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Early formation of DNA adducts compared with tumor formation in a long-term tumor study in rats after administration of 2-nitrofluorene
Karolinska Institute, Department of Biosciences, Center for Nutrition and Toxicology NOVUM, S-141 57 Huddinge
1Karolinska Institute, Department of Pathology, Huddinge University Hospital S-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden
2To whom correspondence should be addressed
2-Nitrofluorene (NF) is a model compound for nitroarenes which has been identified in diesel exhaust and in urban air. The current study was carried out to observe the carcinogenicity of different doses of NF to rats and DNA adduct formation in different organs at an early stage of NF administration. One group of rats was fed basal diet as a control, whereas the other three groups of rats were fed basal diet supplemented with different amounts of NF (0.24, 0.95 and 2.37 mmol NF/kg diet, referred to as low, medium and high dose, respectively). The rats were exposed to NF continuously for 11 months, after which all groups of rats were fed basal diet without NF for another 13 months. In the high dose group hepatocellular carcinomas were found in all rats (20/20), forestomach squamous carcinomas in 11 and cortical kidney carcinomas in 10 rats. Fifteen out of 19 rats fed the medium dose of NF had hepatocellular carcinomas, 16 had forestomach squamous carcinomas and 15 had cortical kidney carcinomas. The major tumors of the rats fed the low dose of NF were forestomach squamous carcinomas (10/18). DNA adducts formed in tumor target organs after 1, 2, 6 and 10 days NF administration were dose- and time-dependent. Ten days after the start of NF administration DNA adduct levels were found to be 54, 11 and 6 DNA adducts/108 normal nucleotides in forestomach, liver and kidney respectively. In the non-tumor target organs levels in the range 1.7–4.8 DNA adducts/108 normal nucleotides were found. DNA adduct formation in this study showed a good correlation with the localization of tumors, although there is a need for additional factors for tumor formation. The results indicate that DNA adduct formation is an important factor for tumor formation and suggest that DNA adducts could be used as biomarkers for genotoxic risk.
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