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Mazzola CR, Ribatti D. Heading Towards a Possible Rebirth of the Induced Renal Cell Carcinoma Models? Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12030598. [PMID: 32150972 PMCID: PMC7139374 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12030598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2020] [Revised: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Introduction: Animal models are interesting tools to improve our knowledge of the pathophysiological processes underlying kidney cancer development. Recent advances have been made in the understanding of the genetic founding events underlying clear cell renal carcinoma. The aim of this paper was to review and discuss the characteristics of all the induced animal models of renal carcinogenesis that have been described in the scientific literature to date and to see if and how they could regain some use in the light of the latest discoveries. Methods: The authors reviewed all the papers available in PubMed regarding induced animal models of renal carcinogenesis. From this perspective, the keywords “induced”, “animal model”, and “renal cancer” were used in PubMed’s search engine. Another search was done using the keywords “induced”, “animal model”, and “kidney cancer”. PRISMA recommendations were used to develop the literature review. Results: Seventy-eight studies were included in this review. Results were presented depending on the mechanisms used to induce carcinogenesis in each model: induction by carcinogens, hormones, viral induction, or induction by other agents. Discussion focused on the possibility to rethink these different induced animal models and use them to answer new research questions. Conclusion: Many induced animal models have been developed in the past to study renal cancer. While these models seemed unable to yield new knowledge, the latest advances in the understanding of the genetics behind renal carcinogenesis could well bring the models back to the forefront.
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- Clarisse R. Mazzola
- Department of Urology, University Hospital of Saint-Denis de la Réunion, 97400 Saint-Denis de la Réunion, France
- Cancer Registry, University Hospital of Saint-Denis de la Réunion, 97400 Saint-Denis de la Réunion, France
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sensory Organs, University of Bari Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy;
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Sobczuk P, Brodziak A, Khan MI, Chhabra S, Fiedorowicz M, Wełniak-Kamińska M, Synoradzki K, Bartnik E, Cudnoch-Jędrzejewska A, Czarnecka AM. Choosing The Right Animal Model for Renal Cancer Research. Transl Oncol 2020; 13:100745. [PMID: 32092671 PMCID: PMC7036425 DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2020.100745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2019] [Revised: 01/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The increase in the life expectancy of patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in the last decade is due to changes that have occurred in the area of preclinical studies. Understanding cancer pathophysiology and the emergence of new therapeutic options, including immunotherapy, would not be possible without proper research. Before new approaches to disease treatment are developed and introduced into clinical practice they must be preceded by preclinical tests, in which animal studies play a significant role. This review describes the progress in animal model development in kidney cancer research starting from the oldest syngeneic or chemically-induced models, through genetically modified mice, finally to xenograft, especially patient-derived, avatar and humanized mouse models. As there are a number of subtypes of RCC, our aim is to help to choose the right animal model for a particular kidney cancer subtype. The data on genetic backgrounds, biochemical parameters, histology, different stages of carcinogenesis and metastasis in various animal models of RCC as well as their translational relevance are summarized. Moreover, we shed some light on imaging methods, which can help define tumor microstructure, assist in the analysis of its metabolic changes and track metastasis development.
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- Paweł Sobczuk
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Laboratory of Centre for Preclinical Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Laboratory of Centre for Preclinical Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
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- Department of Biochemistry, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India.
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- Department of Experimental Pharmacology, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences, 5 Pawinskiego Str., Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Experimental Pharmacology, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences, 5 Pawinskiego Str., Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Experimental Pharmacology, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences, 5 Pawinskiego Str., Warsaw, Poland.
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- Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Laboratory of Centre for Preclinical Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland; Department of Experimental Pharmacology, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences, 5 Pawinskiego Str., Warsaw, Poland.
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Padilla-Fernández B, García-Cenador MB, Rodríguez-Marcos P, López-Marcos JF, Antúnez-Plaza P, Silva-Abuín JM, López-Montañés D, García-Criado FJ, Lorenzo-Gómez MF. Experimental murine model of renal cancer. Actas Urol Esp 2017; 41:445-450. [PMID: 28162771 DOI: 10.1016/j.acuro.2016.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2016] [Revised: 11/16/2016] [Accepted: 11/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The objective of this study was to determine the reproducibility in a murine model of renal tumours of various histological strains that could be useful for investigating the response to target drugs. MATERIAL AND METHODS Development and analysis of the "in vivo" model: tumour xenograft of renal cell carcinomas with Balb/c nude athymic mice. Nontumourous human renal tissue was implanted in the interscapular region of 5 mice, chromophobe renal cell carcinoma was implanted in 5 mice (which, after checking its growth, was prepared for implantation in another 10 mice) and Fuhrman grade 2 clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC) was implanted in 5 mice (which was also subsequently implanted in 10 mice). We monitored the tumour size, onset of metastases and increase in size and number of tumours. When the size had reached a point greater than or equal to locally advanced or metastatic carcinoma, the animals were euthanised for a pathological and immunohistochemical study and a second phase of implantation. RESULTS The subcutaneous xenograft of the healthy tissue did not grow. The animals were euthanised at 6 months and no renal tissue was found. The chromophobe renal cell carcinoma cells grew in the initial phase (100%); however, in the second phase, we observed a chronic lymphomonocyte inflammatory reaction and a foreign body reaction. The CCRCC grew at 5-8 months both in the first and second phase (100%), maintaining the tumour type and grade. CONCLUSIONS The model with athymic Balb/c nude mice is useful for reproducing CCRCC, with the same histological characteristics and aggressiveness as native human tumours, promoting the development of the second experimental phase.
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- Departamento de Cirugía, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, España
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- Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, España
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- Departamento de Cirugía, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, España
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- Departamento de Cirugía, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, España
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- Departamento de Cirugía, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, España.
