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. 1992 Jul;83(7):699–704. doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1992.tb01969.x

Reversibility of Carcinogen‐induced Rat Forestomach Basal Cell Hyperplasia Is Due to Squamous Cell Differentiation

Kumiko Ogawa 1,✉, Toru Hoshiya 1, Toshio Kato 1, Tomoyuki Shirai 1, Masae Tatematsu 2
PMCID: PMC5918931  PMID: 1517148

Abstract

The mechanisms of reversibility of basal cell hyperplasia in the rat forestomach were investigated. Male F344 rats were given an initial single gastric intubation of N‐methyl‐N′‐nitro‐N‐nitoroso‐guanidine and then received 2% butylated hydroxyanisole in the diet from the third week to the 26th week. Rats were killed at weeks 26 and 46 after return to basal diet and their forestomachs were removed. Bromouracil deoxyriboside (BUdR) was administered as a single i.p. injection 1 h before death or by osmotic minipump (120 μg/h) continuously for 7 days before death. Additional animals were maintained for 2 or 4 weeks after removal of osmotic minipumps to allow assessment of the fate of proliferating populations. In each case BUdR‐labeled cells were demonstrated by immunohisto‐chemistry. At week 26, hyperplastic changes were more pronounced than at week 46. Squamous cells above basal cell hyperplasias were strongly labeled even 4 weeks after cessation of continuous BUdR administration, in clear contrast to those in normal‐appearing epithelium. Three‐dimensional reconstruction of persisting basal cell hyperplasias showed almost all basal cells limited to a thin sheet in direct contact with the squamous cell layer, occasional separate islands demonstrating differentiation to squamous cells and formation of epidermal cysts. The results thus showed that the mechanism of reversibility of basal cell hyperplasia involves differentiation of basal cells to squamous cells.

Keywords: Key words, Reversibility, Forestomach, Hyperplasia, Rat

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