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Hernandez‐Jerez AF, Adriaanse P, Aldrich A, Berny P, Coja T, Duquesne S, Focks A, Millet M, Pelkonen O, Pieper S, Tiktak A, Topping CJ, Widenfalk A, Wilks M, Wolterink G, Angeli K, Recordati C, Van Durseen M, Aiassa E, Lanzoni A, Lostia A, Martino L, Guajardo IPM, Panzarea M, Terron A, Marinovich M. Development of adverse outcome pathways relevant for the identification of substances having endocrine disruption properties Uterine adenocarcinoma as adverse outcome. EFSA J 2023; 21:e07744. [PMID: 36818642 PMCID: PMC9926893 DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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Development of adverse outcome pathways (AOPs) for uterine adenocarcinoma can provide a practical tool to implement the EFSA-ECHA Guidance (2018) for the identification of endocrine disruptors in the context of Regulations (EU) No 528/2012 and (EC) No 1107/2009. AOPs can give indications about the strength of the relationship between an adverse outcome (intended as a human health outcome) and chemicals (pesticides but not only) affecting the pathways. In this scientific opinion, the PPR Panel explored the development of AOPs for uterine adenocarcinoma. An evidence-based approach methodology was applied, and literature reviews were produced using a structured framework assuring transparency, objectivity, and comprehensiveness. Several AOPs were developed; these converged to a common critical node, that is increased estradiol availability in the uterus followed by estrogen receptor activation in the endometrium; therefore, a putative AOP network was considered. An uncertainty analysis and a probabilistic quantification of the weight of evidence have been carried out via expert knowledge elicitation for each set of MIEs/KEs/KERs included in individual AOPs. The collected data on the AOP network were evaluated qualitatively, whereas a quantitative uncertainty analysis for weight of the AOP network certainty has not been performed. Recommendations are provided, including exploring further the uncertainties identified in the AOPs and putative AOP network; further methodological developments for quantifying the certainty of the KERs and of the overall AOPs and AOP network; and investigating of NAMs applications in the context of some of the MIEs/KEs currently part of the putative AOP network developed.
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Yoshida M, Shimada Y. Enhancement of Uterine Cancer Development after Oocyte Depletion by Juvenile Exposure
to Gamma Radiation in Rats: - A Comparative Study on Sensitivity of Damage to
Female Reproductive Organs by Radiation
between Juvenile and Adulthood Using a Rat Model. Food Saf (Tokyo) 2017; 5:151-163. [PMID: 32231939 PMCID: PMC6989192 DOI: 10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2017017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2017] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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To clarify sensitivities of juvenile exposure to radiation on uterine carcinogenesis, female Donryu rats, a high yield strain of uterine corpus cancer, were exposed to 0.2 and 1.0 Gy of gamma radiation at postnatal day 14. Sequential changes in their reproductive organs and hematology, and the effects on uterine tumor development were compared to those in adult rats exposed to the same doses. Half number of the rats in each group was treated with N-ethyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (ENNG) after the radiation to accelerate the development of uterine cancer. Severe apoptosis and depletion of oocytes in the primordial/primary follicles were immediately induced after juvenile exposure at 1.0 Gy only. The ovaries in rats exposed to 1.0 Gy at juvenile showed severe atrophy characterized by the loss of all types of follicles and a lack of corpora lutea by 2 months of age, and all rats elicited an early onset of persistent estrus corresponding to the atrophy. At the termination of 9 months of age, juvenile 1.0 Gy exposure with ENNG treatment increased the incidence of endometrial adenocarcinoma and the multiplicities of combined endometrial adenocarcinomas and their precancerous lesions. Enhancement of uterine cancer development was not apparent at the same exposure without ENNG. In comet assays, neither 0.2 nor 1.0 Gy juvenile exposure induced direct DNA damage to uteri though the damage was found in the ovary at 1.0 Gy. The present results indicated that juvenile exposure to gamma radiation indirectly enhanced uterine cancer development in rats through direct damage to oocytes resulting in serious atrophy of the ovary accompanying early onset of persistent estrus. The damage to ovary was more sensitive at juvenile than adults. The result in comet assay suggested that direct DNA damage to the uterus by radiation was excluded.
