Abstract
Gamma glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) activity during urothelial carcinogenesis was examined histochemically in rats treated with N-methyl- N-nitrosourea (MNU) or N-butyl- N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BHBN). GGT-positive cells developed with a high frequency in foci of nodulopapillary hyperplasia and carcinoma. GGT-positive cells, both individually and in nests, were also frequent in foci of simple hyperplasia and interlesion normal urothelium of carcinogen-treated bladders. The results suggest that development of GGT-positive cells in interlesion normal urothelium is specific to carcinogen treatment.
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