title: Effect of DENA induced hepatocarcinogenesis on neuroendocrine levels in male rats.
abstract: Hepatocarcinogenesis was induced in Sprague Dawley rats by injecting diethylnitrosamine (DENA); 150 mg/kg body weight, ip, a well known liver carcinogen and a mutagenic agent. Concurrent with the induction of hepatocarcinoma, psychological stress was also elicited from the changes in brain neurotransmitters. Noradrenaline and dopamine, the neurotransmitters of sympathetic system were estimated from the whole brain and corresponding hormones T3, T4 and prolactin were estimated from the blood of such rats. The neuroendocrine cascade and the marker enzyme gamma glutamyl transferase were estimated at 7, 14, 21 and 30 weeks. A direct relationship between noradrenaline, T3 and T4 and a reciprocal relationship between dopamine and prolactin were observed, which may be correlated to the carcinogenic effect of DENA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Technology, University College of Science and Technology, Calcutta University, 92, A.P.C.Road, Kolkata.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bhattacharyya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chandra
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Bhattacharyya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000378:metabolism*; D004052:Diethylnitrosamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009490:Neurosecretory Systems / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004052:Diethylnitrosamine; D011388:Prolactin; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase; D004298:Dopamine; D009638:Norepinephrine