Article
H-ras mutations in rat urinary bladder carcinomas induced by N-[4-(5-nitro-2-furyl)-2-thiazolyl]formamide and sodium saccharin, sodium ascorbate, or related salts.
Cancer research - 1 Jul 1991
Masui T, Mann A M, Macatee T L, Okamura T, Garland E M, Fujii H, Pelling J C, Cohen S M
Abstract excerpt
Male F344 rats were fed 0.2% N-[4-(5-nitro-2-furyl)-2-thiazoly]formamide for 6 weeks and then fed 3% or 5% sodium saccharin, 5% sodium ascorbate, 3.12% calcium saccharin, 1.34% sodium chloride, 5.2% calcium saccharin plus 1.34% sodium chloride, or basal diet alone for 72 weeks. Protein and DNA were extracted from 89 bladder tumors [87 transitional cell carcinomas (TCC), 1 papilloma, and 1 sarcoma] from 86 rats...
Topics
- Animals
- Ascorbic Acid
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Western
- Carcinogens
- Carcinoma
- Carcinoma, Transitional Cell
- DNA, Neoplasm
- FANFT
- Genes, ras
- Male
