Abstract
The effects of tetragastrin and histamine on the incidence and histology of tumors induced in the small intestine by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine [(MNNG) CAS: 70-25-7] were investigated in male W rats. Animals were given MNNG at 150 micrograms/ml in their drinking water for 25 weeks and then 300 micrograms tetragastrin or 4 mg histamine dihydrochloride sc per day in depot form. Administration of tetragastrin or histamine after MNNG treatment resulted in a significant increase in gastric acid secretion and a significant reduction in the incidence of tumors in the duodenum; however, only histamine decreased the incidence of tumors in the jejunum. Histologically, the tumors induced in the small intestine were mostly adenocarcinomas, and their histologic type was not affected by either tetragastrin or histamine.
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