title: DNA adduct formation in primary mouse embryo cells induced by 7H-dibenzo[c,g]carbazole and its organ-specific carcinogenic derivatives.
abstract: The nuclease P1 modification of the 32P-postlabeling technique was used to study the biological activity of 7H-dibenzo[c,g]carbazole (DBC) and some of its derivatives, including N-methyldibenzo[c,g]carbazole (N-MeDBC), 5,9-dimethyldibenzo[c,g]carbazole (5,9-diMeDBC), 5,9,N-trimethyldibenzo[c,g]carbazole (5,9,N-triMeDBC), 6-methoxydibenzo[c,g]carbazole (6-McODBC), N-acetyldibenzo[c,g]carbazole (N-AcDBC), N-hydroxymethyldibenzo[c,g]carbazole (N-HMeDBC) in primary mouse embryo cells. A very good correlation was found between carcinogenic specificity in vivo of these N-heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their DNA-adduction in vitro. Primary mouse embryo cells were able to metabolize and detect tissue-specific sarcomagens N-MeDBC and 6-MeODBC as well as derivatives with both sarcomagenic and hepatocarcinogenic activity, DBC, N-AcDBC, and N-HMeDBC. The strong specific hepatocarcinogen 5,9-diMeDBC in vivo, did not induce any DNA-adducts in the embryo cells, which suggests that the enzymatic composition of the target tissue probably is the determining factor in the organ specificity of this derivative. 5,9,N-triMeDBC, derivative without any carcinogenic activity in vivo, did not induce any DNA-adducts in primary mouse embryo cells. Pretreatment of cells with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) apparently stimulated DNA-adduct formation in the cells exposed to DBC, 6-MeODBC, and N-MeDBC. No or a very slight effect of TCDD on DNA-adduct formation was found in cells exposed to N-HMeDBC and N-AcDBC. Preliminary results have shown that TCDD slightly induced cytochrome P4501A1-linked ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) activity in primary mouse embryo cells. These data suggest the role of cytochrome P4501A1 in the metabolism of DBC derivatives with sarcomagenic activity.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gábelová
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Périn-Roussel
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jounaidi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Périn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002227:Carbazoles / Q000633:toxicity*; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000633:toxicity*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018736:DNA Adducts / Q000378:metabolism*; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D009928:Organ Specificity / Q000187:drug effects; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C106841:6-methoxy-7H-dibenzo(c,g)carbazole; D002227:Carbazoles; D002273:Carcinogens; D018736:DNA Adducts; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; C041150:N-methyl-7H-dibenzo(c,g)carbazole; C093439:N-acetyl-7H-dibenzo(c,g)carbazole; C041151:N-hydroxymethyl-7H-dibenzo(c,g)carbazole; C013478:7H-dibenzo(c,g)carbazole