title: Inhibition of rat mammary carcinogenesis by an arotinoid without a polar end group (Ro 15-0778).
abstract: The influence of an arotinoid without a polar end group (Ro 15-0778) on rat mammary carcinogenesis was investigated. Mammary tumors were induced by oral administration of 15 mg, 7,12-dimethylbenz-(a) anthracene (DMBA) to 50-day-old female Sprague-Dawley rats. Ro 15-0778 inhibited the development of mammary adenocarcinomas. The percentage of tumor-bearing rats, the mean number of tumors per rat as well as the mean total volume of tumors per rat were dose-dependently reduced by Ro 15-0778. The results are of particular interest, since this compound--probably because of the lack of a polar end group--does not induce the signs and symptoms of hypervitaminosis A. The inhibition of mammary cancer development by Ro 15-0778 compares favorably with that of N-(4-hydroxyphenyl) retinamide the hitherto most effective retinoid for prevention of chemically-induced mammary cancers in rats.
authors.affiliation: Pharmaceutical Research Department, F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co. Ltd., Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bollag
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Hartmann
mesh_terms: D015127:9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene; D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D017313:Fenretinide; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012176:Retinoids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013997:Time Factors; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D012176:Retinoids; D017313:Fenretinide; D014212:Tretinoin; D015127:9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene; C053595:temarotene