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Carcinogenicity of Benzo-Ring Derivatives of Benzo(a)pyrene on Mouse Skin

Department of Biochemistry and Drug Metabolism, Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc., Nutley, New Jersey 07110 [W. L., A. W. W., P. G. W., J. K., A. H. C.], and Section on Oxidation Mechanisms, Laboratory of Chemistry, National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism and Digestive Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20014 [H. Y., D. M. J.]

Benzo(a)pyrene (BP) and several benzo-ring derivatives of BP were tested for carcinogenic activity in mice by topical application of each compound once every 2 weeks for 60 weeks. Chronic treatment of C57BL/6J mice with (±)-trans-7,8-dihydroxy-7,8-dihydrobenzo(a)pyrene (0.025 to 0.10 µmole/application) indicated that the dihydrodiol was slightly more active as a complete carcinogen than the parent hydrocarbon BP. 7,8-Dihydroxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo(a)pyrene, a compound related to (±)-trans-7,8-dihydroxy-7,8-dihydrobenzo(a)pyrene but which lacks the double bond at position 9,10, was inactive as a carcinogen on mouse skin. These results indicate the importance of the double bond at position 9,10 for the carcinogenic activity of (±)-trans-7,8-dihydroxy-7,8-dihydrobenzo(a)pyrene. Chronic treatment of mice with 0.4 µmole of the highly mutagenic (±)-7ß,8-dihydroxy-9,10-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo(a)pyrene, (±)-7ß,8-dihydroxy-9ß,10ß-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo(a)pyrene, or 9,10-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo(a)pyrene every 2 weeks for 60 weeks resulted in tumor incidences of 0, 8, and 4%, respectively, whereas BP at this dose caused a 100% tumor incidence. The high reactivity of the three epoxides may account for their inactivity or their weak carcinogenic activity on mouse skin.

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Received 4/13/77. Accepted 6/21/77.

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