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Pulmonary neuroendocrine cell (PNEC) hyperplasia is associated with chronic lung diseases in humans, where it is thought to play a role in reparative responses to lung injury. To investigate the kinetics of strongly induced PNEC hyperplasia in an animal model, we exposed hamsters to a combination of hyperoxia (60% O2) and diethylnitrosamine (DEN) for up to 20 weeks. We thus demonstrate not only the induction but also spontaneous regression of intense PNEC differentiation and growth, which are much more intense than those observed with DEN alone. Lung tissues were immunostained for serotonin, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), calcitonin (CT), and gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) (mammalian bombesin). Between 9 and 12 weeks of treatment, the number of CGRP- and serotonin-positive neuroepithelial bodies per cm airway epithelium increased over 10-fold, and CT became detectable. The number of neuroepithelial bodies immunostained for CGRP, serotonin, and CT peaked at 12-14 weeks of treatment, thereafter regressing to near-control levels by 20 weeks, in spite of continued DEN/O2 treatment. Simultaneously, by 6-7 weeks of treatment, there was a significant increase in the mean number of CGRP-positive cells per neuroepithelial body, which continued to rise up to double control levels, with a plateau at 13-20 weeks. GRP and pro-GRP immunostaining were not detectable at any time point. Polymerase chain reaction analyses of neuroendocrine-specific mRNAs demonstrated that CGRP, CT, and GRP mRNAs (normalized for beta-actin) peaked in lung tissues from most animals at 9-14 weeks after the beginning of DEN/O2 treatment, with decreased expression at 16-20 weeks. These data suggest that regulation of levels of these neuropeptides may be primarily transcriptional. This model may be a valuable system for analyzing mechanisms of induction and regression of normal PNEC differentiation and growth.
Cancer Res 1992 May 01
PMID:Induction and spontaneous regression of intense pulmonary neuroendocrine cell differentiation in a model of preneoplastic lung injury. 131 33

Neuroendocrine lung cancers can be induced in hamsters within 8-12 weeks by combined exposure to N-nitrosodiethylamine (DEN) and hyperoxia. The expression of the c-Ki-ras gene in this lung cancer model was studied using polymerase chain reaction analysis of mRNA (RNA/PCR). We used four different groups of hamsters, exposed for 6 weeks to DEN with hyperoxia (60% oxygen), DEN, hyperoxia, or ambient air, respectively. Total RNA was isolated from lung tissues and cDNA made prior to PCR amplification. A 234-bp product was amplified from c-Ki-ras cDNA and quantitated using scanning laser densitometry. The data obtained were normalized to the expression of the house keeping gene B-actin. The c-Ki-ras products were present after amplification of all hamster lung RNA samples. The hamster lungs exposed to DEN with hyperoxia displayed higher c-Ki-ras protooncogene expression than hamsters exposed to DEN, hyperoxia, or ambient air alone. Since the animals studied were sacrificed at 6 weeks, prior to the appearance of tumors, we conclude that this increased expression may indicate a role for c-Ki-ras in the initial steps in malignant transformation of neuroendocrine cells.
Cancer Lett 1991 Jul 26
PMID:Increased c-Ki-ras expression in hamster lung exposed to N-nitrosodiethylamine and hyperoxia as detected by the polymerase chain reaction. 171 35

