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Autochthonous prostate adenocarcinomas in Lobund‐Wistar rats: A model system
Author(s) -
Pollard Morris,
Luckert Phyllis H.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
the prostate
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.295
H-Index - 123
eISSN - 1097-0045
pISSN - 0270-4137
DOI - 10.1002/pros.2990110303
Subject(s) - testosterone (patch) , medicine , prostate , endocrinology , rat model , prostate cancer , adenocarcinoma , cancer
An experimental model system for autochthonous prostate adenocarcinoma (PA) has been developed in Lobund‐Wistar (L‐W) rats. Large primary PAS were induced in 31 of 40 (77.5%) L‐W rats within an average of 10.7 months after a single dose of methylnitrosourea (MNU) and subcutaneous implants of testosterone. Metastatic tumors had developed in over 60% of the tumor‐bearing rats. In addition, localized in situ PAs had developed in 5 of the 40 test rats. At 14 months 50 untreated L‐W rats were free of demonstrable PAs. Two of 20 (10%)L‐W rats developed PA at 14 months after inoculation of MNU alone. Six of 42 (14%) L‐W rats developed PAs within 14 months after s.c. administration of testosterone implants. Thus, testosterone acted as a tumor promoter of PA for cells that had been initiated by MNU. The manifestations of the PAs in the L‐W rats resembled many aspects of the counterpart disease in man.