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s -- ~I •f ;C ~ Y . L.. Q ~ :~:.••. . . . . .~. . _ .( .Tr . .. .i.. ..t:~ ' k: 'l.1 4 4 pon. y.a.nd.. roucy ;;• y~~.l.:. • ~ ^.. .~. 'tl•. '. C. . .4 .. . I•,1n~ ~C~ tot To~~OQO ~tr~clf-vS.A-. ILC. is (170 apotnOr~n j a jency ~ •.c# is proZraaa o[ rsyeastb laio quntlooa of tobacco tno sud hcaltb. It ls tbo out- !C Vvpah oL aa a~pAtzaioa torro.d sarly ia 1954 by tobacco manutacturcrs, !~r ;' •~,, js otron 's3sd .vanbouwmou. ReaoarcA wppoct has horm malnly through a pro- +~:• '• of iar•aid su~tod ot ooota.cLt foe.ro.car+ch with institutions :: mod tabo ~~ia. 'I21io Couocil dow It otoporata acatch lscility, ~ - ~ Tho $Cloat+sc AdrSwty Board b Ths `aw~,P~ reiularly to evaluate tpply.atioos for research saypor;y judi~ tbotY wf Ae baais af aciooti9G C1 fi.-it aa~ rdwaate• ' 4'.. ... • ~ Caakman and P.-aidcnt I 1978 REPORT of THE COUNCIL FOR TOBACCO RESEARCFi-U.S.A., Inc. T7TE COUNCIL FOR TOBACCO RESEARCH-U.S.A., Inc. 110 East 59th Street, New York, N.Y. 10022 ,•. -. . ~'I'. Couocl( a.varda r..earc5Wanta tfl Icdcpiodea¢ sciaatim who an aa- ;, m+W oogapiota tKitatisc ftoodom la sooduciinj tL.tr studia.. Oraatoes aSooo ss:po~s[Dio tor or puLiishins their flndinyt ia the accoptcd acien- ;wrtaK-- tbroom dical and sclcuti8c journala and aododea. 4r;ThtcuA D+Ocmbar 1973, TThe Council appro.rod research projocta Lor 379 hlVaril$.tipts ia 247 mtadicai achoola, hospitals and reacarcb iasututloos. Thae 4, toi,iw wns ~tt ss1,9oo.ooa This Itsr~oci•l~t liaes o! curreat amd pcotioua r seanch pr~ sup- -wrvA bby Tha Cuvr-D Ai.o lrcludt,d arn abstracts of 114 research papcr.. atrYs,vwiad-!iar Council w-ioott that wnsr oublisbed in acicntiBc iouraals dur- ;,4~Ls 1974. Pro}oct rndpicub ha.r so jar PubitahcQ 1,621 such papers. s1 ~ f. ,~,, : : ., ~1 ~:: ; o= r r. ArAmmorr YaAuax
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~ l.~! ~ cl- ~ SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY I3OARD HANS ME1ER, D.V.M., Dr. Mcd. Vct., M.R.S.H. .--1 Senior StaQ Scientist ~ to The Council for Tobacco Rescarch-U.S.A., Inc. Thc Jackson Laboratory ~ as of Dcccmbcr 31, 1978 SHELDON C. SOMMERS, M.D., Chairman Director of Laboratories, Lenox Hi11 Fioapital Clinical Professor o/ Pathology College of Physicians & Surgcons of Columbia University Bar Harbor, Maine LEE W. WATTENBL•RG, M.D. Professor of Pathology Department of Laboratory Mcdicine and Pathology University of Minnesota Medical School Minneapolis, Minncsota ® .z.. r... J... AIV New York, New York ~.lz. M.D. . JOHN P. WYATT ~ RICI-IARD J. BING, M.D. , ~ Director and Intramural Medicine Director of Cardiolo ~ Tobacco and Health Research Institute S..J gy Huntington Mcmorial Hospital, Pasadena, California Professor of Medicine University of Southern California School of Mcdicinc Los Angeles, California University of Kentucky U Lexington, Kentucky JOSEPH D. FELDMAN, M.D. Head, Dcpartment of Immunopathology Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation La Jolla, California WILLIAM U. GARDNER, Ptt.D. Scientific Director, The Council (or Tobacco Rcscarch-U.S.A., Inc. E. X. Hunt Professor of Anatomy (emeritus) Yale Univcrsity School of Medicinc New Haven, Connecticut ROBERT J. HUEBNER, M.D. Chief, Laboratory of RNA Tumor Viruses National Caoccr Inatitutc Bcthcada, Maryland Scientific Staff of T1e Council WILLIAM U. GARDNER, Ptr.D. Scientific Director ROBERT C. I IOCKETT, Ptt.D. Research Director DONALD II. FORD, Ptt.D. VINCENT F. LISANTI, D.M.D. Associate Research Director Associate Research Director DAVID STONE, PN.D. Associate Research Director LEON O. JAt,OBSON, M.D. Joseph Regenstein Professor of Biological Sciences University of Chitago CAicago, Illinois HENRY T. LYNCN, M.D. Professor and Chairman Department o[ Preventive Medicine and Public Hcalth Creighton University School of Mcdicine Omaha, Ncbraska
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CONTENTS Introduction . . , . . . . . . • • • • • • . • . 5 Abstracts of Reports . . . . . . . . . . • • . • • . 7 Canccr-Rclatcd Studics , . . . . . . - . . • • • 7 Thc Respiratory System . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Hcart and Circulation . . . . . . . . . . • . . 41 Ncuropharmacology and Physiology . . . . . . . . . 49 Pharmacology and Biochcmistry . . . . . . . . . . 62 Immunology and Adaptive Mechanisms . . . . . . . 70 Epidemiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Active Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Complcted Projccta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Index of Principal Investigators . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Index of Scnior Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Introduction This report marks the completion of 25 years in which The Council for Tobacco Research has supported a program that has becorne the .rorld's most extcnsive non-govcrnmental rescarch cffort rekvant to smokinj aod health. When The Council was establiahed in 1954, it adopted a basic policy that has been followed without deviation: to place responsibility for research policy and programming in the hands of a Scientifk Advisory Board and to have the research conducted by independent investigators in their own institutions with no strings attachcd. Up to the cnd of 1978, the program has resultod in the publication of 1,622 «ports and articles that acknowkdged Council support. Thus, the pro- gram has produccd considcrablc data relatcd to smoking and health during a period that also saw the generation of considerabk controversy and emotion about the subject. No one can fully predict at this time what theae publications will mean in the scarch for the answcn to the problem of the major, aging-associated and constitutional discasa of cancer, heart discase and chronic pulmonary