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  • Title: Phenobarbital promotes the development of adenocarcinomas in the accessory sex glands of MNU-inoculated L-W rats.
    Author: Pollard M, Luckert PH, Scheu J.
    Journal: Carcinogenesis; 1995 Oct; 16(10):2419-21. PubMed ID: 7586145.
    Abstract:
    Aged Lobund-Wistar (L-W) rats develop: (i) spontaneous and induced metastasizing adenocarcinomas in the prostate and seminal vesicle (P-SV) complex; and (ii) spontaneous hepatomas and hepatocarcinomas. Within the time-frame of 14 months, similar adenocarcinomas were induced in the P-SV complex in 70-90% of younger L-W rats by a single i.v. inoculation of methylnitrosourea (MNU) which was followed by slow release s.c. implants of testosterone propionate (TP). Within the same time-frame, neither MNU nor TP alone induced significant incidences of P-SV tumors; and untreated control L-W rats were disease-free. Methylnitrosourea or TP and combinations thereof did not induce liver tumors. However, when MNU-inoculated L-W rats were fed phenobarbital (PB), they developed (i) metastasizing adenocarcinomas in the P-SV complex and (ii) altered cellular foci and nodules in the livers. Methylnitrosourea induced a high incidence of benign lung adenomas which progressed to lung cancers in numbers which were of marginal significance. Thus, dormant MNU-initiated cells in the P-SV complex were activated by phenobarbital, to produce adenocarcinomas in that complex.
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