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Hard GC, Seely JC. Histological Investigation of Diagnostically Challenging Tubule Profiles in Advanced Chronic Progressive Nephropathy (CPN) in the Fischer 344 RaT. Toxicol Pathol 2016; 34:941-8. [PMID: 17178694 DOI: 10.1080/01926230601083381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Recently, guidelines were suggested for discriminating proliferative-appearing tubule profiles encountered in advanced spontaneous chronic progressive nephropathy (CPN) of rats, from hyperplastic precursors of renal tubule tumors ( Hard and Seely, 2005 ). These recommendations were based on histological evaluation of a large number of cases of severe to end-stage CPN in male F344 rats from 8 separate 2-year carcinogenicity studies held in the Archives of the National Toxicology Program, NIEHS. This work has now been extended to characterize the various lesions further, mainly by serial sectioning to track their origin and fate within the adjacent renal tissue, but also by applying special staining procedures such as immunohistochemical assessment of proliferative activity, as well as fluorescence microscopy, to seek further differences from atypical tubule hyperplasia. The results obtained from these additional investigations support the contention that certain tubule profiles with a misleading proliferative appearance, sometimes found in advanced CPN, should be distinguished from preneoplastic tubule foci, and regarded as components of the nephropathy process.
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- Gordon C Hard
- National Toxicology Program Archives, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Shamsi A, Ahmed A, Bano B. Structural transition of kidney cystatin in dimethylnitrosamine-induced renal cancer in rats: identification as a novel biomarker for kidney cancer and prognosis. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2016; 35:1020-1029. [DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2016.1166988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Anas Shamsi
- Faculty of Life Science, Department of Biochemistry, Aligarh Muslim University , Aligarh 202 002, India
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- Faculty of Life Science, Department of Biochemistry, Aligarh Muslim University , Aligarh 202 002, India
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- Faculty of Life Science, Department of Biochemistry, Aligarh Muslim University , Aligarh 202 002, India
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Arachidonic acid supplementation does not affect N-methyl- N-nitrosourea-induced renal preneoplastic lesions in young Lewis rats. Oncol Lett 2013; 5:1112-1116. [PMID: 23599748 PMCID: PMC3629268 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2013.1162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2012] [Accepted: 01/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Arachidonic acid (AA) is naturally found in human breast milk. AA, together with docosahexaenoic acid, is commonly added as a functional food ingredient to commercial infant formula worldwide, in accordance with the international standards of Codex Alimentarius. However, few studies of the possible renal carcinogenic effects of AA supplementation during neonatal life have been performed. The effect of dietary AA supplementation in dams during gestation and lactation was investigated on N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU)-induced preneoplastic lesions in the kidneys of young Lewis rats. Dams were fed a 2.0% AA diet or a basal diet (<0.01% AA). At birth (postnatal day 0), male and female pups received a single intraperitoneal injection of 35 mg/kg MNU or vehicle. Renal morphology was examined after 7, 14, 21, 28 and 60 days. Histopathologically, renal preneoplastic lesions, such as nephroblastomatosis and mesenchymal cell proliferation, were found on day 60 in both the MNU-treated groups. There was no significant difference in lesion incidence of 38% in the basal diet group and 31% in the AA diet group. In conclusion, an AA-rich diet for dams during gestation and lactation does not modify MNU-induced renal preneoplastic lesions in their offspring.
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Morano JACOD, Cordeiro N, Guimarães SB, Jamacaru FVF, Moraes Filho MOD. Experimental model of ultrasound thermotherapy in rats inoculated with Walker-236 tumor. Acta Cir Bras 2011; 26 Suppl 1:53-6. [PMID: 21971658 DOI: 10.1590/s0102-86502011000700011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To develop a model to evaluate the effects of focal pulsed ultrasound (US) waves as a source of heat for treatment of murine subcutaneous implanted Walker tumor. METHODS An experimental, controlled, comparative study was conducted. Twenty male Wistar rats (160-300 g) randomized in 2 equal groups (G-1: Control and G-2: Hyperthermia) were inoculated with Walker-256 carcinosarcoma tumor. After 5 days G-2 rats were submitted to 45ºC hyperthermia. Heat was delivered directly to the tumor by an ultrasound (US) equipment (3 MHz frequency, 1,5W/cm³). Tumor temperature reached 45º C in 3 minutes and was maintained at this level for 5 minutes. Tumor volume was measured on days 5, 8, 11, 14 e 17 post inoculation in both groups. Unpaired t-test was used for comparison. P<0.05 was considered significant. RESULTS Tumor volume was significantly greater in day 5 and decreased in days 11, 14 and 17 in treated rats. Rats treated with hyperthermia survived longer than control animals. On the 29th day following tumor inoculation, 40% of control rats and 77.78% of hyperthermia-treated rats remained alive. CONCLUSION The proposed model is quite simple and may be used in less sophisticated laboratory settings for studying the effects of focal hyperthermia in the treatment of malignant implanted tumours or in survival studies.