ailmcnts. Howcver, the hope is that some day the Bndinga from one or more studies may provide keys or links for a major biomedical advance. Thc Council cxists today because the compkx etiology of these constitu- tional diseases remains unraveled. Theae diseases have been associated statis- tically with smoking, but such associations are not proof of cause and eRcct. The diseases are extremely complcx-cancer itsel(, for exampk, is not one disease but many-and finding their causes will not be easy. The overall importance of genetic factors is being increasingly reeognixed, acccptcd and studicd. Progress is being made, but it is nocessari.y slow and painstakinQ. The statement of many years ago that we live in a "sea of urcinogens" is supported by much recent and current research. Many thinp-both natural and man-madc-that we eat, drink and brcatlx have been implicated in cancer and heart discasc, at least in laboratory experiments. But exact proof, proof that mccts scicntific criteria, is often lacking. Whatever contribution to scientific knowledge that may be attributed to The Council's program, as evidenced In part by the numerous reports in the literature, is due principalty to the members of the Scientific Advisory Board, past and present. These scientists, who have always maintained their irutitu- tional atfiliations, have given unsclSahly of their time and talents. The result of their combined ctTort (or so many years is an imaginative undertaking that has enabled many researchers to pursue idcas aod theories lhat might otlur- wise have gone unexplored for lack of support. 7Tie Council is gratified at the response through the years of the scicn- tists who have applied to it for research support. This interest remained high in 1978 and the number of requests (or support of new and continuing ro- search assures a worthy future. This report contains abstracts of research Andinp published in 1978 that acknowlcd^cd Council sponsorship. As can be sern, the major emphasia eoo- tinucs to be directed toward canar, the cardiovascular system and the respira- S
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1 1 tory tract. The abstracts of the published papers arc indicative of the areas of research supportcd by The Council. The Council looks back with satisfaction at what has been accomplished in the last quaricr{cntury. It looks to the futu;c with optimism and hope for research that will hclp solvc the mysteries of canccr, heart discasc and chronic pulmonary ailments. The Council pledges to continuc its support of indc- pcndcnt invcatigaton in their efforta to add to scicnti(ic knowledge rclated to smoking and health. Abstracts of Reports Following arc abstracu, approved by the authors, of reports on' new research acknowledging support from The Council that have appeared in acicss- tific journals since publication of the 1977 Report. The name of the «cipicat is in italics. The abstracts arc grouped under these headings: I. Canccr-Rclated Studies, II. The Respiratory System, Ill. Heart and Circulation, IV. Ncuropharmacolojy and Physiology. V. Pharmacology and Biochcmistry, VI. Immunology aad Adaptive Mcchanisms, VII. Epidemiology. I. Cancer-IRelated Studies CRITERIA FOR SELECTING CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS FOR CARCINOGENICITY TESTING: AN ESSAY Thc ever increasing number of organic compounds constantly being intro- duced into the various scgmcnta of thc worldwide economy creatcs the need to devise a tormal schenx of selection criteria (or testing o( suspected car- cinogcns, and to establish priorities (or such testing. Four categories of criteria must be considered: (I) structural, (2) operational, (3) "guilt by associa- tion," and (4) "after the fact." This essay gives an analytic discussion of each of these criteria. Structural criteria arc deduced from a general perspective of the structurc-activity relationships of known carcinogens. The operational cri•- tcria, which are complcmentary to the strudural ones, represent the sum of the bio-functional capabilities of chemical compounds. These capabilities cor- rclato with thc ability to induce malignancy through such mechanisma as, for example, mutagcnicity, induction of DNA rcpair, and immunowppresaion. The "guilt by association" criterion uates that a compound belonging to a ehem- ical class already known to contain several other compounds atablished as potent and multitargct carcitagcos should be tcsted under more stringent coo- ditions than those of the standard bioassay. 7Le 'after the (act° criterion dcAncs previous epidcmiologic indiutiooa as the basis for ackctinj certain chemical agents for carcinogenicity testing. Tht overall sigrtillcance of the bioassay data obtained on individual compounds, however, should be oat- sidcrcd in conjunction with other endoj+enous and esoQetsous intcrauinj faa tors such as: (1) synergistic and antagonistic activity betwocn multiple car- cinogenic agents; (2) eftects of twncancinojenie environmental agents on carcinogenic activity; and (3) virsuts, nutritioo, radiation, age, stress, endo- crine balance and the state of the immune sutroeillanee system. The huge number of agents and (acton, their interactiorss and the eoexistenoe of fro- quently conAicting societal goala, indicate the need for the esublclunuu o( vcnatilc scientificolcgal standsrds and juidolioes applicable to catcgories and types of chemical agents rather than to ladividual eomp9unds. Arcos, J. C. • Journal of Environmenial Pathofopy and Torkolory I•433-45E, 1978. .i'~. ~ ® t~ i..~.. ~ - U ~ 6 7
