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ArticleEnvironmental health and preventive medicine2011

Long-term administration of the fungus toxin, sterigmatocystin, induces intestinal metaplasia and increases the proliferative activity of PCNA, p53, and MDM2 in the gastric mucosa of aged Mongolian gerbils.

Masahiro Kusunoki, Junichi Misumi, Tatsuo Shimada, Kazuo Aoki, Noritaka Matsuo, Hideaki Sumiyoshi, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Hidekatsu Yoshioka

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Article in Environmental health and preventive medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Masahiro KusunokiDepartment of Matrix Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Idaigaoka 1-1, Hasama-machi, Yufu, Oita, 879-5593, Japan. e21501@oita-u.ac.jp
Junichi Misumi
Tatsuo Shimada
Kazuo Aoki
Noritaka Matsuo
Hideaki Sumiyoshi
Takeshi Yamaguchi
Hidekatsu Yoshioka
Oita University · JPKanazawa University · JPUniversity of the Ryukyus · JP

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Abstract

objectiveThe causal agents of gastric cancer could include fungus toxins. Sterigmatocystin (ST), a fungus toxin, is a risk factor of gastric cancer. We investigated the effects of ST on the stomach tissues of Mongolian gerbils.

methodsSeventy-five-week-old male Mongolian gerbils received ST ad libitum at a concentration of 0 ppb (non-treated, n = 11), 100 ppb (n = 7), or 1000 ppb (n = 13) dissolved in drinking water for a period of 24 weeks. After administration, we tested the histopathological changes and immunostaining for proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), p53, and MDM2 expression.

resultsWe investigated the histopathological changes and determined the incidence of histopathological changes in animals with various gastric diseases after ST administration at a dose of 0 ppb (non-treated control), 100, or 1,000 ppb as follows: firstly, indices for gastritis were 18.2, 100, and 100%, those for erosion events were 9.1, 100, and 92.3%, and those for polyps were 0, 71.4, and 61.5%, respectively. These incidences in the ST-administered groups (100 or 1000 ppb) showed significant increases compared with those in the non-treated control group. And, lastly, indices for intestinal metaplasia were 0, 100, and 15.4%, respectively. Furthermore, immunostaining for PCNA, p53, and MDM2 expression showed significantly greater rates in the ST-administered groups (100 or 1000 ppb) than in the non-treated control group.

conclusionThe histopathological and immunohistopathological findings of this study indicate that ST exerts a marked influence on gastric mucus and gland cells, showing dominant gastritis, erosion events, polyps, and intestinal metaplasia in these animals.

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AnimalsAspergillusDisease Models, AnimalGastric MucosaGastritisGerbillinaeMaleMetaplasiaProliferating Cell Nuclear AntigenProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2Specific Pathogen-Free OrganismsSterigmatocystinTumor Suppressor Protein p53Proliferating Cell Nuclear AntigenProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2SterigmatocystinTumor Suppressor Protein p53

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PMID21431817
PMCPMC3117215
OpenAlexW1987815844

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