Dose-related cell proliferation in medaka (Oryzias latipes) after N-nitrosodiethylamine exposure
- Univ. of Mississippi, University, MS (United States)
- Gulf Coast Research Lab., Ocean Springs, MS (United States)
Cell proliferation is important in toxic and carcinogenic mechanisms. Carcinogens such as N-nitrosodiethylamine (DEN) that cause necrotizing injury stimulate cell proliferation as part of an injury-repair mechanism. A stimulus to cell division in an organ with a low rate of cell division, such as the liver, may initiate or enhance the carcinogenicity of a chemical. The authors examined the effect of DEN exposure on cell proliferation in the liver of medaka (Oryzias latipes). Two age groups (6 and 56 days post-hatch) were exposed to DEN continuously at 5 doses (0.0, 2.5, 5.0, 10.0, and 20.0 ppm) for 28 days. Cell proliferation was measured using the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) assay two months post-initiation of DEN exposure. The assay involves monoclonal antibody detection of PCNA, an auxiliary protein of DNA polymerase delta which is, expressed during cell division. Results suggested that cell proliferation paralleled the DEN dose and that age at initiation of exposure did not affect this relationship. The increase in cell proliferation appeared to be a sustained response from that initiated during DEN exposure. The study suggests that cell proliferation in medaka is an important component in carcinogenesis and is related to carcinogen exposure dose.
- OSTI ID:
- 40089
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9410273--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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