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, Otlrer support: National Cancer Institutc. From the Seamen's Memorial Research Laboratory. U. S. Public Hcalth Scrvice Hospital. New Orkans; and the Department of Mcdicinc, Tulanc Mcdical Center, New Orleans. ULTRASIRUCTURAL AND METABOLIC DETERMINANTS OF RESISTANCE TO AZO-DYE AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO NITROSAMINE CARCINOGENESIS OF THE GUINEA-PIG The azo dye rcductase and nitrosaminc dcalkylasc activities of normal guinea-pigs and rats werc compared to those of animals fed azo dye and nitrusamine. Electron microscopy revealed ultrastructural alterations of lhe guinca pig liver during nitroaamine administration. Diethylnitrosamine (DEN)- induced hepatic tumor cells showed extensive proliferation of thc rough ersio- plasmic rcticulum (ER), while the smooth ER was quite sparsc; the oppositc was true in the premalignant liver. In the rat, howcvcr, administration of either DEN or 3'-methyl-4-dimethylaminoazobcnune (3'-Me-DAB) caused prolifcration of the smooth ER and sparsity of the rough ER in both prc- malignant and malignant tissue. In both specics, the number of ribosomca on the outcr surface of the liver rough ER was greatly reduced as was the RNA/ protein ratio, which correlated with a dccreased response to an SH probe in microaomal suspensions. Azo dye rcductaae activity was higher in untrcatcd rats than in untreated guinea-pigs. After six weeks of 3'-Mc-DAB fceding, howcvcr, this was 76% lower in the rat while there was no significant decrcase in the guinca pig, which is rcfractory to azo dye carcinogenesis. Thus, as in- testion approached the tumoriycnie threshold dose, the rat liver i ability to inactivate the dye was much impaired, but not that of the guinea pig. Control kvcls of nitrosamine dcalkylase were identical in both species, howcvcr. and remained essentially unchanged after 10 weeks of DEN administration. Since nitrosamine dcalkylation represents activating metabolism, this provides the basis for the identical suaceptibilitics of the rat and the guinea pig to DEN carcinogcnesis. Of the two enzymes examined, only the guinea pig azo dye rcductase appears to be independent of glucose r,cpression, sincc its activity was unchanged by starvation. St.rvation-induocd ckvation of azo dye rcductasc activity in the rat was not affected by 3'-Mo-DAB administration and only slightly influenced hy DEN. In both spocies, however, DEN abolished the uarvation-induced increasc of nitrosamine dcalkylation, while 3'-Mc-DAB docreased it only slightly. Bryant. G. M.. Sohal, R. S., Argus, M. F., and Arcos, J. C. British Journal o/ Cancer 36:678-691, 1977. OtJrer support: National Cancer Institute. From the Department of Mcdicine, Tulano Medical Center and Seamen's Memorial Rcscarch Laburatory, U. S. Public Health Service Hospital, New Or)cans; and the Department of Biology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas. i IIYDROCARBONkNITROSAMINE PULMONARY SYNCARCINO- GENESIS: RECIPROCAL EFFECTS ON METABOLISM This study rctwrts on the enxymological correlates of the pulmonary syo- carcinogenesis which has been observed between methylcholanlhrene (MC) and dirncthy/nitrosamine (DMN) following acute administration of the tar- cinogcns. Ex pcrimcnt ally, aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (AFfll), epoxido hydrasc, DMN-dcmcthylasc, and glutathione-S-epoxide transferase activities were studied in the liver and lung of DBA/2J and C57BLJ61 mice, two strains which arc, respcctively, noninducibk and inducible for hepatic A}IH. Chan=e in thcsc enzyme activities was determined following acute administration of MC, DMN, and their combinations. In the livcr-except for a substantial in- duction of hcpatic Alill in the CS7BL/61 strain-thc metabolic pattern is vcry similar in the two strains. In both strains DMN-0cmcthylase is highly sensitive to DMN pretreatment at the six mg/kj level. Increase of DMN to the total syncarcinogcnic dox of 60 m=/k= abolishes induced AHH in the C57BL/6J and brings about substantial inhibition of all other enzymes studied. In the lung of the two strains, induced AHH was found to be highly acnsitive to DMN pretreatment in the DBA/2J, and DMN-demethylase II (the only DMN-dcmethylax present in the lung) was substantially reduced following pretreatment with 60 mg but not with 6 mg DMN. The most interesting ro- sults in the lung arc seen with the CS7BU61 strain since, with 60 mg DMN/ kg, there is a substantial decrcase of the epoxide hydrase together with a substantial increase of the AHH. This suggats a mechanistic intcrpretation of lhe AIIH increase within the framework of the known pathways of hydro- carbon metabolism and a greater susceptibility of the C57BIJ6J strain to the combined administration of MC and DMN. Arcoi, J. C. cr al. In: Gclboin, H. V. and Ti o, P. O. P. (cds.): Polycyclic Hydrocarbotir awd Canccr-Environmcnt, Chcm/rtry and Merabolirm. New York: Aeademie Press, 1978, vol. 1, pp. 271-282. From Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans. DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF.&NAPTHOFLAVONE AND PREGNENOLONE-16o-CARBONfi'RILE ON DIMETHYLNITRO- SAMINE-INDUCED lIEPATOCARCINOGENESIS The carcinogcnicity of dimcthylnitroaamine (DMN) u inhibited by the co-administration of either 3-nxthykboianthrcne or aminoaeetonitrik, eoro- pounds which substantially lower the activity of DMN-0cmethylase, a micro- somal mixed-function oxidaac that catalyzes the auivation of DMN. In the prescnt investigation aimed at elucidating further this corrclation, the died of administering p-naphthoAavone (i9-NF) and poegneaoionrl6.urbonitrib (PCN) on the hcpatocarcinogtnicity of DMN ia malo SD rats waa axpiorcd. .Both r4-NF and PCN arc potent ncpresson of the low-Michaeliscon.tant eo- zymatic form of DMN-demethylase. Hepatic tumors were found in every group of rats rccciving DMN alone or in combination with A-NF or PCN. (...: 8 9
