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7,12-Dimethylbenz[a]anthracene
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TL;DR: Benign mammary tumors developed in high and equal incidence in both strains following the injection of 7,12-DMBA, but the incidence of mammary cancer was rather high in Sprague-Dawley rats and very low in their Long-Evans companions.
Abstract: Summary A lipide emulsion of 7,12-dimethylbenz[ a ]anthracene (7,12-DMBA) was prepared which has the advantages of a high concentration of the hydrocarbon, ease of preparation, sterility, and stability. The vehicle was not toxic. A single intraperitoneal injection of the emulsion of 7,12-DMBA induced mammary cancer preferentially in all Sprague-Dawley female rats, age 50 days, within 2 months. In the induction of mammary tumors, the emulsion was quantitatively as effective by the intraperitoneal as by the intravenous route. No tumors of peritoneum were evoked by a single injection of the emulsified 7,12-DMBA, but peritoneal sarcomas arose in a high incidence following deposition of a compressed pellet of 7,12-DMBA in the peritoneal cavity. A single, intraperitoneal injection of the emulsion of 7,12-DMBA in new born female rats of Sprague-Dawley or Long-Evans strains evoked mammary tumors in high incidence. Benign mammary tumors developed in high and equal incidence in both strains following the injection of 7,12-DMBA, but the incidence of mammary cancer was rather high in Sprague-Dawley rats and very low in their Long-Evans companions. Runt disease was induced in some of the injected newborn rats.
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TL;DR: Results when coupled with the in vivo data suggest that 7-OHM-12-MBA is an intermediate for at least some of the binding of DMBA to epidermal DNA in Sencar mice.
Abstract: The formation of DNA adducts from (/sup 3/H)-7-hydroxymethyl-12-methylbenz(a)anthracene (7-OHM-12-MBA) and (/sup 3/H)-7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA) in the epidermis of Sencar mice was analyzed. Comparison of Sephadex LH-20 chromatographic profiles of DNA samples isolated from mice treated with DMBA or 7-OHM-12-MBA suggested that the DMBA-treated animals contained DNA adduct(s) derived from the further metabolism of 7-OHM-12-MBA. Further analysis of DNA samples from DMBA-treated mice by high-pressure liquid chromatography demonstrated the presence of 5 DNA adducts which were chromatographically indistinguishable from the DNA adducts formed in 7-OHM-12-MBA-treated mice. Epidermal homogenates were utilized to catalyze the covalent binding of (/sup 3/H)DMBA and (/sup 3/H)-7-OHM-12-MBA to calf thymus DNA in vitro. Under conditions of limiting concentrations of (/sup 3/H)DMBA, the majority of the DNA adducts formed chromatographed in regions where 7-OHM-12-MBA-DNA adducts eluted. A major DMBA-DNA adduct formed in this in vitro system eluted with the same retention time as did the major 7-OHM-12-MBA-DNA adduct formed in mouse skin in vivo. These results when coupled with the in vivo data suggest that 7-OHM-12-MBA is an intermediate for at least some of the binding of DMBA to epidermal DNA in Sencar mice.
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TL;DR: Artemisia capillaris was the most effective anticarcinogenic medicinal herb for DMBA-induced mouse epidermal carcinogenesis among 4 medicinal herbs tested, and the effect might be attributed to chemical compounds of camphor, 1-borneol, coumarin, and achillin.
Abstract: Anticarcinogenic activity of medicinal herbs (Artemisia capillaris, Taxus cuspidata, Anthriscus sylveatris, and Curcuma longa) was examined for 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA)-induced mouse skin carcinogenesis. Four types of solvent fractions (hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, and butanol) were prepared from the methanolic extract of medicinal herbs. The cytotoxicity and anticarcinogenic activities of solvent fractions were examined for mouse leukemia L1210 cancer cells and for female ICR mouse epidermal carcinogenesis induced by DMBA, respectively. The chloroform fraction of Artemisia capillaris, Taxus cuspidata, and Anthriscus sylveatris was more toxic to L1210 cells than other solvent fractions. The chloroform fraction of Artemisia capillaris markedly reduced the number of tumors/mouse and tumor incidence relative to that of other medicinal herbs tested. Major active chemical constituents in the chloroform fraction of Artemisia capillaries were found to be camphor, 1-borneol, coumarin, and achillin when analyzed by TLC and GC-MS. These results suggest that Artemisia capillaris was the most effective anticarcinogenic medicinal herb for DMBA-induced mouse epidermal carcinogenesis among 4 medicinal herbs tested, and the effect might be attributed to chemical compounds of camphor, 1-borneol, coumarin, and achillin.
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TL;DR: A practical in vivo micronucleus test that used rat skin as the target organ and the effect of five skin carcinogens to determine the reproducibility and applicability of the method to mice was used.
Abstract: In a previous paper, we presented a practical in vivo micronucleus (MN) test that used rat skin as the target organ. To evaluate the test, as well as to determine the reproducibility and applicability of the method to mice, we used it to test the effect of five skin carcinogens (N-ethyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (ENNG), N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG), 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide (4NQO), 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA), and benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P)) on rat and mouse skin. All five compounds significantly and dose-dependently increased the MN frequencies in the basal cells of the chemical-treated skin. These results indicated the reproducibility of the test results and also the applicability of the test to mice as well as rats.
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TL;DR: Higher dietary protein during the initiation phase was associated with a significant reduction in tumor prevalence, which was most striking between 8 and 16% of energy from protein, and results of multiple logistic regression showed that tumorigenesis was increased with greater ad libitum energy intake.
Abstract: A factorial experiment was conducted to examine the effects of dietary protein (8, 16, 32% of energy from casein) and dietary fat (12, 24, 48% of energy from corn oil) on the initiation of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA)-induced breast carcinogenesis in rats. Forty weanling female Sprague-Dawley rats were assigned to each of nine diets fed ad libitum. After 4 wk each rat received DMBA (20 mg/kg) via gastric intubation. For an additional 22 wk after carcinogen administration all rats consumed a diet containing 16% of dietary energy from protein and 24% from fat. Dietary fat, protein and ad libitum energy consumption exhibited statistically significant effects on final tumor prevalence, but interactive effects were not found. At necropsy, rats fed corn oil at 12, 24 and 48% of energy prior to DMBA administration showed tumor prevalences of 58, 58 and 85% with 116, 153 and 231 total tumors, respectively. The data indicate a significant nonlinear effect of dietary fat. Corresponding numbers for rats fed casein at 8, 16 and 32% of energy prior to DMBA were prevalences of 79, 65 and 59%, with total tumor counts of 194, 144 and 162. Higher dietary protein during the initiation phase was associated with a significant reduction in tumor prevalence, which was most striking between 8 and 16% of energy from protein. In addition, results of multiple logistic regression showed that tumorigenesis was increased with greater ad libitum energy intake. The odds of a tumor at necropsy were multiplied by 1.19 for each kilocalorie increase in ad libitum energy intake averaged over the post-DMBA phase of the experiment. An additional six weanling rats fed each diet for 4 wk were killed for assay of hepatic carcinogen metabolizing enzymes at the time corresponding to DMBA administration in the initiation experiment. Both protein and fat showed independent effects on the activity of several enzymes. However, enzyme activity did not suggest a unifying mechanism whereby these nutrients influence DMBA-induced mammary carcinogenesis.
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