title: Possible antitumor promoter in the glandular stomach: calcium chloride.
abstract: Studies were made on the inhibitory effects of CaCl2 and 13-cis-retinoic acid on induction of replicative DNA synthesis (RDS) in the pyloric mucosa of male F344 rats by the glandular stomach tumor promoter, NaCl. RDS in the pyloric mucosa showed a maximum of about a ten-fold increase 17 hr after administration of 3.3 M NaCl and returned to the control level 48 hr after the administration of NaCl. Administration of 400 mM CaCl2 1 hr before NaCl resulted in 60-80% inhibition of the increase in RDS 4-48 hr after NaCl administration. Administration of 20 to 400 mM CaCl2 1 to 2 hr before NaCl caused dose-dependent inhibition of the increase in RDS 17 hr after NaCl administration, with 400 mM CaCl2 causing 80-100% inhibition. Administration of 400 mM CaCl2 1 hr before NaCl also decreased the histological damage of the surface epithelial cells induced by NaCl. Administration of 13-cis-retinoic acid at doses of 10 micrograms-10 mg/kg body weight did not inhibit the increase in RDS in the pyloric mucosa that was induced by NaCl. These results suggest that CaCl2, but not 13-cis-retinoic acid, inhibits tumor promotion in the pyloric mucosa of rat stomach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Oncology, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Furihata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsushima
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002122:Calcium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000633:toxicity; D003043:Cocarcinogenesis; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000187:drug effects; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects*; D015474:Isotretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D011708:Pylorus; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D015474:Isotretinoin; D002122:Calcium Chloride