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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-11-17
pubmed:abstractText
Oxymetholone has been identified as a suspected nongenotoxic carcinogen and has recently completed testing in a conventional National Toxicology Program (NTP) 2-yr rodent bioassay program. As a synthetic androgen with a limited historical database in toxicology, oxymetholone is an ideal candidate for prospective examination of the performance of short-term transgenic mouse models in the detection of carcinogenic activity. In the present series of 3 articles, studies are described where oxymetholone was evaluated prior to disclosure of the results of the NTP 2-yr bioassay. The accompanying articles provide evidence showing that oxymetholone is devoid of mutagenic activity yet elicits a positive carcinogenic response in the Tg.AC transgenic mouse model. In the present study, oxymetholone was administered by oral gavage to p53 heterozygous male and female mice for 26 wk at doses of 125, 625, and 1,250 mg/kg/day. The vehicle was 0.5% aqueous methylcellulose. Positive controls consisted of mice treated daily by oral gavage with 200 or 400 mg/kg/day of p-cresidine in corn oil. The oxymetholone-treated females showed significantly increased body weight gain and clitoral enlargement attributable to drug treatment. In addition, significant alterations in kidney, liver, and testis weights were attributable to oxymetholone. However, there were no neoplastic lesions that were attributable to oxymetholone in either sex. p-Cresidine produced unequivocal bladder neoplasms in both sexes at the high dose and in males at the lower dose. The absence of a neoplastic response with oxymetholone is consistent with the selectivity of the p53-/- mouse model for detecting carcinogens that act by genotoxic mechanisms.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0192-6233
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
513-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-7-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10528630-Anabolic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:10528630-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10528630-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:10528630-Carcinogenicity Tests, pubmed-meshheading:10528630-Carcinogens, pubmed-meshheading:10528630-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:10528630-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:10528630-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10528630-Genes, p53, pubmed-meshheading:10528630-Heterozygote, pubmed-meshheading:10528630-Kidney, pubmed-meshheading:10528630-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:10528630-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10528630-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10528630-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:10528630-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:10528630-Neoplasms, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:10528630-Organ Size, pubmed-meshheading:10528630-Oxymetholone, pubmed-meshheading:10528630-Papilloma, pubmed-meshheading:10528630-Precancerous Conditions, pubmed-meshheading:10528630-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:10528630-Testis
pubmed:articleTitle
Oxymetholone: III. Evaluation in the p53+/- transgenic mouse model.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Toxicology and Safety Assessment, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877, USA. rstoll@rdg.boehringer-ingelheim.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comment