[Transplacental blastomogenic effect of p-hydroxyphenyl lactic acid]. / Transplatsentarnoe blastomogennoe deistvie p-oksifenilmolochnoi kisloty.

Transplacental administration of tyrosine metabolite p-hydroxyphenyl lactic acid having blastomogenic activity induced development of malignant and benign neoplasms (leukemias and lymphosarcomas, adenomas and pulmonary carcinoma, hepatomas, papillomas, and cancer of the urinary bladder and other tumours) in progeny of CC57BR and C57BL mouse strains, in 88 and 78% of cases, respectively. The number of neoplasms was significantly higher, than in the control, they appeared earlier and were of more malignant character. The role of endogenous blastomogenic substances in the development of leukemias in the newborn and yound children is discussed.

[Morphologic changes in the urinary bladder of mice induced by metabolites of tryptophan and tyrosine]. / Morfologicheskie izmeneniia mochevogo puzyria u myshei, vyzvannye metabolitami triptofana i tirozina

45-day-old 229 mice of lines C57Bl and CC57Br were injected subcutaneously water solutions of tryptophan and thyrosine metabolites 2.5 mg twice a week, the total dosage being 45-50 mg per mouse. For the control mice of the same line were taken. Within the period from 3.5 to 19 months following injection of the metabolites in the urinary bladder of animals, there were observed focal proliferates of the epithelium not infrequently with its atypism, and also lymphoid infiltration of submucous and muscle layers, reticulosarcomas, papillomas, precancerous conditions and cancer. The question of the importance of endogenous blastomogenic substances in the development of "spontaneous" tumors of the urinary bladder in man is discussed.

Blastomogenic activity of p-hydroxyphenyllactic acid in mice.

Blastomogenic activity of p-hydroxyphenyllactic acid was established by prolonged s.c. administration into C57BL/6 and CC57BR mice. Phenyllactic acid was also tested and was not blastomogenic under the same conditions. The preparations in aqueous solutions were injected into the dorsal region twice weekly in 1.5-mg doses. The total dose per mouse was 42 mg p-hydroxyphenyllactic acid or 50 mg phenyllactic acid. The resorptive character and many forms of blastomogenic activity of p-hydroxphenyllactic acid were shown. It induced neoplasms of varied histogenesis (leukemias, adenomas, hepatomas, and tumors of the vascular tissue),including benign and malignant tumors and precancerous conditions of the urniary bladder.