Preparative action of carbon tetrachloride in liver tumorigenesis by a single application of N-butylnitrosourea in male ICR/JCL strain mice.
A dose of 10 or 20 mg of N-butylnitrosourea (BNU) dissolved in 50% ethanol was administered by a gastric tube to 6-week-old male ICR/JCL strain mice and they were sacrificed 15 months later. One of 18 animals developed a hepatoma, but none of the mice given CCl4 in 0.1 ml of 50% oliver oil subcutaneously at the right thigh developed hepatoma. However, a marked enhancement of hepatoma induction was observed in mice injected with CCl4 one day before the single intragastric administration of BNU, with 12 out of 28 mice developing one or more hepatomas (average 3.2/mouse) ranging in diameter from 0.5 to 1.5 cm. By extending the administration interval between CCl4 and BNU to 1 week or 1 month, or by reversing the order of administration, the hepatotumorigenic action was virtually lost. There was no occurrence of hepatoma but a predominant development of leukemia, of either thymic or nonthymic origin, was observed in mice of younger age treated with CCl4 one day before continuous oral administration of BNU (1 mg/day/mouse). It is thus concluded that the preparative (cocarcinogenic) action of CCl4 is indispensable for hepatotumorigenesis with a single large dose of BNU.
D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000633:toxicity*; D002273:Carcinogens; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D004357:Drug Synergism; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000139:chemically induced; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental; D009607:Nitrosourea Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000633:toxicity*; D013934:Thymectomy
D002273:Carcinogens; D009607:Nitrosourea Compounds; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride