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Tissue-specific DNA adduct formation in mice treated with the environmental carcinogen, 7H-dibenzo[c,g]carbazole. 1985

M E Schurdak, and K Randerath

Covalent adduction of DNA by chemical agents is commonly thought to be an essential part of the initiation of chemical carcinogenesis. Until recently, assays of DNA damage by covalent binding of chemicals have been restricted mostly to substances that are available in radiolabeled form, which excludes many environmental compounds with carcinogenic potential. In this paper, the binding of non-radioactive 7H-dibenzo[c,g]carbazole (DBC), a known environmental carcinogen, to DNA in female CD-1 mice after s.c. injection of 44 mumol/kg of the compound has been investigated using a 32P-postlabeling assay. DBC showed strong hepatic specificity with a mean total level of 107 adducts per 10(7) nucleotides at 24 h, while much lower levels of binding were seen in kidney, lung, spleen, skin and brain with 4.3, 2.1, 1.3, 0.4 and 0.04 adducts, respectively, per 10(7) nucleotides. Proportions of individual DBC adducts also varied considerably between tissues. The degree of hepatic preference displayed by DBC is not seen with other polycyclic aromatic carcinogens such as benzo[a]pyrene and 2-acetylaminofluorene. The DNA-binding data, together with other hepatotoxic effects of the compound, may be causally related to the known hepatocarcinogenicity of DBC.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D008815 Mice, Inbred Strains Genetically identical individuals developed from brother and sister matings which have been carried out for twenty or more generations, or by parent x offspring matings carried out with certain restrictions. All animals within an inbred strain trace back to a common ancestor in the twentieth generation. Inbred Mouse Strains,Inbred Strain of Mice,Inbred Strain of Mouse,Inbred Strains of Mice,Mouse, Inbred Strain,Inbred Mouse Strain,Mouse Inbred Strain,Mouse Inbred Strains,Mouse Strain, Inbred,Mouse Strains, Inbred,Strain, Inbred Mouse,Strains, Inbred Mouse
D002227 Carbazoles Benzo-indoles similar to CARBOLINES which are pyrido-indoles. In plants, carbazoles are derived from indole and form some of the INDOLE ALKALOIDS.
D002274 Carcinogens, Environmental Carcinogenic substances that are found in the environment. Environmental Carcinogens
D004247 DNA A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine). DNA, Double-Stranded,Deoxyribonucleic Acid,ds-DNA,DNA, Double Stranded,Double-Stranded DNA,ds DNA
D005260 Female Females
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D015073 2-Acetylaminofluorene A hepatic carcinogen whose mechanism of activation involves N-hydroxylation to the aryl hydroxamic acid followed by enzymatic sulfonation to sulfoxyfluorenylacetamide. It is used to study the carcinogenicity and mutagenicity of aromatic amines. 2-Acetamidofluorene,Fluoren-2-ylacetamide,2-AAF,2-Fluorenylacetamide,AAF, Aminofluorene,Acetylaminofluorene,N-2-Fluorenylacetamide,N-Acetyl-2-Aminofluorene,2 Acetamidofluorene,2 Acetylaminofluorene,2 Fluorenylacetamide,Aminofluorene AAF,Fluoren 2 ylacetamide,N 2 Fluorenylacetamide,N Acetyl 2 Aminofluorene
D051379 Mice The common name for the genus Mus. Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus

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