The tobacco-specific carcinogenic nitrosamine, 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK), is formed during the curing and processing of tobacco by nitrosation of nicotine. Nicotine and NNK have structural similarities, and they are both metabolized extensively by lung tissue via several steps known to require oxidative enzyme systems, such as cytochrome P450. On the other hand, nicotine exerts many biological effects similar to those caused by the physiological neurotransmitter acetylcholine, a phenomenon mediated through selective uptake mechanisms via nicotinic cholinergic cell membrane receptors. The aim of this study was to determine if nicotine modulates NKK metabolism in hamster lung explants and if NNK competes with nicotine for binding sites on nicotinic cholinergic receptors in the hamster lung in vivo. Our data show a concentration-dependent inhibition of NNK metabolism in vitro by alpha-carbon hydroxylation and pyridine N-oxidation, whereas the carbonyl reduction of NNK remained unchanged. Radioreceptor assays with membrane receptor fractions of hamster lung after exposure to radiolabeled (S)-(-)-nicotine revealed significant numbers of nicotinic binding sites only in the lungs of hamsters with hyperplasia of pulmonary neuroendocrine cells caused by 4-wk preexposure to hyperoxia. In such animals, radiolabeled nicotine was displaced from the receptor binding sites by NNK. Our data suggest that nicotine can potentially interfere with the carcinogenicity of NNK by competition for enzyme systems essential for the metabolic activation of the nitrosamine and by competition as ligand for nicotinic cholinergic receptors.
Cancer Res 1991 Apr 15
PMID:Modulation of the uptake and metabolism of 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone by nicotine in hamster lung. 200 19

Oxygen derived free radicals (OFR) arise in the course of normal cellular life, especially during cellular respiration. They are formed when molecular oxygen is reduced to water. These highly reactive species are controlled by a protective system both enzymatic and non enzymatic which helps to prevent the accumulation of peroxidative damage to the cell. Lipid peroxides result from the reaction of oxygen derived free radicals with polyinsatured fatty acids of membranes phospholipids and can be formed both non enzymatically and enzymatically (eicosanoids). Oxygen derived free radicals attack over-running beyond the protective system leads to oxidative stress. The cells involved in inflammation (polymorphonuclear, leucocytes, monocytes, platelets, endothelial cells) release oxygen derived free radicals and lipid peroxides and inflammatory diseases of infectious or non infectious origin can be considered as oxidative stress. Intracellular oxidative stress can lead to cellular death or trigger a strong inflammatory reaction. This occurs during ischemia reperfusion injury and hyperoxia. Exposure to ionizing radiation results in overproduction of oxygen derived free radicals both extra and intracellular. Oxidative stress may be involved in atheroma (where oxidised LDL are described), ageing and cancer.
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PMID:[Free radicals and lipid peroxidation in cell biology: physiopathologic prospects]. 206 58

Werner syndrome (WS) is a recessive genetic condition associated with markedly reduced replicative lifespans of cells in culture, high chromosomal instability in vivo and in vitro, and premature appearance of many characteristics of normal aging, including an increased incidence of cancer. We have monitored plasmid homologous recombination frequencies in diploid fibroblasts from 6 Werner or Werner-like syndrome patients, following transfection with a plasmid substrate containing 2 overlapping fragments of the TN5 Neor gene. Plasmid DNA recovered from these cells was then assayed for homologous recombination by (a) transformation of recA- bacteria to Ampr (indicating total viable plasmid) or Neor (indicating viable recombinant plasmid), and (b) by limited-cycle polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to co-amplify a recombinant fragment containing the overlap region, and a control region of the same plasmid, without bacterial transformation. Bacterial assay data indicated that recombination rates in 3 of the 6 WS strains were significantly elevated above normal controls; 4 of 6 appeared elevated by PCR assay. The highest-recombination WS strain showed evidence of reduced degradation of transfected plasmid DNA. For this small sample of WS strains, clinical severity of WS was not well correlated with recombination rate as determined by either assay (Pearson r = 0.78, not significant, for PCR assay); elevated recombination may, however, define a subset of WS at greatest risk for cancer and/or atherosclerosis. PCR assay of a hyperoxia-resistant HeLa cell line, displaying substantially increased chromosome breakage, indicated increased recombination between direct-repeat fragments. Nevertheless, elevated recombination in WS strains is unlikely to be secondary to impaired replicative capacity characteristic of WS cells, or to defective repair of chromosome damage which is increased in WS, since recombination in non-WS strains was unaffected by passage level or repeated UV irradiation.
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PMID:Homologous recombination is elevated in some Werner-like syndromes but not during normal in vitro or in vivo senescence of mammalian cells. 207 65