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The morphology of thcse tumors was quite similar for all three groupa, with 53% of the 53 liver tumors observed being angiosarcomas. DMN-induced hcpatocarcinogencsia was partially inhibited by PCN and enhanced by O-NF. Scvcn livcr tumors were found in 45 rats fcd DMN plus PCN comparcd to 32 liver tumors in 43 rats fcd DMN plus 6-NF; 14 liver tumors werc found in 43 rats fcd DMN alone. No livcr tumors were dcacctcd in rats that rcccivcd only PCN, A-NF, or the administration vehicln. The uncxpectcd enhanccnunt of DMN-induced caccinogenesis by O-Nl' prompts a rcexanunation of tlic presently accepted activation mechanism of DMN. Argus, M. F.. Hoch-Lircti, C., Arcos. J. C., and Conncy, A. H. Journal o/ nce National Cancer lnssiturc 61(2) :441-449, 1978. Olher auppori: National Canccr Institute. From the Scamcn i Memorial Research Laboratory, U. S. Public Hcalth Service Hospital, and the Department of Mcdicinc, Tulanc University School of Medicine, New Orlcans. USE OF HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE IN BACTERIAL LETHALI'IY, MUTAGENESIS, AND ENZYMOLOGICAL STUDIES Previous studia have established that the potency of dimcthylnitroumine and dicthylnitrosamine in bringing about conformational changes in protein is comparable to that of urea and guanidinium chloride, well-known protein- denaturing agents. In addition, an optical rotatory dispersion study of the ovalbumin conformational change as a function of dimethylnitroaamine con- ocntration had indicated a cotscentrationdcpendent ambivalent effect on pro- tein conformation. Thus, at concentrations of, and greater than, about 200 mM, dinxthylnitrosamino brings about dcnaturation. However, at conuntra- tions from 200 mM downward the b, constant of ovalbumin increascs with the dc.:rcase of dimethylnitroramine concentration, suggesting that, In this con- ccntration range, dimcthylnitrosamine has a refokling ("tif,htening") rather than unfolding (denaturing) effect on the protein secondary structure. Because of its proteinrknaturing ability, dimethylnitroaaminc at high concentrations can bring about cell death. !n eontraat, when 20 to 200 mM dimcthyloitros.minc is used iss enzyme aad mutagenesis aasays, because of ita refolding cNect on protein secondary struttuna at these concentrations, it may produce allosleric enzyme coaformational changes in vfrro, thereby possibly creating artifactual phcnomcna. Indeed, the use of nonpharmacologiully high concentrations of dimethylnitroaamirsc and dkthylnltrosamine appears to be the basis of con- Aicting rcporta on the trprcasibillty versus inducibility of dimcthylnitroaaminc demethylase and dicthylnitroaamine doethylase and on the effect of ctuymc Induccr pretreatment on nltrosamino mutagenicity activation by microsomcs. Raxnt investigations wggat that the apparent conflict is due to the existence of two enzymic forms of dimcthylnltrosamine demcthylase that respond in diametrically opposite ways (namely, repression and induction) to enzyme inducer ptttrutn-.cnL 7bcse obscrvations and others kad the authors to con- cludc that the conrr.entratton of dimethylnttrosamino (or any other ndnosamtne) used in in virro assays should be kept under 20 mM, and preferably bdow S mM. Since the purpose of studying the metaboiism, mutagenicity, and eeUu- lar cftccts of dimethylnitrosamine and other nitroumines is principally to gain insight into the mcchanism of their carcinogenic effect, physiologically realistic tcsting lcvcls should be observed. Argus, M. F. aud trcos, 1. C. Cancer Re.rearch 38:226-228, 1978. a L.J .5~:..+ .1... From the Seamen's Memorial Research Laboratory, U. S. Public Health Service Hospital, and the Dcpartmcnt of Medicine, Tulane Medical Center, New r•X_ Orlcans. ~: ~+++ TISSUE AND SUBCELLULAR DISTRIBUTION OF sH-DIOXANE IN THE RAT AND APPARENT LACK OF MICROSOME-CATALYZED COVALENT BINDING IN THE TARGET TISSUE Dioxane, a commonly used industrial and laboratory solvent, has been known to exhibit both toxic and carcinogenic activity. As part of a series of investigations aimed at clucidating the mechanism of these cRecta, this paper prescnts data on the distribution of sH-dioxane among a number of rat tia- sucs and various subccllular fractions of rat liver.° At various times after intraperitoneal injcction, diox.ne was distributed more or less uniformly among various tissues (liver, kidney, spleen, lung, colon, and skelctal muscle), which is consistent with its polar/nonpolar nature. However, in contrast to this nearly uniform distribution. studies of the nature of binding revealed largs tissue differences. The liver (the main target of urcinogcnesis), oolon (do- accnding segmcnt), and spleen sho.ved a greater amount of "covaknt" binding as mcasurcd by tbe incorporation of radioactivity into lipid-free, acid-ituolubie materials. Much Icss "covalent" binding occurred In the skektal muscle and blood. Invcstigations of the subccllular distribution in liver indicated that most of the radioactivity was in the cytosol, followed by the microsomal, mito- chondrial, and nuclcar fractans. The binding of dioxane to the maerornoir cules in the cytosol was mainly noncovaknt. The percent covalent binding was highest in the nuclcar fraction, followed by mitochoodrial and mietosortul fractions and the whole homogenate. Pretreatment of rats with induun of microsomal mixcd-function oxidases had no significant effect on the covalent binding of dioxane to the various subcellular fractions of the liver. There is no microsomc-catalyzed In vitro binding of dioxane to DNA under conditions in which there is cxtcnsivs binding of benzo(aJpyrene. Woo. Y-T., Argus, M. F. and Arcox, J. C. Ll/e Sciences 21(10) :1447-1456, 1977. Other support: National Cancer Institute. , From the Seamcn's Memorial Research Laboratory, U. S. Public Health Savice Hospital, aod the Department of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orkans, 10 11
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STRUCTURAL IDENTIFICATION OF p-DIOXANE-2-ONE AS TI1E MAJOR URINARY METABOLITE OF p-DIOXANE Intcnsive dioxanc expo.ur+c causes severe liver and kidncy damage and even death. The compound is also a hepatic carcinogen in rats. In this invcs- ti3ation of the in vivo mctabolism of dioxane, gas chromatography (GC) of the volatile compounds present in the urine of rats administcrcd dioxane re- vulcd a major metabolile. 7Te latter was dctcclable only at low pft levcl%, and the amour.t excreted was buth dosc- and tinu-dcpcndcnt, rcaching a maxi- mum 20 to 28 hours aftcr intrapcritoneal injection of dioxanc. Administration of dicthylcoe glycol produced the same mc/atwlitc, but mostly within tlic firsl 16 hours, sugycstins that this compound may bc an intcrmcdiatc in the in vivo metabolism of dioxanc. Under similar conditions, ethylcnc glycol, di- glycolic acid and oxalic acid did not induce excretion of the mctabolite. The isolated and purified metabolite displayed an intcnsc carbonyl band at 1,750 em-1 in thc infrared (1R) spectrum. Its nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrum indicated two triplets and one singlet of equal intensity at 3.85, 4.48 and 4.37, reapeetively. Upon GC-mass spcctrophotometric studies, there was a parent peak at m/e 102. The metabolite was identified as p-dioxanc-2-orx, as confirmed by comparison to its synthetic reference compound, which ex- hibited the aame IR, NMR, and GC-mau spectra as the unknown. A tenta- tive metabolic pathway for dioxanc is presented; microsomal mixed function oxidascs appear to be involved in this pathway. Preliminary experiments indi- eate that tho metabolite is considerably more toxic than the parent compound. Its poicntial health hazard remains to be assessed, especially since it is used as a commercial and industrial preservative. Woo, Y-T,.1rcos, J. C., Argus, M. F., Gritfin, G. W., and Nishiyahaa, K. Naunyn-Schmledabrrg's Archives oJ Pathology 299:283-2g7, 1977. Other support: National Cancer Inslitutc. From the Scamen's Memorial Rcxarch Laboratory, U. S. Public Health Service Hospital; the Department of Medicine, Tulane University; and the Department of Chcmistry, University of New Orleans, New Orleans. EFFECT OF MIXED-FUNCTION OXIDASE MODIFIERS ON MLrI'ABOLISM AND TOXICITY OF THE ONCOGEN DIOXANE The etTect of inducers and inhibitors of mixed-function oxidases (MFO's) on the /n vivo metabolism of dioxane fn the rat was studied with both non- radioactive and "C-labeled dioxane. In addition, the effocts of various inducers on the acute toxicity of dioxane and its principal urinary motabolitc, p-dioxane- 2-onc, were examined in an attempt to elucidate the relationship bctwecn the metabolism and tqxicity of this commonly used solvent. Results showed that pretrealment of mak Sprague-Dawlcy rats with the inducen phenoharbital (PB), polychlorinated biphcnyls (PCB), and, to a much leszer extcnt, 3- mcthylcholanthrcnc (MC), increased the metabolite excretion and shortened lhc time of onsct bf peak excretion of the metabolite. On the other hand, an inhibitor or repressor of MFO's, such as either 2,4-dichloro-6-phenylphersoxy- elhylamine or cobaltous chloride, decreased the metabolite excrction. Thae re- suits sub%tantiate the involvement of MFO's in the in vivo metabolism of dioxanc. Whcn the relationship between the metabolism and the acute toxicity of dioxanc was explored, it waa scen that prlioxane-2-0nc was considerably more toxic than dioxairo. '!bc acute toxicity studies showed an apparent corrclation bctwccn the metabolism and toxicity of dioxane In PCB- or MC- prctrcated rats. llowcvcr, I'll pretreatment had no eRcct on toxicity in spite of autntantially incrcasing dioxanc's metabolism to p-dioxanc-2onc. Since this lack of PB clfcct indicates that p-dioxanc-2-onc requires further metabolism to exert its toxic effect, the totality of these results suggcsts that the generation of (he toxic substance from dioxane may involve a multistep mcchanism with p-dioxane-2-onc scrving as an intermediate. Woo, Y-T., Argus, M. F. and ./rcor, J. C. Cancer Research 38:1621-1625, 1978. Other aupport:: National Cancer Institute. From the Seamcn's Memorial Research Laboratory, U. S. Public Health Service Hospital, and the Dcpartment of Medicine. Tulane University Medical Ccnter, New Orleans. RAI)fOACTIVE ASSAY FOR ARYL HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASE. IMPROVED METHOD AND BIOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE This report describes an isotopic AHH assay, which measures all the metabolitc.s formed during the !n vitro incubation of various tiausa (liver, intcstine, lung, kidney) with (sH)-benzo(a)pyrene and accurately detetmines lower enzymatic activitics such as those found in the lung or kidney. 'Ihe addition of two volumes of a IM aqueous KOH/dimethylsulfoxide (15/85- v/v) mixture to the enzymatic Incubation mcdium, makes it posaibie to selee- tivcly extract the unmctabolizcd bcnzo(a)pyrenc In hexanc. Thus, Ihe radio- activity remaining in the water phase represents ail the metabolites synthesized In vitro. Whitc kss sensitive than the more commonly used fluoritnetric method, this new technique, whose lower limit of sensitivity is estimated to be about 2.10-tt moles of lotal metabolita formed /ml incvbation medium, is ex- trcmcly accuratc, can measure cxtrahepatirc and low AHH activity, and is not particularly photosensitive. Van Cantfort,l.. Dc Graevc, 7. and C(den, J. E. Biochemical and Iliophyslcal Research Commwnieatfon.r 79(2) •505-512, 1977. From thc Laboratoirc de Chimic MFdicak, Ins:itut dc Pathologie. Sart-Tilman par Li2gc, Bcleium. / ..f:.. Z. 12 13
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COMPARISON OF ARYL HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASE INDUCTION IN CULTURED BLOOD LYMPHOCYTES AND PULMONARY MACROPHAGES In this study, In vitro inducibility of aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylasc (AHH) in freshly lavaged pulmonary alveolar maerophagcs (PAM) was comparcd to thc degree of induction of AHH in cultured lymphocytes from 15 smokers and 8 nonunokars with a variety of nonneoplastic lung discases. Valucs ohtiincd for AHH in PAMs and in lymphocytes from patients within the nonsmokcr and smoker groups were similar. Levcls of AHII in PAMs freshly obtained by Iavagc were higher for smokers than for nonsmokers. With PAMs from nonsmokers, levels of Atilt were virtually idcntical for cells cultured for 24 hra, with rw inducer in the mcdium and for cclls fresLly Iavrgcd hum lhc lung. In contrast, valuca for PAMs from snrokcn wcrc rcduccd to atxsut halt thc original kvcls aflcr culture for 24 hra. with no induccr in the mcdium. Atilt values wcre similar when noninduced enzyme levels were comparcd for nonsmoker or smoker PAMs and lymphocytes. Also, when PAMs and lympho- cytea from srnoken or nonamokers wene cultured in the presence of BA, similar cnzyme induciion was observed. Results from these studies indicate that AHH kvela in one cell type can accurately reflect levels measured in thc other cell type. However, dgsrcttc smoking affccta the noninduced as wcll as the BA-irsduced kvcla of the eozyme. This is the flrst time that cells from two separate tiuucs from individual subjects have been shown to possesa similar AHH induction capabilities when tested under identical culture conditions. By measuring AHH in two separate tissues from the same individual, problems previously encountered in using a single tissue for analysis of an individual's AHIi characteristics might be resolved. This added dimension for the analysis of AHH in individuals might also provide researchers with another tool for evaluating the relationship of AHH to chemical carcinogcncsis. McLemorc, T. L., Martln, R. R., Toppell, K. L. Busbce, D. L., and Cantrcll, E. T. The Journal of Clinical InvesrigarJon 60:1017-1024, 1977. Other aupport: National Institutes of Health. From the Department of Medicine and the Department of Microbiology and lmmunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; and the Dcparlmcnt of Biological Scicnccs, North Tcxas State University, Denton. ANALYSIS OF ARYL HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASE ACTIVITY IN HUMAN LUNG TISSUE, PULMONARY MACROPHAGES AND BLOOD LYMPHOCYTES While variation in the degnea of aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (AHH) inducibility has been observed in pulmonary alveolar macrophagcs (PAM) and lymphocytes from diftercnt (ndividuals. AHH values in these cells have not been related to the AHH activity in other autologous tissues. In this uudy, the AIiH activity in fresh surgically excised lung tissue, fresh PAM and periphcral bl.od lymphocytes from 14 cigarette smokers (7 with untreated primary lung cancer and 7 noncancer patient.), was tneasurcd fluorometrically. Individuals without cancer showed a good eorrelatioo (r = 0.975, p<.001) between the PAM's AHH levels and the AHH inducibility (expressed as fold induction) in their culturcd, mitogcn-stimulated lymphocytes. In the eaacor patients, howcver, thcse values were dissociated. In addition, the fresh lung tissue AHH levels and the cultured lymphocytes' fold-induetion ratios eorre, latcd positivcly in noncancer patients but not in the cancer patients. There was closc agreement between fresh lung tissue Atilt and fresh PAM from indi- vidual canccr-frcc patients, but these valucs were only weakly correlated in those with canccr. Upon simultancoru comparison of Atilt aclivity in fresh 1'AM and in lrc.h lung tissuc, and Atilt inducibility in cultured lymphocyta, an cxccllcnt rclatiunship was found between these values in all three tissues fur individual narscancer patients (r = 0.987, p<.001). However, these did not correlate in individual lung cancer patients. According to the data, while the capacity for Atilt induction in cancer-frce cigarette smokers is similar in the tissues studied, lung cancer patients do not have positively correlated AHH values in thcsc tissucs. McLcmore, T. L., Marfln, R. R., Pickard, L R., Sprinaer, R. R., Wray, N. P., Toppcll, K. L, Mattox, K. L., Guinn, O. A., Cantrcll, E. T., and Buabee, D. L Canccr4l(6):2292-2300, 1978. Other support: National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society. From the Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Baylor College of Modicino and Vetcrans Administration Hospital, Houston; and the Department of Biological Sciences, North Texas State University. Denton. DISSOCIATION BETWEEN AR'k HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASE ACTIVITY IN CULTURED PULMONARY MACROPHAGES AND BLOOD LYMPHOCYTES FROM LUNG CANCER PATIENTS Lymphocytes and pulmonary alveolar macrophages (PAM) used for ' evaluation of aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylaso (AHH) induction were obtained from IS noncanccr and 14 primary lung cancer patients. Enzyme levels were measured in cells cultured with or without the induoer benzanthracene (BA). Toe mean levels of Atilt showed no di8ercnoo between noncancer and eanoer patients for either nonlnduced or BA-Induoed eella. Absolute levels and fold induction of Atilt in PAM and lymphocytca from individual noncarsar patients were positivcly eorrclated. However, oomp.riaoo of theae values in PAM and lymphocytes from individual lung cancer patients demonstrated no positive correlation. In further study, comparison of enzyme activity in macro- phagca freshly lavaged from the lun= and BA-faduced activity in cultured PAM revealed a positive correlation for both nottcancer and lung cancer p.- tients. Similarly, comparison of enzyme activity in fr+esh macrophatcs and fold induction valucs in cultured PAM was also well cocrelatod for both jrarpa oi patients. From these studies, it would appear that meawi•cmertt of AHH in more than one tissue obtained on the ume day frnm a given individual may 14 ' IS