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Diwan BA, Timofeeva O, Rice JM, Yang Y, Sharma N, Fortini ME, Wang H, Perantoni AO. Inheritance of susceptibility to induction of nephroblastomas in the Noble rat. Differentiation 2009; 77:424-32. [PMID: 19281789 DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2008.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2008] [Revised: 12/18/2008] [Accepted: 12/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Noble (Nb) strain rats are susceptible to nephroblastoma induction with transplacental exposure to direct-acting alkylating agent N-nitrosoethylurea (ENU), while F344 strain rats are highly resistant. To study the inheritance of susceptibility to induction of these embryonal renal tumors, fetal Nb and F344 rats and F1, F2 and reciprocal backcross hybrids were exposed transplacentally to ENU once on day 18 of gestation. Nephroblastomas developed in 53% of Nb offspring with no apparent gender difference, while no nephroblastomas developed in inbred F344 offspring. F1 and F2 hybrid offspring had intermediate responses, 28% and 30%, respectively. Nephroblastoma incidence in the offspring of F1 hybrids backcrossed to the susceptible strain Nb was 46%, while that in F1 hybrids backcrossed to resistant strain F344 was much lower (16%). Carcinogenic susceptibility is therefore consistent with the involvement of one major autosomal locus; the operation of a gene dosage effect; and a lack of simple Mendelian dominance for either susceptibility or resistance. Since established Wilms tumor-associated suppressor genes, Wt1 and Wtx, were not mutated in normal or neoplastic tissues, genomic profiling was performed on isolated Nb and F344 metanephric progenitors to identify possible predisposing factors to nephroblastoma induction. Genes preferentially elevated in expression in Nb rat progenitors included Wnt target genes Epidermal growth factor receptor, Inhibitor of DNA binding 2, and Jagged1, which were further increased in nephroblastomas. These studies demonstrate the value of this model for genetic analysis of nephroblastoma development and implicate both the Wnt and Notch pathways in its pathogenesis.
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- Bhalchandra A Diwan
- Basic Research Program, Science Applications International Corporation-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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Brito NMB, Carvalho RDKV, Matos LTDMB, Lobato RC, Brito RB. The oophorectomy effect on Walker 256 tumor inoculated into the vagina and uterine cervix of female rats. Acta Cir Bras 2009; 24:26-9. [PMID: 19169538 DOI: 10.1590/s0102-86502009000100006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2008] [Accepted: 11/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Verify the effect of oophorectomy on the evolution of the Walker 256 tumor inoculated into the vagina and cervix of female rats. METHODS Ten Wistar, female rats were used, distributed into two groups with 05 animals each: Tumor group (TG): Rats inoculated with Walker 256 tumor; Oophorectomy group (OG): oophorectomized rats inoculated with Walker 256 tumor. The day before the tumor vaginal inoculation, acetic acid was inoculated into the vaginas of both groups of rats; the following day, the vaginal walls were scarified with an endocervix brush, and then Walker 256 tumor was inoculated. After 12 days, the tumor was removed together with the vagina and uterine horns for macro and microscopic analyses. The data were submitted to statistical analyses. RESULTS There was no statistical difference between the two groups; however it was observed that the behavior of tumor growth on the OG group presented greater invasion, compromising the uterine horns. CONCLUSION The results of the study on the GO group presented a macroscopic behavior different from the TG group, however, both of them presented similar development in terms of tumor mass.
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- Nara Macedo Botelho Brito
- Department of Specialized Health, Laboratory of Experimental Surgery, State University of Para (UEPA), Brazil.
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Hard GC, Seely JC, Kissling GE, Betz LJ. Spontaneous occurrence of a distinctive renal tubule tumor phenotype in rat carcinogenicity studies conducted by the national toxicology program. Toxicol Pathol 2008; 36:388-96. [PMID: 18441261 DOI: 10.1177/0192623308315829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The Toxicology Data Management System (TDMS) of the National Toxicology Program, National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, was surveyed for occurrence and distribution of a distinctive renal tubule tumor type in rats. The hallmark features of this tumor included eosinophilic/amphophilic staining, large finely granular cells, and numerous vacuoles and/or minilumens. It is referred to here as the amphophilic-vacuolar (AV) variant of renal tubule tumor. Of 154 studies in which renal tubule tumors had been recorded in the standard single sections of kidney in the TDMS, there were collectively 1012 rats with renal adenomas, carcinomas, or adenocarcinomas, and of these, 100 displayed the distinctive AV morphology, representing 74 studies involving mostly the F344 rat, but also the Sprague-Dawley and Wistar strains. The AV tumors (mainly adenomas but also some carcinomas) occurred usually as solitary lesions in the affected animals. However, they were multiple and bilateral in a few cases. They were equally distributed between the sexes, did not metastasize (at least to the lung), and were not associated with chronic progressive nephropathy. The distribution of this renal tumor type was random across studies and dose groups, underscoring the likelihood that it was of spontaneous origin and not chemically induced. Accordingly, it is suggested that this distinctive renal tumor phenotype be recorded as a separate category from conventional RTT when assessing the carcinogenic potential of a test compound.
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Hard GC, Seely JC, Betz LJ, Hayashi SM. Re-evaluation of the kidney tumors and renal histopathology occurring in a 2-year rat carcinogenicity bioassay of quercetin. Food Chem Toxicol 2007; 45:600-8. [PMID: 17156907 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2006.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2006] [Revised: 09/22/2006] [Accepted: 10/17/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Renal histopathology in the most recent 2-year carcinogenicity bioassay of quercetin, in Fischer 344 rats, was re-evaluated in an attempt to determine a mode of action underlying a small increase in renal tubule tumors reported in the males (). The re-evaluation confirmed the reported increase in renal tumors in mid- and high-dose males, including a single carcinoma in a high-dose male, as well as an exacerbation of spontaneous, chronic progressive nephropathy (CPN) in male rats only. The re-evaluation also showed that there were no cellular alterations in the kidney indicative of chemical toxicity at 6 months, 15 months, or 2 years. The evidence linked the occurrence of the predominant basophilic adenomas and foci of atypical tubule hyperplasia (ATH) with the exacerbation of CPN to advanced grades of severity, supporting a mode of action involving quercetin interaction with CPN. This mode of action represents a secondary mechanism for renal tumor development, with no relevance for extrapolation to humans. In addition, the single carcinoma present in the high-dose males, along with 4 other lesions ranging from ATH to adenoma in male and female groups, were considered to have a unique phenotype associated previously with neoplasms of spontaneous and familial origin.
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- Gordon C Hard
- Private Consultant, 203 Paku Drive, Tairua 3508, New Zealand.
