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Histologic alterations produced by chrysarobin (1,8-dihydroxy-3-methyl-9-anthrone) in SENCAR mouse skin: relationship to skin tumor promoting activity.

Abstract
Histologic changes induced in SENCAR skin following a single treatment with chrysarobin (1,8-dihydroxy-3-methyl-9-anthrone) exhibited differences in time course from that observed with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). Although not significantly different, maximum elevations in epidermal thickness, total number of nucleated epidermal cells, and dark basal keratinocytes (DCs) induced by 220 nmol chrysarobin occurred at 96 h after treatment, while those induced by 3.4 nmol TPA occurred at 48 h. Both compounds elicited comparable inflammatory responses. Twice-weekly applications of chrysarobin for 2.5 weeks induced a moderate hyperplasia, increase in total nucleated epidermal cells, and increased DCs at 48 and 96 h after the last treatment, with a higher value for these parameters occurring at 48 h. Interestingly, the magnitude of these changes was similar to that observed after a single application. In contrast, twice-weekly applications of TPA induced a dramatic, potentiated induction of epidermal hyperplasia and DCs. Once-weekly applications of chrysarobin led to a potentiated induction of both hyperplasia and DCs compared to the twice-weekly treatment regimen and also more effectively promoted epidermal papillomas in previously initiated SENCAR mice. Skin sections from mice treated with chrysarobin displayed overt signs of epidermal toxicity including altered basal cell morphology and a decreased number of basal cells per 125 micron of basement membrane. Hyperplasia induced by multiple but not single treatments with chrysarobin and TPA correlated quantitatively with their papilloma promoting activity. In addition, the data suggest that epidermal toxicity may play a role in tumor promotion by anthrones.
AuthorsF H Kruszewski, M Naito, Y Naito, J DiGiovanni
JournalThe Journal of investigative dermatology (J Invest Dermatol) Vol. 92 Issue 1 Pg. 64-71 (Jan 1989) ISSN: 0022-202X [Print] United States
PMID2462598 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Anthracenes
  • Carcinogens
  • chrysarobin
  • Keratins
  • Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate
Topics
  • Administration, Cutaneous
  • Animals
  • Anthracenes (toxicity)
  • Carcinogens (toxicity)
  • Female
  • Hyperplasia (chemically induced, pathology)
  • Keratins
  • Mice
  • Skin (drug effects, pathology)
  • Skin Neoplasms (chemically induced, pathology)
  • Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate (toxicity)
  • Time Factors

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