TY - JOUR
T1 - Distinction of carcinogens from mutagens by induction of liver cell foci in a model for detection of initiation activity
AU - Sakai, Hiroki
AU - Tsukamoto, Tetsuya
AU - Yamamoto, Masami
AU - Kobayashi, Kiyoshi
AU - Yuasa, Hirofumi
AU - Imai, Toshio
AU - Yanai, Tokuma
AU - Masegi, Toshiaki
AU - Tatematsu, Masae
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by Grants-in-Aid for Science Research on Priority Areas from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, Culture and Technology of Japan and CREST (Core Research for Environmental Science and Technology) of the Japan Science and Technology Corporation.
PY - 2002/12/15
Y1 - 2002/12/15
N2 - Initiating activities of 26 chemicals were investigated in an in vivo 5 week initiation assay model with evaluation of the induction of glutathione S-transferase placental form (GST-P) positive foci as end-point lesions. With the five genotoxic hepatocarcinogens (diethylnitrosamine, dimethylnitrosamine, 2-acetylaminofluorene, N-bis(2-hydroxypropyl)-nitrosamine and safrole) and 11 genotoxic non-hepatocarcinogens, (2-(2-furyl)-3-(5-nitro-2-furyl)-acrylamide, benzo[a]pyrene, N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine, 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene, 1,2-dimethylhydrazine, N-ethyl-N-hydroxyethylnitrosamine, 3-methylcholanthrene, N-methyl-N-nitrosourea, N-methyl-N′-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine, 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide and 8-hydroxyquinoline), the numbers of GST-P positive foci were significantly higher than in the controls. On the other hand, the mutagenic non-carcinogens (quercetin, p-phenylenediamine dihydrochloride, 2-chloroethanol and 6-hydroquinoline) did not cause a significant increase. Similarly, non-genotoxic hepatocarcinogens of the hepatopromotor class and promotors which target organs other than the liver did not induce GST-P positive foci. The specificity was thus remarkable. Moreover, regardless of the target organ, mutagenic carcinogens were detected by this in vivo 5 week initiation assay, which therefore constitutes a powerful method for screening for carcinogenic potential, especially in the initiation stage of carcinogenesis.
AB - Initiating activities of 26 chemicals were investigated in an in vivo 5 week initiation assay model with evaluation of the induction of glutathione S-transferase placental form (GST-P) positive foci as end-point lesions. With the five genotoxic hepatocarcinogens (diethylnitrosamine, dimethylnitrosamine, 2-acetylaminofluorene, N-bis(2-hydroxypropyl)-nitrosamine and safrole) and 11 genotoxic non-hepatocarcinogens, (2-(2-furyl)-3-(5-nitro-2-furyl)-acrylamide, benzo[a]pyrene, N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine, 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene, 1,2-dimethylhydrazine, N-ethyl-N-hydroxyethylnitrosamine, 3-methylcholanthrene, N-methyl-N-nitrosourea, N-methyl-N′-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine, 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide and 8-hydroxyquinoline), the numbers of GST-P positive foci were significantly higher than in the controls. On the other hand, the mutagenic non-carcinogens (quercetin, p-phenylenediamine dihydrochloride, 2-chloroethanol and 6-hydroquinoline) did not cause a significant increase. Similarly, non-genotoxic hepatocarcinogens of the hepatopromotor class and promotors which target organs other than the liver did not induce GST-P positive foci. The specificity was thus remarkable. Moreover, regardless of the target organ, mutagenic carcinogens were detected by this in vivo 5 week initiation assay, which therefore constitutes a powerful method for screening for carcinogenic potential, especially in the initiation stage of carcinogenesis.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0304-3835(02)00009-5
DO - 10.1016/S0304-3835(02)00009-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 12406545
AN - SCOPUS:0037114356
VL - 188
SP - 33
EP - 38
JO - Cancer Letters
JF - Cancer Letters
SN - 0304-3835
IS - 1-2
ER -