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McDorman KS, Wolf DC. Use of the spontaneous Tsc2 knockout (Eker) rat model of hereditary renal cell carcinoma for the study of renal carcinogens. Toxicol Pathol 2002; 30:675-80. [PMID: 12512868 DOI: 10.1080/01926230290168542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The kidney is a frequent site for chemically induced cancers in rodents and among the 10 most frequent sites for cancer in human patients. Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most frequent upper urinary tract cancer in humans and accounts for 80-85% of malignant renal tumors. Hereditary RCC occurs in Eker rats that are heterozygous for an insertion mutation in the Tsc2 tumor suppressor gene. The germline mutation renders heterozygous mutants highly susceptible to renal carcinogens. The utility of this model in studying potential renal carcinogens is due to an ordered progression of proliferative renal lesions that can be identified and counted microscopically. The quantitative nature of the model allows for the production of statistically powerful data to understand the relative degree and potency of chemical effects and allow analysis of genetic alterations that may be chemical specific.
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- Kevin S McDorman
- Curriculum in Toxicology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Diwan BA, Gladwin MT, Noguchi CT, Ward JM, Fitzhugh AL, Buzard GS. Renal pathology in hemizygous sickle cell mice. Toxicol Pathol 2002; 30:254-62. [PMID: 11950169 DOI: 10.1080/019262302753559597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Transgenic mice have been developed that express exclusively human sickle cell beta hemoglobin and have major pathological features found in humans with sickle cell disease. These mice provide a unique opportunity to investigate the fundamental mechanisms of this disease and to design new strategies to correct the associated genetic defect(s). We found that in breeding males expressing only adult human alpha-globin and sickle beta-globin (homozygous SS mice) with females containing these transgenes plus one copy of the mouse beta-globin gene (hemizygous SS mice) greater than expected numbers of hemizygous offspring were produced than homozygous mice (carrying no mouse beta-globin gene). These hemizygous mice, expressing the human alpha and sickle beta(s) transgenes in combination with mouse beta+/-, were used for our preliminary studies of their renal pathology. No kidney lesions were found in the control (129/Sv) mice, whereas about 50% of the hemizygous SS mice showed mild-to-severe kidney lesions, including glomerulonephritis, cystic atypical hyperplastic tubules, and general nephropathy. Kidneys of some hemizygous mice were normal or showed minimal nephropathy, yet those of the susceptible phenotype developed a mild-to-more-severe form of renal lesions. The tubular epithelium of kidneys of hemizygous mice of the more affected phenotype exhibited increased expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase with an increased 3-nitrotyrosine in close proximity. There was also a stronger immunostaining for vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 in the interstitial capillary cells as well as the tubular epithelial cells of the renal cortex, compared with normal control mice. The occurrence of a high incidence of renal abnormalities in our hemizygous SS mice suggests that these mice may provide a suitable model to study the pathogenesis of nephropathy resulting from altered blood flow and/or insufficient oxygen delivery.
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- B A Diwan
- National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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Silva LFG, Soares FDSD, Anselmo JNN, Fé DMM, Cavalcante JLBG, Moraes MOD, Vasconcelos PRLD. Modelo de tumor experimental em rim de ratos. Acta Cir Bras 2002. [DOI: 10.1590/s0102-86502002000100009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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O carcinossarcoma 256 de Walker tem despertado o interesse de muitos pesquisadores como modelo experimental para estudo da biologia tumoral. OBJETIVO: estabelecer um modelo de tumor renal que possa ser usado para estudar in vivo e in vitro, as alterações impostas pelas neoplasias. MÉTODOS: utilizados vinte ratos Wistar, machos, adultos, pesando entre 250-300 g, oriundos do Laboratório de Cirurgia Experimental da Universidade Federal do Ceará. Sob anestesia inalatória procedia-se uma pequena incisão supraumbilical, e com manobra delicada fazia-se a exposição do rim direito. Neste órgão eram inoculadas 3x10(5) células tumorais viáveis. Os animais então eram mantidos em gaiolas individuais com as mesmas condições ambientais e com água e dieta ad libitum. RESULTADOS: o Carcinossarcoma 256 de Walker, implantado no parênquima do rim direito de ratos Wistar apresentou índice de pega de 100%, e crescimento rápido, invadiu por contiguidade as estruturas vizinhas, porém sem apresentar metástases, no entanto, levando os animais a óbito no curso médio de 14 dias. CONCLUSÃO: o modelo de implante de tumor de Walker no parênquima do rim direito de ratos Wistar é eficiente, tem reprodutibilidade, apresentando um índice de pega de 100%, e permitindo seu uso em linhas de pesquisa.
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Enzmann H, Iatropoulos M, Brunnemann KD, Bomhard E, Ahr HJ, Schlueter G, Williams GM. Short- and intermediate-term carcinogenicity testing--a review. Part 2: available experimental models. Food Chem Toxicol 1998; 36:997-1013. [PMID: 9771563 DOI: 10.1016/s0278-6915(98)00064-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Numerous experimental protocols for short- and intermediate-term carcinogenicity assays have been available for many years. This paper surveys various of these test systems in rodents, fish species, non-vertebrates and avian embryos in ovo. The mouse skin tumour assay and the rat liver foci assay were used to introduce the basic concepts of short- and intermediate-term carcinogenicity testing in the previous part of the review. The focus of this second part of the review is on rodent assays for carcinogenicity testing in the lung, kidney, urinary bladder, pancreas, stomach, oral cavity, small intestine, colon, and on the possibility to combine several target organs in multi-organ models. The potential use of various fish species, non-vertebrates and hatching eggs for carcinogenicity testing is outlined and the advantages and limitations are discussed. This review also presents the problem of validation of any carcinogenicity test system and proposes a strategy for contemporary safety assessment of chemicals with regard to the detection and evaluation of carcinogenicity.