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distinguish diffcrences bctween noncancer and lung cancer paticnts. In non- cancer patients. thcre is a good agreement between values for AHH in fresh PAM and cultured lymphocytes; however. when similar mcasuremcnts arc compared in individual lung cancer patients, the AHH values in ccllc from the two different tissues are dissociatcd. Since this dissociation betwcen AHH levels is consistently found in lung cancer patients. a comparison bctwccn Alilf levels in cultured PAM and lymphocytes could be of diagnostic aid when lung cancer is suspectcd. McLemorc, T. L., Martin. R. R.. Wray, N. P., Cantrell. E. T., and Bushcc, D. L. Cancer Rercarch 38(11) :3805-381 I, 1978. Other aupportr National Institutes of Health. American Cancer Society and the Veterans Administration Hospital, Houston. From the Departments of Medicine and Microbiology and Fmmunology, Bay- lor College of Medicine, and Veterans Administration Hospital, Houslon; the Department of Biological Scicncea and the Genetics Center, North Tcxas State University, Denton, and the Dcpartmont of Pharmacology. Tcxas College of Osteopathic Mcdicinc, Fort Worth. EFFECTS OF SELENIUM ON.ARYL HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASE ACTIVITY IN CULTURED HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES This paper examina the effects of selenium (Se) on induction of aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylaae (AHH) activity in lymphocyte cultures and on the onzyme activity itself. Experimentally, human lymphocytes were cultured both in the preacnce and abatence of inducen of AHH. The presence of 10'• M Sc during the last 24 hra. of culture (cornaponding to the time when inducer was present) or during the entire culture period had no inhibitory ctTect on AHH activity in either tsonindutxd or induced cells. However, the presence of Sc in the usay itself inhibited AHH activity by more than 50%. This level of inhibition was seen at concentrations of the substrate benzo(aJpyrenc of 1, 3. 10, and 100 µm and Se concentrations of 0.1, 0.3, 1, and I0mM, respectively. Interatingly enough, when AHH activity wu measured in noninduccd cells in the presence of low concentrations of Se, the AF(H activity was slightly higher than when Sc was abscnt. Thao findings indicate that the inhibitory cfkct of Sc on tumorigencsis in studies with several experimental animal sys- tems may be explained in part by the inhibition of microsomal oxidascs rc- sponsibie for metabolic conversion of prccarcinogcns to ultimatc, electrophilic carcinogens. Rasco, df. A., Jacobs, M. M. and Griffin, A. C. Cancer l.etterl 3:295-30 t, 1977. Other aupport: National Cancer Institute. From the Departments of Biology and Biochemistry. The University of Texas System Cancer Center, M. D. Andcrson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston. e C GALACTOSYL TRANSFERASE IN BENIGN AND NEOPLASTIC C HUMAN B1.ADfJER MUCOSA Uridinc 5'-diphosphale galactose:glycoprotcin galactosyl transfcrase (Gal- X), an enzyme which is involved in the bioaynthesis of complex carbohydrates of cell mcmbrancs, has been implicated in intereellular recognition, adhesion and differentiation, and associated with somo human endodermally derived tumon. In the present study of the activity of G.I-X in human transitional ccll carcinoma, the homogcnatn of four established transitional cell carcinoma lines (MGII-l, MG}l-2, RT-4; and T-24) were shown to have signi8cantly ~ increased Gal-X activitics as compared with human fibroblasts in tissue culture. ~ Because of this. Gal-X activity was then studied in fresh specimens of benign, inflarncd, and ncoplastic human bladder epithelium. Results showed that 40 V auays on transitional cell carcinoma, both invasive and twninvasive, ranged from 24.4 to 180.0 cpm/µg of protein (mean 70.3), and 50 aasays on normal or inflamed mucosa ranged from 0.8 to 46.1 epm/Pg (mean 9.00). The ma- jority of benign niucosal specimens showed some inflammatory changes, but Ihat did not increase the level of Gal-X activity. These raults, which show that human transitional cell carcinoma has increased Gal-X activity regardless of tumor stage or grade as compared with benign transitional cell epithelium, indicate that this increase may be useful in the development of diagnostic fluoroimmune and radioimmunc techniques to detect transitional cell carcinoma. Flagen-Cook, K., Prout. G. R.. Jr., Plotkin, G. M., Gilbert, S. L., and Wolf G. Surgical Forum 29:627-629, 1978. Other support: National Cancer Institute. From the Urological Scrvice, Massachuactts General Hospital, and the Depart- ment of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston; and the Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Massachusetts Itutitute of Technology, Cambridge. CYCLOPFiOSPHAMIDE-INDUCED ONCOGENIC TRANSFORMATION, CHROMOSOMAL BREAKAGE, AND SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE FOLLOWING MICROSOMAL AC7IVATION Cancer chemothcrapcutic agenta may be unequaled for the purpose of asscssing short-term mammalian tinue culture assay systems for their actual ability to predict human risk of developing wnoer as a result of exposure to certain compounds. This paper illustrates that whlle rycloptaaplsamidc does not produce oncogenic transformation in the absence of a metabolic activation system, signiftcant transformation does take place in the presence of an exogeneous activation source. Cell culture with and without an exogenova liver metabolic activation system was used to investigate the efToct of tLia chemotherapeutic agent on oneo=enic tnnsformation and ehrornownial damagt:,, including •itscreased sistcr chromatid exchanges. As noted above, cyclophos- phamidc did not prodtice any abnormalities in the absence of inetabolic ac- 16 17
