The effects of arsenate (As) and atrazine (Atr) on myeloid progenitors (colony-forming unit-granulocyte/macrophage, CFU-GM) cells derived from bone marrow were studied in male and female mice after combined in utero and juvenile exposure. Female adult mice were treated with arsenate in drinking water during gestation. Then, separate groups of males and females' offspring were exposed for 4 months to atrazine, to additional arsenate or to co-exposure of atrazine and arsenate together in drinking water.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStyrene is one of the most important monomers produced worldwide. IARC classified styrene as a possible carcinogen to humans (group 2B). Styrene-7,8-oxide (SO) is the main reactive metabolite of styrene, and it is found to be genotoxic in several in vitro test systems.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCells derived from superficial and deep lymph nodes of transgenic mice in which CD40L expression was deregulated were grown in vitro. After 3 months of interleukin 3 or interleukin 12 stimulation, the cells remained interleukin-independent, showed the same in vitro growth characteristics, but LIL3+ cells were tumorigenic when reinoculated in vivo in nude mice, whereas interleukin-12-treated cells did not induce tumors. Our cell lines could provide a useful model to study the perturbation of the homeostasis allowing us to elucidate the role of cytokines as modulators of differentiation in the lymphoproliferative disorders.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcrylonitrile is a very high volume industrial chemical used primarily in the manufacture of plastics and rubber, which displays a pronounced acute toxicity and may be carcinogenic. The damage to the hematopoietic function by acrylonitrile may result from interference with cytokine production and cytokine receptor binding. Our present data show that acrylonitrile modulates the expression of some genes implicated in cell differentiation, cell-cycle progression, and clonogenic potential of human cord blood cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) currently lists tetrachloroethylene [perchloroethylene (PCE)] as being carcinogenic in animals. PCE is listed as possibly carcinogenic to humans upon occupational exposure. Human exposure to PCE can produce oesophageal cancer, cervical cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, urinary bladder cancer and leukemia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStyrene is one of the most important monomers produced worldwide, and it finds major use in the production of polystyrene, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resins and unsaturated polystyrene resins. Epidemiological studies on styrene showed that the malignancies observed most frequently in humans after exposure are related to the lymphatic and haemopoietic system. IARC classified styrene a possible carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, the effect of naphthalene on the induction of apoptosis and gene expression profiles in cord blood cells has been evaluated, as well as its activity on the BCL-2 related protein expression. After 6, 24, and 48 h of exposure to naphthalene (500 microM), a decrease in cell death was observed: the cells became more resistant to the toxicant and capable of surviving after the treatment. A Western blot analysis revealed an overexpression of BCL-2, c-JUN, c-FOS, and RAF-1 proteins, which are involved in the antiapoptotic response and in the regulation of cell growth, differentiation, and development.
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