Abstract Title:

An organizational approach for the assessment of DNA adduct data in risk assessment: case studies for aflatoxin B1, tamoxifen and vinyl chloride.

Abstract Source:

Crit Rev Toxicol. 2014 Apr ;44(4):348-91. Epub 2014 Feb 4. PMID: 24494825

Abstract Author(s):

Lynn H Pottenger, Larry S Andrews, Ammie N Bachman, Peter J Boogaard, Jean Cadet, Michelle R Embry, Peter B Farmer, Matthew W Himmelstein, Annie M Jarabek, Elizabeth A Martin, Robert J Mauthe, Rudranath Persaud, R Julian Preston, Rita Schoeny, Julie Skare, James A Swenberg, Gary M Williams, Errol Zeiger, Fagen Zhang, James H Kim

Article Affiliation:

Lynn H Pottenger

Abstract:

The framework analysis previously presented for using DNA adduct information in the risk assessment of chemical carcinogens was applied in a series of case studies which place the adduct information into context with the key events in carcinogenesis to determine whether they could be used to support a mutagenic mode of action (MOA) for the examined chemicals. Three data-rich chemicals, aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), tamoxifen (Tam) and vinyl chloride (VCl) were selected for this exercise. These chemicals were selected because they are known human carcinogens and have different characteristics: AFB1 forms a unique adduct and human exposure is through contaminated foods; Tam is a pharmaceutical given to women so that the dose and duration of exposure are known, forms unique adducts in rodents, and has both estrogenic and genotoxic properties; and VCl, to which there is industrial exposure, forms a number of adducts that are identical to endogenous adducts found in unexposed people. All three chemicals produce liver tumors in rats. AFB1 and VCl also produce liver tumors in humans, but Tam induces human uterine tumors, only. To support a mutagenic MOA, the chemical-induced adducts must be characterized, shown to be pro-mutagenic, be present in the tumor target tissue, and produce mutations of the class found in the tumor. The adducts formed by AFB1 and VCl support a mutagenic MOA for their carcinogenicity. However, the data available for Tam shows a mutagenic MOA for liver tumors in rats, but its carcinogenicity in humans is most likely via a different MOA.

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