{"title":"Inhibition of diethylnitrosamine-induced strand breaks in liver DNA by disulfiram.","authors":"D Hadjiolov, N Frank, D Schmähl","doi":"10.1007/BF00306025","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Disulfiram (DSF) delayed the appearance of diethylnitrosamine (DEN)-induced strand breaks in liver DNA of rats. The fragmentation of liver DNA produced by DEN was studied 4 and 24 h after administration of the carcinogen on alkaline sucrose gradients. A single dose of 500 mg/kg DSF given 1 h prior to carcinogen treatment delayed for at least 4 h the DEN--induced strand breaks in liver DNA. A single DSF pretreatment, however, did not protect against carcinogen-induced strand breaks when observed 24 h after DEN injection. It is possible that continuous administration of DSF might inhibit the DEN-produced damage of the genetic material.</p>","PeriodicalId":76850,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Krebsforschung und klinische Onkologie. Cancer research and clinical oncology","volume":"90 1","pages":"107-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1977-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF00306025","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Zeitschrift fur Krebsforschung und klinische Onkologie. Cancer research and clinical oncology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00306025","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Disulfiram (DSF) delayed the appearance of diethylnitrosamine (DEN)-induced strand breaks in liver DNA of rats. The fragmentation of liver DNA produced by DEN was studied 4 and 24 h after administration of the carcinogen on alkaline sucrose gradients. A single dose of 500 mg/kg DSF given 1 h prior to carcinogen treatment delayed for at least 4 h the DEN--induced strand breaks in liver DNA. A single DSF pretreatment, however, did not protect against carcinogen-induced strand breaks when observed 24 h after DEN injection. It is possible that continuous administration of DSF might inhibit the DEN-produced damage of the genetic material.