title: Fluoranthene and pyrene enhance benzo[a]pyrene--DNA adduct formation in vivo in mouse skin.
abstract: Fluoranthene and pyrene are potent cocarcinogens when applied together with benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) on mouse skin. In this study the effect of fluoranthene, pyrene and phenanthrene on the formation of BaP--DNA adducts in mouse skin was investigated. Co-application of either fluoranthene or pyrene with [3H]BaP resulted in an average increase in the level of [3H]BaP--DNA adducts of 56% to 66%, respectively, as compared to [3H]BaP alone. Only minor differences were observed in the ratio of (+/-)anti- to (+/-)synbenzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide--DNA adducts between experimental groups. An average 17% decrease in the formation of [3H]BaP--DNA adducts was observed upon co-application of [3H]BaP on mouse skin with phenanthrene. These data suggest a correlation between the observed increase in tumorigenicity of BaP in the presence of either fluoranthene or pyrene and an increase in the formation of (+/-)anti-benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide--DNA adducts.
mesh_terms: D015123:7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide; D000818:Animals; D001564:Benzo(a)pyrene / Q000378:metabolism*; D001580:Benzopyrenes / Q000378:metabolism; D002274:Carcinogens, Environmental / Q000633:toxicity*; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005449:Fluorenes / Q000633:toxicity*; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D011721:Pyrenes / Q000633:toxicity*; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism*; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: D001580:Benzopyrenes; D002274:Carcinogens, Environmental; D005449:Fluorenes; D011721:Pyrenes; D014316:Tritium; D001564:Benzo(a)pyrene; C007738:fluoranthene; D015123:7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide; D004247:DNA; C030984:pyrene