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- Midori Yoshida
- Food Safety Commission, Cabinet Office, Government of
Japan, Akasaka Park Building 22F, 5-2-20 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
107-6122Japan
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- Research Center for Radiation Protection, National
Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi,
Chiba 263-8555Japan
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Katsuda SI, Yoshida M, Saarinen N, Smeds A, Nakae D, Santti R, Maekawa A. Chemopreventive Effects of Hydroxymatairesinol on Uterine Carcinogenesis in Donryu Rats. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2016; 229:417-24. [PMID: 15096654 DOI: 10.1177/153537020422900510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Hydroxymatairesinol (HMR), obtained from the heartwood of spruce (Picea abies), has been demonstrated to exert chemopreventive effects on the development of mammary tumors in rats. To examine the influence of HMR on uterine carcinogenesis, adult Donryu rats were initiated with a single intrauterine treatment of N-ethyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (ENNG) at 11 weeks of age and fed thereafter 0, 200, or 600 ppm HMR mixed in the soy-containing diet until 15 months of age. Incidences of uterine adenocarcinoma in both 200 and 600 ppm HMR-dosed groups were significantly reduced to 11% and 15%, respectively, less than 50% of 0 ppm, at the end of the experiment (P < 0.05). A delay in the start of persistent estrus by HMR was observed at 8 months of age compared with controls given carcinogen alone. From urinalysis, HMR was metabolized mainly to enterolactone and hydroxyenterolactone. These findings suggest that HMR or its metabolites exert chemopreventive effects in the rat ENNG-uterine carcinogenesis model.
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- Shin-ichi Katsuda
- Department of Biological Safety Research, Japan Food Research Laboratories, Tama-shi, Tokyo 206-0025, Japan.
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Yoshida M, Inoue K, Takahashi M. Predictive modes of action of pesticides in uterine adenocarcinoma development in rats. J Toxicol Pathol 2015; 28:207-16. [PMID: 26538810 PMCID: PMC4604130 DOI: 10.1293/tox.2015-0026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2015] [Accepted: 07/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Endometrial adenocarcinoma in the uterine corpus is a malignant cancer that occurs in menopausal women and aged rodents. Because of the similarities in pathogenesis and morphology of endometrial adenocarcinoma in rodents and humans, prediction of the modes of action (MOA) in uterine carcinogenesis is important for extrapolation of rodent data to humans. Three MOAs have been accepted as major pathways for uterine carcinogenesis in rodents: 1) estrogenic activity, 2) increased serum 17beta-estradiiol (E2) to progesterone (P4) ratio and 3) modulation of estrogen metabolism to produce 4-hydroxyestradiol via P450 induction. Inhibition of estrogen excretion and increased aromatase in situ in the tumor are also a potential pathway. Here, chemicals showing uterine carcinogenicity were chosen from approximately 300 pesticides evaluated in Japan within the past decade, and their mechanisms were predicted using parameters from mechanistic and toxicity studies. Seven pesticides increased uterine tumor formation in rats, and the pathways of 4 pesticides could be predicted based on various mechanistic studies. The MOAs of cyenopyrafen and benthiavalicarb-isopropyl were predicted to be modulation of estrogen metabolism, while those of pyriminobac-methyl and spirodiclofen were predicted to be increased E2 to P4 ratio. The driven pathways of metazosulfuron and isopyrazam could not be predicted using several mechanistic studies. No mechanistic studies have been reported for sedaxane, which has a chemical structure and toxicological profile similar to isopyrazam. Our results indicated that appropriate mechanistic studies are useful for mechanism prediction in risk assessment. From this analysis, a flowchart showing a decision tree for predictive MOAs in uterine carcinogenesis was proposed.
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- Midori Yoshida
- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setayaga-ku, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setayaga-ku, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setayaga-ku, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan
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Taketa Y, Inoue K, Takahashi M, Sakamoto Y, Watanabe G, Taya K, Yoshida M. Effects of sulpiride and ethylene glycol monomethyl ether on endometrial carcinogenicity in Donryu rats. J Appl Toxicol 2015; 36:769-76. [PMID: 26178146 DOI: 10.1002/jat.3206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2015] [Revised: 05/13/2015] [Accepted: 06/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Sulpiride and ethylene glycol monomethyl ether (EGME) are known ovarian toxicants that stimulate prolactin (PRL) secretion, resulting in hypertrophy of the corpora lutea and increased progesterone (P4) production. The purpose of the present study was to investigate how the PRL stimulatory agents affected uterine carcinogenesis and to clarify the effects of PRL on endometrial adenocarcinoma progression in rats. Ten-week-old female Donryu rats were treated once with N-ethyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (20 mg kg(-1) ), followed by treatment with sulpiride (200 ppm) or EGME (1250 ppm) from 11 weeks of age to 12 months of age. Sulpiride treatment inhibited the incidence of uterine adenocarcinoma and precancerous lesions of atypical endometrial hyperplasia, whereas EGME had no effect on uterine carcinogenesis. Sulpiride markedly prevented the onset of persistent estrus throughout the study period, and EGME delayed and inhibited the onset of persistent estrus. Moreover, sulpiride-treated animals showed high PRL and P4 serum levels without changes in the levels of estradiol-17β, low uterine weights and histological luteal cell hypertrophy. EGME did not affect serum PRL and P4 levels. These results suggest that the prolonged low estradiol-17β to P4 ratio accompanied by persistent estrous cycle abnormalities secondary to the luteal stimulatory effects of PRL may explain the inhibitory effects of sulpiride on uterine carcinogenesis in rats. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Yoshikazu Taketa
- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Tsukuba Drug Safety, Global Drug Safety, Biopharmaceutical Assessments Core Function Unit, Eisai Product Creation Systems, Eisai Co., Ltd., Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Physiology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Physiology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Yoshida M, Katsuda SI, Maekawa A. Involvements of Estrogen Receptor, Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen and p53 in Endometrial Adenocarcinoma Development in Donryu Rats. J Toxicol Pathol 2012; 25:241-7. [PMID: 23345926 PMCID: PMC3517919 DOI: 10.1293/tox.25.241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2012] [Accepted: 07/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Involvements of estrogen receptor (ER)α, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and p53 in the uterine carcinogenesis process in Donryu rats, a high yield strain of the uterine cancer were investigated immunohistochemically. ERα was expressed in atypical endometrial hyperplasia, accepted as a precancerous lesion of the uterine tumors, as well as well- and in moderately-differentiated endometrial adenocarcinomas, and the intensities of expression were similar to those in the luminal epithelial cells of the atrophic uterus at 15 months of age. The expression, however, was negative in the tumor cells of poorly differentiated type. Good growth of implanted grafts of the poorly-differentiated adenocarcinomas in both sexes with or without gonadectomy supported the estrogen independency of tumor progression to malignancy. PCNA labeling indices were increased with tumor development from atypical hyperplasia to adenocarcinoma. The tumor cells in poorly-differentiated adenocarcinomas were positive for p53 positive but negative for p21 expression, suggesting accumulation of mutated p53. These results indicate that the consistent ERα expression is involved in initiation and promotion steps of uterine carcinogenesis, but not progression. In addition, PCNA is related to tumor development and the expression of mutated p53 might be a late event during endometrial carcinogenesis.
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- Midori Yoshida
- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan
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Yoshida M, Takahashi M, Inoue K, Hayashi S, Maekawa A, Nishikawa A. Delayed Adverse Effects of Neonatal Exposure to Diethylstilbestrol and Their Dose Dependency in Female Rats. Toxicol Pathol 2011; 39:823-34. [DOI: 10.1177/0192623311413785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Neonatal exposure to estrogenic chemicals causes irreversible complex damage to the hypothalamus–pituitary–gonadal axis and reproductive system in females. Some lesions are noted after maturation as delayed adverse effects. We investigated the characteristics and dose dependence of delayed effects using female rats neonatally exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES). Female Donryu rats were subcutaneously injected with a single dose of DES of 0 (control), 0.15, 1.5, 15, 150, or 1,500 µg/kg bw after birth. All except the lowest dose had estrogenic activity in a uterotrophic assay. All rats at 1500 µg/kg and some at 150 µg/kg showed abnormal morphologies in the genital tract, indicating they were androgenized before maturation. Although no morphological abnormalities were noted at 15 µg/kg or lower, onset of persistent estrus was significantly accelerated in the 1.5, 15, and 150 µg/kg groups with dose dependency, and the latest onset was from seventeen to twenty-one weeks of age at 1.5 µg/kg. The neonatal exposure to DES increased uterine adenocarcinoma development only at 150 µg/kg, although uterine anomalies were detected at 1,500 µg/kg. These results indicate that neonatal exposure to DES, which exerts estrogenic activity in vivo, induces delayed adverse effects in female rats in a dose-dependent manner. Early onset of persistent estrus appears to be the most sensitive parameter.
