Reference SummaryOzaki K, Cancer Res 1998 Sep 1;58(17):3806-11

Title

High susceptibility of p53(+/-) knockout mice in N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine urinary bladder carcinogenesis and lack of frequent mutation in residual allele.

Authors

Ozaki K; Sukata T; Yamamoto S; Uwagawa S; Seki T; Kawasaki H ; Yoshitake A ; Wanibuchi H ; Koide A ; Mori Y ; Fukushima S

Journal

Cancer Res

Volume

58

Issue

17

Year

1998

Pages

3806-11

Abstract

The Loss of p53 functions is considered to compromise the growth-suppression machinery of the cell and facilitate neoplastic change, In humans, genetic alteration in the p53 gene is one of the most frequently observed molecular changes in tumors, including urinary bladder carcinomas, We have investigated the susceptibility of heterozygote p53 knockout mice to N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN) in terms of urinary bladder tumor induction. Both p53(+/-) knockout mice and C57BL/6 original parent strain were administered 0, 0.002, 0.004, 0.0075 and 0.025% BBN in the drinking water for 20 weeks. As compared with the C57BL/6 strain, greater lesion yields were observed in knockout mice after 20 weeks of treatment, Transitional cell carcinomas were found in 9 (75%) and 12 (100%) of each 12 mice of the 0.0075 and 0.025% BBN treatment groups, respectively, whereas only 1 (11%) and 6 (67%) of each 9 of the C57BL/6 mice demonstrated tumors, Preneoplastic lesions (dysplasia) were also observed more frequently in the lower dose groups in the knockout mice than C57BL/6 mice. PCR single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis followed by DNA direct sequencing of the p53 gene (exons 5-8) extracted from bladder tumors demonstrated mutations in 3 of 11 (27.3%; exon 7) and 8 of 29 (27.6%; exons 5-8) tumors In C57BL/6, and knockout mice, respectively, There was no significant difference in the mutation rates at the residual p53 gene between the two cases. All mutations observed in knockout mice were restricted to the normal allele, and none were present in the gene-targeted null allele, In a separate experiment, 5- bromo-2'-deoxyuridine labeling indices after treatment with BBN for 2 or 4 weeks were significantly higher in knockout mice than wild-type mice. Measurement of the urinary concentration of N-butyl-N-(3- carboxypropyl)nitrosamine, a proximate carcinogenic metabolite, revealed no significant differences between knockout and original parent strain after administration of 0.0075% BBN in the drinking water for 4 weeks. In conclusion, knockout mice are distinctly more sensitive to urinary bladder carcinogenesis induced by BBN than their original parent strain, as evidenced by elevated DNA synthesis during carcinogen administration and an increased tumor yield, The high susceptibility of p53 knockout mice appeared to be related to the high level of cell proliferation rather than that of N-butyl-N-(3- carboxypropyl)nitrosamine in the urine or that of mutations at the p53 gene.

Links

J:49595 – MGI References
9731488 – National Library of Medicine/PubMed

Models

Strain Model Name Treatment Agent(s) Organ Affected Frequency Model Details
B6.129S7-Trp53tm1Brd/+ Blood vessel hemangioma
  • N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN)
Urinary bladder

23 - 42

C57BL/6NCrlj Blood vessel hemangioma
  • N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN)
Urinary bladder

0 - 18

B6.129S7-Trp53tm1Brd/+ Blood vessel hemangiosarcoma
  • N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN)
Urinary bladder

7.7 - 17

C57BL/6NCrlj Blood vessel hemangiosarcoma
  • N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN)
Urinary bladder

0

C57BL/6NCrlj Leukocyte lymphoma
  • N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN)
Thymus

8.3

C57BL/6NCrlj Urinary bladder dysplasia
  • N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN)
Urinary bladder

0 - 100

B6.129S7-Trp53tm1Brd/+ Urinary bladder dysplasia
  • N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN)
Urinary bladder

46 - 100

C57BL/6 Urinary bladder dysplasia
  • N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN)
Urinary bladder

50

C57BL/6 Urinary bladder hyperplasia
  • N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN)
Urinary bladder

observed

B6.129S7-Trp53tm1Brd/+ Urinary bladder hyperplasia
  • N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN)
Urinary bladder

observed

C57BL/6NCrlj Urinary bladder squamous cell carcinoma
  • N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN)
Urinary bladder

0

B6.129S7-Trp53tm1Brd/+ Urinary bladder squamous cell carcinoma
  • N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN)
Urinary bladder

0 - 50

C57BL/6 Urinary bladder squamous cell carcinoma
  • N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN)
Urinary bladder

0

C57BL/6NCrlj Urinary bladder transitional cell carcinoma
  • N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN)
Urinary bladder

0 - 67

B6.129S7-Trp53tm1Brd/+ Urinary bladder transitional cell carcinoma
  • N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN)
Urinary bladder

0 - 100

C57BL/6 Urinary bladder transitional cell carcinoma
  • N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN)
Urinary bladder

20

B6.129S7-Trp53tm1Brd/+ Urinary bladder tumor Urinary bladder

0

C57BL/6NCrlj Urinary bladder tumor Urinary bladder

0