title: The initiation of gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase positive foci in the rat liver by N-hydroxy-2-acetylaminofluorene. The effect of the sulfation inhibitor pentachlorophenol.
abstract: The role of sulfation of the carcinogen N-hydroxy-2-acetyl-aminofluorene in the initiation phase of liver-tumor formation was studied in an initiation-promotion model modified from the Solt and Farber system (Cancer Res., 43, 188-191, 1983). The effect of the sulfation inhibitor pentachlorophenol on the induction by N-hydroxy-2-acetylaminofluorene of gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase positive foci of cells (regarded as a population of cells from which neoplastic cells will develop) was determined. Inhibition of sulfation did not prevent the induction of gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase positive foci in rat liver; on the contrary, an increase was observed. Since it is known that inhibition of sulfation of N-hydroxy-2-acetylaminofluorene prevents the formation of covalently-bound 2-acetylaminofluorene adducts to proteins, RNA, and DNA in the rat liver (Meerman et al., Carcinogenesis, 2, 413-416, 1981), the results from this study suggest that deacetylated, 2-aminofluorene adducts to DNA are responsible for initiation of gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase positive foci in the rat liver (because formation of these adducts is not affected by pentachlorophenol). After initiation with a single dose of N-hydroxy-2-acetylaminofluorene, proliferation of 'oval cells' was observed only 1 week after administration of the carcinogen. This was not observed in the livers of rats pre-treated with pentachlorophenol in which the largest number of foci develops. These data therefore suggest that 'oval cells' are not involved in the development of gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase positive foci.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Meerman
mesh_terms: D015073:2-Acetylaminofluorene / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D000818:Animals; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002733:Chlorophenols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D006881:Hydroxyacetylaminofluorene / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced; D008297:Male; D010416:Pentachlorophenol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D002733:Chlorophenols; D006881:Hydroxyacetylaminofluorene; D015073:2-Acetylaminofluorene; D010416:Pentachlorophenol; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase