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DNA damage induced by 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene in the liver and the mammary gland of rats exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon enzyme inducers during perinatal life

Bolognesi, C. ; Parrini, M. ; Aiello, C. ; Rossi, L.

In: Mutagenesis, 1991, vol. 6, no. 2, p. 113-116

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    Titre
    • DNA damage induced by 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene in the liver and the mammary gland of rats exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon enzyme inducers during perinatal life
    Auteur
    • Bolognesi, C.. Toxicological Evaluation Unit, Laboratory of Chemical Carcinogenesis Viale Benedetto XV, 10-Geneva, Italy
    • Parrini, M.. Toxicological Evaluation Unit, Laboratory of Chemical Carcinogenesis Viale Benedetto XV, 10-Geneva, Italy
    • Aiello, C.. Laboratory of In Vivo Carcinogenesis Viale Benedetto XV, 10-Geneva, Italy
    • Rossi, L.. Laboratory of In Vivo Carcinogenesis Viale Benedetto XV, 10-Geneva, Italy
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Mutagenesis, 1991, vol. 6, no. 2, p. 113-116. Oxford University Press
    Autre version électronique
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:304051
    Summary
    The long-lasting modulating effect induced by the prenatal or neonatal exposure to phenobarbital (PB) and aroclor on the genotoxic activity of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) in female Sprague-Dawley rats was studied. The effect was measured as DNA damage evaluated in the liver and in the mammary gland of 55-day-old animals, 4 and 24 h after an i.g. injection of 80 mg/kg of DMBA. PB was given per os, i.g. or in drinking water to pregnant females and by i.g. only to neonates or in adult progeny. Aroclor was injected i.g. in prenatal and in neonatal life, and a second dose was given in adult life. Under these experimental conditions it was shown that DNA damage kinetics caused by DMBA are modulated by exposure to PB and, to a minor extent, by aroclor. The amount and persistence of DNA damage were highest when PB was administered to neonates. An average 2-fold increase in the elution constants (K) of DNA in the liver and the mammary gland was observed 4 h after DMBA treatment, as compared to uninduced animals. Repeated enzyme induction by PB seems to reduce DMBA genotoxicity, as shown by a decrease in DNA damage and persistence in the liver and mammary gland. The inducibility of the monooxygenase enzyme system in perinatal life favouring metabolic activation of inactivation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons might be critical in determining individual susceptibility of adult progeny to chemical carcinogenesis by DMBA