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Decrease of Prostaglandin E 2 and 5–Bromo–2′–deoxyuridine Labeling but Not Prostate Tumor Development by Indomethacin Treatment of Rats Given 3,2′–Dimethyl‐4‐aminobiphenyl and Testosterone Propionate
Author(s) -
Kawabe Mayumi,
Shibata MasaAki,
Sano Masashi,
Takesada Yasuko,
Tamano Seiko,
Ito Nobuyuki,
Shirai Tomoyuki
Publication year - 1997
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.1349-7006.1997.tb00388.x
Subject(s) - testosterone propionate , prostate , seminal vesicle , endocrinology , medicine , testosterone (patch) , prostaglandin e2 , silastic , prostaglandin , chemistry , nitrosamine , androgen , carcinogen , biochemistry , cancer , hormone
The modifying effects of indomethacin (IM) on rat prostate carcinogenesis induced by 3,2′–dimethyl–4–aminobiphenyl (DMAB) were investigated. F344 rats were given 50 mg/kg body weight of DMAB at 2–week intervals for 20 weeks and then received IM at a dose of 20 ppm in the drinking water for 37 weeks. Separate groups additionally received testosterone propionate (TP) in Silastic tubes throughout the experiment. DMAB alone induced carcinomas in situ in the ventral lobe and in combination with TP caused invasive carcinomas of the dorso–lateral and anterior lobes and seminal vesicles. No clear suppression by IM of development of in situ carcinomas or in vasive carcinomas was observed. In a short–term satellite experiment, it was revealed that prostaglandin E 2 (PGE 2 ) levels in the dorso–lateral prostate and seminal vesicles, but not the ventral prostate, were significantly reduced by IM and that TP itself also suppressed PGE 2 levels. The 5–bromo–2′–deoxyuridine labeling index in the ventral prostate was significantly decreased by IM administration. These results indicate that while IM can efficiently suppress tissue PGE 2 levels, it does not inhibit tumor development in the prostate or seminal vesicles of rats in the present model.

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