Strong nasal carcinogenicity and genotoxicity of 1-nitroso-4-methylpiperazine after low dose inhalation in rats

Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed by inhalation to 1-nitroso-4-methylpiperazine (NMPz) vapor at 2.4 p.p.m. for 15 h/day for 74 days over a 7.5 month period. After a dose of 1.1 mg/day NMPz (total dose 340 mg/kg body wt) 10/10 animals developed tumors of the nasal cavity, mostly invasive muco-epidermo...

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Autores principales: Klein, Reinhold G. (Autor) , Schmezer, Peter (Autor) , Spiegelhalder, Bertold (Autor) , Bartsch, Helmut (Autor)
Formato: Article (Journal)
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: 01 August 1999
In: Carcinogenesis
Year: 1999, Volumen: 20, Número: 8, Pages: 1629-1632
ISSN:1460-2180
DOI:10.1093/carcin/20.8.1629
Acceso en línea:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/20.8.1629
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Notas de Autor:R.G. Klein, P. Schmezer, R. Hermann, P. Waas, B. Spiegelhalder and H. Bartsch
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Sumario:Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed by inhalation to 1-nitroso-4-methylpiperazine (NMPz) vapor at 2.4 p.p.m. for 15 h/day for 74 days over a 7.5 month period. After a dose of 1.1 mg/day NMPz (total dose 340 mg/kg body wt) 10/10 animals developed tumors of the nasal cavity, mostly invasive muco-epidermoidal carcinomas; no such tumors were observed in sham-exposed controls. This high tumor yield was seen at an 80 times lower dose and a shorter latency period when compared with rat carcinogenicity studies reported earlier. The single cell microgel electrophoresis (Comet) assay was used to determine genotoxicity in target tissues. Short-term in vitro exposure of rat and human nasal epithelial tissues to NMPz caused genotoxic effects in cells of both species. Short-term in vivo exposure of rats to NMPz vapor for 1 h induced DNA damage in nasal epithelial cells. Our results revealed NMPz as a potent genotoxic nitrosamine in rat and human nasal cells, the carcinogenicity of inhaled NMPz vapor in rats being remarkably higher as compared with oral uptake.
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ISSN:1460-2180
DOI:10.1093/carcin/20.8.1629