title: FVB/N mice: an inbred strain sensitive to the chemical induction of squamous cell carcinomas in the skin.
abstract: The widespread use of FVB/N mice for the establishment of transgenic lines containing active oncogenes suggested the importance of testing the parent FVB/N mice for sensitivity to experimental carcinogenesis. After initiation of mouse skin by a single treatment with 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) and promotion by 20 weekly applications of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), the skin tumor incidence was compared in FVB/N mice, TPA-sensitive (SENCAR and CD-1) and TPA-resistant mice (BALB/c and C57BL/6). Initiation by 25 micrograms DMBA followed by promotion with a low dose of TPA (2 micrograms/week) induced one or more papillomas in only 25% of FVB/N mice, compared with 100% in SENCAR, 53% in CD-1, 17% in BALB/c and 0% in C57BL/6 mice. At a more effective dose of TPA (5 micrograms/week), FVB/N mice initiated by 5, 25 or 100 micrograms DMBA developed 3.4, 6.9 and 11.8 papillomas per mouse. In contrast, the incidence of squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) (17-18/30 mice) did not increase with DMBA dose. TPA promotion of non-initiated mice induced only six papillomas, but three progressed to SCCs, a high rate of malignant conversion. Skin tumor induction by 20 weekly treatments with 10 micrograms DMBA produced few papillomas, but 50.0% of the papillomas progressed to carcinomas in FVB/N mice, compared with 9.15% in SENCAR, 37.5% in CD-1, 23.1% in BALB/c and 15.0% in C57CL/6 mice. The first carcinomas appeared after 14 weeks in FVB/N, 24 weeks in SENCAR, 26 weeks in CD-1 and C57BL/6 and 34 weeks in BALB/c mice. Thus, FVB/N mice develop an unusually high incidence of SCCs after treatment with repeated DMBA, DMBA initiation-TPA promotion and even TPA alone.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cellular Carcinogenesis and Tumor Promotion, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hennings
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Glick
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Lowry
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Krsmanovic
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Sly
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yuspa
mesh_terms: D015127:9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene / Q000633:toxicity*; D000096:Acetone / Q000633:toxicity; D000818:Animals; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D004351:Drug Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D010212:Papilloma / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D013045:Species Specificity; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D000096:Acetone; D015127:9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate