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da Silva Junior FC, Felipe MBMC, Castro DEFD, Araújo SCDS, Sisenando HCN, Batistuzzo de Medeiros SR. A look beyond the priority: A systematic review of the genotoxic, mutagenic, and carcinogenic endpoints of non-priority PAHs. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2021; 278:116838. [PMID: 33714059 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Revised: 02/06/2021] [Accepted: 02/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Knowledge of the toxic potential of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has increased over time. Much of this knowledge is about the 16 United States - Environmental Protection Agency (US - EPA) priority PAHs; however, there are other US - EPA non-priority PAHs in the environment, whose toxic potential is underestimated. We conducted a systematic review of in vitro, in vivo, and in silico studies to assess the genotoxicity, mutagenicity, and carcinogenicity of 13 US - EPA non-priority parental PAHs present in the environment. Electronic databases, such as Science Direct, PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, and Web of Science, were used to search for research with selected terms without time restrictions. After analysis, following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) protocol, 249 articles, published between 1946 and 2020, were selected and the quality assessment of these studies was performed. The results showed that 5-methylchrysene (5-MC), 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (7,12-DMBA), cyclopenta[cd]pyrene (CPP), and dibenzo[al]pyrene (Db[al]P) were the most studied PAHs. Moreover, 5-MC, 7,12-DMBA, benz[j]aceanthrylene (B[j]A), CPP, anthanthrene (ANT), dibenzo[ae]pyrene (Db[ae]P), and Db[al]P have been reported to cause mutagenic effects and have been being associated with a risk of carcinogenicity. Retene (RET) and benzo[c]fluorene (B[c]F), the least studied compounds, showed evidence of a strong influence on the mutagenicity and carcinogenicity endpoints. Overall, this systematic review provided evidence of the genotoxic, mutagenic, and carcinogenic endpoints of US - EPA non-priority PAHs. However, further studies are needed to improve the future protocols of environmental analysis and risk assessment in severely exposed populations.
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- Francisco Carlos da Silva Junior
- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil; Graduate Program in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil; Graduate Program in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil; Graduate Program in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil; Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil; Graduate Program in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil.
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Arias S, Molina F, Agudelo JR. Palm oil biodiesel: An assessment of PAH emissions, oxidative potential and ecotoxicity of particulate matter. J Environ Sci (China) 2021; 101:326-338. [PMID: 33334527 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2020.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This work assessed the impact of fuelling an automotive engine with palm biodiesel (pure, and two blends of 10% and 20% with diesel, B100, B10 and B20, respectively) operating under representative urban driving conditions on 17 priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) compounds, oxidative potential of ascorbic acid (OPAA), and ecotoxicity through Daphnia pulex mortality test. PM diluted with filtered fresh air (WD) gathered in a minitunel, and particulate matter (PM) collected directly from the exhaust gas stream (W/oD) were used for comparison. Results showed that PM collecting method significantly impact PAH concentration. Although all PAH appeared in both, WD and W/oD, higher concentrations were obtained in the last case. Increasing biodiesel concentration in the fuel blend decreased all PAH compounds, and those with 3 and 5 aromatic rings were the most abundant. Palm biodiesel affected both OPAA and ecotoxicity. While B10 and B20 exhibited the same rate of ascorbic acid (AA) depletion, B100 showed significant faster oxidation rate during the first four minutes and oxidized 10% more AA at the end of the test. B100 and B20 were significantly more ecotoxic than B10. The lethal concentration LC50 for B10 was 6.13 mg/L. It was concluded that palm biodiesel decreased PAH compounds, but increased the oxidative potential and ecotoxicity.
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- Silvana Arias
- Grupo de Investigación en Gestión y Modelación Ambiental -GAIA, Escuela Ambiental, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Antioquia UdeA, Calle 70 No.52-21, Medellín, Colombia
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- Grupo de Investigación en Gestión y Modelación Ambiental -GAIA, Escuela Ambiental, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Antioquia UdeA, Calle 70 No.52-21, Medellín, Colombia
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Universidad de Antioquia UdeA.
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Chen KM, Sun YW, Cooper TK, Benitez G, Aliaga C, Zhu J, Gowda K, Amin S, El-Bayoumy K. Comparative Tumorigenicity and DNA Damage Induced by Dibenzo[ def,p]chrysene and Its Metabolites in the Mouse Ovary. Chem Res Toxicol 2018; 31:1111-1118. [PMID: 30260214 PMCID: PMC10627037 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.8b00152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Ovarian cancer ranked second in incidence among gynecologic cancers, but it causes more deaths than any other gynecologic cancer; at present there is no curative treatment beyond surgery. Animal models that employ carcinogens found in the human environment can provide a realistic platform to understand the mechanistic basis for disease development and to design rational chemopreventive/therapeutic strategies. We and others have shown that the administration of the environmental pollutant and tobacco smoke constituent dibenzo[ def,p]chrysene (DBP) to mice by several routes of exposure can induce tumors in multiple sites including the ovary. In the present study we compared, for the first time, the tumorigenicity and DNA damage induced by DBP and its metabolites DBP-dihydrodiol (DBPDHD) and DBP-dihydrodiol epoxide (DBPDE) in the mouse ovary. Compounds were dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as the vehicle and administered by topical application into the mouse oral cavity three times per week for 38 weeks. No tumors were observed in mice treated with DMSO. At equal dose (24 nmol/30 μL DMSO), the incidence of ovarian tumors induced by DBPDHD was higher (60.7%), although not significantly, than that induced by DBP (44.8%). Similarly the levels of DNA damage induced by DBPDHD in the ovary were higher than those observed with DBP. We did not observe any histological abnormality in the ovary of mice treated with DBPDE, which is consistent with lack of DNA damage. Our results suggested that both DBP and DBPDHD can be metabolized in the mouse ovary leading to the formation of DBPDE that can damage DNA, which is a prerequisite step in the initiation stage of carcinogenesis.
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- Kun-Ming Chen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, United States
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- Charles River Laboratories-Contractor Supporting: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland 21702, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, United States
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, United States
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El-Bayoumy K, Chen KM, Zhang SM, Sun YW, Amin S, Stoner G, Guttenplan JB. Carcinogenesis of the Oral Cavity: Environmental Causes and Potential Prevention by Black Raspberry. Chem Res Toxicol 2016; 30:126-144. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.6b00306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Department
of Pathology, Yale University, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, United States
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- Department
of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, United States
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- Department
of Basic Science, and Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University College of Dentistry and New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10010, United States
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Mourón SA, Grillo CA, Dulout FN, Golijow CD. Genotoxic Effects of Benzo[a]pyrene and Dibenzo[a,l]pyrene in a Human Lung Cell Line. Int J Toxicol 2016; 25:49-55. [PMID: 16510357 DOI: 10.1080/10915810500488411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Several studies have shown that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) produce genotoxic effects in assays performed in vivo and in vitro. This study was undertaken to investigate the ability of benzo[ a]pyrene (BP) and dibenzo[ a,l]pyrene (DBP) to induce DNA damage in a human lung fibroblast cell line (MRC-5), using sister-chromatid exchanges test (SCEs), the comet assay, and evaluating point mutations in codon 12 of the K- ras protooncogene by polymerase chain reaction–single-strand conformation polymorphisms (PCR-SSCPs) and restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP)-enriched PCR methods. Sister-chromatid exchanges frequencies were significantly increased in cells exposed to benzo[ a]pyrene and dibenzo[ a,l]pyrene in relation to controls ( p < .001). Using the standard alkaline comet assay, significant differences between groups were found for the variable comet moment (CM) when cells were exposed to BP ( p < .001) and DBP ( p < .001). Nevertheless, PCR-SSCP and RFLP-enriched PCR methods did not show any association between treatments with BP and DBP and K- ras point mutations. The data presented in this study indicated that BP and DBP induced both DNA strand breaks and sister-chromatid exchanges but not significant point mutations at codon 12 of K- ras gene in the MRC-5 cell line.
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- Silvana Andrea Mourón
- Centro de Investigaciones en Genética Básica y Aplicada (CIGEBA), Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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Gaskill SJ, Bruce ED. Binary Mixtures of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Display Nonadditive Mixture Interactions in an In Vitro Liver Cell Model. RISK ANALYSIS : AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SOCIETY FOR RISK ANALYSIS 2016; 36:968-991. [PMID: 26356323 DOI: 10.1111/risa.12475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been labeled contaminants of concern due to their carcinogenic potential, insufficient toxicological data, environmental ubiquity, and inconsistencies in the composition of environmental mixtures. The Environmental Protection Agency is reevaluating current methods for assessing the toxicity of PAHs, including the assumption of toxic additivity in mixtures. This study was aimed at testing mixture interactions through in vitro cell culture experimentation, and modeling the toxicity using quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR). Clone-9 rat liver cells were used to analyze cellular proliferation, viability, and genotoxicity of 15 PAHs in single doses and binary mixtures. Tests revealed that many mixtures have nonadditive toxicity, but display varying mixture effects depending on the mixture composition. Many mixtures displayed antagonism, similar to other published studies. QSARs were then developed using the genetic function approximation algorithm to predict toxic activity both in single PAH congeners and in binary mixtures. Effective concentrations inhibiting 50% of the cell populations were modeled, with R(2) = 0.90, 0.99, and 0.84, respectively. The QSAR mixture algorithms were then adjusted to account for the observed mixture interactions as well as the mixture composition (ratios) to assess the feasibility of QSARs for mixtures. Based on these results, toxic addition is improbable and therefore environmental PAH mixtures are likely to see nonadditive responses when complex interactions occur between components. Furthermore, QSAR may be a useful tool to help bridge these data gaps surrounding the assessment of human health risks that are associated with PAH exposures.
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- Stacey J Gaskill
- Department of Environmental Science, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97266, Waco, TX, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Institute of Biomedical Studies, The Institute of Ecological, Earth, and Environmental Science, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97266, Waco, TX, USA
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Sun YW, El-Bayoumy K, Aliaga C, Awad AS, Gowda K, Amin S, Chen KM. Tissue Distribution, Excretion and Pharmacokinetics of the Environmental Pollutant Dibenzo[def,p]chrysene in Mice. Chem Res Toxicol 2015; 28:1427-33. [PMID: 26034881 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.5b00097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Dibenzo[def,p]chrysene (DBP), a representative example of the class of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), is known to induce tumors in multiple organ sites including the ovary, lung, mammary glands, and oral cavity in rodents. The goal of this study was to test the hypothesis that the levels of DBP and its metabolites that reach and retain the levels for an extended time in the target organs as well as the capacity of these organs to metabolize this carcinogen to active metabolites that can damage DNA may account for its tissue selective tumorigenicity. Therefore, we used the radiolabeled [(3)H] DBP to accurately assess the tissue distribution, excretion, and pharmacokinetics of this carcinogen. We also compared the levels of DBPDE-DNA adducts in a select target organ (ovary) and nontarget organs (kidney and liver) in mice treated orally with DBP. Our results showed that after 1 week, 91.40 ± 7.23% of the radioactivity was recovered in the feces; the corresponding value excreted in the urine was less than 2% after 1 week. After 24 h, the stomach had the highest radioactivity followed by the intestine and the liver; however, after 1 week, levels of the radioactivity in these organs were the lowest among tissues examined including the ovary and liver; the pharmacokinetic analysis of DBP was conducted using a one compartment open model. The level of (-)-anti-trans-DBPDE-dA in the ovaries (8.91 ± 0.08 adducts/10(7) dA) was significantly higher (p < 0.01) than the levels of adducts in kidneys (0.69 ± 0.09 adducts/10(7) dA) and livers (0.63 ± 0.11 adducts/10(7) dA). Collectively, the results of the tissue distribution and pharmacokinetic analysis may not fully support our hypothesis, but the capacity of the target organs vs nontarget organs to metabolize DBP to active intermediates that can damage DNA may account for its tissue selective tumorigenicity.
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- Yuan-Wan Sun
- †Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ‡Department of Medicine, and §Department of Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, United States
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- †Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ‡Department of Medicine, and §Department of Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, United States
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- †Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ‡Department of Medicine, and §Department of Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, United States
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- †Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ‡Department of Medicine, and §Department of Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, United States
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- †Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ‡Department of Medicine, and §Department of Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, United States
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- †Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ‡Department of Medicine, and §Department of Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, United States
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- †Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ‡Department of Medicine, and §Department of Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, United States
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Harper TA, Morré J, Lauer FT, McQuistan TJ, Hummel JM, Burchiel SW, Williams DE. Analysis of dibenzo[def,p]chrysene-deoxyadenosine adducts in wild-type and cytochrome P450 1b1 knockout mice using stable-isotope dilution UHPLC-MS/MS. MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2015; 782:51-6. [PMID: 25868132 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2015.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2015] [Revised: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), dibenzo[def,p]chrysene (DBC; also known as dibenzo[a,l]pyrene), is a potent carcinogen in animal models and a class 2A human carcinogen. Recent investigations into DBC-mediated toxicity identified DBC as a potent immunosuppressive agent similar to the well-studied immunotoxicant 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA). DBC, like DMBA, is bioactivated by cytochrome P450 (CYP) 1B1 and forms the reactive metabolite DBC-11,12-diol-13,14-epoxide (DBCDE). DBCDE is largely responsible for the genotoxicity associated with DBC exposure. The immunosuppressive properties of several PAHs are also linked to genotoxic mechanisms. Therefore, this study was designed to identify DBCDE-DNA adduct formation in the spleen and thymus of wild-type and cytochrome P450 1b1 (Cyp1b1) knockout (KO) mice using a highly sensitive stable-isotope dilution UHPLC-MS/MS method. Stable-isotope dilution UHPLC-MS/MS identified the major DBC adducts (±)-anti-cis-DBCDE-dA and (±)-anti-trans-DBCDE-dA in the lung, liver, and spleen of both WT and Cyp1b1 KO mice. However, adduct formation in the thymus was below the level of quantitation for our method. Additionally, adduct formation in Cyp1b1 KO mice was significantly reduced compared to wild-type (WT) mice receiving DBC via oral gavage. In conclusion, the current study identifies for the first time DBCDE-dA adducts in the spleen of mice supporting the link between genotoxicity and immunosuppression, in addition to supporting previous studies identifying Cyp1b1 as the primary CYP involved in DBC bioactivation to DBCDE. The high levels of DBC-DNA adducts identified in the spleen, along with the known high levels of Cyp1b1 expression in this organ, supports further investigation into DBC-mediated immunotoxicity.
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- Tod A Harper
- Superfund Research Program, Oregon State University, 1011 ALS, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Department, Oregon State University, 1007 ALS, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, 307 LPSC, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, 153A Gilbert Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; Environmental Health Science Center, Oregon State University, 1011 ALS, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of New Mexico, 2502 Marble NE, Albuquerque NM 87131, USA.
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- Superfund Research Program, Oregon State University, 1011 ALS, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, 307 LPSC, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
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- Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, 307 LPSC, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of New Mexico, 2502 Marble NE, Albuquerque NM 87131, USA.
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- Superfund Research Program, Oregon State University, 1011 ALS, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Department, Oregon State University, 1007 ALS, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, 307 LPSC, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; Environmental Health Science Center, Oregon State University, 1011 ALS, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
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Itoh M, Tsuji T, Nakamura H, Yamaguchi K, Fuchikami JI, Takahashi M, Morozumi Y, Aoshiba K. Systemic effects of acute cigarette smoke exposure in mice. Inhal Toxicol 2014; 26:464-73. [PMID: 24932561 DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2014.917346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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CONTEXT Cigarette smoke (CS) causes both pulmonary and extrapulmonary disorders. OBJECTIVE To determine the pulmonary and extrapulmonary effects of acute CS exposure in regard to inflammation, oxidative stress and DNA damage. MATERIALS AND METHODS Mice were exposed to CS for 10 days and then their lungs, heart, liver, pancreas, kidneys, gastrocnemius muscle and subcutaneous (inguinal and flank) and visceral (retroperitoneum and periuterus) adipose tissues were excised. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples were obtained for differential cell analysis. Inflammatory cell infiltration of the tissues was assessed by immunohistochemistry for Mac-3(+) cells, F4/80(+) cells and CD45(+) cells. Oxidative stress was determined by immunohistochemistry for thymidine glycol (a marker of DNA peroxidation) and 4-hydroxy hexenal (a marker of lipid peroxidation), by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for protein carbonyls (a marker of protein peroxidation) and by measurements of enzyme activities of glutathione peroxidase, superoxide dismutase and catalase. DNA double-strand breaks were assessed by immunohistochemistry for γH2AX. RESULTS CS exposure-induced inflammatory cell infiltration, oxidative stress and DNA damage in the lung. Neither inflammatory cell infiltration nor DNA damage was observed in any extrapulmonary organs. However, oxidative stress was increased in the heart and inguinal adipose tissue. DISCUSSIONS Induction of inflammatory cell infiltration and DNA damage by acute CS exposure was confined to the lung. However, an increased oxidative burden occurred in the heart and some adipose tissue, as well as in the lung. CONCLUSIONS Although extrapulmonary effects of CS are relatively modest compared with the pulmonary effects, some extrapulmonary organs are vulnerable to CS-induced oxidative stress.
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- Masayuki Itoh
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center , Ibaraki , Japan
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Bogen KT. Mechanistic Models Fit to ED001 Data on >40,000 Trout Exposed to Dibenzo[A,L]pyrene Indicate Mutations Do Not Drive Increased Tumor Risk. Dose Response 2014; 12:386-403. [PMID: 25249832 DOI: 10.2203/dose-response.13-019.bogen] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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ED001-study data on increased liver and stomach tumor risks in >40,000 trout fed dibenzo[a,l]pyrene (DBP), one of the most potently mutagenic chemical carcinogens known, provide the greatest low-dose dose-response resolution of any experimentally induced tumor data set to date. Although multistage somatic mutation/clonal-expansion cancer theory predicts that genotoxic carcinogens increase tumor risk in linear no-threshold proportion to dose at low doses, ED001 tumor data curiously exhibit substantial low-dose nonlinearity. To explore the role that nongenotoxic mechanisms may have played to yield such nonlinearity, the liver and stomach tumor data sets were each fit by two models that each assume a genotoxic and a nongenotoxic pathway to increased tumor risk: the stochastic 2-stage (MVK) cancer model, and a model implementing the more recent dysregulated adaptive hyperplasia (DAH) theory of tumorigenesis. MVK and DAH fits to the data sets were each excellent, but unexpectedly each MVK fit implies that DBP acts to increase tumor risk by entirely non-mutagenic mechanisms. Given that DBP is such a potent mutagen, the MVK-model fits obtained appear to be biologically implausible, whereas the DAH-model fits reflect that model's assumption that chemical-induced tumorigenesis typically is driven by elevated repair-cell populations rather than mutations per se.
