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Okada, M. et al.

Carcinogenicity of N-nitrosamines related to N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine and N,N,-dibutylnitrosamine in ACI/N rats.

Carcinogenic effect of 14 N-nitrosamines related to N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl(nitrosamine (BBN) and N,N-dibutylnitrosamine (DBN) was studied in ACI/N male rats by administration in the drinking water. BBN homologs having methyl, ethyl, or pentyl group selectively induced urinary bladder tumors, but a homolog with tert-butyl group did not have any carcinogenic effect. N-Ethyl-N-(3-carboxypropyl)nitrosamine, the principal urinary metabolite of the ethyl homolog of BBN, did also induce bladder tumors selectively, thus providing an additional evidence that N-alkyl-N-(3-carboxypropyl)nitrosamines are responsible for the selective induction of bladder tumors by BBN homologs. N-Butyl-N-(carboxymethyl)nitrosamine and BBN analogs having 3-hydroxypropyl chain together with ethyl or butyl group were found to be noncarcinogenic. N-Propyl-N-butylnitrosamine and DBN induced hepatomas, but simultaneous development of esophageal tumors were observed only with the former. N-Butyl-N-(3-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine, one of the principal metabolities of DNB, did not induce any tumors, but its further transformation product, N-butyl-N-(3-oxobutyl)nitrosamine as well as N-butyl-N-(2-oxobutyl)nitrosamine, another metabolic intermediate of DBN, induced hepatomas. Possible correlation of structure and metabolism with organotropic carcinogenesis by N-N-dialkylnitrosamines is discussed, with special reference to selective induction of urinary bladder tumors.[1]

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Carcinogenicity of N-nitrosamines related to N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine and N,N,-dibutylnitrosamine in ACI/N rats. Okada, M., Suzuki, E., Hashimoto, Y. Gann = Gan. (1976) [Pubmed]

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