Rat liver foci and in vitro assays to detect initiating and promoting effects of chlorinated ethanes and ethylenes

Milman, HA; Story, DL; Riccio, ES; Sivak, A; Tu, AS; Williams, GM; Tong, C; Tyson, CA

HERO ID

200479

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

1988

Language

English

PMID

3389679

HERO ID 200479
In Press No
Year 1988
Title Rat liver foci and in vitro assays to detect initiating and promoting effects of chlorinated ethanes and ethylenes
Authors Milman, HA; Story, DL; Riccio, ES; Sivak, A; Tu, AS; Williams, GM; Tong, C; Tyson, CA
Journal Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Volume 534
Page Numbers 521-530
Abstract Nine chlorinated aliphatics (CAs) were examined in a rat liver foci assay for tumor initiating and promoting activities. In this model, young adult male Osborne Mendel rats were first subjected to a partial hepatectomy, the test chemical was then administered at the maximum tolerated dose in the initiation or promotion phase in conjunction with diethylnitrosamine (DEN; 30 mg/kg b.w.) or phenobarbital (PB; 0.05 percent, w/w, in the diet), and gamma glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT) was used as a putative preneoplastic indicator. When administered in the promotion protocol after initiation with DEN, 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,1,2-trichloroethane (1,1,2-TCE), 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane (1,1,2,2-TTCE), tetrachloroethylene (TTCY), and hexachloroethane induced significant increases in GGT+-foci above control levels. 1,1,2,2-TTCE, TTCY, and 1,1,2-TCE also induced significant increases in GGT+-foci when administered in the promotion protocol without DEN initiation. Two variants of GGT+-foci were observed: the classical type associated with PB promotion, and the other, which was more diffuse, less intensely stained, resembling foci undergoing redifferentiation and associated with CAs. A number of CAs were also genotoxic in short-term in vitro tests. Taken together, the studies suggest that CAs may be complete carcinogens in vivo with weak initiating activity and stronger promoting activity
Doi 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1988.tb30143.x
Pmid 3389679
Wosid WOS:A1988Q080100049
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Language Text English
Keyword Adult; analogs & derivatives; Animals; Body Weight; Carcinogens; Cell Transformation,Neoplastic; Diet; Diethylnitrosamine; drug effects; Ethane; Ethylene Dichlorides; Ethylenes; Hepatectomy; Hydrocarbons; Hydrocarbons,Chlorinated; In Vitro; Liver; Male; Mice; Mutagenicity Tests; Organ Size; Pesticides; Phenobarbital; Rats; Research Support,U.S.Gov't,Non-P.H.S.; Tetrachloroethylene; toxicity; Trichloroethanes
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