Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate induces hepatocellular adenoma in transgenic mice carrying a human prototype c-Ha-ras gene in a 26-week carcinogenicity study

Toyosawa, K; Okimoto, K; Kobayashi, I; Kijima, K; Kikawa, E; Kohchi, M; Koujitani, T; Tanaka, K; Matsuoka, N

HERO ID

674505

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

2001

Language

English

PMID

11560251

HERO ID 674505
In Press No
Year 2001
Title Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate induces hepatocellular adenoma in transgenic mice carrying a human prototype c-Ha-ras gene in a 26-week carcinogenicity study
Authors Toyosawa, K; Okimoto, K; Kobayashi, I; Kijima, K; Kikawa, E; Kohchi, M; Koujitani, T; Tanaka, K; Matsuoka, N
Journal Toxicologic Pathology
Volume 29
Issue 4
Page Numbers 458-466
Abstract To evaluate the transgenic mouse carrying a human prototype c-Ha-ras gene (rasH2 mouse) as a model for 26-week carcinogenicity tests, Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), a peroxisome proliferator, was administered to 15 rasH2 mice/sex/group at concentrations of 1,500, 3,000 or 6,000 ppm, and to 15 wild-type (non-Tg) mice/sex/group at a concentration of 6,000 ppm in their diets for 26 weeks. Survival rates and food consumption in the groups treated with DEHP and in the control group were similar. Body weight gain in rasH2 and non-Tg mice at 6,000 ppm in the terminal week decreased about 10% as compared to the control group. Common findings related to treatment with DEHP in rasH2 and non-Tg mice included hypertrophy with coarse granules and deposit of pigment in the liver, hydronephrosis and tubular regeneration in the kidney, focal atrophy in the testis, and increased eosinophilic body in the nasal cavity. Hepatocellular adenoma was induced by treatment with DEHP, and was confined to male rasH2; mice the incidence being 7%(1/15), 13%(2/15), and 27%(4/15) in the 1,500-, 3,000-, and 6,000-ppm group, respectively. Point mutation was not detected in codon 12 and 61 of human c-Ha-ras transgene upon DNA analyses on frozen samples taken from these hepatocellular adenomas. From the results obtained in this 26-week carcinogenicity study, it is concluded that DEHP is a hepato-carcinogen for transgenic mouse carrying a human prototype c-Ha-ras gene.
Doi 10.1080/01926230152499944
Pmid 11560251
Wosid WOS:000175950300008
Url http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=1156025
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Keyword Adenoma, Liver Cell/chemically induced/*genetics/pathology; Administration, Oral; Animals; Carcinogenicity Tests/methods; Diethylhexyl Phthalate/administration & dosage/*toxicity; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; *Genes, ras; Kidney/drug effects/pathology; Kidney Tubules/drug effects/pathology; Liver/drug effects/pathology; Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/chemically induced/*genetics/pathology; Male; Mice; Mice, Transgenic; Nasal Cavity/drug effects/pathology; Peroxisome Proliferators/administration & dosage/*toxicity; Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational; Sex Factors; Survival Rate; Testis/drug effects/pathology; Time Factors; 0 (Peroxisome Proliferators); 117-81-7 (Diethylhexyl Phthalate)
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