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  • Title: Metabolism of the carcinogen [3H]6-nitrochrysene in the preweanling mouse: identification of 6-aminochrysene-1,2-dihydrodiol as the probable proximate carcinogenic metabolite.
    Author: Delclos KB, el-Bayoumy K, Hecht SS, Walker RP, Kadlubar FF.
    Journal: Carcinogenesis; 1988 Oct; 9(10):1875-84. PubMed ID: 3168165.
    Abstract:
    6-Nitrochrysene (NC) is a potent lung and liver carcinogen when administered in multiple doses to preweanling mice. We have investigated both the in vitro metabolism of [3H]NC by 9000 g supernatants (S9) prepared from the livers of preweanling mice and the in vivo metabolism of [3H]NC in these animals. The in vitro covalent binding of primary metabolites of NC to DNA after further reductive and/or oxidative metabolism was then examined in an attempt to define the metabolic activation pathway responsible for the formation of carcinogen--DNA adducts in NC-treated preweanling mice. NC-1,2-dihydrodiol, NC-9,10-dihydrodiol, 6-aminochrysene (AC), and several unidentified compounds were found in ethyl acetate extracts of incubations containing [3H]NC and liver S9 from 1- or 8-day-old BLU:Ha mice. Comparison of the in vivo metabolism of NC in 1-day-old animals and 8-day-old animals which had been treated with NC on day 1 indicated that the formation of AC and the two NC dihydrodiols was greater in the younger animals. Further metabolism of NC-1,2-dihydrodiol by S9 from 8-day-old mice yielded AC-1,2-dihydrodiol as a major product. Incubation of AC-1,2-dihydrodiol, calf thymus DNA and liver microsomes from 3-methylcholanthrene-induced rats yielded a single major adduct that was chromatographically and chemically identical to the major adduct formed in [3H]NC- and [3H]-AC-treated preweanling mice. The results indicated that the major DNA adduct found in vivo is derived from the further metabolism of the proximate carcinogen AC-1,2-dihydrodiol.
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