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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-31
pubmed:abstractText
Chloro-S-triazine herbicides [cyanazine (CZ), atrazine (AZ), simazine (SZ)] increase mammary tumors in Crl:CD BR rats but not in F-344 rats or in mice. A nongenotoxic mechanism was investigated since the chloro-S-triazines are negative in short-term tests for genotoxicity. An in vivo battery was used to assess the chloro-S-triazines for estrogenic activity or for their ability to increase prolactin (PRL) levels, both of which play important roles in enhancing mammary gland tumorigenesis in rodents. Ovariectomized (OVX) female rats were treated with AZ, CZ, SZ, or three CZ metabolites for 4 days via intraperitoneal injection. The pattern of responses between the chloro-S-triazines and four controls (estradiol, estriol, haloperidol, reserpine) was compared. For the 6 end-points examined, the responses from rats treated with AZ, CZ, SZ, and the metabolites of CZ most closely matched the responses from the reserpine-treated rats (a PRL rather than estrogenic mechanism). In addition, AZ, CZ, and SZ were tested in several other in vitro models (estrogen/biogenic amine receptor competition assays and a yeast-expressed human estrogen receptor transcription assay) as well as an in vivo 24 h time-course experiment to characterize the CZ-induced increases in PRL levels. AZ, CZ, and SZ are not estrogen receptor (ER) activating compounds based on yeast transactivation and receptor competition data. CZ and AZ demonstrated marginal competition (at mM levels) to the D and alpha2 adrenergic receptors. Ligands to the D2 receptor, but not the alpha2 adrenergic receptor, are known to induce mammary tumors. CZ was also found to produce elevated PRL levels in a time-course similar to that seen with reserpine and haloperidol. Overall, the pattern of responses obtained with the chloro-S-triazines most closely matched the responses observed for reserpine. Taken together, these data suggest chloro-S-triazine-induced mammary tumors in rats are mediated through a PRL mechanism, which is thought to be of low relevance to humans.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Atrazine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dopamine Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Estradiol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Estriol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Haloperidol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Herbicides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Prolactin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Estrogen, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Reserpine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Simazine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Triazines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/cyanazine
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0148-0545
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
575-601
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Atrazine, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Biological Assay, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Dopamine Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Estradiol, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Estriol, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Haloperidol, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Herbicides, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Ovariectomy, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Prolactin, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Random Allocation, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Receptors, Estrogen, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Reserpine, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Simazine, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Transcriptional Activation, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Triazines, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Uterus, pubmed-meshheading:11071396-Yeasts
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Role of prolactin in chloro-S-triazine rat mammary tumorigenesis.
pubmed:affiliation
DuPont Haskell Laboratory for Toxicology and Industrial Medicine, Newark, DE 19714, USA. john.c.oconnor@usa.dupont.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article