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2888545

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
The relative response to various initiating doses of diethylnitrosamine (DEN) and dimethylbenz[a]anthracene of the induction of numbers and size (vol. % of liver) of altered hepatic foci (AHF) in livers of adult female rats of the Sprague-Dawley and Fischer 344 (F-344) strains was studied by methods of quantitative stereology in the presence and absence of the promoting agent, phenobarbital (PB, 0.05% in the diet). In all cases, a relatively linear response with dose, even at the lowest doses employed, was obtained except for the numbers of AHF at the highest dose of DEN (30 mg/kg), which was not significantly different from that at a dose of 10 mg/kg in F-344 female rats. Similar dose-response data were obtained at various doses of two promoting agents effective in hepatocarcinogenesis, PB and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), in livers of F-344 female rats following initiation with DEN (10 mg/kg) 24 h post-70% hepatectomy. The response to these agents exhibited threshold levels below which no increase in number or vol. % of liver of AHF was noted in comparison with that in livers of animals not treated with the promoting agents. At several subthreshold doses of both PB and TCDD an inhibition of AHF formation and growth (measured as vol. % of liver) was observed. Based on quantitative stereologic calculations, parameters for the estimation for the relative potency of chemicals as initiating or promoting agents have been established. These are defined as: initiation index = no. of foci induced X liver-1 X [mmol/kg body wt]-1 and promotion index = Vf/Vc X mmol-1 X weeks-1, where Vf is the total volume fraction (%) occupied by AHF in the livers of rats treated with the test agent and Vc is the total volume of AHF in control animals which have only been initiated. These parameters were calculated for a number of agents based on data published in the literature and from those reported herein. Neither parameter varied significantly with the dose of the initiating agent based on the data in this paper. The range of promotion indices extended over more than eight orders of magnitude, whereas that of initiation indices was much less variable. Such parameters may be useful as quantitative estimates of the potency of hepatocarcinogenic agents, such values having potential application to risk estimations.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0143-3334
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1491-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
A method to quantitate the relative initiating and promoting potencies of hepatocarcinogenic agents in their dose-response relationships to altered hepatic foci.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Oncology, McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, Medical School, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.