Neoplastic responses and correlated plasma prolactin levels in diethylstilbestrol-treated ACl and Sprague-Dawley rats
Pellets containing 5 mg (/sup 3/H) diethylstilbestrol (DES) and 15 mg cholesterol were implanted S.C. in 84-day-old female Sprague-Dawley (S-D) and ACl rats. DES was released from the implanted pellets exponentially, and the release was not significantly different in S-D rats than in ACl rats. No mammary tumors developed in any treated or untreated S-D rats. In contrast, 90% of the DES-treated ACl rats developed mammary adenocarcinomas. A significant increase in the weight of the pituitary was noted in DES-treated ACl rats. The pituitarities of the treated ACl rats were 2 to 7 times as heavy as were controls, and plasma prolactin levels were 10 to 40 times higher than in controls. In contrast, the pituitaries of treated S-D rats did not significantly increase in weight, and plasma prolactin levels were only 3 to 5 times higher than controls. The uteri of treated S-D rats were significantly heavier than those of control rats and contained large amounts of fluid. This effect was not seen in ACl rats. Although the release of DES from the implanted pellet was essentially the same in ACl and S-D rats, three distinctive strain differences in response to DES were noted: mammary adenocarcinomas were found only in treated ACl rats; pituitary prolactin-cell adenomas and associated elevated plasma prolactins levels were seen only in treated ACl rats; and pyometritis was induced only in treated S-D rats. Mammary adenocarcinomas and prolactin-cell adenoma responses in the treated ACl rats appear to be correlated with the increasing levels of plasma prolactin. This study demonstrates that the prolonged estrogen treatment of ACl and S-D female rats produces distinctly different mammary and pituitary neoplastic responses. This disparity in neoplastic responses appears to be reflected in the difference of degree to which the hypophysical prolactin cells are stimulated to grow and secrete hormone.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY
- OSTI ID:
- 5307719
- Journal Information:
- Cancer Res.; (United States), Vol. 39
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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