title: Immunohistochemical renin study of DES-induced renal tumor in the Syrian hamster.
abstract: Diethylstilbestrol (DES) treatment of a male Syrian hamster resulted in the development of a renal tumor and its widely scattered serosal metastases. Cells in both the primary tumor and metastatic nodules contained secretory granules. The tumors were transplanted serially into DES-supported and non-DES-supported host hamsters until DES-independent tumors developed. Rabbit antiserum to mouse salivary renin and rabbit antiserum to rat kidney resin were reacted with sections of the primary tumor, metastatic nodules, and all transport tumors. The sections were stained by the PAP and Vector-ABC-AP procedures. Renin-positive material was observed in all tumors. Plasma renin activity (PRA) was determined for the host hamsters carrying the renal tumor transplants and compared to the PRA values that had been determined for normal non-DES-treated male and female hamsters. It was found that the average PRA values of host hamsters carrying the tumor transplants were significantly higher than the normal PRA values.
authors.affiliation: Department of Basic Sciences-Anatomical Sciences, California College of Podiatric Medicine, Inc, San Francisco 94115.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Dodge
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brownfield
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inagami
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae / Q000502:physiology*; D004054:Diethylstilbestrol; D005260:Female; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008647:Mesocricetus / Q000502:physiology*; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D004054:Diethylstilbestrol; D012083:Renin