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  • Title: Influence of age and environment on the induction of mammary tumours by diethylstilboestrol in C3H/HeN-MTV+ mice.
    Author: Greenman DL, Highman B, Kodell RL, Schieferstein GJ, Norvell M.
    Journal: Food Chem Toxicol; 1985 Jan; 23(1):73-8. PubMed ID: 4038685.
    Abstract:
    C3H/HeN-MTV+ female mice were fed diets containing targeted concentrations of 320 or 640 ppb diethylstilboestrol (DES) starting at 3, 5, 7 or 11 wk of age and continuing throughout their remaining lifespan. Mice were housed in either a single-corridor conventional animal room or in a double-corridor barrier-type animal room. Mice housed in the conventional animal room and started on DES at 7 or 11 week of age developed palpable mammary tumours somewhat sooner than the corresponding groups of mice kept in the barrier animal room. In mice housed in the barrier animal room and exposed to a given DES concentration, there was very little difference between mice started on DES at 3, 5 or 7 wk of age in the exposure time required for the development of palpable mammary tumours. There was a striking difference, however, between mice started on DES at 7 wk and those started at 11 wk of age in the exposure time needed before mammary tumours appeared. Mice started at 11 wk of age developed tumours with, on average, about 4 wk less exposure than did those started at 7 wk. This suggests that treatment between 7 and 11 wk of age had little or no effect on mammary tumour development. In conclusion, both animal-room environment and age at the start of DES treatment influenced the mammary tumour response in female C3H/HeN-MTV+ mice.
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