Pathobiology of lung tumors induced in hamsters by 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone and the modulating effect of hyperoxia.
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Abstract
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.