title: Morphological characteristics of a transplantable histiocytic sarcoma (HS-J) in F344 rats and appearance of renal tubular hyaline droplets in HS-J-bearing rats.
abstract: A transplantable tumour (HS-J) was established from a spontaneous histiocytic sarcoma found in a 24-month-old male F344 rat. Serial transplantations (seven generations) were made in syngeneic male and female rats by means of intraperitoneal or subcutaneous implants, with a 100% take rate. Rats given HS-J implants developed large nodules locally, with metastasis to distant organs. HS-J tumours consisted mainly of round to oval cells with abundant cytoplasm, arranged in a compact sheet. Enzyme- and immuno-histochemical examination showed that neoplastic cells reacted with ED1 (rat monocyte/macrophage-specific antibody), lysozyme, alpha 1-antitrypsin and lysosomal enzymes (acid phosphatase and non-specific esterase), indicating derivation from cells of the monocyte/macrophage lineage. The majority of neoplastic cells were negative for ED2 (rat tissue macrophage-specific antibody). Abnormal accumulations of hyaline droplets in the proximal renal tubular epithelial cells were seen in HS-J-bearing rats. The droplets were faintly immunopositive for lysozyme, but negative for alpha-2u globulin and albumin. It was considered that excessive production of the protein by tumour cells might lead to subsequent overload in renal tubules. HS-J may prove beneficial for studying the biological behaviour of monocyte/macrophage-derived tumours in the rat.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Agriculture, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yamate
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsujino
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kumagai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakatsuji
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuwamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kotani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakuma
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006818:Hyalin / Q000378:metabolism*; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000473:pathology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D012513:Sarcoma, Experimental / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary