Effects of cytosine arabinoside on in vivo and in vitro mouse limb development |
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Authors: | Jeanne M Manson Michael L Dourson Carl C Smith |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, 45267 Cincinnati, Ohio |
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Abstract: | Summary When pregnant mice were exposed to 40 mg per kg of cytosine arabinoside (ara-C) on days 10 to 12 of gestation, adactylous
limbs with large, distally located blisters were found when the fetuses were examined on day 18. Embryonic limbs exposed transplacentally
under identical conditions and explanted to culture exhibited the same morphological abnormality as did limbs exposed directly
in culture to 0.1 to 1 μg per ml of ara-C. Two noncytotoxic analogues of ara-C, uridine arabinoside (ara-U) and hypoxanthine
arabinoside (ara-HX), had no influence on morphological differentiation of limbs in vitro. Ara-C alone caused a dose-related
decrease in uptake of3H-thymidine and35SO4 in cultured limb buds. Production of this morphologically distinct malformation in vitro will allow detailed biochemical
investigations on the effect of ara-C limb ectodermal-mesenchymal interactions.
Supported by NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship No. CM02660.
Supported by NIEHS Predoctoral Fellowship No. ES00127.
Supported by NIEHS Toxicology Training Grant No. ES00127. |
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Keywords: | cytosine arabinoside limb development ectoderm differentiation organ culture |
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