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Kropachev K, Kolbanovskiy M, Liu Z, Cai Y, Zhang L, Schwaid AG, Kolbanovskiy A, Ding S, Amin S, Broyde S, Geacintov NE. Adenine-DNA adducts derived from the highly tumorigenic Dibenzo[a,l]pyrene are resistant to nucleotide excision repair while guanine adducts are not. Chem Res Toxicol 2013; 26:783-93. [PMID: 23570232 DOI: 10.1021/tx400080k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The structural origins of differences in susceptibilities of various DNA lesions to nucleotide excision repair (NER) are poorly understood. Here we compared, in the same sequence context, the relative NER dual incision efficiencies elicited by two stereochemically distinct pairs of guanine (N(2)-dG) and adenine (N(6)-dA) DNA lesions, derived from enantiomeric genotoxic diol epoxides of the highly tumorigenic fjord region polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon dibenzo[a,l]pyrene (DB[a,l]P). Remarkably, in cell-free HeLa cell extracts, the guanine adduct with R absolute chemistry at the N(2)-dG linkage site is ∼35 times more susceptible to NER dual incisions than the stereochemically identical N(6)-dA adduct. For the guanine and adenine adducts with S stereochemistry, a similar but somewhat smaller effect (factor of ∼15) is observed. The striking resistance of the bulky N(6)-dA in contrast to the modest to good susceptibilities of the N(2)-dG adducts to NER is interpreted in terms of the balance between lesion-induced DNA distorting and DNA stabilizing van der Waals interactions in their structures, that are partly reflected in the overall thermal stabilities of the modified duplexes. Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that the high genotoxic activity of DB[a,l]P is related to the formation of NER-resistant and persistent DB[a,l]P-derived adenine adducts in cellular DNA.
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- Konstantin Kropachev
- Department of Chemistry, New York University , New York, New York 10003, United States
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Lauer FT, Walker MK, Burchiel SW. Dibenzo[def,p]chrysene (DBC) suppresses antibody formation in spleen cells following oral exposures of mice. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART A 2013; 76:16-24. [PMID: 23151208 PMCID: PMC3594787 DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2012.722521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Dibenzo[def,p]chrysene (DBC) is a potent environmental carcinogen in rodents, fish, and human cells examined in culture. There are numerous similarities between the patterns of cytochrome P-450 (P450) activation of DBC and its covalent binding to DNA and proteins with another polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA). Our lab has previously shown that DMBA produces immunosuppression in rodents and human cell systems. Therefore, the purpose of these studies was to examine the immunotoxicity of DBC in a rodent model that was found to be sensitive to the immunosuppressive effects of DMBA. Data showed that DBC had similar potency to DMBA in producing suppression of a T-dependent antibody response (TDAR) and altered spleen cell subsets in a similar manner as DMBA when DMBA was given by gavage for 5 d in corn oil to mice at doses of 1-100 mg/kg total cumulative doses. T-cell-independent antigen (TNP-Ficoll) responses were quantitatively less sensitive to DBC suppression. It was also found that as with DMBA, DBC produced a persistent immunosuppression, which lasted for at least 4 wk following dosing with a novel pill method for self-administration of DBC. In conclusion, DBC appears to possess many of the same characteristics of DMBA in terms of its immunotoxicity.
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- Fredine T Lauer
- College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
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Tang Y, Liu Z, Ding S, Lin CH, Cai Y, Rodriguez FA, Sayer JM, Jerina DM, Amin S, Broyde S, Geacintov NE. Nuclear magnetic resonance solution structure of an N(2)-guanine DNA adduct derived from the potent tumorigen dibenzo[a,l]pyrene: intercalation from the minor groove with ruptured Watson-Crick base pairing. Biochemistry 2012; 51:9751-62. [PMID: 23121427 DOI: 10.1021/bi3013577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The most potent tumorigen identified among the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) is the nonplanar fjord region dibenzo[a,l]pyrene (DB[a,l]P). It is metabolically activated in vivo through the widely studied diol epoxide (DE) pathway to form covalent adducts with DNA bases, predominantly guanine and adenine. The (+)-11S,12R,13R,14S DE enantiomer forms adducts via its C14 position with the exocyclic amino group of guanine. Here, we present the first nuclear magnetic resonance solution structure of a DB[a,l]P-derived adduct, the 14R-(+)-trans-anti-DB[a,l]P-N(2)-dG (DB[a,l]P-dG) lesion in double-stranded DNA. In contrast to the stereochemically identical benzo[a]pyrene-derived N(2)-dG adduct (B[a]P-dG) in which the B[a]P rings reside in the B-DNA minor groove on the 3'-side of the modifed deoxyguanosine, in the DB[a,l]P-derived adduct the DB[a,l]P rings intercalate into the duplex on the 3'-side of the modified base from the sterically crowded minor groove. Watson-Crick base pairing of the modified guanine with the partner cytosine is broken, but these bases retain some stacking with the bulky DB[a,l]P ring system. This new theme in PAH DE-DNA adduct conformation differs from (1) the classical intercalation motif in which Watson-Crick base pairing is intact at the lesion site and (2) the base-displaced intercalation motif in which the damaged base and its partner are extruded from the helix. The structural considerations that lead to the intercalated conformation of the DB[a,l]P-dG lesion in contrast to the minor groove alignment of the B[a]P-dG adduct, and the implications of the DB[a,l]P-dG conformational motif for the recognition of such DNA lesions by the human nucleotide excision repair apparatus, are discussed.
