Chemical carcinogenesis in the rat: common mode of action of carcinogens at the chromosome level.

Abstract

The chromosomal distribution of chromosome aberrations (CA) and sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) induced by various chemical carcinogens such as 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene, 7,8,12-trimethylbenz[a]anthracene, 1-butyl-1-nitrosourea, urethan, 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide, 2-(2-furyl)-3-(5-nitro-2-furyl)acrylamide, and the antineoplastic compound mitomycin C was studied with the use of noninbred Long-Evans male rat bone marrow cells in vivo and in vitro. The CA and SCE induced by these structurally different chemicals were distributed in a similar pattern among and along chromosomes when the chemicals were given a short time (6 hr) before the metaphase cells were harvested. The specific distribution pattern of chemically induced CA and SCE along chromosomes was attributed to the late DNA replication of the vulnerable chromosome regions. Conversely, X-ray-induced CA were distributed more randomly. Thus the different chemical carcinogens were shown to exert a similar genetic effect at the chromosome level.

• Authors: T Sugiyama, N Ueda, S Maeda, N Shiraishi, K Goto-Mimura, S Murao, S C Chattopadhyay
• Journal: Journal of the National Cancer Institute (J Natl Cancer Inst) Vol. 67 Issue 4 Pg. 831-9 (Oct 1981) ISSN: 0027-8874 [Print] United States
• PMID: 6944551 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Carcinogens

Topics

• Animals
• Bone Marrow (drug effects)
• Carcinogens (pharmacology)
• Chromosome Aberrations
• Chromosome Mapping
• Chromosomes (drug effects)
• Crossing Over, Genetic (drug effects)
• DNA Replication (drug effects)
• Male
• Rats
• Sister Chromatid Exchange (drug effects)
• Time Factors