An inhibitory effect of vitamin A on the induction of tumors of forestomach and cervix in the Syrian hamster by carcinogenic polycyclic hydrocarbons.
An inhibitory effect of vitamin A on the induction of tumors of forestomach and cervix in the Syrian hamster by carcinogenic polycyclic hydrocarbons.
复制标题
维生素A对致癌多环烃诱发叙利亚仓鼠前胃和子宫颈肿瘤的抑制作用。
作者:
E. Chu;R. A. Malmgren
SUMMARY The oral administration of 7 , 12-dimethylbenzanthracene (DMBA) or benzo(a) pyrene(Bp) to Syrian hamsters induced dyskeratotic lesions and carcinoma of the forestomach and small intestine but only the DMBA induced dyskeratotic lesions of the esophagus. Painting the uterine cervix of Syrian hamsters with DMBA in duced perineal skin and vaginal carcinoma in 100% of the animals and cervical car cinoma in 22 % of the animals. In animals similarly treated with DMBA or Bp the addition of 0.5 % vitamin Apalmitate to the diet prevented the development of carcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract ; adding the vitamin A-palmitate to the fluid used for painting the cervix pre vented the development of carcinoma of cervix and vagina but did not inhibit the development of carcinoma of the perineal skin. The implication of the inhibitory effect of Vitamin A on the induction of squamous cell carcinoma of the mucous meni branes in the hamster is considered.