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Toxicol Pathol ; 28(6): 799-801, 2000.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11127293

ABSTRACT

We recently established diagnostic criteria for granular cell changes in the distal female reproductive tract of rats. In a review of control animals from 9 carcinogenicity studies, we found that approximately 23% of animals had granular cell alterations. Because estrogen may play a role in the pathogenesis of granular cell alterations, we reviewed tissue sections from carcinogenicity studies with 2 aromatase inhibitors and found compound-related decreases in the incidence of granular cell changes. Since these aromatase inhibitors selectively prevent the conversion of androgenic steroids to the corresponding estrogens, these data further suggest that estrogen may play a role in the pathogenesis of granular cell tumors of the reproductive tract of rats.


Subject(s)
Aromatase Inhibitors , Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology , Fadrozole/pharmacology , Granular Cell Tumor/prevention & control , Nitriles/pharmacology , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Triazoles/pharmacology , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/prevention & control , Vaginal Neoplasms/prevention & control , Animals , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Female , Granular Cell Tumor/enzymology , Granular Cell Tumor/pathology , Letrozole , Rats , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/enzymology , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/pathology , Vaginal Neoplasms/enzymology , Vaginal Neoplasms/pathology
2.
Vet Pathol ; 37(5): 439-48, 2000 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11055867

ABSTRACT

During the review of a rat carcinogenicity study, a spectrum of granular cell lesions was recognized in the distal female reproductive tract. To verify the diagnoses, cell populations of nine granular cell alterations of the cervix or vagina were characterized immunohistochemically and four were evaluated ultrastructurally. Immunoreactivity was demonstrated in 8/9 cases with S100 protein, 6/9 cases with neuron-specific enolase, and 7/9 cases with Leu-7. Granular cells were negative for smooth muscle-specific actin and calretinin. The immunohistochemical profile of these lesions was similar to that previously reported in other species, including humans. Ultrastructurally, as expected many lysosomal bodies were present in the cytoplasm of granular cells in all specimens evaluated. Based on the detailed evaluation of a series of lesions, we adopted the following diagnostic criteria and nomenclature for the granular cell changes of the female reproductive tract of rats. Granular cell aggregates were non-space-occupying lesions composed of clusters of typical granular cells. Benign granular cell tumors were space occupying lesions that typically contained prominent interstitial collagen and were either discrete masses or were difficult to discern from the surrounding tissues. Some benign tumors also contained foci of spindle cells with decreased granularity. Malignant tumors exhibited pleomorphism and an increased nucleus: cytoplasm ratio morphologically but had the same biologic behavior as the benign tumors. We applied these diagnostic criteria during the review of controls from 9 carcinogenicity studies. Up to 23% of control females in those carcinogenicity studies had granular cell lesions that could be classified into one of the three categories. Granular cell lesions appear to be common in the cervix/vagina of the Sprague-Dawley rat, and tumors may develop from granular cell aggregates.


Subject(s)
Genitalia, Female/pathology , Granular Cell Tumor/veterinary , Rodent Diseases/diagnosis , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/veterinary , Vaginal Neoplasms/veterinary , Aging/pathology , Animals , Female , Granular Cell Tumor/classification , Granular Cell Tumor/diagnosis , Granular Cell Tumor/pathology , Immunohistochemistry/veterinary , Mice , Microscopy, Electron/veterinary , Prospective Studies , Rabbits , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Retrospective Studies , Rodent Diseases/classification , Rodent Diseases/pathology , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/classification , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/diagnosis , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/pathology , Vaginal Neoplasms/classification , Vaginal Neoplasms/diagnosis , Vaginal Neoplasms/pathology
3.
Toxicol Pathol ; 25(3): 337, 1997.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9210270
4.
Brain Res ; 744(2): 227-34, 1997 Jan 09.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9027382

ABSTRACT

ACEA 1021 is a potent, selective N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor glycine site antagonist under clinical evaluation as a neuroprotectant for stroke and head trauma. The potential of ACEA 1021 to produce morphologic changes in cerebrocortical neurons of the rat was assessed since it is known that noncompetitive (e.g., MK-801) and competitive (e.g., CGS 19755)NMDA receptor antagonists produce neuronal vacuolization and necrosis in the rat posterior cingulate/retrosplenial cortex. Male and female adult rats were treated intravenously with either vehicle (Tris) or 10 mg/kg or 50 mg/kg ACEA 1021. MK-801 (5 mg/kg, s.c.) served as positive control. Whereas MK-801 produced characteristic neuronal vacuolization and necrosis in the posterior cingulate/retrosplenial cortex, neither dose of ACEA 1021 had any effect on neuronal morphology. The absence of neuropathological changes in rats supports the further clinical evaluation of ACEA 1021 for stroke and head trauma, and suggests that glycine site antagonists may be devoid of neurotoxic potential.


