Nizard C, Decloître F
Institut de Recherches Scientifiques sur le Cancer, Villejuif, France.
Mutat Res. 1990 Jul;244(3):245-50. doi: 10.1016/0165-7992(90)90136-8.
The induction of primary DNA damage by the non-carcinogen 4-AAF was reinvestigated in liver cells by comparison with the carcinogen 2-AAF. DNA alkaline elution showed the appearance of single-strand breaks in total liver DNA of rats 4 h after gavage with 200 mg/kg of 4-AAF. The decrease in hepatocyte viability and yield observed in these livers after collagenase perfusion indicated a cytotoxic effect of 4-AAF treatment. Viable hepatocytes isolated from 4-AAF-treated rats as well as hepatocytes from normal rats treated with 4-AAF in vitro did not present DNA single-strand breaks.