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Transgeneration transmission of the carcinogenic action of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) was studied in two generations of mice using transplacental DMBA initiation followed by postnatal skin tumor promotion with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) in the first generation (F0) and only promotion in the second generation (F1). Local application of TPA resulted in increased skin tumor yield in both the in utero DMBA-exposed mice and their progeny (P = 0.0002 and P = 0.0941 respectively compared to control). Similarly, lung tumor incidence was increased in the two generations of mice (P less than 0.0001 and P = 0.0080 respectively). The results suggest transgeneration transfer of the effect of DMBA. A to T mutation at the second base of codon 61 of the Ha-ras oncogene was found in skin tumors of DMBA-exposed mice, but not in tumors induced by TPA without initiation. Analysis of Ki-ras codon 61 in seven lung tumors from DMBA-treated mice revealed three types of mutation: two cases with CA[C or G or T], one case with CCA and one case with CTA (the remaining cases having only the wild type). Six of these mice also had skin tumors, which contained A to T mutation at the second base of codon 61 of the Ha-ras gene in five cases. Thus mutations of different ras genes were found in skin and lung tumors from the same animals. In the progeny (F1) of DMBA-exposed F0 mice, only skin tumor samples were available for oncogene analysis and none contained the Ha-ras mutation. The results confirm our previous finding that initiation of skin and lung tumorigenesis can be transmitted transgenerationally. On the other hand, our data from a limited number of skin tumors suggests that ras gene mutation may not be critically involved in this transmission.
Carcinogenesis 1992 Jan
PMID:Transplacental and transgeneration carcinogenic effect of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene: relationship with ras oncogene activation. 173 68

We have been studying a rat model of colon cancer in which tumors are induced by direct application of N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) to discrete areas of the colonic mucosa for a limited period of time. Activation of the ras genes by point mutation has been observed in many experimental tumors, including tumors induced by MNU. To detect potential activating point mutations in the H-ras and K-ras oncogenes in MNU-induced rat colon tumors, DNA samples from 40 adenomas, nine carcinomas, and 14 histologically normal tissue samples from 14 rats--as well as from 16 foci induced on NIH3T3 cells by tumor DNAs--were amplified by the polymerase chain reaction and hybridized with allele-specific oligonucleotide probes. No H-ras point mutations were observed in any of these samples. We did detect K-ras point mutations, however, in four primary tumours--one adenoma (2.5%) and three carcinomas (33%); these mutations were all G----A transitions at the second nucleotide of codons 12 and 13. The absence of detectable ras mutations from the majority of tumors suggests that, in contrast to other animal models utilizing MNU, tumorigenesis in MNU-induced rat colon tumors may predominantly involve activation of genes other than ras.
Carcinogenesis 1992 Jan
PMID:K-ras oncogene mutations in rat colon tumors induced by N-methyl-N-nitrosourea. 173 72

Topical application of benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) at dose rates of 32 or 64 micrograms/week to the dorsal skin of female Swiss (ICR) mice resulted in a marked and rapid increase in concentration of RNA for transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) in epidermis. Two RNA species 1.9 and 2.5 kb, detected by a mouse TGF-beta 1 cDNA probe, were coordinately expressed. The concentration of these species appeared to be maximal 6-12 h after application, and returned to control levels after 48 h. A second, less intense maximum was observed 72-96 h after treatment. Similar effects were observed in CD-1 and HRS (both hr/hr and hr/+) mice, which are also sensitive to B[a[] tumorigenesis. In comparison with 32 and 64 micrograms/week a dose rate of 16 micrograms/week was essentially without activity in increasing TGF-beta 1 RNA concentration. All three dose rates induced an increase in epidermal RNA for ornithine decarboxylase, however, and with kinetics similar to those observed with the potent tumor-promoting phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate. The results obtained support other findings made in this laboratory, that at high dose rates above 16 micrograms tumorigenesis by B[a]P involves a strong tumor-promoting component. The latter further appears to be mediated by increased TGF-beta 1 expression.
Carcinogenesis 1992 Jan
PMID:Stimulation of TGF-beta 1 mRNA concentration in mouse skin treated with benzo[a]pyrene. 173 76