The chemotherapeutic effect of B859-35, the (-)-enantiomer of dihydropyrine 3-methyl-5-3-(4,4-diphenyl-1-piperidinyl)-propyl-1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethy l-4- (3-nitrophenyl)-pyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate-hydrochloride (niguldipine), was tested on tumors induced in Syrian golden hamsters by N-nitrosodiethylamine (DEN). Peripheral pulmonary adenomas/adenocarcinomas were induced in hamsters maintained under ambient air conditions by multiple s.c. injections of DEN for 20 weeks. We have reproducibly shown that within this time interval lung adenomas develop in a significant number of the animals. The carcinogen treatment was discontinued at this point and one group of these hamsters was given B859-35 intragastrically 5 days/week for 20 weeks while the second group of such tumor-bearing hamsters were kept for an identical time interval without further treatment. Neuroendocrine lung tumors were induced in hamsters maintained in an atmosphere of 60% O2 by multiple s.c. injections of DEN for 8 weeks. We have reproducibly shown that within this short time interval neuroendocrine lung tumors develop in a significant number of the animals. The carcinogen treatment was discontinued at this point and the animals were returned to ambient air conditions. One group of these tumor-bearing hamsters was then given B859-35 intragastrically 5 days/week for 20 weeks while a second group of these hamsters was kept untreated for an identical time interval. A control group was given s.c. injections of saline for 20 weeks under ambient air conditions. A dramatic and selective anticarcinogenic effect of B859-35 was observed on the neuroendocrine lung tumors and nasal cavity tumors induced by DEN/hyperoxia while tumors of larynx/trachea were not affected. B859-35 had no effect on peripheral adenomas/adenocarcinomas, nasal cavity tumors, papillary polyps of larynx/trachea, or liver tumors induced by DEN under ambient air conditions.
Cancer Res 1990 Mar 01
PMID:Successful chemotherapy of experimental neuroendocrine lung tumors in hamsters with an antagonist of Ca2+/calmodulin. 230 20

Combined exposure of hamsters to 60% hyperoxia and the carcinogen diethylnitrosamine for 6 wk resulted in the development of lung tumors. This was associated with progressive loss of body weight as well as increases in the pulmonary-associated peptides, mammalian bombesin (MB) and immunoreactive calcitonin (iCT). After 3 wk of exposure, multiple bronchial epithelial hyperplastic foci were noted, along with increased lung levels of MB and iCT as well as increased serum levels of MB. At this time, immunocytochemistry revealed the presence of MB and iCT within hyperplastic pulmonary neuroendocrine (PNE) cells. In addition, the localization of MB to alveolar type II cells was noted, along with the presence of lamellar bodies and secretion granules in these cells on electron microscopy. After 6 wk of exposure, distinctive microscopic pulmonary tumorlets were seen. These tumorlets were associated with a marked increase in lung and serum MB, and to a lesser extent lung and serum iCT. At this time, MB and iCT were localized exclusively to these abnormal PNE cell sites. These results, which may have relevance in humans, suggest that endogenous peptides may be important components in the process of development of neuroendocrine cancer.
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PMID:Pulmonary bombesin and calcitonin in hamsters during exposure to hyperoxia and diethylnitrosamine. 230 67

Neuroendocrine lung cancer is among the most common types of lung cancers in smokers. We have recently shown that exposure of hamsters to N-nitrosodiethylamine and hyperoxia causes a high incidence of this tumor type. In this study, we show that the tobacco-specific nitrosamine 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone also causes neuroendocrine lung tumors in hyperoxic hamsters. Animals maintained in ambient air while being treated with 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone developed pulmonary adenomas composed of Clara cells and alveolar type II cells. Pathogenesis experiments provide evidence for the tumors caused by 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone in ambient air being derived from Clara cells. In the hyperoxic hamsters, the neuroendocrine carcinogenesis appears to involve two stages: (a) transformation of focal alveolar type II cells into neuroendocrine cells and (b) development of neuroendocrine lung tumors from such foci.
Cancer Res 1990 Mar 15
PMID:Pathobiology of lung tumors induced in hamsters by 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone and the modulating effect of hyperoxia. 230 45

