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Rat chloroma cells have been propagated in permanent suspension cultures and are grown in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium with 10% fetal calf serum and 2.5% horse serum. Several lines have been established; the one of longest duration, Mia C51, has been maintained for over 18 months and has undergone over 100 transfers. Mia C51 cells have a doubling time of 12 hr and maintain many of the properties of the parent tumor, including the characteristic greenish color with high myeloperoxidase activity, an an aneuploid chromosomal pattern, and intact tumorigenicity. They will uniformly produce greenish chloroma tumors when injected into newborn rats. Electron microscopic examination of chloroma tumors and the cultured cells derived from them reveal the presence of extracellular mature and immature type C virus particles morphologically typical of oncornaviruses. Chloroma cells obtained from tumors that lost their alkaline phosphatase activity after repeated transfer regain full activity in culture. Studies using the antigen-antibody crossed electrophoresis indicate that the loss of alkaline phosphatase activity represents a true decrease in alkaline phosphatase protein, which is restored under culture conditions. The availability of a permanent chloroma cell line in culture that maintains the biological properties of the parent tumor provides a useful model for the study of myeloid leukemia.
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PMID:Characteristics of rat carcinoma in culture. 16 71

Growth characteristics, survival time, sex differences and hormonal effects, and various biochemical parameters were evaluated in a transplantable Furth/Wistar rat Wilms' tumor model. Survival time was dependent on site of tumor transplant and ranged from a mean of 28 days for intrarenal implantation to 44 days intramusculary. Maximum tumor weight (130 g) was obtained via subcutaneous implant. Lung metastasis was evident in the majority of animals with the exception of those receiving the tumor implant intraperitoneally. The levels of erythropoietin and serum calcium and phosphatase were comparable to control values whereas hematocrit levels declined. Tumor tissue arginase or total protein remained unchanged during tumor growth. In these same tissues DNA, content and 5-alpha-reductase activity significantly and progressively increased with concomitant tumor growths. Measurements of lactic dehydrogenase, alkaline phosphatase, and their isoenzymes indicated patterns of liver involvement which were not macroscopically evident. After 31 days of subcutaneous tumor transplant, male and female rats had tumors of comparable weights. Orchiectomy or estradiol treatment significantly reduced tumor weight in males. In female rats testosterone treatment significantly increased tumor weights. DNA concentration in tumor tissue was unaffected by treatment. Similiarly, although 5-alpha-reductase activity was higher in tumors from males, and arginase higher in females, these enzymes were not affected by surgical or hormonal treatment.
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PMID:Characterization of a Wilms' tumor model. 16 21

The authors report two cases of multiple myeloma which were typical both clinically and in the laboratory but XRay examination, on the other hand, showed appearances of osteocondensation. In the first case, XRay showed both lesions of osteolysis in the cranial vault and homogeneous condensation of D11 and L1, together with the left iliac crest. In the other case, there was osteolysis of the acetabulum together with areas of osteocondensation distributed throughout the pelvis and upper ends of the femurs, with two areas of annular fibrosis circumscribing the area of osteolysis, finally, homogeneous condensation of the skull. In both cases, bone biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of multiple myeloma showing both osteofibrosis and plasma cell infiltration of the bone marrow. This also permitted the authors to note the absence of any myelofibrosis or metamorphic neo-osteogenesis. Illustrated by these two cases, condensing multiple myeloma is a rare entity, the special clinical characteristics of which reside in its fairly frequent coexistence with peripheral neuritis which is probably similar to a para-neoplastic syndrome. The radiological appearances are mainly of four types: 1) Focal areas of bony condensation. 2) Areas of annular fibrosis circumscribing osteolysis. 3) Appearances of radial spicules, or 4) Osteocondensation extending to a fairly large part of the skeleton. The laboratory signs are identical with those in other types of multiple myeloma with a few exceptions, such as, rareness of hypercalcemia, more frequent tendency to hypocalcemia, rise in alkaline phosphatase, in a few cases. Bone biopsy confirms the diagnosis. The osteofibrosis resulted here from thickening of the osteoid seams by laying down of successive layers of bony substance, irregularly calcified and, also secondarily, metamorphic neo-osteogenesis in a few rare cases which also included myelofibrosis.
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PMID:[Myeloma and osteocondensation (apropos of 2 cases)]. 16 41

