{"title":"Experimental induction of melanotic tumors in syrian golden hamsters by transplacental and topical application of ethylnitrosourea.","authors":"A F Pelfrene, L A Love","doi":"10.1007/BF00284297","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pregnant Syrian golden hamsters were treated with a single intra-peritoneal injection of ethylnitrosourea (ENU) solution a few hours pre-parturition. Offspring either received no further treatment or from 6 weeks of age, bi-weekly application of ENU solution in acetone for 20 consecutive weeks. Progeny from non, transplacentally treated mothers were also treated topically. Among all treated groups, 8.6% of the animals developed pigmented skin tumors, most of these animals having received the combined treatment. This group also showed a significantly decreased latency period in females compared to males. One of the skin tumors, which was histologically and clinically benign, was transplanted several times and subsequently exhibited malignant features.</p>","PeriodicalId":76850,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Krebsforschung und klinische Onkologie. Cancer research and clinical oncology","volume":"90 3","pages":"233-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1977-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF00284297","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Zeitschrift fur Krebsforschung und klinische Onkologie. Cancer research and clinical oncology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00284297","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Pregnant Syrian golden hamsters were treated with a single intra-peritoneal injection of ethylnitrosourea (ENU) solution a few hours pre-parturition. Offspring either received no further treatment or from 6 weeks of age, bi-weekly application of ENU solution in acetone for 20 consecutive weeks. Progeny from non, transplacentally treated mothers were also treated topically. Among all treated groups, 8.6% of the animals developed pigmented skin tumors, most of these animals having received the combined treatment. This group also showed a significantly decreased latency period in females compared to males. One of the skin tumors, which was histologically and clinically benign, was transplanted several times and subsequently exhibited malignant features.