Article
Differential effect of gestation stage on benzo(a)pyrene-induced micronucleus formation and/or covalent DNA modifications in mice.
Cancer research - 1 Apr 1990
Wang M Y, Lu L J
Abstract excerpt
Benzo(a)pyrene (BP), an environmental carcinogen, binds ubiquitously to the DNA of maternal and fetal tissues (Lu et al., Cancer Res., 46: 3046-3054, 1986). These studies further investigated the effect of gestation age on the induction of genetic damage by BP. Timed-pregnant ICR mice were treated with one dose of BP on various days of gestation and sacrificed 24-120 h after treatment. At the molecular level, BP...
Topics
- Age Factors
- Animals
- Benzo(a)pyrene
- DNA
- DNA Damage
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Embryo, Mammalian
- Female
- Gestational Age
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred ICR
- Micronucleus Tests