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- Yijin Tang
- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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McQuistan TJ, Simonich MT, Pratt MM, Pereira CB, Hendricks JD, Dashwood RH, Williams DE, Bailey GS. Cancer chemoprevention by dietary chlorophylls: a 12,000-animal dose-dose matrix biomarker and tumor study. Food Chem Toxicol 2012; 50:341-52. [PMID: 22079312 PMCID: PMC3486520 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.10.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2011] [Revised: 10/14/2011] [Accepted: 10/19/2011] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Recent pilot studies found natural chlorophyll (Chl) to inhibit carcinogen uptake and tumorigenesis in rodent and fish models, and to alter uptake and biodistribution of trace (14)C-aflatoxin B1 in human volunteers. The present study extends these promising findings, using a dose-dose matrix design to examine Chl-mediated effects on dibenzo(def,p)chrysene (DBC)-induced DNA adduct formation, tumor incidence, tumor multiplicity, and changes in gene regulation in the trout. The dose-dose matrix design employed an initial 12,360 rainbow trout, which were treated with 0-4000ppm dietary Chl along with 0-225ppm DBC for up to 4weeks. Dietary DBC was found to induce dose-responsive changes in gene expression that were abolished by Chl co-treatment, whereas Chl alone had no effect on the same genes. Chl co-treatment provided a dose-responsive reduction in total DBC-DNA adducts without altering relative adduct intensities along the chromatographic profile. In animals receiving DBC alone, liver tumor incidence (as logit) and tumor multiplicity were linear in DBC dose (as log) up to their maximum-effect dose, and declined thereafter. Chl co-treatment substantially inhibited incidence and multiplicity at DBC doses up to their maximum-effect dose. These results show that Chl concentrations encountered in Chl-rich green vegetables can provide substantial cancer chemoprotection, and suggest that they do so by reducing carcinogen bioavailability. However, at DBC doses above the optima, Chl co-treatments failed to inhibit tumor incidence and significantly enhanced multiplicity. This finding questions the human relevance of chemoprevention studies carried out at high carcinogen doses that are not proven to lie within a linear, or at least monotonic, endpoint dose-response range.
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- Tammie J McQuistan
- Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
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Sehgal A, Kumar M, Jain M, Dhawan DK. Piperine as an adjuvant increases the efficacy of curcumin in mitigating benzo(a)pyrene toxicity. Hum Exp Toxicol 2011; 31:473-82. [PMID: 22027502 DOI: 10.1177/0960327111421943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In the present study, the antioxidative and anticlastogenic effects of curcumin and piperine separately and in combination have been investigated against benzo(a)pyrene (BaP)-mediated toxicity in mice. Male Swiss albino mice were pretreated with curcumin (100 mg kg(-1) body weight) and piperine (20 mg kg(-1) body weight) separately as well as in combination orally in corn oil for 7 days; and subsequently, after 2 h of pretreatment, BaP was administered orally in corn oil (125 mg kg(-1) body weight). A single dose of BaP in normal mice increased the levels of lipid peroxidation (LPO), protein carbonyl content (PCC), and frequency of bone marrow micronucleated polychromatic erythrocytes (MNPCEs) but decreased significantly the levels of endogenous antioxidants such as superoxide dismutases (SODs), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione reductase (GR), catalase (CAT) and reduced glutathione (GSH) in the liver. Pretreatments with curcumin and curcumin plus piperine before administration of single dose of BaP significantly decreased the levels of LPO, PCC, and incidence of MNPCEs but elevated the level of GSH and enzyme activities of GPx, GR, SOD, CAT, and glutathione-S-transferase (GST) when compared to the BaP-treated group. The effect of curcumin plus piperine is more pronounced as compared to curcumin in attenuating BaP-induced oxidative insult and clastogenicity.
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- A Sehgal
- Department of Zoology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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Agrawal A, Jahan S, Soyal D, Goyal E, Goyal PK. Amelioration of Chemical-Induced Skin Carcinogenesis by Aegle marmelos, an Indian Medicinal Plant, Fruit Extract. Integr Cancer Ther 2011; 11:257-66. [DOI: 10.1177/1534735411417127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Chemoprevention is a novel approach to study the anti-initiating and anti-tumor-promoting efficacy of medicinal plants and their active principles. The present study investigated the chemopreventive potential of Aegle marmelos fruit extract in 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-induced skin carcinogenesis and its influence on oxidative stress and the antioxidant defense system. The oral administration of A marmelos at 100 mg/kg body weight/day during peri-initiational, postinitiational, and peri- & postinitiational phases of papillomagenesis showed significant reduction in tumor incidence, tumor yield, tumor burden, and cumulative number of papillomas when compared with carcinogen-treated control. The average latent period significantly increased (7.88 weeks; control group) to 9.45, 11.11, and 11.54 weeks in different A marmelos extract (AME) experimental groups. Enzyme analysis of skin and liver showed a significant elevation in antioxidant parameters such as superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione, and vitamin C in AME-treated groups when compared with the carcinogen-treated control. The elevated level of lipid peroxidation in the positive control was significantly inhibited by AME administration. These results indicate that AME has the potential to reduce chemical-induced skin papillomas by enhancing the antioxidant defense system.
