title: Carcinogenicity of dinitropyrenes in the weanling female CD rat.
abstract: The carcinogenicities of 1-nitropyrene and 1,3-, 1,6- and 1,8-dinitropyrene were assessed in weanling female CD rats. The animals were administered one of the compounds at 10 mumol/kg body wt through intraperitoneal or intragastric administration three times a week for 4 weeks. The total cumulative dose averaged 16 mumol/animal. The experiment was ended 78 weeks following the first administration. The average survival period for the animals in the 1,6- and 1,8-dinitropyrene i.p. treated groups, due to the occurrence of life-threatening peritoneal malignant fibrous histiocytomas (MFHs) in nearly all of the animals, were 19 and 38 weeks respectively. 1,3-Dinitropyrene induced only a few MFHs. 1,8-Dinitropyrene also induced a significant incidence of leukemia. A significant increase of the incidence of mammary tumors was observed in the groups of rats treated i.p. with 1-nitropyrene, or 1,3- or 1,8-dinitropyrene, and those treated i.g. with 1,8-dinitropyrene. These results demonstrate that nitropyrenes are capable of inducing MFH, mammary tumors and leukemia in the rat.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Carcinogenesis, Michigan Cancer Foundation, Detroit 48201.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imaida
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000139:chemically induced; D000232:Adenofibroma / Q000139:chemically induced; D000818:Animals; D002273:Carcinogens; D005260:Female; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000139:chemically induced*; D007942:Leukemia, Experimental / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000139:chemically induced*; D011721:Pyrenes / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000633:toxicity*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D011721:Pyrenes; C033310:1,8-dinitropyrene; C033309:1,6-dinitropyrene; C037413:1,3-dinitropyrene; C032668:1-nitropyrene