title: Formation of nuclear anomalies in rat intestine by benzidine and its biliary metabolites.
abstract: Administration of benzidine (BZ) by intraperitoneal injection (i.p.) to rats (0-100 mg/kg) produced, after 24 h, a dose-dependent formation of nuclear anomalies (micronuclei, pyknotic and karyorrhectic nuclei) in intestinal epithelial cells analysed both in isolated cell suspensions and in the intestinal crypts in tissue sections. When bile collected (0-4 h) from rats treated with BZ (150 mg/kg, i.p.) was infused into the duodenum of recipient rats, nuclear anomalies were observed in mucosal epithelial cells, after 24 h, with a similar distribution to that in rats given BZ by i.p. injection. The formation of nuclear anomalies in the intestine is in accord with the intestinal carcinogenic effect of BZ and is, at least partially, dependent on exposure of epithelial cells to biliary metabolites of BZ.
authors.affiliation: School of Biochemistry, University of Birmingham, U.K.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Percy
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Chipman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001560:Benzidines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity*; D001711:Biotransformation; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D003106:Colon / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D001560:Benzidines; C029876:benzidine