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- Vellore Institute of Biotechnology, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India
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Zhang SM, Chen KM, Aliaga C, Sun YW, Lin JM, Sharma AK, Amin S, El-Bayoumy K. Identification and quantification of DNA adducts in the oral tissues of mice treated with the environmental carcinogen dibenzo[a,l]pyrene by HPLC-MS/MS. Chem Res Toxicol 2011; 24:1297-303. [PMID: 21736370 DOI: 10.1021/tx200188j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Tobacco smoking is one of the leading causes for oral cancer. Dibenzo[a,l]pyrene (DB[a,l]P), an environmental pollutant and a tobacco smoke constituent, is the most carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) tested to date in several animal models (target organs: skin, lung, ovary, and mammary tissues). We have recently demonstrated that DB[a,l]P is also capable of inducing oral cancer in mice; however, its metabolic activation to the ultimate genotoxic metabolite dibenzo[a,l]pyrene-11,12-dihydrodiol-13,14-epoxide (DB[a,l]PDE) in mouse oral cavity has not been examined. Here we developed a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method to detect and quantify (±)-anti-DB[a,l]PDE-dA adducts in oral tissues of mice treated with DB[a,l]P. [(15)N(5)]-(±)-anti-DB[a,l]PDE-N(6)-dA adducts were synthesized as internal standards. The stereoisomeric adducts were characterized by MS, NMR, and CD analysis. The detection limit of the method is 8 fmol with 100 μg of digested DNA as the matrix. Two adducts were detected and identified as (-)-anti-cis and (-)-anti-trans-DB[a,l]PDE-dA in the oral tissues of mice following the direct application of DB[a,l]P (240 nmol per day, for 2 days) into the oral cavity, indicating that DB[a,l]P is predominantly metabolized into (-)-anti-DB[a,l]PDE in this target organ. We also compared the formation and removal of adducts as a function of time, following the direct application of DB[a,l]P (24 nmol, 3 times per week for 5 weeks) into the oral cavity of mice. Adducts were quantified at 48 h, 1, 2, and 4 weeks after the last dose. Maximal levels of adducts occurred at 48 h, followed by a gradual decrease. The levels (fmol/μg DNA) of (-)-anti-trans adducts (4.03 ± 0.27 to 1.77 ± 0.25) are significantly higher than (-)-anti-cis-DB[a,l]PDE-dA adduct (1.63 ± 0.42 to 0.72 ± 0.04) at each time point (p < 0.005). The results presented here indicate that the formation and persistence of (-)-anti-DB[a,l]PDE-dA adducts may, in part, contribute to the initiation of DB[a,l]P-induced oral carcinogenesis.
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- Shang-Min Zhang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine , Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, United States
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Cai Y, Ding S, Geacintov NE, Broyde S. Intercalative conformations of the 14R (+)- and 14S (-)-trans-anti-DB[a,l]P-N⁶-dA adducts: molecular modeling and MD simulations. Chem Res Toxicol 2011; 24:522-31. [PMID: 21361377 DOI: 10.1021/tx1004002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Among the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon class of chemical carcinogens, dibenzo[a,l]pyrene (DB[a,l]P) is the most potent tumorigen that has been identified to date. Structurally, it is bulky with six aromatic rings, and it contains the nonplanar fjord-region. The conformational properties of DB[a,l]P-derived DNA adducts responsible for its extraordinary carcinogenicity are hence of great interest. We have carried out molecular modeling and MD simulations for the 14R (+)- and 14S (-)-trans-anti-DB[a,l]P-N⁶-dA adducts derived from the reactions of the DB[a,l]P diol epoxides with adenine in double-stranded DNA. The structures are based on the classically intercalated NMR solution structures of the analogous fjord-region benzo[c]phenanthrene-derived-N⁶-dA adducts. One objective was to gain insight on the impact of the more bulky DB[a,l]P ring system on the structural characteristics of the intercalative adduct conformations. A further objective was to elucidate the effect of the flexible twist associated with the sterically hindered aromatic ring in the fjord-region on the intercalated conformations, for comparison with the intercalated but planar bay-region benzo[a]pyrene-derived-N⁶-dA adducts. For the DB[a,l]P-N⁶-dA adducts, our results show that the 14R (+)-adduct is more favorably intercalated on the 5'-side of the modified adenine than the stereoisomeric 14S (-)-adduct, intercalated on its 3'-side. The 14R (+)-adduct manifests better van der Waals stacking interactions with flanking base pairs, less perturbed Watson-Crick hydrogen bonding, less local groove enlargement, less unwinding, and a lower solvent exposure than the 14S (-)-adduct. These structural findings are consistent with observed thermodynamic melting data, UV absorption properties, and fluorescence quenching studies. By contrast, the NMR solution structures for the analogous but less bulky B[c]Ph-derived adducts reveal no such stereoisomeric effect, while the planar bay-region benzo[a]pyrene-derived-N⁶-dA adducts do. Differences in nucleotide excision repair susceptibilities of the fjord and bay region adducts stem from distinctions in their intercalative conformations, produced by the intrinsic topological variations in their polycyclic aromatic ring systems.
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- Yuqin Cai
- Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, United States
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Horiyama S, Honda C, Suwa K, Okada Y, Semma M, Ichikawa A, Takayama M. Negative and positive ion mode LC/MS/MS for simple, sensitive analysis of sorbic acid. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2010; 58:106-9. [PMID: 20045976 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.58.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sorbic acid (SA: CH(3)-CH=CH-CH=CH-COOH) is one of the widely used food preservatives, although there have been some reports of its toxic activity, for example, on DNA and skin cells. In order to examine the effects of SA on mammalian tissues, we have developed a highly sensitive analytical method using LC/MS/MS with positive and negative ion mode electrospray ionization (ESI). In a previous study, we found that a nonacidic eluent offers better ionization efficiency than acids or their ammoniun salts. However, optimal results could not be obtained because the anion form of SA is poorly retained on a conventional reversed phase column. To resolve this problem, we chose a new type of column and used high-resolution mass spectrometry and positive ion mode analysis. There have only been a few reports using these methods in the positive mode, for example derivatized SA, because acid compounds such as SA are usually used in the negative ion mode. However, a new type of low-carbon-content and polar-endcapped C18 phase column was developed for better separation of SA from the matrix. High-resolution selected reaction monitoring (SRM) gave the best signal to noise ratio in normal-resolution SRM. In the positive ion mode, the CH(3)OH-0.05% HCOOH/0.1% CH(3)COOH eluent system yielded the best ionization efficiency. We propose a highly sensitive and simple analysis using a two-ion-mode ESI SRM method. Such systems should allow quantification of the amount of SA in or around the cells, without the need for pretreatment such as solid phase extraction.
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- Shizuyo Horiyama
- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Hyogo, Japan.
