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Increased frequency of K-ras mutations in lung neoplasms from female B6C3F1 mice exposed to ozone for 24 or 30 months

R.C. Sills 2, H.L. Hong, A. Greenwell 1, R.A. Herbert, G.A. Boornian and T.R. Devereux 1

Environmental Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences PO Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
1Environmental Carcinogenesis Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences PO Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA

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The National Toxicology Program recently completed long-term ozone inhalation studies in B6C3F1 mice and F344/N rats. Mice and rats were exposed to 0, 0.5 or 1.0 p.p.m. ozone by inhalation for 24 or 30 months. There was an increased incidence of lung neoplasms in B6C3F1 mice. However, there was no evidence of carcinogenicity in F344/N rats. The objectives of this study were to (i) evaluate benign and malignant lung neoplasms from B6C3F1 mice for mutations in the K-ras gene at codons 12, 13 and 61, (ii) determine if the frequency and spectra of K-ras mutations were unique for ozone-induced lung neoplasms, (iii) determine if specific K-ras mutations were associated with the size and morphological patterns of lung neoplasms or ozone exposure concentrations and (iv) screen lung neoplasms by immunohistochemical methods for the p53 protein. K-ras mutations were detected by single-strand conformation analysis and identified by direct sequencing of polymerase chain reaction-amplified DNA isolated from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded neoplasms. K-ras mutations were detected in 73% of ozone-induced neoplasms, as compared with 33% of lung neoplasms from controls. The predominant mutations consisted of A{uparrow}T transversions at codon 61 (8/19) and G{uparrow}T transversions at codon 12 (7/19). Specific K-ras mutations in lung neoplasms were not associated with various morphological patterns. Our data suggests that ozone may cause direct and/or indirect DNA damage in the K-ras proto-oncogene of B6C3F1 mice.


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