Inhibition of rat urinary bladder carcinogenesis by the antiangiogenic drug TNP-470

Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2006 Jan-Mar;7(1):101-7.

Abstract

Potential inhibitory effects of the antiangiogenic drug TNP-470 on rat urinary bladder carcinogenesis were investigated in F344 male rats initiated with 0.05% BBN in the drinking water for 8 weeks. Group 1 was then continuously treated with TNP-470 by subcutaneous injection using osmotic minipump until the end of the experiment; group 2 served as the control with only initiation. The incidences and multiplicities of papillomas and carcinomas in the TNP-470-treated group were significantly decreased compared to the control group values along with the tumor vascular density. In conclusion, TNP-470 can inhibit rat urinary bladder carcinogenesis, presumably through its effects on angiogenesis.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Animals
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Blotting, Northern
  • Butylhydroxybutylnitrosamine
  • Chi-Square Distribution
  • Cyclohexanes
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Experimental
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / prevention & control*
  • O-(Chloroacetylcarbamoyl)fumagillol
  • Probability
  • RNA, Messenger / analysis
  • Random Allocation
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred F344
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology*
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / analysis

Substances

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors
  • Cyclohexanes
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
  • Butylhydroxybutylnitrosamine
  • O-(Chloroacetylcarbamoyl)fumagillol