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Spencer WA, Singh J, Orren DK. Formation and differential repair of covalent DNA adducts generated by treatment of human cells with (+/-)-anti-dibenzo[a,l]pyrene-11,12-diol-13,14-epoxide. Chem Res Toxicol 2009; 22:81-9. [PMID: 19053321 DOI: 10.1021/tx8001675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Dibenzo[a,l]pyrene (DBP) is the most potent tumor initiating polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon tested to date in rodent tumor models. To investigate how DBP adduct formation and removal might influence carcinogenesis, we have examined the effects of treatment of several nucleotide excision repair (NER)-proficient (NER(+)) and -deficient (NER(-)) cell lines with the carcinogenic metabolite (+/-)-anti-DBP-11,12-diol-13,14-epoxide (DBPDE). The treatment of NER(-) cells with (+/-)-anti-DBPDE for 0.5, 1, or 2 h yielded similar total adduct levels, indicating that adduct formation was essentially complete during a 2 h treatment period with no additional adducts produced after replacement of media. In all cell lines, treatment with (+/-)-anti-DBPDE generated five major and at least two minor adducts that were chromatographically identical to those formed by direct treatment of 3'-GMP and 3'-AMP with (+/-)-anti-DBPDE. When adduct levels were assessed in NER(-) cells, the number of adducts/10(9) nucleotides decreased over time, suggesting that DNA replication was ongoing, so we incorporated a normalization strategy based on DNA synthesis. This strategy indicated that DBPDE-DNA adduct levels in NER(-) cells are stable over time. After normalization for DNA synthesis in the NER(+) cells, our data indicated that three adducts showed biphasic repair kinetics. A faster rate of removal was observed during the first 6 h following DBPDE removal followed by a slower rate for up to 34 h. Importantly, two of the major guanine adducts were particularly refractory to removal in the NER(+) cells. Our results suggest that the extreme carcinogenicity of DBPDE may result from the ability of a substantial percentage of two structurally distinct DBPDE-DNA adducts to escape repair.
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- Wendy A Spencer
- Graduate Center for Toxicology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky 40536, USA
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Cancer is as a highly complex and multifactorial disease responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands of people in the western countries every year. Since cancer is clonal and due to changes at the level of the genetic material, viruses, chemical mutagens and other exogenous factors such as short-waved electromagnetic radiation that alter the structure of DNA are among the principal causes. The focus of this present review lies on the influence of the molecular structure of two well-investigated chemical carcinogens from the group of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), benzo[a]pyrene (BP) and dibenzo[a,l]pyrene (DBP). Although there is only one additional benzo ring present in the latter compound, DBP exerts much stronger genotoxic and carcinogenic effects in certain tumor models as compared to BP. Actually, DBP has been identified as the most potent tumorigen among all carcinogenic PAHs tested to date. The genotoxic effects of both compounds investigated in mammalian cells in culture or in animal models are described. Comparison of enzymatic activation, DNA binding levels of reactive diol-epoxide metabolites, efficiency of DNA adduct repair and mutagenicity provides some clues on why this compound is about 100-fold more potent in inducing tumors than BP. The data published during the past 20 years support and strengthen the idea that compound-inherent physicochemical parameters, along with inefficient repair of certain kinds of DNA lesions formed upon metabolic activation, can be considered as strong determinants for high carcinogenic potency of a chemical.
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Pushparajah DS, Umachandran M, Plant KE, Plant N, Ioannides C. Differential response of human and rat epoxide hydrolase to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure: studies using precision-cut tissue slices. Mutat Res 2008; 640:153-61. [PMID: 18336844 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2008.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2007] [Revised: 12/03/2007] [Accepted: 01/24/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The potential of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to modulate microsomal epoxide hydrolase activity, determined using benzo[a]pyrene 5-oxide as substrate, in human liver, was evaluated and compared to rat liver. Precision-cut liver slices prepared from fresh human liver were incubated with six structurally diverse PAHs, at a range of concentrations, for 24h. Of the six PAHs studied, benzo[a]pyrene, dibenzo[a,h]anthracene and fluoranthene gave rise to a statistically significant increase in epoxide hydrolase activity, which was accompanied by a concomitant increase in epoxide hydrolase protein levels determined by immunoblotting. The other PAHs studied, namely dibenzo[a,l]pyrene, benzo[b]fluoranthene and 1-methylphenanthrene, influenced neither activity nor enzyme protein levels. When rat slices were incubated under identical conditions, only benzo[a]pyrene and dibenzo[a,h]anthracene elevated epoxide hydrolase activity, which was, once again accompanied by a rise in protein levels. At the mRNA level, however, all six PAHs caused an increase, albeit to different extent. In rat, epoxide hydroxylase activity in lung slices was much lower than in liver slices. In lung slices, epoxide hydrolase activity was elevated following exposure to benzo[a]pyrene and dibenzo[a,l]pyrene and, to a lesser extent, 1-methylphenanthrene; similar observations were made at the protein level. At both activity and protein levels extent of induction was far more pronounced in the lung compared with the liver. It is concluded that epoxide hydrolase activity is an inducible enzyme by PAHs, in both human and rat liver, but induction potential by individual PAHs varies enormously, depending on the nature of the compound involved. Marked tissue differences in the nature of PAHs stimulating activity in rat lung and liver were noted. Although in the rat basal lung epoxide hydrolase activity is much lower than liver, it is more markedly inducible by PAHs.
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- Daphnee S Pushparajah
- Molecular Toxicology Group, School of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK
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Horiyama S, Honda C, Suwa K, Umemoto Y, Okada Y, Semma M, Ichikawa A, Takayama M. Sensitive and Simple Analysis of Sorbic Acid Using Liquid Chromatography with Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2008; 56:578-81. [DOI: 10.1248/cpb.56.578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Shizuyo Horiyama
- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University
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- International Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yokohama City University
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Mahadevan B, Luch A, Atkin J, Haynes M, Nguyen T, Baird WM. Inhibition of human cytochrome p450 1b1 further clarifies its role in the activation of dibenzo[a,l]pyrene in cells in culture. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 2007; 21:101-9. [PMID: 17623886 DOI: 10.1002/jbt.20168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Metabolic activation and DNA adduct formation of the carcinogenic aromatic hydrocarbon dibenzo[a,l]pyrene (DBP) was investigated in human mammary carcinoma MCF-7 cells and human cytochrome P450 (CYP) 1B1-expressing Chinese hamster V79 cells in culture. It has been shown that DBP is metabolically activated to DNA-binding diol epoxides both in vitro and in vivo. To further establish the role of human CYP1B1 in the activation of DBP, both cell lines were cotreated with DBP and a selective chemical inhibitor of CYP1B1, 2,4,3' ,5'-tetramethoxy-stilbene (TMS). Results from DBP-DNA adduct analyses revealed the complete inhibition of DNA binding when cells were cotreated with DBP and TMS in comparison to DBP alone. Inactivation of CYP1B1 by TMS was also demonstrated through a decrease in the 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) activity in microsomes isolated from these cells. Emodin, 3-methyl-1,6,8-trihydroxyanthraquinone, an active ingredient of an herb, has been recently shown of being able to induce CYP1 gene expression. Examination of human CYP1B1 induction and EROD activity confirmed an increase in protein levels upon cotreatment with emodin and DBP. Despite increases in protein levels and enzyme activity, there was no significant change in DBP-DNA binding levels at very low substrate concentrations (17 nM). The data obtained in this study emphasize the central role of CYP1B1 in the activation of DBP in human cells in culture.
