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Resistance of Murine Lung Tumors to Xenobiotic-induced Cytotoxicity¹

Andrew Parkinson

Larry G. Thaete and Alvin M. Malkinson

Departments of Anatomy and Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6 [P. G. F.]; Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, Center of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160-7417 [A. P.]; and Molecular Toxicology and Environmental Health Sciences Program, School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309 [L. G. T., A. M. M.]

² To whom requests for reprints should be addressed, at Department of Anatomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6.

Studies were performed to test the hypothesis that urethane-induced murine lung tumors exhibit xenobiotic resistance and alterations in pulmonary cytochrome P-450 enzymes. 1,1-Dichloroethylene, naphthalene, and paraquat were administered to tumor-bearing and control mice to elicit acute lung cytotoxicity, and responses were evaluated in tumors (papillary and solid), uninvolved surrounding tissue, and untreated control lung. 1,1-Dichloroethylene (125 mg/kg, i.p.) and naphthalene (225 mg/kg, i.p.) caused preferential necrosis of Clara cells in control lungs and uninvolved tissue of tumor-bearing lungs. In contrast, papillary and solid tumors were both resistant to 1,1-dichloroethylene-induced cytotoxicity. Paraquat (10, 20 mg/kg, i.v.) elicited Clara cell damage in control lungs and uninvolved lung tissue of tumor-bearing mice, with minor disruption of the alveolar epithelium. Neither papillary nor solid tumors sustained any apparent cell damage from paraquat. Immunoblots of P-450 enzymes confirmed constitutive expression of CYP2B1 in control lung and uninvolved lung tissue of tumor-bearing mice, but this P-450 enzyme was not detected in either adenomas or carcinomas. Lung CYP1A1 was inducible by β-naphthoflavone in non-tumor-bearing mice and uninvolved tissue of tumor-bearing mice; however, inducibility was decreased in adenomas and abolished in carcinomas. These results demonstrate resistance of lung tumor cells to chemically induced cytotoxicity and diminished expression of cytochrome P-450 enzymes in tumors.

¹ This work was supported by the Ontario Thoracic Society and Medical Research Council of Canada Grant MT-11769 (P. G. F.). P. G. F. is a Research Career Scientist, Ontario Ministry of Health, Health Research Personnel Development Program.

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Received 5/ 6/92. Accepted 10/ 1/92.

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