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ArticleToxicology in vitro : an international journal published in association with BIBRA2015

Comparison of the metabolic activation of environmental carcinogens in mouse embryonic stem cells and mouse embryonic fibroblasts.

Annette M Krais, Karl-Rudolf Mühlbauer, Jill E Kucab, Helena Chinbuah, Michael G Cornelius, Quan-Xiang Wei, Monica Hollstein, David H Phillips, Volker M Arlt, Heinz H Schmeiser

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Article in Toxicology in vitro : an international journal published in association with BIBRA, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Annette M KraisAnalytical and Environmental Sciences Division, MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Karl-Rudolf MühlbauerResearch Group Genetic Alterations in Carcinogenesis, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Jill E KucabAnalytical and Environmental Sciences Division, MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Helena ChinbuahAnalytical and Environmental Sciences Division, MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Michael G CorneliusResearch Group Genetic Alterations in Carcinogenesis, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Quan-Xiang WeiResearch Group Genetic Alterations in Carcinogenesis, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Monica HollsteinResearch Group Genetic Alterations in Carcinogenesis, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany; Molecular Mechanisms and Biomarkers Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France.
David H PhillipsAnalytical and Environmental Sciences Division, MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Volker M ArltAnalytical and Environmental Sciences Division, MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Heinz H SchmeiserResearch Group Genetic Alterations in Carcinogenesis, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
German Cancer Research Center · DEKing's College London · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 14329Cancer Research UK C313/A14329Wellcome Trust 101126Wellcome Trust WT101126MAWorld Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We compared mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells and fibroblasts (MEFs) for their ability to metabolically activate the environmental carcinogens benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), 3-nitrobenzanthrone (3-NBA) and aristolochic acid I (AAI), measuring DNA adduct formation by (32)P-postlabelling and expression of xenobiotic-metabolism genes by quantitative real-time PCR. At 2 μM, BaP induced Cyp1a1 expression in MEFs to a much greater extent than in ES cells and formed 45 times more adducts. Nqo1 mRNA expression was increased by 3-NBA in both cell types but induction was higher in MEFs, as was adduct formation. For AAI, DNA binding was over 450 times higher in MEFs than in ES cells, although Nqo1 and Cyp1a1 transcriptional levels did not explain this difference. We found higher global methylation of DNA in ES cells than in MEFs, which suggests higher chromatin density and lower accessibility of the DNA to DNA damaging agents in ES cells. However, AAI treatment did not alter DNA methylation. Thus mouse ES cells and MEFs have the metabolic competence to activate a number of environmental carcinogens, but MEFs have lower global DNA methylation and higher metabolic capacity than mouse ES cells.

Indexed as

AnimalsAristolochic AcidsBenz(a)AnthracenesBenzo(a)pyreneBlotting, WesternCarcinogens, EnvironmentalDNA AdductsDNA MethylationEmbryonic Stem CellsFibroblastsGene Expression ProfilingMiceMice, Inbred C57BLReal-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction3-nitrobenzanthronearistolochic acid IAristolochic AcidsBenz(a)AnthracenesBenzo(a)pyreneCarcinogens, EnvironmentalDNA AdductsCarcinogen activationCytochrome P450DNA adduct formationMouse embryonic fibroblastsMouse embryonic stem cellsNADP(H)quinone oxidoreductase

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PMID25230394
PMCPMC4258613
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