CARCINOGENESIS AND AGING .3. THE ROLE OF AGE IN INITIATION AND PROMOTION OF CARCINOGENESIS
CARCINOGENESIS AND AGING .3. THE ROLE OF AGE IN INITIATION AND PROMOTION OF CARCINOGENESIS
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DOI:
10.1016/s0232-1513(82)80001-7
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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ANISIMOV, VN
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ANISIMOV, VN
The problem of an interrelation between carcinogenesis and aging is discussed from the point of view of the 2-stage model of carcinogenesis. Data on the carcinogenic effect of s.c. administered benzo(a)pyrene (BP), intravaginally applied 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA) and i.v. injected N-nitrosomethylurea (NMU) to young and old animals [mouse, rat] are presented. Both the obtained results and data from available literature show the absence of a uniform effect of age on carcinogenesis. Age-associated dynamics of carcinogen-metabolizing enzyme activity, accuracy in DNA repair and proliferative activity of target and non-target tissues were discussed as the determinant factors for observed differences. Data on the growth rate of some transplantable tumors in young and old animals are also presented. As a rule, the above tumors grow more rapidly in old animals in comparison with young ones. The role of age-associated hormonal, metabolic and immunological changes in tumor promotion is discussed. The similarity of a number of changes occurring at organism, tissue and cellular levels of integration during natural aging and carcinogenesis is stressed. Some results of study on effects of geroprotectors on spontaneous carcinogenesis are summarized. The geroprotectors, which were shown to delay the realization of the genetic program of aging and age pathology development, prolong lifespan and inhibit carcinogenesis more effectively than those influencing the initial stage of spontaneous carcinogenesis. The integral scheme of events taking place in cell, tissue and organism during carcinogenesis is presented.