title: Metabolism of the carcinogen 7-methylbenz[c]-acridine in the rat.
abstract: The biliary excretion of radioactivity by adult Wistar rats given i.v. 7-methyl-[7-14C]benz[c]acridine(14C-7-MBAC) and [methyl-3H]-7-methylbenz[c]acridine (3H-7-MBAC) (2 mg/kg) was 61% and 48%, respectively, in males in six hours. Females excreted 33% of a 2 mg/kg dose of 3H-7-MBAC in the same time-period. For male rats, the urinary and faecal excretions were about 10% and 61% of the dose of 14C-7-MBAC, respectively, in seven days. No enterohepatic circulation could be demonstrated in control male rats. The biliary excretion of radioactivity by phenobarbital- and 3-methylcholanthrene-induced male rats given 14C-7-MBAC was similar to or greater than that of control male rats. The organo-soluble biliary metabolites after beta-glucuronidase/arylsulphatase hydrolysis were separated by h.p.l.c., and quantitative metabolite distributions were obtained for induced and control rats by comparison with metabolite standards. The mutagenicity of bile from carcinogen-dosed control rats was greater than that of equivalent bile from carcinogen-dosed 3-methylcholanthrene-pretreated animals.
mesh_terms: D000166:Acridines / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001646:Bile / Q000378:metabolism; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008297:Male; D009153:Mutagens / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D000166:Acridines; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002273:Carcinogens; D009153:Mutagens; C031277:7-methylbenz(c)acridine