UV irradiation can act as a tumor initiator in mouse skin, yet repetitive UV irradiation can systemically prevent chemically induced two-stage skin tumorigenesis. The present study addressed the question of whether repetitive dorsal UV irradiation would enhance or inhibit subsequent initiation and promotion applied dorsally. Approximately 4.25 x 10(5) J/m2 was applied intermittently to 30 shaved CDF1 mice over an 8 week period. Mice were then initiated dorsally with 100 micrograms of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene and subsequently promoted with 7.5 micrograms 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) applied twice weekly for 19 weeks. Initiated and promoted mice that had been treated repetitively with 1.06 x 10(4) J/m2 showed a decrease in tumor incidence from 92 to 28%, and a reduction in tumor yield per mouse from 5.35 to 0.58, at 19 weeks after the first TPA treatment. Histological analysis revealed that the UVB radiation treatments used in these experiments did not produce permanent loss of epidermal cells or sebaceous gland atrophy. When the same dose of UVB irradiation was applied after initiation and promotion, no increased conversion of papillomas to carcinomas was found, within a 48 weeks experimental duration. Thus, repetitive UV irradiation prevented rather than enhanced subsequent two-stage tumorigenesis. Repetitive UVB irradiation at late stages of promotion failed to enhance conversion of papillomas to carcinomas within the time frame in which chemical initiators mediate conversion to malignancy.
Carcinogenesis 1992 Jan
PMID:Prevalence of tumor prevention rather than tumor enhancement when repetitive UV radiation treatments precede initiation and promotion. 173 77

Zeranol (alpha-zearalanol) is a beta-resorcylic acid lactone (RAL) that has estrogen activity. It is synthesized by molds and is difficult to avoid in human food products. We tested the ability of this mycoestrogen to damage the liver of the Armenian hamster, a rodent that is especially sensitive to hepatotoxic effects of exogenous estrogens. Zeranol induced acute hepatotoxicity and, subsequently, hepatic carcinogenesis; both effects were blocked by tamoxifen, suggesting estrogen receptor mediation. Because zeranol is acting alone as a primary initiator of hepatic neoplasms, this model provides an unusual opportunity to study the pathogenesis of estrogen-initiated tumorigenesis.
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PMID:Tamoxifen prevents induction of hepatic neoplasia by zeranol, an estrogenic food contaminant. 173 91

Induction of transforming growth factor alpha (TGF alpha) in human cell lines by 254 nm ultraviolet radiation (UVC) suggests that TGF alpha may have an autocrine role in UV-induced tumorigenesis. Binding of TGF alpha to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is an important initial step in transducing the signal for cell division. Experiments reported herein were designed to determine whether, in addition to inducing TGF alpha, UVC might also induce changes in the levels of EGFR on HeLa S3 cells [125I]EGF binding to HeLa S3 cells was inhibited 8 h after exposure to 7 J/m2 UVC radiation followed by increased [125I]EGF binding 16-32 h after irradiation. Scatchard analysis of EGF binding at 28 h indicated that irradiated cells had 60% more receptors with no differences in apparent binding affinities (56,300 +/- 5494 receptors versus 34,900 +/- 1899 receptors in sham-irradiated cells). Cell cycle analysis at 8 h post-UVC indicated that cells had slowed traverse of S-phase, but by 24 and 48 h, times at which increases in [125I]EGF were evident, cell cycle distributions were essentially back to normal. These results indicate that UVC modulates EGFR numbers in HeLa S3 cells and suggest that solar radiation may modulate EGFR numbers in keratinocytes or other cells in the skin. The presence of UV-induced growth factors such as TGF alpha and increased levels of EGFR may result in sustained cell proliferation by autocrine or paracrine mechanisms. These populations of cycling cells would then be at risk for subsequent mutational events that result in transformation to a tumorigenic state.
Carcinogenesis 1992 Feb
PMID:UVC modulation of epidermal growth factor receptor number in HeLa S3 cells. 174 7

