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ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS
卷 53, 期 8, 页码 636-641出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/em.21732
关键词
aristolochic acid; Balkan endemic nephropathy; urothelial cancer; DNA adduct
资金
- Cancer Research UK
- European Union Network of Excellence ECNIS2 (Environmental Cancer Risk, Nutrition and Individual Susceptibility)
- Institute of Cancer Research
- Cancer Research UK [14329] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [G0801056B] Funding Source: researchfish
Recently, chronic Aristolochia poisoning was found responsible for the aetiology of Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) in Croatia, Serbia, and Bosnia, and diet was the likely route of exposure to aristolochic acid (AA). BEN, often associated with an increased incidence of upper urinary tract carcinoma (UUC), also affects residents of certain rural villages in Romania. AA is a nephrotoxin and human carcinogen that forms DNA adducts after metabolic activation, which induce characteristic TP53 mutations in urothelial tumours. Here we present the first evidence linking AA exposure to UUC in residents of an endemic region in the Romanian Mehedinti County. DNA was extracted from kidney and tumour tissue of seven patients who underwent nephroureterectomy for UUC and resided in BEN villages (endemic group). Five patients with UUC from nonendemic villages served as controls. AA-DNA adducts (7-(deoxyadenosin-N6-yl)-aristolactam I), established biomarkers of AA exposure, were identified by 32P-postlabelling in renal DNA of six patients from the endemic group and in one of the nonendemic group (adduct levels ranged from 0.3 to 6.5 adducts per 108 nucleotides). Additionally, an A to T transversion in TP53, a base substitution characteristic of AA mutagenic activity was found in urothelial tumour DNA of one patient from the endemic group. Our results provide a molecular link to the cause of urothelial tumours in BEN regions of Romania indicating that AA is the common aetiological agent for BEN across its numerous geographical foci. Environ. Mol. Mutagen., 2012. (c) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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