| Literature DB >> 2265473 |
M Meijers1, A van Garderen-Hoetmer, C B Lamers, L C Rovati, J B Jansen, R A Woutersen.
Abstract
Cholecystokinin (CCK) has been shown to promote pancreatic growth and azaserine-induced pancreatic carcinogenesis in rats. The present study was carried out to determine effects of CCK on pancreatic growth and carcinogenesis in the N-nitrosobis(2-oxopropyl)amine (BOP) hamster model. One hundred male Syrian golden hamsters were injected s.c. once weekly with 20 mg BOP/kg body wt at 6, 7 and 8 weeks of age, and divided into four groups of 25 animals each, which received one of the following treatments (once daily, 3 days/week for 16 weeks): gelatin; CR-1409, a potent CCK-receptor antagonist; CCK-8, 2.5 micrograms/kg body wt; or CCK-8 in combination with CR-1409 (30 min before CCK treatment). The animals were killed after 19 weeks. The growth of the pancreas but not the incidence of pancreatic (pre)neoplastic lesions was enhanced by CCK-8. CR-1409 did not influence the effect of CCK on pancreatic growth.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2265473 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/11.12.2223
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Carcinogenesis ISSN: 0143-3334 Impact factor: 4.944