A 72-year-old black woman presented with huge enlargement of the right breast beginning approximately 30 years earlier and progressively enlarging over the years. The breast was stony hard, painless, and inconvenient only because of size and weight. Simple mastectomy was done and pathologic examination showed a benign mixed tumor with large areas of pseudocartilage, osteoid, and bone formation. Preoperatively the serum calcium was 11.0 mg/100 ml and alkaline phosphatase, 550 mU/ml (SMA-12). Postoperative course was uneventful and within several weeks the alkaline phosphatase fell to a normal range (35-115 mU/ml). The case presented requires little comment other than its unusual nature and duration. Extensive bone formation was undoubtedly responsible for the elevated alkaline phosphatase and, as expected, it returned to normal limits following excision of the tumor. Simple mastectomy is considered the treatment of choice.
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PMID:Mixed tumor of female breast of unusual duration and size. 16 43

The induction of concomitant immunity was studied in Donryu strain rats with Yoshida ascites sarcoma cells. The changes of enzyme activity in spleen lymphocytes were also examined in normal and tumor-bearing rats. The concomitant immunity was detected 1 week after transplantation of tumor cells. Extended metastases were found 2 weeks after transplantation. The enzyme activities of ATPase and acid phosphatase were definitely higher than that of normal rat 1 week after the transplantation but decreased to lower level than normal 2 weeks later. On the other hand, alkaline phosphatase activity increased 3 times at 1 week after the transplantation and remained at the same level even at 2 weeks later.
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PMID:Changes of enzyme activities in spleen lymphocytes from tumor-bearing rats. 17 Nov 91

During a 23 year period at Memorial Hospital, the diagnosis of liver cell carcinoma was made in 42 patients who were 11 to 40 years old. Ninety per cent were Caucasian, mostly born in the United states. No occupational hazard was detected. Serum hepatitis antigen was demonstrated in only one patient. Alpha fetoprotein was found in the serum of 55 per cent of nine patients tested. Eight-three per cent were Rh positive, 43 per cent were ABO groups, A or O, respectively. Twenty-three per cent of 13 patients with sufficient material for study had an associated cirrhosis. Of these, active hepatitis with cirrhosis was present in one patient; postnecrotic cirrhosis was present in another. Approximately 7 per cent had a history of previous liver disease. One patient had infectious mononucleosis, and nearly 13 per cent gave a family history of cancer. Weight loss or pain in the right upper abdominal quadrant was present in 65 per cent, and hepatomegaly was found in 88 per cent. Only one patient presented with hemoperitoneum simulating an acute condition within abdomen. The liver profile examinations characteristically revealed an elevation in serum alkaline phosphatase, 5 nucleotidase, and Bromsulphalein retention with normal bilirubin level. The most common finding, upon roentgenographic examination, was an elevated right hemidiaphragm. Selective celiac and superior mesenteric angiography and 99mTc sulfur colloid liver scans were both done in 13 patients. There was a 75 per cent accuracy rate in localization of the tumor. At laparotomy, the tumor was found to be confined to one lobe in seven patients and involved both lobes in ten. Twenty-seven patients were thought to have multicentric tumors and 15 unicentric lesions. Only ten were found to be candidates for hepatic lobectomy. Five and ten years survival rates were 20 per cent; the operative mortality rate was 40 per cent. Twenty per cent died within a year, ten per cent, one patient, is alive with disease at 28 months and another is free of disease at 31-months. Paraneoplastic syndromes were erythrocytosis in two patients, terminal stage of hypoglycemia in one patient, and hypocholesterolemia with associated excess beta globulin in one patient.
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PMID:Liver cell carcinoma during the prime of life. 17 34