Subject(s)
Brain/drug effects , Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists/pharmacology , Quinoxalines/pharmacology , Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/antagonists & inhibitors , Animals , Cerebral Cortex/drug effects , Female , Glycine/drug effects , Male , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley
5.
Vet Pathol ; 29(2): 145-51, 1992 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1632058

ABSTRACT

Male and female Sprague-Dawley rats were given CGS 21595, a pro-drug that is almost immediately metabolized to CGS 19213, a naphthoquinone that acts as a 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor. The compound was administered by gavage to five groups of Sprague-Dawley rats (group Nos. 1, 5, n = 30; group Nos. 2-4, n = 20) at daily doses of 0, 50, 150, 500, or 1,000 mg/kg for 13 weeks. Rats in the higher dose groups had a reduced weight gain, but significant neurologic signs were not observed. A peripheral neuropathy consisting predominantly of myelin destruction in the spinal nerve roots and sciatic nerves in male rats treated with greater than or equal to 150 mg/kg CGS 21595 and in female rats treated with greater than or equal to 50 mg/kg CGS 21595 for 13 weeks. This lesion was not fully reversible after a recovery period of 4 weeks. Lesions consisted of ballooning of myelin sheaths, infiltration by macrophages, demyelination, and occasional areas of remyelination. Axons were generally preserved, and the brain and spinal cord were not affected. Male and female rats in all treatment groups had cytoplasmic hyaline droplets in the proximal renal tubules. This change was reversible after 4 weeks and was not associated with any other adverse effects on the kidney.


Subject(s)
1-Naphthylamine/analogs & derivatives , Lipoxygenase Inhibitors/toxicity , Prodrugs/toxicity , Sciatic Nerve/drug effects , Spinal Nerve Roots/drug effects , 1-Naphthylamine/administration & dosage , 1-Naphthylamine/chemistry , 1-Naphthylamine/toxicity , Administration, Oral , Animals , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Female , Kidney Tubules, Proximal/drug effects , Lipoxygenase Inhibitors/administration & dosage , Lipoxygenase Inhibitors/chemistry , Male , Molecular Structure , Myelin Sheath/drug effects , Prodrugs/administration & dosage , Prodrugs/chemistry , Rats , Rats, Inbred Strains , Weight Gain/drug effects
6.
Toxicol Pathol ; 20(2): 212-25, 1992.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1475582

ABSTRACT

Historical data are presented for neoplasms and related proliferative lesions from 1,170 Sprague-Dawley rats that served as controls in 9 carcinogenicity (2 year) studies conducted in the Safety Evaluation Facility of Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Summit, New Jersey. The most common neoplasm was pituitary adenoma, which occurred in 62.2% of the male and 84.7% of the female rats. Incidences of other neoplasms that occurred in more than 6.0% of the rats were, for males, benign pheochromocytoma (19.0%), cutaneous keratoacanthoma (7.9%), pancreatic islet cell adenoma (7.5%), benign testicular interstitial cell tumor (6.5%), and thyroid C-cell adenoma (6.5%). For females these incidences were mammary fibroadenoma (31.3%), mammary adenocarcinoma (16.8%), and mammary adenoma (6.5%). Focal cortical hypertrophy/cystic degeneration of the adrenal, a focal nonneoplastic lesion of zona fasciculata cells that often degenerate into large cysts, was present in 23.4% of all male and 82.7% of all female rats. Criteria for the differential diagnoses of selected neoplasms and related lesions are presented.


Subject(s)
Carcinogens/toxicity , Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology , Rats, Sprague-Dawley/anatomy & histology , Animals , Female , Male , Neoplasms, Experimental/epidemiology , Rats , Reference Values
7.
Avian Dis ; 20(3): 581-6, 1976.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-962762

ABSTRACT

In 13,483 necropsies of domestic fowl, six anomalies were recorded: bifurcation of the metasternum, duplication of the ileum, pancreas divisum (partial), vesica fellea occulta, aplasia of the left cecum, and aplasia of the right kidney (2 cases).


Subject(s)
Chickens , Congenital Abnormalities/veterinary , Poultry Diseases/congenital , Animals , Cecum/abnormalities , Female , Ileum/abnormalities , Kidney/abnormalities , Pancreas/abnormalities , Sternum/abnormalities
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