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tivation, but incorporation of thc activating system into the auays led to significant transformation, chromosomal breaks and incrcascs in sistcr chroma- tid exchangcs. The removal of glucose-6-phosphatc and nicotinarnide adenine dinuckotido phosphate from the mctabolic generating systcm, however, com- plclely climinatcd these aberrationa. According to thcsc results, it may bc nccessary to incorporate somc activation procedure into any study utilizing in vitro systems to detcrminc the potential human hazards :.: a particular chemical. Bencdict, W. F., Bancrjoe, A. and Vcakatesan, N. Cancer Rcsearch 38:2922-2924. 1978. From the Division of Hcmatology-0ncology, Department of Mcdicinc. Chil- dren i Hospital of Los Angclcs; and the Department of f'cdiatrics, University of Southcrn California School of Medicine, Los Angclca. MUTAGENICITY OF CANCER CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS IN THE SALMONEL"/MICROSOME TEST Many short-term assays have been developed recently to screen potential chemical carciroQcns/mutagcns, and catsccr chcmotherapcutic drugs have been considered partictilarly suitable for examining the relationships among short-tcrm Irr vitro assays. In vivo urcioogcnicity studics and chemical carcino- gencsis in man. In the present atudy, 17 cancer chcmotherapcutic agents were tested for their ability to mutate SalmoneUa ryph(murium tester strains in the Sdmonefla/microsome mutagcniciry tcst. Results showcd a high corrclation between the mutagcnicity and carcinogcnicity of a given agent. Carcinogens positive in the test were adriamycin, daunomycin. I-propanol-3,3'-iminodime- thanesulfonatc, cydophoaphamidc, isophosphamidc, hycanthone, chlornaphazin, nitrogen muuard, uracil mustard, melphalan, and thio-TEPA. Two known carcinogcns, actinomycin D and bleomycin, were oot detected as mutageru. The presumptivc noncarcinaicn, mcthoumatc, was negative in the test. How- ever, tiloronc and 6-mercaptopuritsc, tentatively classified as noncarcinogrns, were mutagcnic. In summary, these tats showed that I 1 of 13 of the chcmo- thcrapcutic agenta that are carcinogenic were also mutagenic in the Safmonclla/ microsome system. In addition to being carcinogenic in animal studies, somc of these agents arc suspected of being carcinogenic in man. tkncdkt. W. F. et d. Cancer Rexarch 37:2209-2213, 1977. OtAer aupportr National Canoer Institute. From the Division of Hematology and OPcology. Department of Medicine. Children's Hospital. Los Angeles; and the Department of Biochemistry, Uni- versity of California. Berkeley. CELL CYCLE-SPECIFIC ONCOGENIC TRANSFORMAT7ON OF C3N/ 10T~/i CLONE 8 MOUSE EMBRYO CELLS BY 1-.8-D-ARABINOFU RANOSYLCYTOSI.NF ~ : .\n .... ,oi .. ... ..._.... _ ..- rcplicacion in prcierc:..:c to repair syntbcsia. 1':ar:icr uudics by various investigators show that it can also be (ncorporated, although not ex- tcnaivcly, into DNA, that it produces cell cycltspccific chromatid breakage, induces chromosomal abberationa, is mutagrnic to mammalian cells, and intcrfcro witn the rynthcsis of glycoprotcins and glycolipids. It is also capable of causing malignant transformation in cultured hamster embryo cells and in rat cclls. This report +Dows that the nucleosidc also induces oncogenic transformation in the C311/ 10TSh CL8 line of tnouso embryo cells and that this transforn ation is primarily S-phasc spocifk. Cell lines derived from type I11 transformed foci grew in soit agarose and produced turnors in immuno- suppressed syngcneic mice. In a11s synchronized by postconfluent growth inhibition or isolcucinc deprivation, transformation was cell cycle dependent. Maximal transformuion was observcd in cells treated in the S phase, although some transformation occurred in ccils treated in the G, phase. The authors indicate that sonx of these results m.y be cxpiaincd by the fact that ara-C is capable of causing chromosomal lesions in the G, phase and of delaying the entry of G, cells into the S phase. iluy also auggeu that speci& chronw- somal changes may be particularly imponant in chemically induced malignant transformation, especially since the cxpraaion of cancer in cells tranaformcd by ara-C is associated with specific chrornc,somal imbalancss. Jones, P. A., Baker, M. S., Bertram, l. S., and Benedict, W. F. Cancer Rerearch 37:2214-2217,1977. Other support: Natioual Cancer Institute. From the Division of Hematology-0ncology. Department of Mcdicinc, Chil- dren's Hospital, Los Ar.gdes; and the Dcpartm~t of Expcrinxntal Thcrapcu- tics, Grace Cancer Drug Center. Roswcll Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo. SPECIFICITY OF HUMAN, RAT AND MOUSE Si.iN EPOXIDE IIYDRATASE TOWARDS K-KEGION EPOXIDESOF POLYCYCLIC IfYDROCrRBONS . Microsomal cnzymcs have the capacity to ttansform aromatic and olcfinic compounds includiaz bcnzo(a]pyrcnc to epmtidca which arc c1w trophilic and can spontanco,uly form covalent bonds with the mKkop?tilic moictics of tissue DNA, R21A and protein. Several stadics have shown that cpoxidc hydratase has a uniq,x role in the metabolic lormation of carciro- gcns from polycyclic hydrocfArbons. This report cnumeratcs some of this cnzyme i properties in humar, rat and tnouse akin micro.ornal fractions aad compares them to those foun.lln liver preparations. The skin enzyme hydrated all epoxidcs tuted, with humin fractions showing the ma: activity, followed IE 19

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