Induction of malignant transformation in vitro and mammary tumors in rats by two new potent anthracycline antitumor antibiotics, morpholinodaunomycin and cyanomorpholinoadriamycin.

Abstract

The two new potent anthracycline antitumor antibiotics, morpholinodaunomycin and cyanomorpholinoadriamycin, are non-mutagenic or weakly mutagenic in Salmonella typhimurium or V79 Chinese hamster cells, but highly active inducing DNA repair in in cultured rat hepatocytes. Both agents were found to induce malignant transformation in vitro of C3H M2 mouse fibroblasts and mammary tumors in female Sprague-Dawley rats. The data indicate a) that these new anthracyclines, too, are highly oncogenic and b) in conjunction with previously published results, that the predictive value of in vitro short-term tests for in vivo carcinogenicity is dependent on the employment of a battery of such tests.

• Authors: J Westendorf, U Mohr, H Marquardt
• Journal: Cell biology and toxicology (Cell Biol Toxicol) Vol. 3 Issue 1 Pg. 17-21 (Mar 1987) ISSN: 0742-2091 [Print] Netherlands
• PMID: 3507246 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
• 3'-(4-morpholinyl)-3'-deaminodaunorubicin
• Doxorubicin
• 3'-deamino-3'-(3-cyano-4-morpholinyl)doxorubicin
• Daunorubicin

Topics

• Animals
• Antibiotics, Antineoplastic (toxicity)
• Carcinogenicity Tests
• Cell Transformation, Neoplastic (chemically induced)
• Cells, Cultured
• Cricetinae
• Cricetulus
• Daunorubicin (analogs & derivatives, toxicity)
• Doxorubicin (analogs & derivatives, toxicity)
• Female
• In Vitro Techniques
• Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental (chemically induced)
• Rats
• Rats, Inbred Strains