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Main Title Effect of Coadministration of Phenobarbital Sodium on N-Nitrosodiethylamine-Induced Gamma-Glytamyltransferase-Positive Foci and Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Rats.
Author Pereira, M. A. ; Herren-Freund, S. L. ; Britt, A. L. ; Khoury, M. M. ;
CORP Author Health Effects Research Lab., Cincinnati, OH. ;Cincinnati Univ., OH. Coll. of Medicine.
Year Published 1984
Report Number EPA/600/J-84/094;
Stock Number PB84-245620
Additional Subjects Carcinogens ; Environmental surveys ; Laboratory animals ; Rats ; Liver ; Neoplasms ; Nitrogen organic compounds ; Reprints ; Phenobarbital ; GGTase-positive foci ; Diethylamine/N-nitroso ; ATPase-deficient foci
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NTIS  PB84-245620 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The effect of concurrent administration of phenobarbital on the hepatocarcinogenicity of N-nitrosodiethylamine (diethylnitrosamine; DENA) in rats was investigated by determination of the incidence of gamma-glutamyltransferase (gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase) (GGT)-positive foci and liver tumors. Male outbred Sprague-Dawley rats received either a weekly oral dose of DENA (0.08 mol/kg), phenobarbital sodium (500 ppm) in their drinking water, or DENA and phenobarbital sodium concurrently. After 16 weeks, only the animals treated concurrently with DENA and phenobarbital sodium had GGT-positive foci (3.65 foci/sq cm). At 30 weeks, the group treated with DENA and phenobarbital sodium exhibited more foci (23.6 foci/sq cm) compared to the group that received only DENA (3.08 foci/sq cm). The average size of foci in both of the DENA-treated groups was the same. The tumors in the group that received DENA plus phenobarbital sodium showed a greater incidence of GGT activity compared to the tumors in the DENA group. Under the conditions of this study the incidence of GGT-positive foci did not predict the incidence of hepatocellular carcinomas.