Promoting effects of monomethylarsonic acid, dimethylarsinic acid and trimethylarsine oxide on induction of rat liver preneoplastic glutathione S‐transferase placental form positive foci: A possible reactive oxygen species mechanism

• Published in: International journal of cancer 2002-07, Vol.100 (2), p.136-139
• Main Authors: Nishikawa, Takayuki, Wanibuchi, Hideki, Ogawa, Motome, Kinoshita, Anna, Morimura, Keiichirou, Hiroi, Toyoko, Funae, Yoshihiko, Kishida, Hideki, Nakae, Dai, Fukushima, Shoji
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Animals; arsenic; Arsenicals - pharmacology; Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; Biological and medical sciences; Blotting, Western; Cacodylic Acid - pharmacology; Carcinogenesis, carcinogens and anticarcinogens; Carcinogens - pharmacology; Chemical agents; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B1 - genetics; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B1 - metabolism; Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System - genetics; Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System - metabolism; cytochrome P‐450; Deoxyguanosine - analogs & derivatives; Deoxyguanosine - metabolism; Glutathione S-Transferase pi; Glutathione Transferase - biosynthesis; hepatocarcinogenesis enhancement; Immunoenzyme Techniques; Isoenzymes - biosynthesis; Liver - drug effects; Liver - enzymology; Liver Neoplasms, Experimental - chemically induced; Liver Neoplasms, Experimental - enzymology; Liver Neoplasms, Experimental - pathology; Male; Medical sciences; Microsomes, Liver - drug effects; Microsomes, Liver - enzymology; Oxidative Stress; Precancerous Conditions - enzymology; Rats; Rats, Inbred F344; Reactive Oxygen Species - metabolism; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA, Messenger - metabolism; Steroid Hydroxylases - genetics; Steroid Hydroxylases - metabolism; Tumors
• ISSN: 0020-7136; 1097-0215
• DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10471

Dimethylarsinic acid (DMA) is a major metabolite of inorganic arsenicals, which are epidemiologically significant chemicals in relation to liver cancer in mammals. The present study was conducted to determine the promoting effects of organic arsenicals related to DMA [monomethylarsonic acid (MMA) and trimethylarsine oxide (TMAO)] on rat liver carcinogenesis using a liver medium‐term bioassay (the Ito test). Male, 10‐week‐old, F344 rats were given a single i.p. injection of diethylnitrosamine at a dose of 200 mg/kg b.w. as an initiator. Starting 2 weeks thereafter they received 100 ppm of MMA, DMA or TMAO in their drinking water, or no supplement as a control, for 6 weeks. All animals underwent 2/3 partial hepatectomy in week 3 after initiation. Quantification of glutathione S‐transferase placental form (GST‐P)‐positive foci as preneoplastic lesions in liver sections revealed significantly increased numbers and areas in all 3 treated groups compared with controls. Hepatic microsome cytochrome P‐450 content was markedly increased with all 3 arsenic treatments. Markedly elevated CYP 2B1 protein levels and CYP 2B1/2 mRNA levels were thus observed in all cases. The potency of promotion was similar for MMA, DMA and TMAO. Since hydroxyradicals were found to be generated in the relatively early phase while methylated arsenicals were metabolized in liver, the resultant oxidative stress might have promoted lesion development. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.