| First Author | Watanabe T | Year | 2002 |
| Journal | Cancer Lett | Volume | 188 |
| Issue | 1-2 | Pages | 39-46 |
| PubMed ID | 12406546 | Mgi Jnum | J:79656 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:2388750 | Doi | 10.1016/s0304-3835(02)00158-1 |
| Citation | Watanabe T, et al. (2002) Rapid induction of uterine endometrial proliferative lesions in transgenic mice carrying a human prototype c-Ha-ras gene (rasH2 mice) given a single intraperitoneal injection of N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea. Cancer Lett 188(1-2):39-46 |
| abstractText | In our previous study, uterine endometrial stromal sarcomas and atypical hyperplasias of the endometrial glands were induced in heterozygous p53 deficient mice (p53 (+/-) mice) of the CBA strain given a single dose of N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU). In order to clarify whether uterine tumors can be induced in transgenic mice carrying a human prototype c-Ha-ras gene (rasH2 mice) that are very susceptible to genotoxic carcinogens, rasH2 mice and their wild-type littermates received an intraperitoneal injection of 120 or 0mg/kg body weight of ENU followed by no further treatment for 22 weeks. Eighteen and 94% of ENU-treated rasH2 mice had uterine endometrial adenocarcinomas and atypical hyperplasias, respectively. Other malignant and benign tumors such as lung alveolar/bronchiolar adenomas and carcinomas, forestomach squamous cell papillomas and carcinomas, splenic hemangiomas/sarcomas, skin papillomas, malignant lymphomas and harderian gland adenomas were also observed in ENU-treated rasH2 mice. The result in the present study suggests that female rasH2 mice are very susceptible to uterine carcinogenesis, providing a useful model for ENU-induced uterine epithelial tumors. |
