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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-8-9
pubmed:abstractText
The effects of hydrocortisone on the in vivo acetylation of 2-aminofluorene (AF) and AF-DNA adducts in Sprague-Dawley rats were investigated. Pretreatment with hydrocortisone (50 mg/kg) 48 hours prior to the administration of AF (50 mg/kg) resulted in a 61% and 30% increase, respectively, in the urinary and fecal recovery of N-acetyl-2-aminofluorene (AAF) and a 36% increase in the metabolic clearance of AF to AAF. Hydrocortisone did not affect Michael's-Menten parameters for N-acetyltransferase (NAT) activity in blood, liver, lung and bladder. Similarly, the apparent value of Km for AF in the examined tissues was not affected by hydrocortisone. However, the apparent value of Vmax for liver NAT activity was significantly increased after hydrocortisone pretreatment. Following exposure of rats to AF with and without pretreatment with hydrocortisone, DNA-AF adducts were examined in the target tissue of liver and bladder and also in non-target tissue of lung and circulating leukocytes. The DNA-AF adducts in liver, bladder, lung and leukocytes were increased by pretreatment with hydrocortisone.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0250-7005
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1641-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Hydrocortisone affects the N-acetylation of 2-aminofluorene and DNA-2-aminofluorene adduct formation in Sprague-Dawley rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, China Medical College and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China. jgChung@mail.cmc.edu.tw
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't