The N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (NMU) model of hormone-responsive rat mammary carcinogenesis was used to address the hypothesis that melatonin (Mel), the principle hormone of the pineal gland, inhibits tumorigenesis by acting as an anti-promoting rather than an anti-initiating agent. Daily late-afternoon injections of Mel (500 micrograms/day), restricted to the initiation phase of NMU mammary tumorigenesis, were ineffective in altering tumor growth over a 20-week period. When Mel treatment was delayed for 4 weeks after NMU and then continued through the remainder of the promotion phase, only tumor number was significantly lower than in controls. However, when Mel injections encompassed the entire promotion phase, both tumor incidence and number were significantly lower than in the controls. Although elimination of the endogenous Mel signal via pinealectomy promoted tumor growth, the effect was not statistically significant. Serum levels of estradiol and tumor estrogen receptor content were unaltered by either Mel or pinealectomy. While Mel treatment failed to affect circulating prolactin levels, pinealectomy caused a two-fold increase in serum prolactin. The estradiol-stimulated recrudescence of tumors following ovariectomy was completely blocked by either 20, 100 or 500 micrograms Mel/day or tamoxifen (20 micrograms/day). Thus, Mel appears to be an anti-promoting hormone that may antagonize the tumor-promoting actions of estradiol in this model of mammary tumorigenesis.
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PMID:Pineal melatonin inhibition of tumor promotion in the N-nitroso-N-methylurea model of mammary carcinogenesis: potential involvement of antiestrogenic mechanisms in vivo. 174 57

Tumors derived from a Li-Fraumeni syndrome cancer-susceptible family were examined for expression of the retinoblastoma susceptibility gene (RB). Whereas RB expression was normal in a primary breast carcinoma and its metastases from one member of this family, overexpression of RB was found in an adrenocortical carcinoma from another family member. This was in contrast to normal RB expression in normal tissue of this patient, the adrenocortical adenocarcinoma cell line SW-13, and the fibroblast cell line MRC-5, and low level RB expression in normal adrenal tissue. The overexpression in the adrenocortical carcinoma resulted in increased synthesis of the RB-encoded protein and did not appear to be associated with RB amplification or rearrangement. This result is novel as it is usually the loss of expression or production of an altered RB transcript exhibiting deletions that is associated with carcinogenesis. In light of the recent discovery of p53 point mutations in the affected Li-Fraumeni syndrome family members tested, RB overexpression may constitute a secondary event in Li-Fraumeni syndrome tumorigenesis.
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PMID:Overexpression of the retinoblastoma gene in a familial adrenocortical carcinoma. 175 10

We describe a sensitive, rapid, and simple assay for mammalian O6-alkylguanine DNA alkyltransferase (O6-AGT) utilizing solid-phase DNA as the substrate and a monoclonal antibody (Mab)-based immuno-slotblot (ISB) for quantitation of O6-ethylguanine (O6-EtG). lambda-phage DNA was treated with N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea and immobilized on newly developed hydrophilic latex beads. After incubation with cell extracts to be assayed for O6-AGT activity, the substrate DNA could be isolated easily by a brief centrifugation through 50% glycerol. The amount of O6-EtG retained in the substrate DNA was determined by ISB using the anti-(O6-ethyl-2'-deoxyguanosine) Mab ER-6. As little as 2 fmol of O6-AGT per reaction tube can be reproducibly measured by this procedure, which is suitable for handling large numbers of samples within a short time (e.g., 80 samples within 2 days). In normal and malignant cells, respectively, O6-AGT activity protects against O6-alkylguanine-mediated mutagenesis and oncogenesis following exposure to N-nitroso carcinogens or confers resistance against cytocidal anti-cancer drugs such as chloroethylnitrosoureas and related compounds. The analysis of cellular O6-AGT activity by a highly sensitive, routinely applicable method is, therefore, of particular interest in studies related to carcinogenesis, molecular epidemiology, and clinical oncology.
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PMID:Monoclonal antibody-mediated solid-phase assay for mammalian O6-alkylguanine DNA alkyltransferase activity. 177 91

A model for carcinogenesis that postulates two rate-limiting events for malignant transformation is a generalization of the recessive oncogenesis hypothesis, according to which inactivation of homologous tumor suppressor genes leads to cancer. This model has been shown to be consistent with a large body of epidemiologic and experimental data and has recently been used for the analysis of altered hepatic foci in rodents. These foci are considered to be premalignant lesions. In this paper the necessary mathematics for the joint analysis of premalignant and malignant lesions are developed within the framework of this model.
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PMID:Two-mutation model for carcinogenesis: joint analysis of premalignant and malignant lesions. 180 58


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