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- H Enzmann
- Bayer AG, Institute of Toxicology, Wuppertal, Germany
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Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common tumor of the adult kidney, accounting for approximately 85% of renal neoplasms. RCC is heterogeneous in appearance, displaying diverse histologic and cytologic characteristics, with the clear cell variant being the most common. Individuals at high risk for this disease include persons with end-stage renal disease, those with hereditary predispositions such as von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (VHL) or tuberous sclerosis (TSC), and individuals with significant environment exposures such as smoking or analgesic abuse. Recently, several of the genetic targets for alterations involved in the development of human RCC have been identified. Solid RCC of the clear cell type is associated with alterations in the VHL tumor suppressor gene and hereditary papillary RCC is associated with alterations of the c-met protooncogene. In the rat, the most commonly seen tumors are of the non-clear cell type and it is the Tsc-2 tumor suppressor gene, rather than the VHL tumor suppressor gene, that appears to be the primary target for both spontaneous and carcinogen-induced mutations in these animals. These data suggest that different variants of RCC have distinct molecular etiologies and that there are species-specific determinants that modulate the involvement of specific tumor suppressor genes in RCC. Interestingly, many of the genes involved in RCC also play significant roles in kidney development. The Wilm's tumor suppressor gene, WT-1, and Pax-2 regulate the mesenchymal epithelial transition that occurs during nephrogenesis and both these genes exhibit altered expression patterns and/or are mutated in renal tumors. Other genes such as c-met and its ligand hepatocyte growth factor are also involved in normal development and tumorigenesis, suggesting that tumors arise as a result of altered functions that are reflective of events that occur during nephrogenesis.
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- C Walker
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Science Park Research Division, Smithville 78957, USA
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Cirvello JD, Radovsky A, Heath JE, Farnell DR, Lindamood C. Toxicity and carcinogenicity of t-butyl alcohol in rats and mice following chronic exposure in drinking water. Toxicol Ind Health 1995; 11:151-65. [PMID: 7491631 DOI: 10.1177/074823379501100203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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t-Butyl alcohol (TBA) was administered in drinking water to F344/N rats and B6C3F1 mice for two years using 60 animals/dose/sex/species. Male rats received doses of 0, 1.25, 2.5, or 5 mg/ml and females received 0, 2.5, 5, or 10 mg/ml, resulting in average daily doses of approximately 85, 195, or 420 mg TBA/kg body weight for males and 175, 330, or 650 mg/kg for females. Ten rats per group were evaluated after 15 months. Male and female mice received doses of 0, 5, 10, or 20 mg/ml, resulting in average daily doses of approximately 535, 1,035, or 2,065 mg TBA/kg body weight for males and 510, 1,015, or 2,105 mg/kg for females. Survival was significantly reduced in male rats receiving 5 mg/ml, female rats receiving 10 mg/ml, and male mice receiving 20 mg/ml. Long-term exposure to TBA produced increased incidences of renal tubule adenoma and carcinoma in male rats; transitional epithelial hyperplasia of the kidney in male and female rats; follicular cell adenoma of the thyroid in female mice; and follicular cell hyperplasia of the thyroid and inflammation and hyperplasia of the urinary bladder in male and female mice. In addition, a slight increase in follicular cell adenoma or carcinoma of the thyroid (combined) in male mice may have been related to the administration of TBA.
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- J D Cirvello
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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Deguchi J, Kawabata T, Kondo A, Okada S. Transforming growth factor-alpha expression of renal proximal tubules in Wistar rats treated with ferric and aluminum nitrilotriacetate. Jpn J Cancer Res 1993; 84:649-55. [PMID: 8340253 PMCID: PMC5919325 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1993.tb02025.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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A high incidence of renal adenocarcinoma has been observed in rats treated with ferric nitrilotriacetate (Fe-NTA) but not in rats treated with aluminum nitrilotriacetate (Al-NTA). Transforming growth factor (TGF)-alpha is one of the several cytokines that is known to be expressed in human and rat renal adenocarcinomas. However, its role in neoplastic transformation is still questionable. Therefore, we investigated the effect of repeated Fe-NTA and Al-NTA administration on renal TGF-alpha expression. Male Wistar rats were given Fe-NTA (n = 16, 5-10 mg Fe/kg) and Al-NTA (n = 19, 1-2 mg Al/kg) i.p., three times a week for 3 or 12 weeks. Another group of rats (n = 4) was given Fe-NTA (5-10 mg Fe/kg) three times a week for 12 weeks and then left untreated for one year. Immunoreactivity for TGF-alpha was positive in the collecting ducts and on the apical surface of proximal tubules in the outer stripe of the outer medulla in all the animals including NTA-injected control animals. However, TGF-alpha immunoreactivity in the regenerative proximal tubular epithelium was observed only in the animals treated with Fe-NTA for 12 weeks. Northern blot analysis also showed expression of TGF-alpha mRNA only in animals treated with Fe-NTA for 12 weeks. The expression of TGF-alpha mRNA in the kidney was stronger than that in the liver or brain. TGF-alpha was also positive in renal cell carcinoma found in animals treated with Fe-NTA for 12 weeks and left untreated for one year. These results suggest that TGF-alpha expression may play an important role in renal carcinogenesis and that it may be a sensitive marker during the induction stage of renal cell carcinoma.