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- Midori Yoshida
- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Chemical Management Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, 2-24-10, Nishihara, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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YOSHIDA M, WATANABE G, SUZUKI T, INOUE K, TAKAHASHI M, MAEKAWA A, TAYA K, NISHIKAWA A. Long-Term Treatment with Bromocriptine Inhibits Endometrial Adenocarcinoma Development in Rats. J Reprod Dev 2009; 55:105-9. [DOI: 10.1262/jrd.20026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Midori YOSHIDA
- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences
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- Veterinary Physiology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences
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- Safety Assessment Division, Chemical Management Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation
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- Veterinary Physiology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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Okuhara Y, Kitamura T, Hayashi M, Nagasawa T, Tamura T, Kuroda J, Shibata N, Mitsumori K. Lack of Modifying Effect of Arctiin on ENU-Induced Uterine Carcinogenesis in ICR Mice. J Toxicol Pathol 2007. [DOI: 10.1293/tox.20.149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- Yuji Okuhara
- Toxicology Laboratories, Research and Development, Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd
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- Toxicology Laboratories, Research and Development, Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd
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- Toxicology Laboratories, Research and Development, Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd
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- Toxicology Laboratories, Research and Development, Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd
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- Toxicology Laboratories, Research and Development, Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd
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- Toxicology Laboratories, Research and Development, Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd
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- Toxicology Laboratories, Research and Development, Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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Yoshida M. A New Hypothesis for Uterine Carcinogenesis: A Pathway Driven by Modulation of Estrogen Metabolism through Cytochrome P450 Induction in the Rat Liver. J Toxicol Pathol 2006. [DOI: 10.1293/tox.19.57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Midori Yoshida
- Department of Pathology, Sasaki Institute
- Experimental Pathology, Group of Experimental Radiobiology for Children's Health Research, Research Center for Radiation Protection, National Institute of Radiological Sciences
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Yoshida M, Shimomoto T, Katashima S, Watanabe G, Taya K, Maekawa A. Maternal exposure to low doses of bisphenol a has no effects on development of female reproductive tract and uterine carcinogenesis in Donryu rats. J Reprod Dev 2005; 50:349-60. [PMID: 15226600 DOI: 10.1262/jrd.50.349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Effects of maternal exposure to low doses of bisphenol A (BPA), including those comparable with human exposure levels, on growth and development of the female reproductive system and uterine carcinogenesis in Donryu rats were investigated. Dams were administered BPA (0, 0.006 and 6 mg/kg/day) daily by gavage from gestation day 2 up to the day before weaning (postnatal day 21 at offspring). The serum levels of BPA were significantly elevated in the dams receiving 6 mg/kg/day, however, BPA levels in the milk of dams, and those in the serum and liver of offspring were similar between control and treated groups. The treatment did not exert any influences on uterine development including weight, gland genesis and estrogen receptor alpha expression, vaginal opening and gonadotropin secretion in the female offspring up to puberty. After maturation, no effects were evident with regard to estrous cyclicity in female offspring treated with BPA. In addition, the treatment had no effects on age-related morphological changes of the reproductive and endocrine organs and uterine carcinogenesis until 15 months of age. The results demonstrate that maternal exposure to BPA at levels comparable to human exposure did not have any effects on the female reproductive system of offspring in rats. In addition, BPA was also found in the serum, milk and liver of control dams and pups, and low levels of BPA were detected in drinking water and pellet diet. The present study showed that the experimental animals were also exposed to environmental BPA in the animal room.
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- Midori Yoshida
- Department of Pathology, Sasaki Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
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Yoshida M, Watanabe G, Shirota M, Maekawa A, Taya K. Reduction of Primordial Follicles Caused by Maternal Treatment with Busulfan Promotes Endometrial Adenocarcinoma Development in Donryu Rats. J Reprod Dev 2005; 51:707-14. [PMID: 16177545 DOI: 10.1262/jrd.17053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ovarian dysfunction leading to hormonal imbalance plays a crucial role in uterine carcinogenesis in rats as well as women. However, the effects of a reduction in primordial follicles at birth on uterine adenocarcinoma development have hitherto not been determined. The present study was therefore conducted using female Donryu rats, a high incidence rat strain of uterine adenocarcinoma. The animals were maternally exposed to 2.5 or 5.0 mg/kg of busulfan on gestation day 14 to reduce primordial follicles, and were then initiated by intrauterine treatment with N-ethyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine at 11 weeks of age. Both busulfan treatment doses caused earlier occurrence of persistent estrus, with dose-dependence as compared to controls. At 15 months of age, the rats were euthanized. The incidence of uterine adenocarcinomas and multiplicity of uterine neoplastic lesions were significantly increased by the 5.0 mg/kg, but not the 2.5 mg/kg busulfan treatment. Morphologically, the ovaries exposed to busulfan treatment exhibited severe atrophy, with few or no follicles and corpus lutea. Serum 17beta-estradiol (E2), progesterone, and inhibin levels were significantly decreased in the busulfan treatment groups, with a clear dose-relation. Interestingly, only the 5.0 mg/kg busulfan treatment elevated the E2/progesterone ratio. These results provide evidence that the reduction of primordial follicles promotes uterine adenocarcinoma development in rats in association with an earlier occurrence of the persistent estrus status.
