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Potent Mammary Carcinogenicity in Female CD Rats of a Fjord Region Diol-Epoxide of Benzo[c]phenanthrene Compared to a Bay Region Diol-Epoxide of Benzo[a]pyrene¹

American Health Foundation,³ Valhalla, New York 10595

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Two diol-epoxide metabolites of benzo[c]phenanthrene and benzo[a]pyrene, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons which occur in the environment, were tested for carcinogenicity by direct injection into the mammary fat pads of female CD rats. The compounds anti-3,4-dihydroxy-1,2-epoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrobenzo[c]phenanthrene (BcPDE), a fjord region diol-epoxide, and anti-7,8-dihydroxy-9,10-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyrene, a bay region diol-epoxide, were applied at total doses of 12.2 µmol. 6-Nitrochrysene was applied at the same dose as a positive control (K. El-Bayoumy, A. Rivenson, P. Upadhyaya, Y-H. Chae, and S. S. Hecht, Cancer Res. 53: 3719–3722, 1993). The sterically hindered fjord region diol-epoxide BcPDE was a powerful mammary tumorigen and carcinogen, rapidly inducing significantly more fibroadenoma and adenocarcinoma than either of the other compounds. Anti-7,8-dihydroxy-9,10-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyrene was a weaker mammary tumorigen than BcPDE and 6-nitrochrysene. The results of this study provide the first evidence for mammary tumorigenicity of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon diol-epoxides and demonstrate the potent mammary carcinogenicity of BcPDE.

¹ This study was supported by Grants CA-44377 and CA-35519 from the National Cancer Institute. This is Paper 152 in "A Study of Chemical Carcinogenesis."

³ Contributing facilities are supported in part by Cancer Center Support Grant CA-17613 from the National Cancer Institute.

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Received 9/16/93. Accepted 11/16/93.

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