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- J Deguchi
- Department of Pathology, Okayama University Medical School
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Everitt JI, Goldsworthy TL, Wolf DC, Walker CL. Hereditary renal cell carcinoma in the Eker rat: a rodent familial cancer syndrome. J Urol 1992; 148:1932-6. [PMID: 1433648 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)37087-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A rodent model of hereditary cancer in which a single gene mutation predisposes rats to bilateral multicentric renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is described. This rat hereditary cancer syndrome shares certain similarities with von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHLD). In addition to the early development of renal epithelial tumors with morphologic similarity to human RCC, rats which bear the RCC gene are predisposed to the development of secondary primary cancers later in life. Splenic vascular proliferative lesions, including hemangiosarcoma, were seen in 23% of 14-month-old rats of both sexes that had renal tumors. At fourteen months of age, 62% of female rats with renal cell tumors had sarcomas of the lower reproductive tract of probable smooth muscle origin. Non-carrier siblings of affected animals did not have renal, reproductive, or splenic neoplasia. The finding of a specific constellation of familial neoplasms, including multicentric bilateral renal cell carcinoma, in this autosomal dominant disorder of rats suggests that this syndrome is analogous to human VHLD. In addition to its usefulness for studies of the biochemical and molecular mechanisms of renal carcinogenesis, this animal model will provide a unique tool to investigate how cancer susceptibility genes interact with environmental risk factors such as chemical carcinogens.
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- J I Everitt
- Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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Haber DA, Timmers HT, Pelletier J, Sharp PA, Housman DE. A dominant mutation in the Wilms tumor gene WT1 cooperates with the viral oncogene E1A in transformation of primary kidney cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992; 89:6010-4. [PMID: 1321431 PMCID: PMC402128 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.13.6010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Wilms tumor is a pediatric kidney cancer that has been linked to the inactivation of a tumor-suppressor gene at chromosome locus 11p13. The WT1 gene, mapping to this locus, is developmentally regulated in the kidney and encodes a putative transcription factor that has been shown to be mutated in Wilms tumor specimens. We have suggested that one such altered product of the WT1 gene may be capable of trans-dominant suppression, since the mutated allele was found to be coexpressed with the wild-type allele in a sporadic Wilms tumor. We therefore tested the ability of this mutant WT1 allele, containing an in-frame deletion within the DNA-binding domain, to transform primary baby rat kidney cells. The mutant WT1 gene was found to cooperate with the adenoviral E1A gene in transforming baby rat kidney cells, as demonstrated by growth in soft agar and tumorigenicity in nude mice. The wild-type WT1 gene in all of its alternatively spliced forms neither suppressed E1A-induced focus formation nor cooperated with E1A. Our results indicate that impairment of DNA binding of the WT1 tumor-suppressor gene product can result in a dominant negative mutation.
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- D A Haber
- Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139
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Frank AA, Heidel JR, Thompson DJ, Carlton WW, Beckwith JB. Renal transplacental carcinogenicity of 3,3-dimethyl-1-phenyltriazene in rats: relationship of renal mesenchymal tumor to congenital mesoblastic nephroma and intralobar nephrogenic rests. Toxicol Pathol 1992; 20:313-22. [PMID: 1338235 DOI: 10.1177/019262339202000301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Exposure of rat embryos to 3,3-dimethyl-1-phenyltriazene (DMPT) results in numerous malformations, but the urogenital system is not affected. In contrast, exposure of rat fetuses to DMPT has been reported to result in renal neoplasms, which were not further classified. To better understand this discrepancy in organotropism of the teratogenic and transplacental carcinogenic processes, the present study was undertaken to characterize the neoplasms induced in rat fetuses exposed to DMPT in utero. Renal neoplasms and persistent mesenchyme were observed in 19.2 and 11.5%, respectively, of the offspring of rats treated with 1 mg DMPT/kg body weight intraperitoneally on gestation days 16, 18, and 20. The majority of these renal lesions were observed in females. The renal neoplasms were mixtures of various types of mesenchymal tissue derivatives including smooth muscle and fibrous connective tissue. These neoplasms would be classified as renal mesenchymal tumors in rats. Brain neoplasms (numerous types), compound odontomas, and micrognathism were observed predominantly in male offspring from the same group. This treatment also resulted in decreased body weights, increased incidence of sudden loss of body weight, tremors and ataxia, and hypoplastic testes. Exposure to single intraperitoneal doses of DMPT on gestation day 20 did not produce a classic dose-response pattern: Minimal effects were observed with 10 mg DMPT/kg (occasional renal mesenchymal tumors and brain neoplasms), marked effects were observed with 30 mg DMPT/kg (lower incidence rate of most of the alterations observed with 1 mg/kg on gestation days 16, 18, and 20), and no effects were observed with 60 mg DMPT/kg. DMPT administered intraperitoneally at 1 mg/kg body weight on gestation days 16, 18, and 20 is an animal model of transplacental chemically induced renal neoplasms, which provide lesions with similarities to both intralobar nephrogenic rests and congenital mesoblastic nephroma of humans. Why the kidney is a carcinogenic target and not a teratogenic target remains unknown.
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- A A Frank
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331-4802
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Walker C, Goldsworthy TL, Wolf DC, Everitt J. Predisposition to renal cell carcinoma due to alteration of a cancer susceptibility gene. Science 1992; 255:1693-5. [PMID: 1553556 DOI: 10.1126/science.1553556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A single germ line gene mutation at a tumor susceptibility locus in a rodent model of hereditary human renal cancer caused a 70-fold increase in susceptibility to chemical carcinogenesis. A carcinogen that targeted both renal epithelial and mesenchymal cells caused an increase in tumors of epithelial origin in susceptible animals; the number of carcinogen-induced mesenchymal tumors was unaffected by the presence of the mutation at the susceptibility locus. Thus, this mutation defines a genetic locus for susceptibility to carcinogen-induced tumors and modulation of carcinogen susceptibility by this locus exhibits cell-type specificity.
