title: Effects of adrenalectomy and corticosterone administration on mouse lung tumor susceptibility and histogenesis.
abstract: The effects of adrenalectomy (Ax) on urethan-induced lung tumors were determined in strains of mice that vary in their respective tumor susceptibilities: A/J (sensitive), BALB/cByJ (intermediate), and C57BL/6J (B6, resistant). Ax increased tumor number in both A/J (by 25%) and B6 mice (by 400%), but not in BALB/cByJ mice. The relative proportions of adenomas exhibiting the alveolar or papillary histological growth patterns were unchanged. Implantation of corticosterone-containing pellets into adrenalectomized B6 mice restored tumor multiplicity to that of sham-operated mice and into adrenalectomized A/J mice reduced multiplicity below that of sham-operated mice. Corticosterone, therefore, regulates neoplastic development of mouse lung epithelial cells.
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000818:Animals; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes
chemical_list: D003345:Corticosterone