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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-7-2
pubmed:abstractText
Aberrant crypt foci (ACF) are assumed to be preneoplastic lesions in both rodent and human carcinogenesis. The colon carcinogen 3,2'-dimethyl-4-aminobiphenyl (DMAB), like other arylamines, undergoes N-acetylation and O-acetylation by polymorphic acetyltransferase (NAT2). In the present study we characterized ACF in hamster colon for the first time and compared the ability of DMAB to induce ACF in homozygous rapid and slow acetylator congenic Syrian hamsters (Bio 1.5/H-NAT2r and Bio 1.5/H-NAT2s, respectively), differing only at the NAT2 gene locus and other closely linked loci. The animals received DMAB (75 mg/kg body weight s.c.) or vehicle (PBS/DMSO 1:1) as a control, twice weekly for 2 weeks, then once a week for 4 weeks. Ten weeks after the first injection ACF were observed in the DMAB treated hamsters, but not in the controls. However, the number of ACF was three times higher (P=0.016) in the colons of the NAT2r hamsters compared with the colons of the NAT2s hamsters. In the two congenic hamster lines we also studied the induction of ACF with 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH) treatment, a colon carcinogen not metabolized by NAT2. Hamsters given DMH (25 mg/kg body weight s.c.), once a week for 3 weeks, showed ACF induction in the colon after 10 weeks, but there was no difference between the NAT2r and NAT2s hamsters. Further scanning electron microscopic and histological examination of ACF observed with the light microscope, revealed the same gross morphology and therefore confirmed the basis for the scoring of ACF. The ACF in hamster colons were principle similar to the lesions observed in other species.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0143-3334
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
459-65
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of acetylator genotype on 3,2'-dimethyl-4-aminobiphenyl induced aberrant crypt foci in the colon of hamsters.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Environmental Medicine, National Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't