title: Potential identification of chemical carcinogens in a viral transformation system.
abstract: Chemical carcinogens from several diverse chemical classes i.e.; aromatic amines, polycyclic hydrocarbons, nitrosamines, hormonal derivatives, metals and direct alkylating agents cause a 6.2-60.5-fold increase in the frequency of murine sarcoma virus (MSV)-induced transformation in a normal rat kidney (NRK) cell system. Exogenous metabolic activation with a rat liver S-9 homogenate is required for expression of this activity by procarcinogens. Non-carcinogenic analogs of these compounds fail to cause significant increases in the transformation frequency either with or without prior metabolic activation. Iododeoxyuridine, a mutagen also does not cause enhancement of transformation. This system may serve as the basis for a rapid and quantifiable means of identifying chemical carcinogens while introducing a new model for the understanding of the interactions between oncornaviruses and chemical carcinogens.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002460:Cell Line; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral / Q000187:drug effects*; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008979:Moloney murine leukemia virus; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens