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Effect of arginine on the carcinogenicity of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]-anthracene and N-methyl-N-nitrosourea. 1984

R A Burns, and J A Milner

The effects of supplementing a 14% casein diet with 5% L-arginine on rat mammary tumors induced by 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) and N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) were investigated. Dietary arginine supplementation had no significant effect on food intake or growth. In rats treated with either DMBA or MNU, tumor incidence was not significantly affected, but the number of new tumors appearing each week and the cumulative tumor weight per rat were significantly decreased in rats fed 5% arginine diets. In vitro experiments indicated that arginine had no effect on the enzymatic conversion of DMBA to electrophilic DNA-binding metabolites. The decreased tumorigenicity of both MNU and DMBA in rats given supplemental arginine suggests that this amino acid has an inhibitory effect on stage(s) of chemical carcinogenesis other than bioactivation of procarcinogens.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008325 Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental Experimentally induced mammary neoplasms in animals to provide a model for studying human BREAST NEOPLASMS. Experimental Mammary Neoplasms,Neoplasms, Experimental Mammary,Experimental Mammary Neoplasm,Mammary Neoplasm, Experimental,Neoplasm, Experimental Mammary
D008770 Methylnitrosourea A nitrosourea compound with alkylating, carcinogenic, and mutagenic properties. Nitrosomethylurea,N-Methyl-N-nitrosourea,NSC-23909,N Methyl N nitrosourea,NSC 23909,NSC23909
D009607 Nitrosourea Compounds A class of compounds in which the core molecule is R-NO, where R is UREA. Compounds, Nitrosourea
D011919 Rats, 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. This also includes animals with a long history of closed colony breeding. August Rats,Inbred Rat Strains,Inbred Strain of Rat,Inbred Strain of Rats,Inbred Strains of Rats,Rat, Inbred Strain,August Rat,Inbred Rat Strain,Inbred Strain Rat,Inbred Strain Rats,Inbred Strains Rat,Inbred Strains Rats,Rat Inbred Strain,Rat Inbred Strains,Rat Strain, Inbred,Rat Strains, Inbred,Rat, August,Rat, Inbred Strains,Rats Inbred Strain,Rats Inbred Strains,Rats, August,Rats, Inbred Strain,Strain Rat, Inbred,Strain Rats, Inbred,Strain, Inbred Rat,Strains, Inbred Rat
D004032 Diet Regular course of eating and drinking adopted by a person or animal. Diets
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
D001120 Arginine An essential amino acid that is physiologically active in the L-form. Arginine Hydrochloride,Arginine, L-Isomer,DL-Arginine Acetate, Monohydrate,L-Arginine,Arginine, L Isomer,DL Arginine Acetate, Monohydrate,Hydrochloride, Arginine,L Arginine,L-Isomer Arginine,Monohydrate DL-Arginine Acetate
D015127 9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon found in tobacco smoke that is a potent carcinogen. 7,12-Dimethylbenzanthracene,7,12-Dimethylbenz(a)anthracene,7,12 Dimethylbenzanthracene

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