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- Midori Yoshida
- Department of Pathology, Sasaki Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
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Takahashi M, Shimomoto T, Miyajima K, Yoshida M, Katashima S, Uematsu F, Maekawa A, Nakae D. Effects of estrogens and metabolites on endometrial carcinogenesis in young adult mice initiated with N-ethyl-N′-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine. Cancer Lett 2004; 211:1-9. [PMID: 15194211 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2004.01.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2003] [Revised: 01/16/2004] [Accepted: 01/28/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The present study assessed effects of estrogens and their steroid metabolites on the endometrial carcinogenesis in young adult mice initiated with N-ethyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (ENNG). A total of 272 female CD-1 (ICR) mice were used and equally divided into 17 groups. Mice were implanted cholesterol pellets to the back subcutis at 9 weeks of age. Pellets contained nothing (control) or one of the experimental agents, three different estrogens and their 13 different steroid metabolites, at a concentration of 0.5% (w/w). At 10 weeks of age, mice were given a single intra-uterine administration of ENNG at a dose of 25 mg/kg body weight. When reaching the 30 weeks of age (20 weeks after the ENNG treatment), mice were sacrificed to assess the development of endometrial proliferative lesions. While endometrial proliferative lesions, including hyperplasias and adenocarcinomas, were observed in all groups, the incidences of hyperplasias in the groups treated with 2-hydroxyestriol, 2-methoxyestradiol, 2-methoxyestriol and 16-epiestriol were significantly higher than that in the control group. On the other hand, adenocarcinomas were significantly developed in the groups treated with estrone, estradiol, estriol, 16beta-hydroxyestrone, 16alpha-hydroxyestrone and 17-epiestriol. These results indicate that, on the endometrial carcinogenesis in mice initiated with ENNG, estrogens and their metabolites belonging to the 16alpha-hydroxylation pathway and the upstream of the 16beta-hydroxylation pathway exert both promoting and progressing effects, whereas, the estrogen metabolites belonging to the 2- and 4-hydroxylation pathways (catechol estrogens) and the downstream of the 16beta-hydroxylation pathway exert only promoting or no effects. It is thus suggested that a metabolic profile of estrogens may be crucial for the endometrial carcinogenesis and that the rate of the 16alpha-hydroxylation may be associated with the increased carcinogenic risks of estrogens on the endometrium.
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- Masakazu Takahashi
- Department of Pathology, Sasaki Institute, Sasaki Foundation, 2-2 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda, Tokyo 101-0062, Japan
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Maekawa A, Yoshida M, Katsuda SI, Imai K. Toxicologic/carcinogenic Effects of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals on the Female Genital Organs of Rodents. J Toxicol Pathol 2004. [DOI: 10.1293/tox.17.69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- Department of Pathology, Sasaki Institute, Sasaki Foundation
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- Department of Biological Safety Research, Japan Food Research Laboratories
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- Biosafety Research Center, Foods, Drugs and Pesticides
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Watanabe T, Kashida Y, Ueda M, Onodera H, Takizawa T, Hirose M, Mitsumori K. Inhibition by ethinylestradiol of N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea-initiated uterine carcinogenesis in transgenic mice carrying a human prototype C-Ha-ras gene (rasH2 mice). Toxicol Pathol 2003; 31:496-505. [PMID: 14692618 DOI: 10.1080/01926230390226014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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In order to demonstrate the tumor promoting effect of ethinylestradiol (EE) in our uterine carcinogenesis model, rasH2 or ICR mice given an intraperitoneal injection of 120 mg/kg body weight of N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) or an intra-uterine injection of 50 mg/kg body weight of ENU, respectively, followed by 2.5 or 0 ppm EE in the diet for 24 weeks in experiment 1 and 6 weeks in experiment 2. In experiment 1, in ICR mice, the incidences of adenocarcinomas in the ENU alone and the ENU+EE groups were 0% and 37.5%, respectively, the difference being statistically significant. The incidences of atypical hyperplasias and endometrial hyperplasias in the ENU+EE group were also significantly higher than those in the ENU alone group. In rasH2 mice, on the other hand, no endometrial proliferative lesions were induced in the uterus of the ENU+EE group, although uterine adenocarcinomas (55.6%), atypical hyperplasias (33.3%), and endometrial hyperplasias (22.2%) were observed in the ENU alone group. Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) positive indices for uterine adenocarcinomas and atypical hyperplasias in ICR mice treated with ENU+EE showed high values, but those in rasH2 mice given ENU alone were comparable to data for intact epithelium. In experiment 2, the immunohistochemical expression of estrogen receptor alpha (ER alpha) in the uterine luminal and glandular epithelium in the ENU+EE group of ICR mice was moderate to marked, but that in the ENU alone group was slight. There was no consistent difference in ER alpha expression in the uterine luminal and glandular epithelium between ENU+EE and ENU alone groups of rasH2 mice. These results suggest that 2.5 ppm EE paradoxically inhibits the uterine carcinogenesis in rasH2 mice initiated with ENU.
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- Takao Watanabe
- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8, Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
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Yoshida M, Shimomoto T, Katashima S, Shirai T, Nakae D, Watanabe G, Taya K, Maekawa A. Effects of Maternal Exposure to Nonylphenol on Growth and Development of the Female Reproductive System and Uterine Carcinogenesis in Rats. J Toxicol Pathol 2003. [DOI: 10.1293/tox.16.259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- Department of Experimental Pathology and Tumor Biology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences
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- Department of Pathology, Sasaki Institute
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- Veterinary Physiology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Veterinary Physiology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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Watanabe T, Kashida Y, Ueda M, Onodera H, Hirose M, Mitsumori K. Promoting Effects of Ethinylestradiol but not Atrazine on N-ethyl- N-nitrosourea-induced Uterine Carcinogenesis in ICR Mice. J Toxicol Pathol 2003. [DOI: 10.1293/tox.16.139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- Takao Watanabe
- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Division of pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences
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- Division of pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences
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- Division of pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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Watanabe T, Kashida Y, Yasuhara K, Koujitani T, Hirose M, Mitsumori K. Rapid induction of uterine endometrial proliferative lesions in transgenic mice carrying a human prototype c-Ha-ras gene (rasH2 mice) given a single intraperitoneal injection of N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea. Cancer Lett 2002; 188:39-46. [PMID: 12406546 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(02)00158-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In our previous study, uterine endometrial stromal sarcomas and atypical hyperplasias of the endometrial glands were induced in heterozygous p53 deficient mice (p53 (+/-) mice) of the CBA strain given a single dose of N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU). In order to clarify whether uterine tumors can be induced in transgenic mice carrying a human prototype c-Ha-ras gene (rasH2 mice) that are very susceptible to genotoxic carcinogens, rasH2 mice and their wild-type littermates received an intraperitoneal injection of 120 or 0mg/kg body weight of ENU followed by no further treatment for 22 weeks. Eighteen and 94% of ENU-treated rasH2 mice had uterine endometrial adenocarcinomas and atypical hyperplasias, respectively. Other malignant and benign tumors such as lung alveolar/bronchiolar adenomas and carcinomas, forestomach squamous cell papillomas and carcinomas, splenic hemangiomas/sarcomas, skin papillomas, malignant lymphomas and harderian gland adenomas were also observed in ENU-treated rasH2 mice. The result in the present study suggests that female rasH2 mice are very susceptible to uterine carcinogenesis, providing a useful model for ENU-induced uterine epithelial tumors.
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- Takao Watanabe
- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, 183-8509, Tokyo, Japan
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Katsuda SI, Yoshida M, Kuroda H, Ando J, Takahashi M, Kurokawa Y, Watanabe G, Taya K, Maekawa A. Uterine adenocarcinoma in N-ethyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine-treated rats with high-dose exposure to p-tert-octylphenol during adulthood. Jpn J Cancer Res 2002; 93:117-24. [PMID: 11856474 PMCID: PMC5926949 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2002.tb01249.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Since many risk factors are associated with the development of uterine adenocarcinomas in humans, the etiology is unclear in most cases, although it has been pointed out that estrogen may play essential roles. To clarify the effects of exposure to p-tert-octylphenol (OP), an environmental xenoestrogen, on uterine carcinogenesis, adult Donryu rats were initiated with a single intrauterine treatment of N-ethyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (ENNG) at 11 weeks of age and exposed thereafter to 100 mg / kg OP by s.c. injection until 15 months of age. Adult ovariectomized (OVX) rats were also treated in a similar way. OP had no effect on occurrence of persistent estrus in middle age, although uterotrophic effects were obvious in OVX rats. At the termination, development of uterine adenocarcinomas was significantly increased in animals exposed to OP during adulthood. No tumors, but a few focal hyperplasias, developed in OVX rats. These findings suggest that OP has tumor-promoting effects on ENNG-treated endometrium of rats, possibly due to direct action on the uterus, as indicated by the uterotrophic effect when a high dose of OP was given. The results provide clues to the mechanisms of influence of hormonal disrupters on uterine carcinogenesis.
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- Shin-ichi Katsuda
- Department of Pathology, Sasaki Institute, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0062, Japan
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Onodera H, Imai T, Takagi H, Tamura T, Ueda M, Mitsumori K, Hirose M. Difference in the Types of Uterine Tumors between Heterozygous p53-deficient and Wild Type CBA Mice Treated with Ethinylestradiol after N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea Initiation. J Toxicol Pathol 2002. [DOI: 10.1293/tox.15.203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- Hiroshi Onodera
- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences
- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences
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Watanabe T, Ueda M, Yasuhara K, Onodera H, Hirose M, Mitsumori K. Modifying Effects of Genistein, 4-Nonylphenol and Methoxychlor on N-ethyl- N-nitrosourea-induced Uterine Carcinogenesis in RasH2 Transgenic Mice Harboring a Human Prototype C-Ha- ras Gene. J Toxicol Pathol 2002. [DOI: 10.1293/tox.15.145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- Takao Watanabe
- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences
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Takahashi M, Nishimura S, Miyajima K, Sasahara K, Yoshida M, Ando J, Maekawa A. Time-dependent promotion activity of 17beta-estradiol on uterine carcinogenesis in mice initiated with N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea. Cancer Lett 2001; 165:123-30. [PMID: 11275360 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(00)00709-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The time-dependent promotion activity of 17beta-estradiol (E2) by initiation with N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) on induction of mouse uterine endometrial proliferative lesions was examined. Illumination-induced persistent estrous female CD-1 mice were divided into five groups at 9 weeks of age. At 10 weeks of age, mice in all groups (n=25) were given a single intra-uterine administration of ENU (50 mg/kg), dissolved in polyethylene glycol. Animals in Groups 2 to 5 were then implanted s.c. with an E2 pellet at 9, 11, 14 and 17 weeks of age. The implants were left in place for 8 weeks and then taken out. At the termination of the experiment (week 15 after the ENU-treatment), all surviving mice were killed and the development of uterine proliferative lesions were assessed. All groups demonstrated endometrial hyperplasias and adenocarcinomas and the incidences of the latter in ENU plus E2 treated animals (Groups 2 to 5; 36, 48, 35 and 36%, respectively) were significantly higher compared to 8% for Group 1, without any variation with the age at E2 treatment. However, the incidences of adenocarcinomas plus severe hyperplasias increased from Groups 1 to 5 (28, 40, 56; P<0.05, 61; P<0.05 and 80%; P<0.01, respectively), indicating that promotion effects of E2 on induction of uterine proliferative lesions in the uterine endometrium become more pronounced with the interval after ENU initiation.
