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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-12-18
pubmed:abstractText
A dose-response study of the carcinogenicity of nitrosoheptamethyleneimine (N-HEP) in inbred F344 male and female rats was performed by administration of the nitrosamine at several concentrations in drinking water to groups of 20 rats. The concentrations differed by a factor of nearly 2.5 and ranged from 1.0 to 100 mg/liter. The duration of treatment was 13, 25, 50, or 100 weeks, after which the animals were allowed to die naturally of tumors induced. In most treated groups the incidence of tumors of the upper gastrointestinal tract approached 100%. However, at the higher doses there was an inverse relationship between total dose and survival time of the rats. Matched treatment of groups of rat with N-HEP labeled with deuterium in the alpha positions resulted in longer survival. The slower action of the deuterium-labeled compound, as measured by a lower rate of death from tumors, suggests that cleavage of a carbon-hydrogen bond at an alpha position is a rate-limiting step in carcinogenesis by N-HEP in rats.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0027-8874
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1127-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Dose-response studies with nitrosoheptamethyleneimine and its alpha-deuterium-labeled derivative in F344 rats.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.