Synthesis of the prototype DNA-protein cross-link, 1-(guan-1-yl)-2-(cysteine-S-yl)ethane, and its role in the reactions of the haloethylnitrosoureas.

abstract：:Trabectedin is a marine-derived antineoplastic drug. Besides targeting the cancer cells, trabectedin has a peculiar activity on the tumor microenvironment with marked effects on the vasculature and the immune response. Because a favorable microenvironment is a key factor in the progression of cutaneous melanoma, we hy...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Carminati L,Pinessi D,Borsotti P,Minoli L,Giavazzi R,D'Incalci M,Belotti D,Taraboletti G

更新日期：2019-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA strand breage in response to damage produced by UV (254 nm) radiation was characterized after permeabilization of diploid normal and xeroderma pigmentosum variant fibroblasts. The breakage reaction required ATP, Mg2+ and sucrose for maximal activity and was inhibited by 150 mM Na+ or K+ and 1 mM N-ethylmaleimide. ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Kaufmann WK,Briley LP

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common malignancy caused by environmental and genetic factors. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of short non-coding RNAs with posttranscriptional regulatory functions. They participate in diverse biological pathways and function as gene regulators. Genetic polymorphisms i...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Gao Y,He Y,Ding J,Wu K,Hu B,Liu Y,Wu Y,Guo B,Shen Y,Landi D,Landi S,Zhou Y,Liu H

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies demonstrate that the heavy metal cadmium and the metalloid arsenite activate estrogen receptor-alpha in breast cancer cells by forming a high-affinity complex with the ligand-binding domain of the receptor and that environmentally relevant doses of cadmium have estrogen-like activity in vivo. The pres...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Divekar SD,Li HH,Parodi DA,Ghafouri TB,Chen R,Cyrus K,Foxworth AE,Fornace AJ,Byrne C,Martin MB

更新日期：2020-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) mobilize intracellular Ca2+ in human T cells by inositol trisphosphate-dependent mechanisms resulting from activation of phospholipase C-gamma by SRC-related protein tyrosine kinases, thereby mimicking antigen-receptor activation. Ca2+ appears to...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Tannheimer SL,Barton SL,Ethier SP,Burchiel SW

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of dietary administration of green tea catechins (GTC) were examined using a multi-organ carcinogenesis model. Groups of 15 F344 male rats were initially treated with a single i.p. administration of 100 mg/kg body wt N-diethyl-nitrosamine, 4 i.p. administrations of 20 mg/kg body wt N-methylnitrosourea, 4 s...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Hirose M,Hoshiya T,Akagi K,Takahashi S,Hara Y,Ito N

更新日期：1993-08-01 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：:Capsaicin, a pungent ingredient of red chili peppers, has been reported to possess antitumor activities. Here, we show that subtoxic doses of capsaicin effectively sensitize multiple malignant glioma cell lines to tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL)-induced apoptosis. Although TRAIL alone m...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Kim JY,Kim EH,Kim SU,Kwon TK,Choi KS

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) have a high risk of developing duodenal adenomas and carcinomas. The distribution of these neoplasms resembles mucosal exposure to bile, suggesting that bile may play a role in adenoma development. Our previous results, using DNA adducts detected by 32P-postlabelling ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Scates DK,Spigelman AD,Nugent KP,Phillips RK,Venitt S

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulforaphane (SFN), an isothiocyanate first isolated from broccoli, exhibits chemopreventive properties in prostate cancer cells through mechanisms that are poorly understood. We recently reported on a novel mechanism of chemoprotection by SFN in human colon cancer cells, namely the inhibition of histone deacetylase (...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Myzak MC,Hardin K,Wang R,Dashwood RH,Ho E

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study the modulating effects of dietary fish oil (MaxEPA) on unsaturated fat-promoted pancreatic carcinogenesis in azaserine-treated rats were investigated. Three groups of 20 rats (each group comprised five saline-treated and 15 azaserine-treated animals) were fed an AIN76-based purified diet containin...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Appel MJ,Woutersen RA

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in genes important for the preservation of genome stability can increase the frequency of gene amplification, a process relevant to tumor development. To investigate whether telomerase, the enzyme deputed to telomere maintenance, also plays a role in gene amplification, we studied the amplification of the ca...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Rebuzzini P,Martinelli P,Blasco M,Giulotto E,Mondello C

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copenhagen (Cop) rats are completely resistant to the chemical induction of mammary adenocarcinomas, but their susceptibility to hepatocarcinogenesis is virtually unknown. Rat liver is a well-characterized and easily manipulated tissue in which to study carcinogenesis. Therefore, if Cop rats are resistant to hepatocar...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wood GA,Korkola JE,Lee VM,Sarma DS,Archer MC

更新日期：1997-09-01 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：:Carcinogenicity of 2-amino-3,8-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]-quinoxaline (MeIQx), which is a potent mutagen first isolated from fried beef and widely present in various cooked foods, was tested in both sexes of F344 rats. Rats were continuously given a diet containing 0.04% MeIQx or basal diet and the experiment was finished...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Kato T,Ohgaki H,Hasegawa H,Sato S,Takayama S,Sugimura T

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isoflavone genistein is a specific inhibitor of protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) and has been shown to have a variety of anticancer activities in cultured cells and animal models. We report here that genistein significantly inhibits 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA)-initiated and 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wei H,Bowen R,Zhang X,Lebwohl M

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human XPBC/ERCC-3 DNA repair gene specifically corrects the repair defect of xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) complementation group B and rodent repair mutant cell lines of group 3. The gene encodes a presumed DNA- and chromatin-binding helicase involved in early steps of the excision repair pathway. To study the evolut...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Weeda G,Ma L,van Ham RC,Bootsma D,van der Eb AJ,Hoeijmakers JH

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzoquinones (BQ) are genotoxic species that stem from metabolism of phenolic compounds. We have developed a method for measuring adducts of 1,2- and 1,4-benzoquinone (1,2-BQ and 1,4-BQ) with cysteine residues of hemoglobin (Hb) and albumin (Alb). The method employs a reductive catalyst (Raney nickel) to selectively ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： McDonald TA,Waidyanatha S,Rappaport SM

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Hexenal is an alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl compound which is mutagenic, genotoxic and forms cyclic 1,N2-propanodeoxyguanosine adducts like similar propenals for which carcinogenicity was shown, e.g. acrolein or crotonaldehyde. Since humans have a permanent intake of 2-hexenal via vegetarian food this genotoxic co...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Schuler D,Eder E

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer (CaP) is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men. Chronic inflammation has been one of several factors associated with the development of CaP. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in cytokine genes have been associated with increased inflammation, increased cytokine production and po...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Zabaleta J,Lin HY,Sierra RA,Hall MC,Clark PE,Sartor OA,Hu JJ,Ochoa AC

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of five non-mutagenic carcinogens--Aroclor 1260, benzoyl peroxide (BP), phenobarbital (PB), 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) and 1,1'-(2,2,2-trichloroethylidene)bis[4-chlorobenzene] (DDT)--on gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) were tested in a cell line consisting of initiated cel...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Jansen LA,Jongen WM

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dose response studies regarding the cancer initiating potential of fumonisin B1 (FB1) were conducted as a function of time. Feeding studies over 21 days indicated that FB1 induced a feed refusal effect in rats at dietary levels of 250, 500 and 750 mg FB1/kg diet. This effect was overcome after 14 days and the feed int...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Gelderblom WC,Cawood ME,Snyman SD,Marasas WF

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that TIPE1 inhibits tumor proliferation and metastasis in certain cancers; however, increased expression of TIPE1 is observed in cervical cancer cell lines and tissues, indicating it might exert a distinctive role in cervical cancer. Cell and xenograft tumorigenicity assays showed that TIPE...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Zhao P,Pang X,Jiang J,Wang L,Zhu X,Yin Y,Zhai Q,Xiang X,Feng F,Xu W

更新日期：2019-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:An in vivo method for assessment of DNA adduct formation and unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS) in the esophagus of rats was devised. Small ventral incisions were made in the neck and upper abdomen regions of 6 week old F344 rats and ligation of the esophagus with thread at the two extreme ends performed to make an esoph...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Qin XS,Nakatsuru Y,Kohyama K,Ishikawa T

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an initiation--selection--promotion protocol for induction of liver tumors in Wistar rats, the modulating action of various peroxisome proliferators on neoplasia as well as on selected biochemical parameters was studied. After treatment with diethylnitrosamine (DEN), the animals were subsequently subjected to a ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Abdellatif AG,Préat V,Vamecq J,Nilsson R,Roberfroid M

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modifying effects of oltipraz on induction of glandular stomach carcinogenesis by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) were investigated in a total of 120 male 6-week-old Wistar rats, divided into six groups. Groups 1-3 (30 animals each) were given 100 p.p.m. MNNG in their drinking water for 10 weeks as an ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Nishikawa A,Tanakamura Z,Furukawa F,Lee IS,Kasahara K,Ikezaki S,Takahashi M

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and the synthetic steroid 16 alpha-Br-epiandrosterone (Br-Epi), a more potent inhibitor of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) than DHEA, inhibit the 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) stimulation of superoxide anion (O2-) formation by human neutrophils. DHEA has previo...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Whitcomb JM,Schwartz AG

更新日期：1985-03-01 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：:We have explored the induction of DNA repair synthesis in monocyte/B- and T-lymphocyte enriched cell fractions from 12 different human mononuclear blood cell populations. Unscheduled DNA synthesis was measured in monocyte/B- and T-cells after exposure to the DNA-damaging agents dimethylsulfate (DMS) and N-acetoxy-N-ac...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Knudsen LE,Ryder LP,Wassermann K

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00