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To investigate the process of carcinogenesis in gastric cancer, we studied the histological features and cell kinetics in the gastric mucosa of N-methyl-N′-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG)-treated rats. Samples of gastric mucosa from both MNNG-treated and control rats were histologically examined by staining with nucleolar argylophilic nonhistone (AgNOR) proteins, and their ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity was determined every 2 months for 10 months. In 40% of the MNNG-treated rats, atrophy of the gastric mucosa was observed after 2 months, followed by adenomatous proliferation. More AgNOR-positive granules were found in the pyloric glands than in the fundic glands, and the total number of positive granules increased over time. Cancerous and hyperplastic lesions preferentially developed in the pyloric glands and showed significantly more AgNOR-positive granules than the normal mucosa. After 6 months the ODC activity in the MNNG-treated rats was significantly higher than that in the control rats. These results thus suggest that the pyloric glands have a high growth activity, while in addition, adenomatous proliferation is a characteristic pathological feature of precancerous lesions in the stomach in MNNG-treated rats.
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Aoyagi, K., Kohfuji, K., Kodama, I. et al. Evaluation of the cell kinetics of MNNG-treated rat gastric mucosa based on AgNOR and ODC activity. Surg Today 26, 777–781 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00311636
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00311636