title: Morphological transformation and chromosome damage by amsacrine in C3H/10T1/2 clone 8 cells.
abstract: Morphological transformation, cell survival, chromosomal aberrations and micronuclei were measured in C3H/101/2CL8 cells after 24 h exposure to amsacrine. A weak but dose-related increase in the percentage of dishes containing transformed foci occurred. As previously reported for alkylating agents, this effect was increased by treating 5 days instead of 1 day after plating. There was no evidence for gene mutation at the Na/K ATPase locus, although amsacrine induced micronuclei in a large percentage of cells and chromosomal aberrations, including interchange events and double minute chromosomes, in dividing cells. In would appear that transformation and chromosomal events may be related in amsacrine-treated C3H/10T1/2CL8 cells. The results strongly suggest that amsacrine has carcinogenic potential, possibly related to its chromosome-breaking properties.
mesh_terms: D000609:Aminoacridines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000677:Amsacrine; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000139:chemically induced*; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000648:ultrastructure; D051379:Mice
chemical_list: D000609:Aminoacridines; D000677:Amsacrine