Development of mouse model of urothelial carcinoma and BCGs′ influence
AN Li-ming JIANG Yu
(Department of Urology, the Renji Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai, 200001)
Abstract Purpose:To study the effect of orally administered BCG on the development of mouse urothelial carcinoma caused by chemical carcinogen. Methods: 80 male induced SSB mice were given 0.05% BBN for 8 weeks and 1% saccharin for 12 weeks in drinking water. Then the animals were divided into two groups randomly. One group were given 2.0g/L BCG solution. The experiment was ended at 20th week and all animals were killed and studied pathologically. Results: The total incidence of the urothelium carcinoma was 24.1% and the incidence of the renal pelvis and urinary bladder carcinoma was 16.7% and12.9% respectively. 88.9% of the renal pelvis carcinomas and 71.4% of the urinary blad der carcinomas were invasive. Conclusions: The result indicated that BCG administered orally had no effect on urothelium carcinogenesis, but had a promotion on the growth of urotelium carcinoma.
Key words Urothelial tumor Laboratory animal Bacille Calmette-Guerin