Thirty-five ovarian tumors were examined (7 granulosa-cell tumors, 2 thecomas, 4 dysgerminomas, 6 mucinous cystadenomas, 10 serous cystadenomas, 2 adenocarcinomas, 3 Krukenberg tumors and 1 early embryonic tumor). The granulosa-cell tumors showed high activity of alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase, and the changed cells of their stroma--that of glucose-6 phosphate and isocitrate dehydrogenases. The activity of the latter enzymes was striking also in thecomas. Dysgerminomas showed high alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase and nonspecific esterase activities. The authors emphasize the role of stromal cells in the hormonal activity of ovarian neoplasms.
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PMID:Histochemistry of hormonally active ovarian tumors. 17 58

Immunoperoxidase staining for Regan isoenzyme of alkaline phosphatase was performed on cryostat sections of five human tumor tisssues. With a direct immunoperoxidase staining for the localization of Regan isoenzyme at the light and electron microscope levels, sections previously fixed with 0.05 M phosphate-buffered 4% paraformaldehyde were reacted with rabbit antisera to human placenta alkaline phosphatase conjugated to horseradish peroxidase. Comparison of conventional histochemistry and immunohistochemistry for Regan isoenzyme indicated that strong specific immunoperoxidase staining appeared on the cell membrane surface, and a diffuse one, in the cytoplasm of lung and colon cancer tissue cells showing L-phenylalanine-sensitive alkaline phosphatase. No immunoperoxidase reaction was obtained in tumor cells showing sensitivity to L-homoarginine or lacking aklaline phosphatase activity.
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PMID:Direct immunoperoxidase staining for Regan isoenzyme of alkaline phosphatase in human tumor tissues. 18 52

FBJ virus was injected i.p. into 145 neonatal NIH Swiss [N:NIH(s)] mice. Eighty mice developed a total of 110 neoplasms by 5 months of age. The mean latent period of the tumors was 71 days (26 to 145) postinjection. The frequency of occurrence of neoplasms at different sites was: diaphragm, 45%; ribs, 14%; vertebrae, 14%; femora, 9%; pelvic bones, 5%; tibiae, 4%; sternebrae, 3%; and inguinal area, 7%. The neoplasms were characterized histologically by elongated or rounded cells associated with an abundant connective tissue stroma. Occasional areas of bone formation and apparent osteoid metaplasia were seen. Bone tumors appeared to arise from periosteal cells, to grow by expansion, and to invade locally, but they failed to metastasize. Neoplasms of the diaphragm originated in the central aponeurosis and appeared histologically similar to bone neoplasms. Histochemical studies demonstrated abundant alkaline phosphatase in tumor cells, and ultrastructural observations revealed subcellular characteristics of osteoblasts and chondroblasts. Tumors were readily transplantable and had histopathological characteristics similar to those of the primary viral-induced tumors. The results of this study indicate that the FBJ virus induces in NIH Swiss mice a unique type of chondroosseous neoplasm derived from periosteal cells which has a resemblance to human juxtacortical (parosteal) osteosarcoma.
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PMID:Histogenesis and Morphology of periosteal sarcomas induced by FBJ virus in NIH Swiss mice. 18 21

Osteosarcomas were produced by the intratibial inoculation of New Zealand black rats with Moloney sarcoma virus (MSV) at 1 day and 4 days of age. Radiographic evidence of osteosarcoma development was first demonstrated at 10 to 15 days postinoculation in both groups. Subsequent radiographic and light and electron microscopic evaluation of tumor-bearing rats demonstrated that osteosarcomas in rats inoculated at Day 4 of age were more osteoproliferative osteosarcomas than those in rats inoculated on Day 1. Rats inoculated at 4 days of age lived longer, had more slowly growing osteosarcomas, and developed a consistent tumor-associated cachexia compared to tumor-bearing rats inoculated at Day 1. Both groups of rats had a 93% metastasis rate involving either sublumbar lymph nodes, lungs, or both. Tumor-bearing rats inoculated at 4 days of age had consistent elevations in both urinary hydroxyproline excretion (HOP/CR) and serum alkaline phosphatase levels, and in serum calcium levels at some time points. The high tumor incidence after a short latent period and the morphologic and biochemical similarities between the MSV-induced murine osteosarcoma and the osteosarcoma in human beings makes this discrete tumor and a valuable animal model for the evaluation of new therapeutic regimens.
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PMID:Virus-induced animal model of osteosarcoma in the rat: Morphologic and biochemical studies. 18 16


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