Abstract
Dibenzo[def,p]chrysene (DBC) is a transplacental carcinogen in mice (15mg/kg; gestation day (GD) 17). To mimic residual exposure throughout pregnancy, dams received four smaller doses of DBC (3.75mg/kg) on GD 5, 9, 13 and 17. This regimen alleviated the previously established carcinogenic responses in the thymus, lung, and liver. However, there was a marked increase in ovarian tumors (females) and hyperplastic testes (males). [ 14C]-DBC (GD 17) dosing revealed transplacental distribution to fetal tissues at 10-fold lower concentrations than in paired maternal tissue and residual [ 14C] 3weeks post-dose. This study highlights the importance of developmental stage in susceptibility to environmental carcinogens.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 49-55 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Cancer Letters |
| Volume | 317 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
The authors would like to thank Marilyn Henderson, Tammie McQuistan, and Abby Benninghoff for their technical expertise and Mandy Louderback for animal handling assistance. In addition, we would like to acknowledge Dr. Clifford Pereira, Department of Statistics, Oregon State University, for his advice on statistical modeling. Support from this study was provided by the following PHS Grants from NIH, P42 ES016465 , P01 CA90890 , T32ES07060 and P30 ES03850 along with assistance from The Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Author National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health The Bev Hartig Huntington's Disease Foundation National Institutes of Health | P42 ES016465, P01 CA90890, P30 ES03850 |
| National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences | T32ES007060 |
| Presbyterian Historical Society | |
| Oregon State University/Oregon Health and Science University |
Keywords
- Carcinogenesis
- Fetal
- Maternal
- PAHs
- T-cell lymphoma
- Transplacental cancer
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oncology
- Cancer Research
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