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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-6-15
pubmed:abstractText
Metallothionein (MT) crypt-restricted immunopositivity indices (MTCRII) are colonic crypt stem cell mutation markers that may be induced early and in abundance after mutagen treatment. Metallothionein is the endogenous reporter gene for MTCRII, but is not typically implicated in the classical pathway of colorectal tumorigenesis. Hence, the oncological relevance of MTCRII is unclear. This study tests the hypothesis that MTCRII induced by N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) and lambda carrageenan (lambdaCgN) associate with aberrant crypt foci (ACF) in mouse colon. Undegraded lambdaCgN and MNU were tested alone and in combination against MTCRII and ACF in Balb/c mice, at 20 weeks after the start of treatment. MTCRII were unaffected by lambdaCgN alone. Combined lambdaCgN/MNU treatments induced greater MTCRII (P < 0.01) as well as greater number (P < 0.001) and crypt multiplicity (P < 0.01) of ACF than MNU alone. MTCRII were approximately 10-fold more numerous than ACF, although linear correlations were observed between these parameters (r = 0.732; P < 0.01). MTCRII are induced by lambdaCgN/MNU interactions in sufficient numbers to provide statistical power from relatively small sample sizes and correlate with ACF formation. MTCRII could thus provide the basis for a novel medium-term murine bioassay relevant to early-stage colorectal tumorigenesis.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0007-0920
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
92
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2160-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Metallothionein crypt-restricted immunopositivity indices (MTCRII) correlate with aberrant crypt foci (ACF) in mouse colon.
pubmed:affiliation
Departments of Surgery, Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University of Belfast, Clinical Sciences Building, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BJ, Northern Ireland, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't