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  • Title: Promoting and synergistic effects of chrysazin on 1,2-dimethylhydrazine-induced carcinogenesis in male ICR/CD-1 mice.
    Author: Sugie S, Mori Y, Okumura A, Yoshimi N, Okamoto K, Sato S, Tanaka T, Mori H.
    Journal: Carcinogenesis; 1994 Jun; 15(6):1175-9. PubMed ID: 8020152.
    Abstract:
    The modifying effects of chrysazin on 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH)-induced colon and liver carcinogenesis were examined in male ICR/CD-1 mice. Starting at 6 weeks of age, mice were divided into four groups, two of which were treated with s.c. injections of DMH (20 mg/kg body wt) once a week for 12 weeks. A week after the final injection of DMH, one group was kept on the basal diet throughout the study (group I), and the other group was fed the diet containing chrysazin (mixed in basal diet at 0.2% concentration) alone for 42 weeks (group II). The other two groups were injected with normal saline and given the diet containing 0.2% chrysazin for 42 weeks (group III), or the basal diet during the experiment (group IV). The incidence and multiplicity of colon tumors of group II were significantly greater than those of group I (P < 0.05, P < 0.01). The incidence and multiplicity of the hepatocellular neoplasms of group II were larger than those of group I (P < 0.002, P < 0.02 respectively). In group III, colon tumors were not found, though a few liver neoplasms and severe inflammatory lesions of the colon were observed. The activity of ornithine decarboxylase of the colonic mucosa in mice exposed to chrysazin was stronger than that of animals without chrysazin. The results suggest that the promoting effect of chrysazin is probably related to an increase of cell proliferation in the target organ. A synergistic effect of DMH with chrysazin was also observed in liver tumorigenesis.
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