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Department of Pathology, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio 43614 [W. T. G., P. M. K., M. A. P.], and Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 [V. E. S.]
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| Introduction |
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Accolate (Zafirlukast; cyclopentyl 3-[2-methoxy-4-{[o-tolylsulfonyl]benzyl}-1-methylindole-5-carbamate), MK-886, and Zileuton [N-(1-benzo[b]-thien-2yl)ethyl)-N-hydroxyurea] were chosen for study because they affect the lipoxygenase pathway by different mechanisms. Accolate is a peptidyl leukotriene antagonist and inhibitor of LTD4 (5) , MK-886 is a 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein inhibitor that binds to the arachidonic acid binding site (6) , and Zileuton is a N-hydroxyurea inhibitor of 5-lipoxygenase (7) . Furthermore, their ability to inhibit different steps in the pathway might allow for additive or synergistic inhibitory activity if combinations of lipoxygenase inhibitors are used to inhibit lung tumor formation.
The strain A mouse lung tumor model is the most widely used animal model to study both lung carcinogenesis and chemoprevention (8
, 9)
. To evaluate drugs for chemoprevention in this model, lung tumors have been induced by benzo(a)pyrene, NNK, urethane, or vinyl carbamate (9)
. Vinyl carbamate was chosen to induce the lung tumors in our study because among these carcinogens, it induced the greatest yield of carcinomas, i.e.,
40% of the tumors at 1 year (10)
. Also among these carcinogens, vinyl carbamate induced the greater yield of lung tumors (11)
. We administered the leukotriene inhibitors starting 2 weeks after the last dose of vinyl carbamate to evaluate their effect during the promotional phase of carcinogenesis. Hence, the leukotriene inhibitors were evaluated for chemopreventive efficacy independent of an effect on the uptake, metabolism, and distribution of vinyl carbamate.
| Materials and Methods |
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Animals.
Female A/J mice (56 weeks of age) were purchased from The Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, ME). The mice were housed in our American Association of Laboratory Animal Care-accredited laboratory animal facility. Mice were housed in polycarbonate solid-bottom, shoebox-type cages (height, 13 cm; width, 18 cm; length, 28 cm) with Anderson Bed-o-Cob 1/8 bedding (Andersons, Maumee, OH). The mice were quarantined for 2 weeks before the bioassay. The environment in the animal rooms was maintained at a temperature of 72 ± 2°F, relative humidity of 4060%, at least 1015 air changes/h,
30 foot candles of light (cage level), and a light cycle of 12 h on/12 h off. The diet was a semipurified AIN-76A (modified) containing 20% casein, 0.3% DL-methionine, 52% cornstarch, 13% dextrose, 5% corn oil, 5% Alphacel fiber, 3.5% AIN mineral mixture, 1.0% AIN vitamin mixture, and 0.2% choline bitartrate (Dyets, Inc., Bethlehem, PA). The leukotriene inhibitors were mixed into the AIN-76A diet. The diet and drinking water were provided ad libitum.
When the mice were 78 weeks of age, they were administered the first of two i.p. injections of vinyl carbamate of 16 mg/kg each and 7 days apart. Two weeks after the second dose of vinyl carbamate, the mice received the leukotriene inhibitors in their diet. Accolate (270 or 540 mg/kg), Zileuton (600 or 1200 mg/kg), and MK-886 (30 mg/kg) was provided at the indicated mg/kg concentrations in the diet. The doses selected for this study were based upon reports published previously (2
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100 times the Food and Drug Administration-approved dose for humans to counteract decreased bioavailability when provided in the animal diet. Binary combinations containing 600 mg/kg Zileuton with 270 mg/kg Accolate or 30 mg/kg MK-886 and 270 mg/kg Accolate with 30 mg/kg MK-886 were also provided. Mice were weighed weekly through the first 6 weeks of exposure to the leukotriene inhibitors. After which, they were then weighed every 24 weeks until sacrificed. Mice were sacrificed by carbon dioxide asphyxiation after 13 and 43 weeks of exposure to the drugs. The lungs were harvested, fixed overnight in formalin, transferred to 70% alcohol, and evaluated for tumors before embedding in paraffin for histology.
Histopathological Evaluation.
Lung tumors were classified as being solid/alveolar adenomas, papillary adenomas, and undifferentiated carcinomas. The criteria used for solid/alveolar adenoma classification required well-differentiated, cuboidal-shaped cells obliterating at least three contiguous alveolar spaces (13)
. Papillary tumors were identified as well-differentiated columnar cells with pleomorphic nuclei expanding within the lung parenchyma as finger-like projections. Carcinomas were classified by identifying populations of large undifferentiated cells with an increased nuclear:cytoplasmic ratio, large pleomorphic nuclei, and with complete loss of normal alveolar architecture.
Statistical Analysis.
Results are presented as mean ± SE. They were analyzed by an ANOVA followed by a Tukey test with significance indicated by P < 0.05.
| Results and Conclusions |
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The ability of the leukotriene inhibitors to prevent vinyl carbamate-induced lung tumors is presented in Table 1
. After 13 weeks of exposure, the yield of lung tumors was significantly decreased by both dose levels of Accolate (270 and 540 mg/kg), the high dose of Zileuton (1200 mg/kg), and the combinations containing 600 mg/kg Zileuton with either Accolate or MK-866. The efficacy of the combination containing Zileuton and Accolate to prevent lung tumors was not significantly different from the efficacy of either inhibitor administered alone. Although when administered alone at the dose level in their combination, neither Zileuton or MK-886 prevented lung tumors; the combination containing them did significantly prevent tumors. In contrast, the combination containing Accolate and MK-886 did not reduce the yield of tumors, whereas Accolate administered alone did significantly reduce the yield of tumors.
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After 43 weeks of drug provided in the diet, all three leukotriene inhibitors significantly reduced the yield of lung tumors (Table 1)
. MK-866 was the most efficacious, reducing tumor yield by 37.8%, followed by Accolate (29.5%) and Zileuton (28.1%). There was no significant difference of lung tumor multiplicity between the three leukotriene inhibitor treatment groups. The leukotriene inhibitors reduced the size of the tumors (Fig. 1)
. The tumors were divided into the three size categories of <1, 13, and >3 mm. Most of the tumors, regardless of treatment, were 13 mm in diameter. All three lipoxygenase inhibitors decreased the number of lung tumors of this size. The histological morphology of the tumors is presented in Fig. 2
. The tumors were classified as being solid adenomas, papillary adenomas, or carcinomas. In mice that received the control diet, carcinomas were the most common tumor type, comprising 44% of the tumors. All three leukotriene inhibitors significantly decreased the yield of carcinomas. The yield of solid and papillary adenomas was not significantly decreased by the leukotriene inhibitors, except for solid adenomas by MK-886 and papillary adenomas by Accolate. The results demonstrate that the leukotriene inhibitors decreased the growth and progression of adenomas to carcinomas.
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| FOOTNOTES |
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1 Supported in part by Contract N01-CN-85146 from the National Cancer Institute. ![]()
2 To whom requests for reprints should be addressed, at Department of Pathology, Block Health Science Building, Medical College of Ohio, 3035 Arlington Avenue, Toledo, OH 43614-5806. Phone: (419) 383-5256; Fax: (419) 383-3066; E-mail: wgunning{at}mco.edu ![]()
3 The abbreviation used is: NNK, 4-(methylnitrosoamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone. ![]()
Received 4/24/02. Accepted 6/13/02.
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