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- M Takahashi
- Department of Pathology, Sasaki Institute, 2-2 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, 101-0062, Tokyo, Japan
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Watanabe T, Ando-Lu J, Imai S, Takano S, Takahashi M, Maekawa A. Spontaneous Tumors in the Uterus, Testis and Other Organs of F1 Hybrids between Donryu and F344 Rats. J Toxicol Pathol 2001. [DOI: 10.1293/tox.14.99] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Takao Watanabe
- Fuji Research Laboratories, Kowa Co., Ltd
- Department of Pathology, Sasaki Institute
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Shimo T, Katayama J, Saito A, Morohashi E, Tega Y, Aoki Y, Nagata O. Overexpression of Cyclin D1 and p53 in N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea and Ethinylestradiol-induced Uterine Proliferative Lesions in Heterozygous p53 Deficient CBA Mice. J Toxicol Pathol 2001. [DOI: 10.1293/tox.14.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- Takeo Shimo
- Research Department, Research & Development Division, Hokuriku Seiyaku Co., Ltd
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- Research Department, Research & Development Division, Hokuriku Seiyaku Co., Ltd
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- Research Department, Research & Development Division, Hokuriku Seiyaku Co., Ltd
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- Research Department, Research & Development Division, Hokuriku Seiyaku Co., Ltd
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- Research Department, Research & Development Division, Hokuriku Seiyaku Co., Ltd
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- Research Department, Research & Development Division, Hokuriku Seiyaku Co., Ltd
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- Research Department, Research & Development Division, Hokuriku Seiyaku Co., Ltd
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Ueda M, Mitsumori K, Onodera H, Takagi H, Yasuhara K, Takizawa T, Hirose M. Lack of Modifying Effects of Bisphenol A and Roasted-Ground Soybean (Kinako) on N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea-Induced Uterine Carcinogenesis in Heterozygous p53 Deficient CBA Mice. J Toxicol Pathol 2001. [DOI: 10.1293/tox.14.129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- Makoto Ueda
- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences
- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences
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Yoshida M, Katsuda SI, Maekawa A. Effects of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals with Estrogenic Activity on the Female Reproductive System in Rats. J Toxicol Pathol 2001. [DOI: 10.1293/tox.14.83] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Yoshida M, Katsuda S, Ando J, Kuroda H, Takahashi M, Maekawa A. Subcutaneous treatment of p-tert-octylphenol exerts estrogenic activity on the female reproductive tract in normal cycling rats of two different strains. Toxicol Lett 2000; 116:89-101. [PMID: 10906426 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4274(00)00207-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Effects of p-tert-octylphenol (OP), an endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC), on the female reproductive tract of normal cycling Fischer 344 (F344) and Donryu rats were investigated. OP was subcutaneously injected at concentrations of 12.5, 25, 50 or 100 mg/kg for 28 days. The most notable changes were the disappearance of normal cyclicity in the 50 mg/kg or more OP-treated groups of both the strains, and the appearance of persistent estrus (PE) evident on examination of vaginal smears in the 100 mg/kg groups of both the strains, the effects being time- and dose-dependent. In PE rats of both the strains, the uterine morphology deviated from the normal for each estrous stage of the cycling rats, and proliferation in the endometrium was slightly increased. The data for uterine weights, luminal epithelial cell-heights and/or numbers of epithelial cells in the endometrium demonstrated equivocal alteration. In both the strains, the serum 17beta-estradiol (E2) levels were decreased with 50 mg/kg of OP or more. Serum concentrations of the administrated chemical were dose and duration-dependently increased in all the treated groups of both the strains. The results demonstrate that subcutaneous administration of OP at doses of 50 mg/kg or more exerts time- and dose-dependent estrogenic activity on the reproductive tract of normal cycling female Donryu and F344 rats, indicating similar qualitative sensitivity to the effects in both the strains. Vaginal cytology may be the most sensitive endpoint for the detection of estrogenic activity of potential EDCs using adult cycling rats.
