Open AccessRenal Pelvic Carcinoma which Shows Metastatic Potential to Distant Organs, Induced by N‐Butyl‐N‐(4‐hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine in NON/Shi Mice
Author(s) -
Murai Takashi,
Mori Satoru,
Hosono Motoko,
Takeuchi Yasuyoshi,
Ohara Tadao,
Makino Susumu,
Takeda Reiji,
Hayashi Yoshiyuki,
Shoji Shoji
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
japanese journal of cancer research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.035
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1349-7006
pISSN - 0910-5050
DOI - 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1991.tb01808.x
Subject(s) - nitrosamine , pathology , carcinoma , medicine , kidney , carcinogen , gastroenterology , chemistry , organic chemistry
Renal pelvic carcinoma was induced in mice by giving N‐butyl‐N‐(4‐hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN). Initially, differences in renal pelvic carcinogenesis by BBN were examined in three male mouse strains: NON/Shi, which demonstrate spontaneous hydronephrosis with incidences of 10‐30%, and DS/Shi and B6C3F1, which do not exhibit hydronephrosis. When mice of these strains were given 0.05% BBN in the drinking water for 12 weeks followed by water without BBN for 8 weeks, renal pelvic carcinoma morphologically similar to human carcinomas developed in 8 of 23 NON/Shi mice (35%). Metastasis to the lung was found in one of them (13%). B6C3F1 and DS/Shi mice had no pelvic tumors, but the response to urinary bladder carcinogenesis in NON/Shi mice was nearly equal to that in DS/Shi and B6C3F1 mice. These results suggest that renal pelvic carcinogenesis is related to the presence of stagnant urine containing carcinogen in the renal pelvis. In a second experiment, we examined renal pelvic carcinogenesis in NON/Shi mice given BBN for 4 weeks followed by water without BBN for 32 weeks. The incidence of renal pelvic carcinoma (28%) was similar to that in the first experiment, but the incidence of metastasis was markedly elevated to 60%. These results indicate that BBN treatment can induce renal pelvic carcinoma which often metastasizes to the lung in NON/Shi mice.