Abstract
Modifying effects of fibrosis or a cirrhotic state, caused by treatment with swine serum (SS), on the induction of preneoplastic focal lesions were assessed in a rat medium‐term liver bioassay model for the detection of environmental carcinogens, in which the test compound is administered during the promotion phase after initiation with diethylnitrosamine. In experiment I, repeated intraperitoneal administration of SS concomitantly with the hepatopromoting agent deoxycholic acid (DCA) or phenobarbital (PB) resulted in a cirrhotic state and a significant increase in the number or size of preneoplastic glutathione S‐transferase placental form (GST‐P)‐positive liver cell foci as compared to the corresponding DCA or PB alone groups. In experiment II, SS was given prior to commencement of tbe same medium‐term bioassay system, in which a known hepatopromoting agent, DCA, 17‐α‐ethynylestradiol, or 2‐acetyIaminofluorene, was applied. In this case, the liver did not show obvious cirrhotic change and, rather than any enhancement, slight inhibition of promotion occurred. The results indicate that a coexisting, but not a pre‐existing, cirrhotic condition acts to increase growth pressure on GST‐P+ preneoplastic foci, and suggest that concomitant administration of SS with the promoting agent could be applied to improve the sensitivity of the assay protocol.
Keywords: Modification, Hepatocarcinogenesis, Liver fibrosis, Swine serum, Rat
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