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Barbital Sodium, a Tumor Promoter for Kidney Tubules, Urinary Bladder, and Liver of the F344 Rat, Induces Persistent Increases in Levels of DNA Synthesis in Renal Tubules but Not in Urinary Bladder Epithelium or Hepatocytes

AKIHIRO HAGIWARA*,1, BHALCHANDRA A. DIWAN{dagger},2 and JERROLD M. WARD*,3

*Tumor Pathology and Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Comparative Carcinogenesis, Division of Cancer Eliology, National Cancer Institute, Frederick Cancer Research Facility Frederick Maryland 21701-1013 {dagger}Biological Carcinogenesis & Development Program, Program Resources, Inc., Frederick Cancer Research Facility Frederick Maryland 21701-1013

Received November 23, 1988; accepted March 13, 1989

The nephrotoxicity of barbital sodium (NaBB), a renal and urinary bladder tumor promoter, was investigated in male F344/NCr rats. In an 8-week toxicity study, NaBB was administered to 6-week-old male rats for 8 weeks at dietary levels of 16,000, 8000, 4000,2000, 1000, or 0 ppm. Rats tolerated NaBB at levels of 4000 ppm and below with no weight depression or mortality. liver-to-body weight ratios, however, were significantly increased at 4000 ppm, and toxic renal lesions were observed histologically. Light microscopic studies of male rats fed 1000 ppm NaBB for 2–52 weeks or 4000 or 8000 ppm for 8 weeks revealed elevated levels of DNA synthesis in renal tubular cells as measured with tritiated thymidine autoradiography or 5-brome-2'-deoxyuridine immunohistochemistry that were associated with degenerative and regenerative nephrotoxic lesions Increased labeling indices of urothelium and hepatocytes were not seen in rats exposed to 1000 ppm NaBB which is effective as a bladder and liver tumor promoter at these doses. These studies provide evidence for the chronic nephrotoxicity and renal tubular hyperplasia induced by NaBB in F344 rats, which are associated with the tumor-promoting activity of NaBB at the doses studied. Hyperplasia in the urinary bladder or liver was not found, however, for this bladder and liver tumor promoter. The conflicting findings in liver, bladder, and kidney are discussed.


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