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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-4-10
pubmed:abstractText
The weekly administration of 1,2-dimethyl-hydrazine (DMH) by subcutaneous injection for a period of 16-20 weeks is a well known procedure for producing colonic tumors in mice and rats. Quantitative histomorphological, histochemical and kinetic studies, as well as investigation of the significance of epithelial cell density were carried out in mice between the 7th and the 91st day after the first DMH injection. These studies showed that between the 28th and the 35th day, several simultaneous alterations in the colonic epithelium involving modification of glandular form, decreased mucus secretion, an increase in epithelial cell density and an increase in the number of S phase cells (BrdU labeling index: LI). Around the 35th day, the glands tended to expand and from the 35th to the 63rd day, they were stretched and displayed compartments of dedifferentiated and non-mucinous crypts (DNMC). In these crypts the cell density became very high, reaching twice the control value on the 91st day. This feature was accompanied by alteration in cell morphology and by an increase in the available basement membrane area. A decrease in mucus secretion was apparent from the 14th day and by the 63rd day, mucus secretion was only about 60% of the control value in all crypts. The LI was increased until the 35th day following which a paradoxical and progressive decrease occurred in all glandular compartments.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0340-6075
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
377-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
A quantitative study of epithelial alterations during the early stages of experimental colonic tumorigenesis in mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologique, Faculté de Médecine Jacques Lisfranc, Université Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article