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Mouse bronchiolar cell carcinogenesis. Histologic characterization and expression of Clara cell antigen in lesions induced by N-nitrosobis-(2-chloroethyl) ureas.

Abstract
Female Swiss mice (Cr:NIH(S)) developed bronchiolar cell hyperplasia, dysplasia, metaplasia, and various morphologic types of bronchiolar cell tumors after topical (skin) application of N-nitroso-methyl-bis-chloroethylurea (NMBCU) or N-nitroso-tris-chloroethylurea (NTCU). These compounds are the first found to induce systemically bronchiolar cell tumors in mice in high incidence. Twice a week, with a 3-day interval, a 25-microliter drop of 0.04 mol/l (molar) NMBCU or NTCU in acetone was applied to the shaved interscapular integument for a maximum of 35 to 40 weeks. The earliest lung neoplasms were seen in mice that died after 23 weeks of treatment and affected 11 of 19 with NMBCU and 14 of 19 with NTCU treatment. Tumor growth pattern was nodular or the neoplastic tissue was frequently disseminated throughout the parenchyma, starting from multicentric peribronchiolar foci. The most common tumor types were squamous cell carcinomas and adenosquamous carcinomas, followed by adenocarcinomas with or without secretory cells, and a single ciliated-cell tumor. Histochemical and immunohistochemical studies were carried out on paraffin-embedded lungs using the avidin-biotin immunoperoxidase complex procedure and antisera against keratin, Clara cell antigen, surfactant apoprotein, neuron-specific enolase, bombesin, and chromogranin A. In several mice from both groups, hyperplasias and tumors were composed of cells expressing Clara cell antigen. No tumor cells were found expressing alveolar type II or neuroendocrine cell markers. It appeared that bronchiolar cells, in particular Clara cells, had migrated from terminal bronchioles or invaded bronchiolar walls to extend into the alveolar parenchyma. Squamous cell metaplasia with keratin expression was seen within airways or associated with glandular tumors, especially at the periphery. A unique cell type, with large eosinophilic globules and associated eosinophilic crystals, was seen lining airways or forming hyperplastic and neoplastic lesions. N-nitroso-methyl-bis-chloroethylurea- and NTCU-induced mouse bronchiolar cell alterations could be an interesting new model to study mechanisms of bronchiolar cell differentiation and tumor formation.
AuthorsS Rehm, W Lijinsky, G Singh, S L Katyal
JournalThe American journal of pathology (Am J Pathol) Vol. 139 Issue 2 Pg. 413-22 (Aug 1991) ISSN: 0002-9440 [Print] United States
PMID1651059 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • N-nitroso-tris-chloroethylurea
  • Nitrosourea Compounds
  • Proteins
  • Scgb1a1 protein, mouse
  • Uteroglobin
  • Carmustine
Topics
  • Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar (chemically induced, immunology, pathology)
  • Animals
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell (immunology, pathology)
  • Carmustine (analogs & derivatives)
  • Female
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Lung Neoplasms (chemically induced, immunology, pathology)
  • Metaplasia
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred Strains
  • Nitrosourea Compounds
  • Proteins (analysis)
  • Uteroglobin

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