ISSN:
1432-0738
Keywords:
Acetoxymethyl-methylnitrosamine
;
Teratogen
;
Sidepreference
;
Limb bud culture
;
DNA alkylation
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract 1. The alkylating agent acetoxymethyl-methylnitro-samine (DMN-OAc) triggers preferential left-sided paw defects in mice following IP administration on either day 11 or 12 of pregnancy. Predominantly, ectrodactyly and hypoplasia of the left paws were found. 2. In an organ culture system, using limb buds of 11-day-old mouse embryos, differentiation is severly impaired following addition of 2 μM DMN-OAc to the culture medium. Left and right limbs are equally affected. In contrast, when DMN-OAc is administered in vivo to the dams with subsequent culturing of the limb buds, growth and differentiation of the left limb buds is more affected when compared to the right. 3. Furthermore, DNA alkylation experiments were performed: in vitro, following addition of (14C)-DMN-OAc (2.3 μM) to the culture medium, the DNA alkylation rate of the limb bud DNA is determined. In vivo, following IP administration of 10 mg/kg DMN-OAc to the dams on day 11 of pregnancy, the extent of DNA alkylation of whole-embryo DNA is similar. However, the DNA alkylation rate of separately pooled left and right limb buds exhibits a two-fold difference according to the different teratogenic susceptibility. The results obtained with both in vivo and in vitro systems are consistent with the thesis that a certain amount of DNA alkylation in the tissue of the embryos is the initial step of alkylating agent-induced teratogenicity.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00333418
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