Carcinogenicity of nitropyrenes in the newborn female rat.

abstract：:Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is an autosomal dominant inherited disorder, and prophylactic colectomy has been shown to decrease the incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC). Duodenal cancer and desmoids are now the leading causes of death in FAP. We evaluate whether 3 months of oral supplementation with a patented...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Calabrese C,Rizzello F,Gionchetti P,Calafiore A,Pagano N,De Fazio L,Valerii MC,Cavazza E,Strillacci A,Comelli MC,Poggioli G,Campieri M,Spisni E

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemopreventive effects of phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) were investigated in N-nitrosobis(2-oxopropyl)-amine (BOP)-treated hamsters. Female 5-week-old Syrian golden hamsters were divided into six groups. Animals in groups 1-3, each consisting of 30 hamsters, were given BOP by two subcutaneous injections 7 days...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Nishikawa A,Furukawa F,Uneyama C,Ikezaki S,Tanakamaru Z,Chung FL,Takahashi M,Hayashi Y

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EA) has been increasing rapidly, particularly among white males, over the past few decades in the USA. However, the etiology of EA and the striking male predominance is not fully explained by known risk factors. To identify susceptible genes for EA risk, we conducted a pathw...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Liu CY,Wu MC,Chen F,Ter-Minassian M,Asomaning K,Zhai R,Wang Z,Su L,Heist RS,Kulke MH,Lin X,Liu G,Christiani DC

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mismatch between metabolic demand and oxygen delivery leads to microenvironmental changes in solid tumors. The resulting tumor hypoxia is associated with malignant progression, therapy resistance and poor prognosis. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying therapy resistance in hypoxic tumors are not fully under...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wirthner R,Wrann S,Balamurugan K,Wenger RH,Stiehl DP

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T), which is due to mutations in the ATM gene, is a rare autosomal recessive genomic instability syndrome characterized by radiosensitivity and predisposition to cancer. Epidemiological studies have suggested that relatives of A-T patients (A-T carriers) have increased risks of developing brea...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Lu S,Shen K,Wang Y,Santner SJ,Chen J,Brooks SC,Wang YA

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether the addition of d-limonene to the diets of rats would modify the process of mammary tumor induction by 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA). When diets containing 1000 or 10 000 p.p.m. d-limonene were fed to rats from one week before DMBA administration to the end of the experiment (27 weeks p...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Elegbede JA,Elson CE,Qureshi A,Tanner MA,Gould MN

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-Methylcholanthrene (3-MC) pretreatment induces the liver microsomal 2-acetylaminofluorene (2-AAF) N-hydroxylase activity of C57BL6 responsive mice. The same pretreatment modifies this enzyme by significantly increasing its apparent Km value which, moreover, becomes protein concentration dependent. After 3-MC inducti...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Razzouk C,Batardy-Grégoire M,Roberfroid M

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported the disposition of benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) and its metabolites in male Sprague-Dawley rats following intratracheal instillation of [3H]B[a]P [Weyand, E.H. and Bevan, D.R. (1986) Cancer Res., 46, 5655-5661]. In some experiments, cannulas were implanted in the bile duct of the animals prior to...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Bevan DR,Weyand EH

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this work was to study the relative activities and stabilities of phase-I and phase-II drug metabolizing enzymes in incubation mixtures used in vitro genotoxicity testing in order to optimize the conditions of the assay, increase sensitivity and eliminate false negative results. Cytochrome P-450, NADPH-...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Paolini M,Tonelli F,Bauer C,Corsi C,Bronzetti G

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Neurotrophic factors possess an emerging role in the pathophysiology of several gastrointestinal disorders, regulating innervation, pain sensation and disease-associated neuroplasticity. Here, we aimed at characterizing the role of the neurotrophic factor neurturin (NRTN) and its receptor glial-cell-line-der...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wang K,Demir IE,D'Haese JG,Tieftrunk E,Kujundzic K,Schorn S,Xing B,Kehl T,Friess H,Ceyhan GO

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapeutic agents have been the mainstay of cancer therapy for years. However, their effectiveness has been limited by toxicities they impart on normal cells. Staurosporine (ST) has been shown to arrest normal, but not breast cancer, cells in G1. Therefore, ST may become a chemoprotective agent, arresting normal...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Murray MM,Bui T,Smith M,Bagheri-Yarmand R,Wingate H,Hunt KK,Keyomarsi K

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A methodology for the isolation and culture of rat nasal turbinates was developed with the aim of studying chemically-induced genotoxic effects in the nasal epithelium. DNA damage, as assessed by alkaline elution, and unscheduled DNA synthesis, as measured by quantitative autoradiography, were observed in the cells of...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Bermudez E,Allen PF

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between striatal dopamine-stimulated adenylate cyclase (DAC) and 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA)-induced mammary tumors was studied. An inverse correlation between activity of this enzyme and the number and growth of tumors was observed in several strains and substrains of rats. Chronic, but not...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Goldman PR,Vogel WH

更新日期：1984-07-01 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：: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：:[14C]Benzo[a]pyrene (BP) was administered to male germfree rats. Urinary metabolites, constituting 9% of the administered radioactivity, were fractionated by lipophilic ion exchange chromatography. More than 80% of the urinary metabolites were conjugated, while neutral metabolites constituted 13-18%. The latter group ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Yang Y,Sjövall J,Rafter J,Gustafsson JA

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has recently been reported that the XPD (ERCC2) gene is an integral component of the basal transcription factor TFIIH. We have studied the direct role of this repair gene on the fine structure of DNA repair in hamster cells. The gene and strand specific DNA repair of UV induced pyrimidine dimers was determined in w...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Cullinane C,Weber CA,Dianov G,Bohr VA

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen production and metabolism play critical roles in the development and pathogenesis of endometrial carcinoma. Cytochrome P450 1B1 (CYP1B1) and catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) are two key enzymes in the estrogen metabolism pathway that result in the hydroxylation and conjugation of estradiol, respectively. W...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： McGrath M,Hankinson SE,Arbeitman L,Colditz GA,Hunter DJ,De Vivo I

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covalent binding to haemoglobin, plasma proteins and DNA was determined after intraperitoneal administration of radiolabelled diethylnitrosamine to mice. The level of alkylation of DNA in liver--the main site of activation--was found to be about two orders of magnitude higher than the level of alkylation of haemoglobi...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Osterman-Golkar S,Bergmark E

更新日期：1988-11-01 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：:Hepatocarcinogenesis was initiated in rats with a single dose of either of two chemical mutagens--benzo[a]pyrene diolepoxide I and methyl(acetoxymethyl)nitrosamine--administered 15 h after partial hepatectomy. The development of hepatocellular foci and neoplasms was then promoted with dietary phenobarbital given for 4...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Kaufmann WK,Zhang Y,Kaufman DG

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bowman-Birk protease inhibitor (BBI) is a legume-derived inhibitor of chymotrypsin and trypsin that has been shown to suppress cellular transformation and tumorigenesis. In the present investigation the effects of various BBI administration schedules were evaluated for suppression of 3-methylcholanthrene (3-MCA)-i...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： St Clair WH

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The carcinogen N-acetoxy-N-2-acetylaminofluorene reacts with dG and dG-containing nucleotides to give good yields of the C-8 adducts, but the analogous 4-aminobiphenyl derivative does not. Replacement of the N-acetoxy group by 2,6-dichlorobenzoyloxy circumvents this difficulty. This reaction is shown to be generally a...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Underwood GR,Price MF,Shapiro R

更新日期：1988-10-01 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：:Inflammation is highly associated with colon carcinogenesis. Epigenetic mechanisms could play an important role in the initiation and progression of colon cancer. Curcumin, a dietary phytochemical, shows promising effects in suppressing colitis-associated colon cancer in azoxymethane-dextran sulfate sodium (AOM-DSS) m...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Guo Y,Wu R,Gaspar JM,Sargsyan D,Su ZY,Zhang C,Gao L,Cheng D,Li W,Wang C,Yin R,Fang M,Verzi MP,Hart RP,Kong AN

更新日期：2018-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The E6/E7 oncoproteins of human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 are responsible for the efficient immortalization of human genital keratinocytes and we have recently reported that such immortalized cells display alterations in the expression of cyclin A, cyclin B, and cdc-2. To determine whether these alterations...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Pei XF

更新日期：1996-07-01 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 expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) has been reported as an indicator of poor prognosis in a wide variety of human tumors, including colon, breast and uveal melanoma (UM). COX-2 inhibitors have shown promise in controlling the malignancy of several types of tumors. Previous studies have demonstrated the efficac...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Marshall JC,Fernandes BF,Di Cesare S,Maloney SC,Logan PT,Antecka E,Burnier MN Jr

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Observational studies and animal evidence suggest an association between coffee consumption and the risk of prostate cancer. However, the results are inconsistent. We evaluated the association by conducting a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. PubMed and Embase were searched through June 2013 to identify stu...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Cao S,Liu L,Yin X,Wang Y,Liu J,Lu Z

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adduct formation has been considered to be a major causal factor of DNA damage by carcinogenic heterocyclic amines. By means of experiments with an electrochemical detector coupled to a high-performance liquid chromatograph, we revealed that N-hydroxy metabolite of 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo [4,5-b] pyridine (Ph...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Murata M,Kawanishi S

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00