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. 1991 Jun;82(6):642–649. doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1991.tb01899.x

Modifying Effects of Various Chemicals on Preneoplastic and Neoplastic Lesion Development in a Wide‐spectrum Organ Carcinogenesis Model Using F344 Rats

Shoji Fukushima 1,†,✉, Akihiro Hagiwara 1, Masao Hirose 1, Shuji Yamaguchi 1, Danai Tiwawech 1,‡, Nobuyuki Ito 1
PMCID: PMC5918510  PMID: 1906850

Abstract

Modifying potentials of various chemicals on tumor development were investigated in a wide‐spectrum organ carcinogenesis model using male F344/DuCrj rats. The animals were treated with N‐nitroso‐diethylamine (100 mg/kg body weight, ip, single injection at the commencement of the study), N‐methyl‐N‐nitrosourea (20 mg/kg body weight, ip, 4 times during weeks 1 and 2) and N‐bis(2‐hydroxypropyl)nitrosamine (0.1% in drinking water, during weeks 3 and 4) for multi‐organ initiation and then were given one of 14 test chemicals including 6 hepatocarcinogens, 7 non‐hepatocarcinogens and 1 non‐carcinogen, or basal diet for 16 weeks. All rats were killed at the end of week 20, and the major organs were carefully examined for preneoplastic and neoplastic lesions. Immunohistochemical demonstration of glutathione S‐transferase‐positivc foci was also used for quantitative assessment of liver preneoplastic lesion development. Modifying effects were shown for 11 out of 14 test agents in the liver, forestomach, glandular stomach, lung, urinary bladder or thyroid, 7 of them targeting more than two organs. This was the first demonstration to our knowledge that cloflbrate possesses enhancing potential for urinary bladder carcinogenesis and an inhibiting effect on thyroid carcinogenesis. Caprolactam showed no effect in any organ, in agreement with its established inactivity. The results indicated that the system could be reliably applied as a medium‐term multiple organ bioassay for assessment of the modification potential of test agents in unknown target sites.

Keywords: Wide‐spectrum organ carcinogenesis model, Modifying effect, Neoplastic lesion development

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