Induction of tumors in the small intestine and mammary gland of female Donryu rats by continuous oral administration of N-carboxymethyl-N-nitrosourea.

Abstract

The carcinogenicity of N-carboxymethyl-N-nitrosourea (CMNU), a naturally occurring N-nitroso compound, was tested in female Donryu rats. Four groups of female Donryu rats were given 400, 200, 100, or 0 ppm of CMNU solution continuously as drinking water. The incidence of tumors was highest and the mean survival time shortest in the 400 ppm group. A dose-effect relationship was observed in the tumor incidence and the mean survival time and the incidences of tumors in all experimental groups were significantly different from those in the control group. In the 400 ppm group, tumors were detected most frequently in the small intestine, followed by the mammary gland. In contrast, most tumors were observed in the mammary gland in the other two experimental groups, although dose-dependent induction of tumors of the small intestine was also detected in these two groups. The organ specificity of CMNU is compared with that of other N-alkyl-N-nitrosourea derivatives.

• Authors: A Maekawa, T Ogiu, C Matsuoka, H Onodera, K Furuta, H Tanigawa, S Odashima
• Journal: Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology (J Cancer Res Clin Oncol) Vol. 106 Issue 1 Pg. 12-6 ( 1983) ISSN: 0171-5216 [Print] Germany
• PMID: 6885894 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Mutagens
• Nitrosourea Compounds
• N-carboxymethyl-N-nitrosourea

Topics

• Animals
• Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
• Female
• Intestinal Neoplasms (chemically induced, mortality, pathology)
• Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental (chemically induced, mortality, pathology)
• Mice
• Mutagens
• Neoplasms, Experimental (chemically induced, mortality, pathology)
• Nitrosourea Compounds (toxicity)
• Rats
• Rats, Inbred Strains