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- M Yoshida
- Department of Pathology, Sasaki Institute, 2-2 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Katsuda S, Yoshida M, Watanabe G, Taya K, Maekawa A. Irreversible effects of neonatal exposure to p-tert-octylphenol on the reproductive tract in female rats. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2000; 165:217-26. [PMID: 10860870 DOI: 10.1006/taap.2000.8940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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It has been known for many years that administration of androgens or estrogens at critical periods of development in mammals causes severe long-term effects on the endocrine/genital systems. The environmental pollutant p-tert-octylphenol (OP) possesses a weak but clear estrogen agonist activity in in vitro and in vivo studies. In the present study, effects of neonatal exposure to OP on the reproductive tract of female rats were investigated. Newborn female pups were injected with 100 mg/kg OP subcutaneously within 24 h after birth. Administration was repeated every other day until postnatal day 15 (total of eight doses). Before weaning, serum follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) remained at low levels during OP exposure, although the serum FSH peak and the high LH level were obvious in the controls. Histologically, inhibition of uterine gland genesis was apparent. The day of vaginal opening was about 4 days earlier in OP-treated animals than in controls. Persistent estrus was consistently observed in OP-treated animals. Atrophic and polycystic ovaries without corpora lutea showed anovulation. In the endometrium, cell-proliferative activity and cell-death were increased and decreased, respectively, and expression of estrogen receptor alpha mRNA was apparent by in situ hybridization. Unexpectedly, endometrial hyperplasias appeared at 8 weeks of age. After ovariectomy, vaginal smears immediately became of castration type and the uterus was atrophied. These results suggested that neonatal exposure to a high dose of OP alters developmental hormonal secretion presumably due to a hypothalamo-pituitary-ovarian disorder, with accelerated vaginal opening, subsequent persistent estrus, and uterine endometrial hyperplasia. The changes in the uterus and vagina are ovary-dependent.
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- S Katsuda
- Department of Pathology, Sasaki Institute, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0062, Japan
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Nagaoka T, Takegawa K, Takeuchi M, Maekawa A. Effects of reproduction on spontaneous development of endometrial adenocarcinomas and mammary tumors in Donryu rats. Jpn J Cancer Res 2000; 91:375-82. [PMID: 10804284 PMCID: PMC5926469 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2000.tb00955.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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: 11/27/2022] Open
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Effects of reproduction on spontaneous development of uterine endometrial adenocarcinomas and mammary tumors in Donryu rats were investigated. While the incidence of endometrial adenocarcinomas in Donryu rats was not influenced by a single reproductive experience (SRE), it showed a tendency to decrease in animals having three reproductive experiences (TRE), compared to the nulliparous case (NRE). In addition, both SRE and TRE animals showed delayed occurrence and decreased incidences and mean numbers of mammary tumors, along with reduced incidences of proliferative lesions in the pituitary gland and mucinous epithelium in the vagina. The appearance-time and incidences of persistent estrus in TRE rats were delayed and low, respectively, compared to the SRE and NRE values. The hormonal environment was altered in both groups, the prolactin level in TRE especially being decreased. These results suggest that suppression of the occurrence of endometrial adenocarcinomas and mammary tumors in rats experiencing reproduction is associated with change in the hormonal milieu.
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- T Nagaoka
- Safety Evaluation, Drug Development Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Research Division, Yoshitomi Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Fukusaki-cho, Kanzaki-gun, Hyogo 679-2296, Japan
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Aso S, Anai M, Noda S, Imatanaka N, Yamasaki K, Maekawa A. Twenty-Eight-Day Repeated-Dose Toxicity Studies for Detection of Weak Endocrine Disrupting Effects of Nonylphenol and Atrazine in Female Rats. J Toxicol Pathol 2000. [DOI: 10.1293/tox.13.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- Sunao Aso
- Chemicals Assessment Center, Chemicals Evaluation and Research Institute
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- Chemicals Assessment Center, Chemicals Evaluation and Research Institute
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- Chemicals Assessment Center, Chemicals Evaluation and Research Institute
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- Chemicals Assessment Center, Chemicals Evaluation and Research Institute
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- Chemicals Assessment Center, Chemicals Evaluation and Research Institute
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Iizuka S, Nishimura S, Takahashi M, Ando J, Yoshida M, Kudoh K, Shiraki K, Maekawa A. High Yield Selective Induction of Uterine Endometrial Adenocarcinomas in CD-1 Mice by N-Ethyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine Combined with 17.BETA.-Estradiol. J Toxicol Pathol 1999. [DOI: 10.1293/tox.12.177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- Seiichi Iizuka
- New Drug Discovery Laboratory, Tsumura & Co
- Department of Pathology, Sasaki Institute
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- Department of Pathology, Sasaki Institute
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