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- Brinda Mahadevan
- Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
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Hwang ES, Bowen PE. DNA damage, a biomarker of carcinogenesis: its measurement and modulation by diet and environment. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2007; 47:27-50. [PMID: 17364694 DOI: 10.1080/10408390600550299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Free radicals and other reactive oxygen or nitrogen species are constantly generated in vivo and can cause oxidative damage to DNA. This damage has been implicated to be important in many diseases, including cancer. The assessment of damage in various biological matrices, such as tissues, cells, and urine, is vital to understanding this role and subsequently devising intervention strategies. During the last 20 years, many analytical techniques have been developed to monitor oxidative DNA base damage. High-performance liquid chromatography-electrochemical detection and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry are the two pioneering contributions to the field. Currently, the arsenal of methods available include the promising high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry technique, capillary electrophoresis, 32P-postlabeling, antibody-base immunoassays, and assays involving the use of DNA repair glycosylases such as the comet assay. The objective of this review is to discuss the biological significance of oxidative DNA damage, evaluate the effectiveness of several techniques for measurement of oxidative DNA damage in various biological samples and review current research on factors (dietary and non-dietary) that influence DNA oxidative damage using these techniques.
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- Eun-Sun Hwang
- Department of Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago. Chicago, IL, 60612, USA
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Nwagbara O, Darling-Reed SF, Tucker A, Harris C, Abazinge M, Thomas RD, Gragg RD. Induction of cell death, DNA strand breaks, and cell cycle arrest in DU145 human prostate carcinoma cell line by benzo[a]pyrene and benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-diol-9,10-epoxide. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2007; 4:10-4. [PMID: 17431309 PMCID: PMC3719953 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph2007010002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2006] [Accepted: 02/21/2007] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
Abstract
Benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P), a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, is a major environmental pollutant. In this study, the effects of this carcinogen/mutagen and one of its metabolites, benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-diol-9,10-epoxide (BPDE), on human prostate carcinoma cell line DU145, were examined. Cell viability, DNA damage, and cell cycle progression were evaluated as toxic end-points. We have shown that B[a]P and BPDE inhibited cell viability following 48 hr of exposure. Furthermore, comet assay analyses revealed that both B[a]P and BPDE induced DNA strand breaks in a concentration-dependent fashion. Flow cytometric analyses showed that about 70% of DU145 cells were arrested by B[a]P at the G1 phase, while about 76% were arrested at G1 phase by BPDE. These data reveal that B[a]P and BPDE are cytotoxic and genotoxic to DU145 prostate cancer cells.
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Affiliation(s)
- Onyinye Nwagbara
- Environmental Sciences Institute, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA.
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Gangar SC, Sandhir R, Rai DV, Koul A. Modulatory effects of Azadirachta indica on benzo(a)pyrene-induced forestomach tumorigenesis in mice. World J Gastroenterol 2006; 12:2749-55. [PMID: 16718763 PMCID: PMC4130985 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i17.2749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2005] [Revised: 09/28/2005] [Accepted: 11/10/2005] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM To evaluate the chemopreventive effects of aqueous Azadirachta indica (A indica) leaf extract (AAILE) against benzo(a)pyrene [B(a)P]-induced forestomach tumorigenesis in Balb/c mice. METHODS Female Balb/c mice were divided into four groups of 10-12 animals each. For induction of forestomach tumors, starting from d 14 of the experi-ment, mice of B(a)P and B(a)P+A indica groups were given intra-gastric instillations of B(a)P (40 mg/kg), twice a week for four weeks. Mice of A indica and B(a)P+A indica groups were orally administered with AAILE (100 mg/kg), two weeks prior to B(a)P instillations till the end of the experiment. After 22 wk of the first B(a)P instillation, mice were sacrificed and the forestomachs were analyzed for development of tumors, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and histopathology. RESULTS Tumor incidence was observed to be 100% in mice that received only B(a)P. However, treatment with AAILE reduced the tumor incidence by 58.4% as observed in mice of B(a)P+A indica group when compared to that of B(a)P group. Similarly, the tumor burden and multiplicity were seen to decrease by 87.3% and 69.6% respectively in mice of B(a)P+A indica group when compared to those of B(a)P group. Scanning electron microscopy analysis showed that AAILE treatment itself did not cause any abnormalities on the surface architecture of forestomach epithelium. In tumorous forestomach, surface disruption was observed. Over the forestomach tumors of B(a)P group of mice certain rounded structures were seen in addition to closely placed tongue-shaped squamous cells. Interestingly, these rounded structures were not observed in B(a)P + A indica group of mice. Histopathalogically, the tumors were identical and diagnosed to be papillomas. Mice from control and A indica groups of mice did not develop any forestomach tumors and showed normal histo-architecture. CONCLUSION The present data suggest that A indica exerts chemopreventive effects against B(a)P-induced forestomach tumors in murine model. Because of lack of toxicity and ubiquitous bioavailability, A indica may play a promising role in future drug discovery and development as far as chemoprevention of cancer is concerned.
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- Subhash Chander Gangar
- Department of Biophysics, Basic Medical Sciences Block, Panjab University, Chandigarh, PIN-160014, India
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