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. 2011 Jul;16(4):232-8.
doi: 10.1007/s12199-010-0191-9. Epub 2010 Nov 25.

Effect of habitual exercise on renal carcinogenesis by ferric nitrilotriacetate

Toyohiro Kato  1 , Hiroaki Kawaguchi, Noriaki Miyoshi, Kohji Aoyama, Masaharu Komatsu, Masahisa Horiuchi, Hiroki Yoshida, Toru Takeuchi
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Effect of habitual exercise on renal carcinogenesis by ferric nitrilotriacetate

Toyohiro Kato et al. Environ Health Prev Med. 2011 Jul.

Abstract

Objectives: We investigated whether habitual exercise (HE) (treadmill running) suppresses development of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) induced by ferric nitrilotriacetate (Fe-NTA).

Methods: Male Fischer 344 rats were divided into six groups: group I, saline treatment (12 weeks = initiation period) and non-HE; group II, Fe-NTA treatment (12 weeks) and non-HE; group III, saline treatment and short-term (12 weeks) HE; group IV, Fe-NTA treatment and short-term HE; group V, saline treatment and long-term (40 weeks) HE; and group VI, Fe-NTA treatment and long-term HE. Saline treatment groups did not develop RCC, therefore we investigated the effects of HE among Fe-NTA treatment groups.

Results: Gross nodules (diagnosed as RCC), RCC represented by microcarcinomas (Mcs), karyomegalic cells (KCs), and degenerative tubules (DTs) were seen in rats treated with Fe-NTA. The number of Mcs, KCs, and DTs were increased in the short-term HE group when compared with those in the non-HE group, but were decreased in the long-term HE group when compared with those in the short-term HE group.

Conclusions: Short-term (initiation period) HE promoted renal carcinogenesis induced by Fe-NTA; however, long-term HE after the initiation period suppressed the promoted carcinogenesis.

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Summary of the experimental protocol
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a White nodule (down arrow) induced in kidney by Fe-NTA in a group II rat. b Renal cell carcinoma induced in kidney by Fe-NTA in a group VI rat. c Renal cell microcarcinoma (down arrow) induced in kidney by Fe-NTA in a group VI rat. d Karyomegalic cell (down arrow) induced in proximal tubule by Fe-NTA in a group II rat. e Degenerative tubule with eosinophilic cytoplasm (down arrows), atypia (filled inverted triangle), and karyomegalic cell (open inverted triangle) induced in kidney by Fe-NTA in a group II rat. f Brown droplets (down arrows) in proximal tubule in a group II rat. g PCNA-positive nuclei in a renal cell carcinoma in a group II rat. h PCNA-positive nuclei (down arrows) in some proximal tubule epithelial cells in a group VI rat. i TUNEL-positive nuclei (down arrow) in some proximal tubule epithelial cells in a group VI rat. Bar 100 μm (c), 50 μm (e, g–i), 20 μm (b, d, f). H&E stain: b–f; Immunohistochemistry for PCNA (g, h) and apoptotic cells by TUNEL (i)
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