Transplacental Induction of Mouse Lung Tumors: Stage of Fetal Organogenesis in Relation to Frequency,Morphology,Size,and Neoplastic Progression of N-Nitrosoethylurea-Induced Tumors

Abstract

Pregnant C3H/HeNCr MTV^- mice were given a single intraperitoneal injection of 0.5 mmol N-nitrosoethyl-urea/kg on days 14, 16, or 18 of gestation. Six of the male of fspring were sacrificed for study at the ages of 2,4,8,16,32, and 52 weeks. Grossly visible lung tumors were counted and all lungs were sectioned completely, saving every tenth section for histologic evaluation. All N-nitrosoethylurea-induced mouse lung tumors have previously been shown to originate from alveolar type II cells. Lung tumors were diagnosed as solid, papillary, or mixed solid/papillary types, and at the largest area of each tumor, the perimeter was measured and compared with the number of sections per tumor. The fraction of tumors detected grossly depended on size and, on average, only 51% of neoplasms present were detected macroscopically. A significant correlation was seen between the mean number of histological sections and perimeter length per tumor, in particular for small and medium sized papillary neoplasms. The growth of solid tumors was limited to a maximum size, after which they progressed towards papillary types. The numbers of transplacentally induced mouse lung tumors were distributed in direct proportion to the weight of the individual lung lobes, unrelated to day of treatment of type or tumor. Tumor biology depended on the day of treatment reflecting numbers and degree of differentiation of fetal alveolar type II cells, i.e., the target cell: most tumors developed in of fspring treated on day 16, tumor size was greater and progression from solid to papillary neoplasms faster at earlier treatments, increase in tumor multiplicity postnatally was only seen in mice treated late in gestation, and mice treated on day 14 or day 16 showed a consistent ratio of solid to papillary tumors.

Keywords

Mouse lung tumors transplacental carcinogenesis

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