title: Protective effect of oral cysteamine against induction of gastric cancer by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine in Wistar rats.
abstract: The effect of oral administration of cysteamine (2-aminoethanethiol hydrochloride) on the incidence and histology of gastric adenocarcinomas induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) was investigated in inbred Wistar rats. Oral administration of 0.4% cysteamine in food after treatment with MNNG for 25 weeks significantly reduced the incidence and number of adenocarcinomas of the glandular stomach in experimental Week 52. Histological examination showed that adenocarcinomas that did develop in rats fed on cysteamine had high mucin-producing activity. Furthermore, oral administration of cysteamine caused a significant increase in serum gastrin level and significant decreases in the antral mucosal pH and the labeling indices of the antral mucosa. These findings indicate that cysteamine inhibits the development of gastric adenocarcinomas when given orally. This effect may be related to its ability to decrease proliferation of antral mucosal cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Center for Adult Diseases, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tatsuta
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iishi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mikoni
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D000818:Animals; D003543:Cysteamine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D005755:Gastrins / Q000097:blood; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008297:Male; D008769:Methylnitronitrosoguanidine; D008938:Mitosis / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D005755:Gastrins; D008769:Methylnitronitrosoguanidine; D003543:Cysteamine