2-STAGE CARCINOGENESIS WITH RAT EMBRYO CELLS IN TISSUE-CULTURE
2-STAGE CARCINOGENESIS WITH RAT EMBRYO CELLS IN TISSUE-CULTURE
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DOI:
10.1038/bjc.1977.113
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
CHOUROULINKOV, I
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作者:
LASNE, C;GENTIL, A;CHOUROULINKOV, I
Transformation of rat embryo fibroblasts in vitro was investigated using initiation with benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA) or benzo(e)pyrene (BeP) and promotion with phorbol ester (TPA) or croton oil (Cr.Oil). The criteria used to assess in vitro transformation were the efficiency of cloning in liquid medium, abnormal cellular morphology and the development of malignant tumors following s.c. inoculation of newborn rats. The cloning efficiency, which remained low in the control cells, was increased to a variable extent in the treated groups. Transformation occurred in all groups, but occurred earliest in cells that were initiated and promoted. Initiation with DMBA or BaP and promotion with TPA or Cr.Oil led to the earliest acquisition of malignancy. Correlations were found between the transformation of cells in vitro and the acquisition of malignant potential, and between the carcinogenic action of the compounds in vitro and their action in vivo, but cloning efficiency was not a reliable indicator of in vitro transformation or malignancy. In most cases in vitro transformation appeared to precede the acquisition of malignancy, but in 2 cases it occurred later. The studies also show that BeP, which is a tumor initiator in vivo, also acts in this way in vitro. The conclusion drawn from a discussion of these results and of 2 stage carcinogenesis in vivo is that 2 stage carcinogenesis can be reproduced in tissue culture. This model may be useful in studies of those mechanisms of chemical carcinogenesis that involve the processes of initiation and promotion.