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- C Walker
- Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
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Sumino K, Nagashima Y, Ohaki Y, Umeda M. Isolation of subclones with different tumorigenicity and metastatic ability from rat nephroblastoma cell line, ENUT. ACTA PATHOLOGICA JAPONICA 1992; 42:166-76. [PMID: 1315113 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1992.tb01668.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Seven subclones derived from a chemically induced rat nephroblastoma cell line, ENUT, were isolated and their cytological characteristics were examined in order to investigate the biological nature of the parent tumor. The subclones were divisible into two types based on morphological and biological features: polygonal cells with well developed junctional complexes and less developed cell surface microvilli, showing a doubling time of 13.0 to 14.0 h and tumorigenicity in nude mice of 42-100%, and spindle-shaped cells with poorly developed junctional complexes and well developed microvilli, showing a doubling time of 9.7 to 12.2 h and 100% tumorigenicity. Potential for both spontaneous and experimental metastasis to the lungs was apparently higher in the spindle-shaped clones than in the polygonal clones. In spite of their differing characteristics, the cytochemical phenotypes of the two clonal types were almost identical to those of immature renal tubules of the developing fetal kidney. The present findings suggest that these subclones possess characteristics of early nephrogenic epithelial cells, and we speculate that the biological differences observed among the subclones may be explained by differences in malignant progression. In addition, these clones appear to be a useful model for the study of tumorigenicity and metastasis.
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- K Sumino
- Department of Pathology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan
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Dietrich DR, Swenberg JA. Preneoplastic lesions in rodent kidney induced spontaneously or by non-genotoxic agents: predictive nature and comparison to lesions induced by genotoxic carcinogens. Mutat Res 1991; 248:239-60. [PMID: 2046683 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(91)90060-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The current literature on non-genotoxic renal carcinogens and the associated neoplastic and preneoplastic lesions has been reviewed in order to determine their occurrence and predictive nature with regard to tumor formation. In addition the mechanisms involved in the genesis of renal tumors are discussed. A more generalized classification of preneoplastic and neoplastic renal lesions was introduced, based on studies conducted with genotoxic and non-genotoxic renal carcinogens. Reports on preneoplastic lesions were found in the literature for control animals as well as animals treated with non-genotoxic carcinogens. Due to the paucity of data regarding preneoplastic lesions in control animals and animals treated with non-genotoxic carcinogens, new data were also generated by rereading kidney slides of control animals of a randomly selected NTP study and kidney slides of male rats treated with the highest dose of ochratoxin A, one of the most potent non-genotoxic renal carcinogens known. The control slides and the slides from the ochratoxin A study indicated that the cytologic and morphologic types of preneoplastic lesions characteristically observed in bioassays using genotoxic carcinogens are also present in control animals and animals treated with non-genotoxic carcinogens. The incidence of preneoplastic lesions was low in control animals and higher in animals treated with non-genotoxic carcinogens. The diverse classifications used in the literature did not allow a direct comparison of lesions and corresponding incidences with those of the newly generated data. However, three major tendencies were observed: (a) whenever a high incidence of preneoplastic lesions was reported, renal neoplasms were also found, (b) the larger the size and the further a lesion had progressed, the higher was the probability of tumor formation, and (c) not all preneoplastic lesions are irreversible, but reversibility seemed to decrease with increasing lesion size and progression. It must be emphasized that the data available for these conclusions are limited. This is not due to the lack of adequate numbers of bioassays with non-genotoxic carcinogens, but rather to the lack of consistent reporting of data. A generalized and more widely used classification which incorporates early lesions would certainly improve the current data base on renal lesions and provide future improvements in the predictive nature of these lesions.
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- D R Dietrich
- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599
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Ohgaki H, Kleihues P, Hard GC. Ki-ras mutations in spontaneous and chemically induced renal tumors of the rat. Mol Carcinog 1991; 4:455-9. [PMID: 1793484 DOI: 10.1002/mc.2940040608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A high frequency of point mutations at codon 12 of the Ki-ras gene has previously been reported for rat kidney mesenchymal tumors induced by methylating N-nitroso compounds. In this study, we analyzed renal tumors with divergent histogenesis, i.e., mesenchymal tumors (sarcomas), cortical epithelial tumors (carcinomas), and embryonal tumors (nephroblastomas). Renal mesenchymal tumors and carcinomas were induced in juvenile or young adult Wistar rats by a single dose of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) while nephroblastomas were induced in Nb hooded rats by a single transplacental dose of N-nitrosoethylurea (NEU). Nephroblastomas developing spontaneously in WAB/Not rats were also examined. Amplification of Ki-ras sequences from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue by the polymerase chain reaction was followed by direct DNA sequencing. GGT----GAT point mutations at codon 12 of the Ki-ras gene were found in 9 of 12 (75%) renal mesenchymal tumors and in 9 of 12 (75%) cortical epithelial tumors induced by NDMA. Even higher incidences were observed in nephroblastomas (8/8; 100%) induced by NEU and in spontaneous nephroblastomas (10/11; 91%). These results indicate that Ki-ras mutations are frequent events during the development of kidney tumors irrespective of their histogenesis and suggest that they may play an important role in renal carcinogenesis in rats. These data further indicate that mutational activation of Ki-ras proto-oncogenes in carcinogen-induced rat kidney tumors occurs in a tissue-specific, rather than cell-specific, manner.
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- H Ohgaki
- Laboratory of Neuropathology, University of Zürich, Switzerland
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Tamano S, Kurata Y, Kawabe M, Yamamoto A, Hagiwara A, Cabral R, Ito N. Carcinogenicity of captafol in F344/DuCrj rats. Jpn J Cancer Res 1990; 81:1222-31. [PMID: 2125991 PMCID: PMC5918021 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1990.tb02683.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Captafol was administered at dietary levels of 0 (control), 750 and 1,500 parts per million (ppm) to groups of 50 male and 50 female F344/DuCrj rats for 104 weeks, and then all animals were maintained without captafol for a further 8 weeks, and killed in week 113. Renal cell carcinoma was found in eight of 50 male rats treated with 1,500 ppm and in one of 50 male rats treated with 750 ppm of captafol. The incidences of renal adenomas, including micro-adenomas, and basophilic altered cell tubules were significantly higher in both sexes treated with captafol than in controls, and the increases were apparently dose-dependent except that of adenomas in females. The incidences of neoplastic and preneoplastic lesions of the kidney in captafol-treated animals were higher in males than in females. Captafol also induced hepatocellular carcinomas in four of 50 female rats in the 1,500 ppm group. The incidences of hyperplastic (neoplastic) nodules and foci of cellular alterations in the liver were also significantly increased in both sexes treated with captafol, the increases being dose-dependent. In conclusion, captafol induced renal cell carcinomas in male rats and hepatocellular carcinomas in female rats.