Bleomycin, an effective cancer chemotherapeutic agent, is associated with serious pulmonary toxicity. As an in vitro model of bleomycin pulmonary toxicity, this study examined the ability of bleomycin to injure chromium 51-labeled bovine pulmonary artery endothelial (BPAE) cells in an 18-hour cytotoxicity assay. The data indicate that bleomycin-mediated injury to cultured BPAE cells can be quantified by 51Cr release, expressed as cytotoxic index (CI). Bleomycin-mediated injury to 51Cr-labeled BPAE cells (CI 19.4 +/- 1.6) could be significantly reduced by the iron chelator deferoxamine, 10(-3) mol/L (CI 7.5 +/- 1.1, P less than 0.001), but not by ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, 10(-5) mol/L (CI 19.8 +/- 2.2). Similarly, bleomycin-mediated injury to BPAE cells (monitored by lactate dehydrogenase release) with a CI 27.1 +/- 4.8 could be reduced by 10(-3) mol/L deferoxamine to CI 10.5 +/- 2.6 (P less than 0.01). In contrast, hyperoxia (95% O2) accelerated bleomycin (1 to 100 mU/ml) toxicity to BPAE cells (P less than 0.01, all comparisons). This study suggests that bleomycin-induced injury of pulmonary endothelial cells may be dependent in part on two critical factors in the cellular environment: the availability of iron to the cell and the ambient O2 concentration.
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PMID:Bleomycin-induced pulmonary endothelial cell injury: evidence for the role of iron-catalyzed toxic oxygen-derived species. 243 23

Recent evidence supports the concept that Adriamycin cytotoxicity may be mediated by drug semiquinone free radical and oxyradical generation. We tested this hypothesis further by exposing drug-sensitive (WT) and 500-fold Adriamycin-resistant MCF-7 human breast tumor cells (ADRR) to exogenous superoxide- and hydrogen peroxide-generating systems and subsequently monitored cell proliferation as a measure of cytotoxicity. The ADRR tumor cells tolerated a 4-fold greater exposure than sensitive cells to superoxide generated by the xanthine/xanthine oxidase system. Likewise, exposure to hydrogen peroxide produced by the action of glucose oxidase on glucose revealed a 4-fold diminished susceptibility of the drug-resistant cells to this reduced form of oxygen. Similar results were obtained by the direct application of hydrogen peroxide to cells. For both cell lines, cytotoxicity was dependent upon the magnitude and the duration of reactive oxygen exposure. When WT and ADRR cells were cultured under hyperoxia (95% O2:5% CO2), in order to stimulate the intracellular production of oxyradicals, proliferation was inhibited to a greater extent in the drug-sensitive cell line. Additionally, hyperoxia potentiated the cytotoxicity of Adriamycin to both sensitive and drug-resistant cells, but the effect depended upon the concentration of the drug. Under hyperoxic conditions, Adriamycin caused oxygen radical-dependent cytotoxicity to the WT tumor cells at clinically relevant drug concentrations as low as 2 to 3 nM. With ADRR tumor cells, hyperoxia increased the cytotoxicity of Adriamycin at concentrations above 5 microM. Paradoxically, both the WT and the ADRR tumor cells were equally susceptible to the cytotoxic effects of gamma irradiation. It is known that the Adriamycin-resistant MCF-7 cells greatly overexpress glutathione peroxidase and glutathione transferase activities; however, other biochemical defenses against reactive drug intermediates and oxygen radicals have been reported to be similar in the two cell lines. We have reexamined those observations in this report. The resistance of ADRR breast tumor cells to Adriamycin appears to be associated with a developed tolerance to superoxide, most likely because of a twofold increase in superoxide dismutase activity, and a decreased susceptibility to hydrogen peroxide, most likely because of 12-fold augmented selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase activity. Acting in concert, these two enzymes would decrease the formation of hydroxyl radical from reduced molecular oxygen intermediates.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
Cancer Res 1989 Jan 01
PMID:Differential oxygen radical susceptibility of adriamycin-sensitive and -resistant MCF-7 human breast tumor cells. 253 95


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