Article
No consistent pattern of mutations in p53 and ras genes in liver tumors of rat treated with the drinking water mutagen 3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MX).
Environmental and molecular mutagenesis - 1 Jan 2000
Komulainen H, Hakulinen P, Servomaa K, Makkonen K, Vasara R, Mäki-Paakkanen J, Kosma V M
Abstract excerpt
The frequency of point mutations in p53 (exons 4-7) and in Ki-ras, Ha-ras, and N-ras (exons 1 and 2) and the expression of p53 protein were evaluated in the liver tumors of Wistar rats of a 104-week carcinogenicity study on 3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MX), a chlorine disinfection by-product in drinking water. Mutations were analyzed in 16 hepatocellular adenomas, 7 hepatocellular...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- Female
- Furans
- Genes, p53
- Genes, ras
- Immunohistochemistry
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental
- Male
- Mutagens