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- S Tamano
- First Department of Pathology, Nagoya City University Medical School
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Lee BC, Hendricks JD, Bailey GS. Iron resistance of hepatic lesions and nephroblastoma in rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) exposed to MNNG. Toxicol Pathol 1989; 17:474-82. [PMID: 2554478 DOI: 10.1177/019262338901700302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Histochemical markers are important for the early detection of chemically initiated neoplasia in experimental animal studies. The marker, iron resistance, was evaluated in the Shasta strain of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri). Twenty-one-day-old trout embryos were exposed to 100 ppm aqueous N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) for 30 min in a static water bath. Fish were fed a semipurified diet, and sampled monthly from the 4th to the 9th month. Two days before sampling, fish were iron-loaded with a single ip dose of 0.30 mg iron dextran/100 g body weight. Livers and kidneys were conventionally processed to paraffin sections for iron, or hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining. Normal hepatocytes accumulated iron in pericanalicular locations, but in hepatocytes from carcinogen-altered foci and tumors, iron staining was clearly reduced or absent. Normal renal tubule cells exhibited slight to moderate iron staining, while those from nephroblastoma were iron resistant. These results establish iron resistance as a property of preneoplastic and neoplastic trout hepatocytes and nephroblastoma cells for the first time. Iron resistance may offer a practical histochemical marker in experimental fish models of hepatocellular carcinoma and nephroblastoma.
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- B C Lee
- Department of Food Science & Technology, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331-6602
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Ohaki Y. Renal tumors induced transplacentally in the rat by n-ethylnitrosourea. PEDIATRIC PATHOLOGY 1989; 9:19-33. [PMID: 2541419 DOI: 10.3109/15513818909022329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We studied the renal lesions induced by transplacental administration of n-ethylnitrosourea (ENU) in the rat. In the 231 offspring we observed, 40 nephroblastomas (17.3%), 7 clear cell epithelial tumors and clear cell cystadenomas (3.0%), 183 simple cysts (79.2%), and 2 mesenchymal tumors (0.8%). Nephroblastomas showed a wide spectrum of histological appearance, and many were located in the deep renal cortex, with occasional intra-pelvic-protrusion. They showed both infiltrative and focal expansile growth without definite capsule formation. Nephroblastomas were usually unilateral, but multicentric and bilateral lesions were found in some cases. The earliest nephroblastoma was found at 4 weeks, earlier than generally described. Some of the nephroblastomas were heterotransplantable to athymic nude mice and serial transplantation was achieved in one instance. These experiments have induced a wide variety of renal tumors and tumor-like conditions, comparable to the different types of renal lesions observed in children, and may provide a useful model for the study of the pathogenesis of embryonal tumors in man.
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- Y Ohaki
- Department of Pathology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan
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Liebelt AG, Sass B, Sobel HJ, Werner RM. Spontaneous nephroblastoma in a strain CE/J mouse. A case report. Toxicol Pathol 1989; 17:57-61. [PMID: 2546252 DOI: 10.1177/01926233890171p109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- A G Liebelt
- Registry of Experimental Cancers, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Deshpande RB, Hasgekar NN, Chitale AR, Lalitha VS. Rat renal mesenchymal tumor as an experimental model for human congenital mesoblastic nephroma: II. Comparative pathology. PEDIATRIC PATHOLOGY 1989; 9:141-51. [PMID: 2546132 DOI: 10.3109/15513818909022342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The morphological features of kidney neoplasms induced by ethylnitrosourea (ENU) with or without prior irradiation were examined with a view to comparing them with human renal tumors of childhood. The rat renal tumors consisted of poorly differentiated, highly mitotic mesenchymal cells frequently attempting to differentiate along fibroblastic and myofibroblastic lineages. Though the host renal tubules were frequently entrapped in these tumors, immature tubules and islands of epithelial cells occasionally were seen to form an integral part of the neoplasms. Rarely, adenomatous areas surrounded by mesenchymal proliferation were observed. None of the tumors had the blastemal component that is the hallmark of nephroblastoma. The rat mesenchymal tumors resembled the human congenital mesoblastic nephroma.
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- R B Deshpande
- Department of Pathology, Seth G.S. Medical College, Parel, Bombay, India
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Renal tumors have been reported to be induced by natural products, chemical carcinogens, viruses, or radiation. Species or strain specificity and sex also appear to play significant roles in their development. In man, it is also likely that the heredity existence of other diseases, smoking, food habits, and irradiation may be etiological factors. It also appears that hormonal, chemical, and other environmental factors can play a role. Nephrotoxin modifies two-stage chemical carcinogenesis in rat kidney. Some nephrotoxins without carcinogenicity promote the development of renal tumors in rats pretreated with subcarcinogenic doses of chemical carcinogens. The importance of nephrotoxin in development of renal adenocarcinomas needs elucidation. Preneoplastic lesions in the kidneys can be recognized by histochemical methods with specific antibodies. It is hoped that further research will be continued, so that data obtained from experimental work will provide a better understanding of the etiology and induction of renal cancer in man.
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- Y Hiasa
- First Department of Pathology, Nara Medical University, Japan
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