

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the mechanisms of mutagenesis by the carcinogen N-acetyl-2-aminofluorene (AAF), we determined by DNA sequencing the spectrum of mutations in the Escherichia coli lacI gene induced by the ultimate metabolite N-acetoxy-N-acetyl-2-aminofluorene, using an E. coli derivative with increased permeability to this com...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Schaaper RM,Koffel-Schwartz N,Fuchs RP

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated trout liver cells were treated with lysolecithin to produce an in situ system for characterizing DNA repair in teleosts. In this preparation, the integrity of the plasma membrane is altered, nuclei remain intact, and the concentrations of dNTPs and nucleotide analogs, which normally do not penetrate intact pl...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Miller MR,Blair JB,Hinton DE

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Notch signaling pathway is evolutionarily conserved and responsible for cell fate determination in the developing embryo and mature tissue. At the molecular level, ligand binding activates Notch signaling by liberating the Notch intracellular domain, which then translocates into the nucleus and activates gene tran...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Capaccione KM,Pine SR

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:O6-Methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (O6-MT) has been described as a DNA repair enzyme that reverses alkylation damage at the O6 position of guanine in DNA. We demonstrate that the concentration of this protein decreases immediately prior to DNA synthesis in cultured chick hepatocytes. If intracellular levels are ex...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Dutta-Choudhury TA,Couri D,Stephens RE

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) repair pathway has been implicated in maintaining genomic integrity via suppression of chromosomal rearrangements. DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) has an important role with DNA DSBs repair. In this study, 93 of untreated cancer patients and 41 of cancer-free healthy volunteer...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Someya M,Sakata K,Matsumoto Y,Yamamoto H,Monobe M,Ikeda H,Ando K,Hosoi Y,Suzuki N,Hareyama M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomeres maintain chromosomal stability and integrity and are crucial in carcinogenesis. Telomere length is implicated in multiple cancer risk, but the results are conflicting. Genome-wide association studies have identified several genetic loci associated with telomere length in Caucasians. However, the roles of tel...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Du J,Zhu X,Xie C,Dai N,Gu Y,Zhu M,Wang C,Gao Y,Pan F,Ren C,Ji Y,Dai J,Ma H,Jiang Y,Chen J,Yi H,Zhao Y,Hu Z,Shen H,Jin G

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug resistance is one of the main obstacles to the successful treatment of cancer. The availability of agents that are highly effective against drug-resistant cancer cells is therefore essential. The present study was performed to examine the anticancer effects of evodiamine, a major constituent of the Chinese herb E...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Liao CH,Pan SL,Guh JH,Chang YL,Pai HC,Lin CH,Teng CM

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prepubertal exposure to soy or its biologically active component genistein reduces later breast cancer risk in both animal models and human populations. We investigated whether that might be due to reported estrogenic properties of genistein. Our study indicated that daily prepubertal exposures between postnatal days ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Cabanes A,Wang M,Olivo S,DeAssis S,Gustafsson JA,Khan G,Hilakivi-Clarke L

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:58 MCA Cl 16 is an oncogenic methylcholanthrene-transformed variant of the non-transformed mouse embryo fibroblast cell line, C3H/10T1/2 Cl 8. Using two different protocols, we have isolated six temperature-sensitive mutants from N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine treated cultures of 58 MCA Cl 16. C3H/10T1/2 Cl 8, 5...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Boreiko C,Heidelberger C

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown opposing effects of n-6 and n-3 fatty acids on the development of cancer and suggest a role for the ratio of n-6 to n-3 fatty acids in the control of cancer. However, whether an alteration in the n-6/n-3 fatty acid ratio of cancer cells affects their invasive potential has not been well inves...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Xia SH,Wang J,Kang JX

更新日期：2005-04-01 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