title: Suppression of a a carcinogen (1,2-dimethylhydrazine dihydrochloride)-induced increase in mitotic activity in the colonic crypts of rats by addition of dietary cellulose.
abstract: Serial injections of the colon carcinogen, 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH), have been reported to increase the proliferative activity in the colonic crypts preceding development of tumors. Can addition of purified cellulose to a fiber-free AIN-76 rat diet be used to suppress this increase in proliferative activity? To answer this question rats were divided into two groups, and one group was given eight weekly injections of the DMH base at 9.5 mg/kg of body weight. Throughout this period and for 2 additional wk the rats were isocalorically fed a defined nutritionally complete diet both with and without different dietary levels of cellulose (0, 5, and 15%). The rats were given injections of colchicine 3 h prior to sacrifice to arrest and to collect dividing cells at metaphase. Analysis of variance was performed on various morphometric parameters obtained from histological sections of midaxial crypts from the descending colon. Our results confirm that DMH induced a significant increase in the mitotic activity as measured by the number of metaphase figures per crypt. The presence of dietary cellulose did cause a significant suppression of the DMH-induced increase in the crypt mitotic activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284.
authors.forename: I L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Cameron
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Ord
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Padilla
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Heitman
mesh_terms: D019813:1,2-Dimethylhydrazine; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D002482:Cellulose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003106:Colon / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004127:Dimethylhydrazines / Q000633:toxicity*; D002149:Energy Intake; D008297:Male; D008763:Methylhydrazines / Q000633:toxicity*; D008938:Mitosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D008940:Mitotic Index / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D004043:Dietary Fiber; D004127:Dimethylhydrazines; D008763:Methylhydrazines; D002482:Cellulose; D019813:1,2-Dimethylhydrazine