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2. Apple proanthocyanidins do not reduce the induction of preneoplastic lesions in the colon of rats associated with human microbiota.
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Lhoste EF, Bruneau A, Bensaada M, Cherbuy C, Philippe C, Bruel S, Sutren M, Rabot S, Guyot S, Duée PH, and Latino-Martel P
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- Animals, Colon microbiology, Colonic Neoplasms microbiology, Colonic Neoplasms pathology, Humans, Male, Rats, Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms, Colon drug effects, Colon pathology, Colonic Neoplasms prevention & control, Malus chemistry, Metagenome, Plant Extracts pharmacology, Precancerous Conditions microbiology, Proanthocyanidins pharmacology
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Since the gut microbiota metabolizes various dietary constituents unabsorbed by the small intestine and modulates colon function, it plays an essential role in colon carcinogenesis. First, we have developed a model of human microbiota-associated rats (HMA), fed a human-type diet and injected with 1-2,dimethylhydrazine (DMH). We observed that the number and size of DMH-induced aberrant crypt foci (ACF) were significantly higher in HMA rats than in germ-free or conventional rats. Second, we used this model to assess the protective effect of an apple proanthocyanidin-rich extract (APE) on colon carcinogenesis. In this model, ACF number and multiplicity were not reduced by APE at 0.001% and 0.01% in drinking water. They were higher with APE 0.1% than with APE 0.01%. Therefore, the cross-talk between human microbiota and the colon epithelium should be taken into account in carcinogenesis models. Moreover, attention should be paid prior to using proanthocyanidin extracts as dietary supplements for humans.
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- 2010
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3. Brussels sprouts, inulin and fermented milk alter the faecal microbiota of human microbiota-associated rats as shown by PCR-temporal temperature gradient gel electrophoresis using universal, Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium 16S rRNA gene primers.
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Humblot C, Bruneau A, Sutren M, Lhoste EF, Doré J, Andrieux C, and Rabot S
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- Acetates analysis, Animals, Brassica, Butyrates analysis, Cecum, Cultured Milk Products, Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Fatty Acids, Volatile analysis, Feces chemistry, Glucuronidase analysis, Humans, Intestines microbiology, Inulin administration & dosage, Male, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Rats, Rats, Inbred F344, Bifidobacterium genetics, Diet, Feces microbiology, Lactobacillus genetics, RNA, Bacterial analysis, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S analysis
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We investigated the effect of Brussels sprouts, inulin and a fermented milk on the faecal microbiota diversity of human microbiota-associated (HMA) rats by PCR-temporal temperature gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-TTGE) using universal and group-specific 16S rRNA gene primers. The HMA rats were submitted to a control diet for 10 d (initial time), then switched to the experimental diets for 4 weeks (final time). Using universal primers, the mean degree of similarity between all faecal samples at initial time was 80.8 %. In the group consuming the control diet throughout the experiment, the mean degree of similarity between the PCR-TTGE profiles at initial v. final time was 76.8 %, reflecting a spontaneous temporal variation. The mean degree of similarity between control and experimental groups at final time was lower, 72.4 %, 74.4 % and 75.6 % for inulin, Brussels sprouts and fermented milk, respectively, indicating a dietary effect on the predominant populations. Using specific primers, bifidobacteria could be detected only in those rats that had consumed inulin, showing a specific increasing effect of this dietary compound. The Lactobacillus population was very heterogeneous at initial time but tended to homogenize within each dietary group. At final time, caecal contents were collected for analysis of SCFA and beta-glucuronidase activity. Inulin and Brussels sprouts increased the butyrate and acetate proportion, respectively, while the fermented milk did not modify the caecal biochemistry. This experiment shows for the first time that cruciferous vegetables are able to alter the diversity and the metabolic activities of the digestive microbiota in HMA rats.
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- 2005
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4. The activities of several detoxication enzymes are differentially induced by juices of garden cress, water cress and mustard in human HepG2 cells.
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Lhoste EF, Gloux K, De Waziers I, Garrido S, Lory S, Philippe C, Rabot S, and Knasmüller S
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- Acetyltransferases biosynthesis, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, Cell Line, Tumor, Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 biosynthesis, Enzyme Induction, Glucuronosyltransferase biosynthesis, Glutathione Transferase biosynthesis, Humans, Liver cytology, Liver drug effects, NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone) biosynthesis, Sulfotransferases biosynthesis, Brassicaceae, Liver enzymology, Plant Extracts pharmacology
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It has been previously demonstrated in a human-derived hepatoma cell line (HepG2) that juices from cruciferous vegetables protect against the genotoxicity caused by dietary carcinogens. HepG2 cells possess different enzymes involved in the biotransformation of xenobiotics. Therefore, we investigated the effect of cruciferous juices on the activities of CYP 1A and several phase II enzymes in this cell model. For each experiment, 1 x 10(6) cells were seeded on Petri dishes. After 2 days, the juices (0.5-8 microl/ml of culture medium) were added for 48 h prior to cell harvesting. The addition of juice from water cress (Nasturtium officinalis R. Br) significantly increased the activities of ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase at high doses only and NAD(P)H-quinone reductase in a dose-dependent manner (1.8- and 5-fold, respectively). The addition of juice from garden cress (Lepidum sativum L.) significantly increased the activities of NAD(P)H-quinone reductase and UDP-glucuronosyl-transferase with a maximal effect around the dose of 2 microl/ml juice (1.4- and 1.2-fold, respectively) while the other enzymes were not altered. Mustard (Sinapis alba L.) juice increased the activities of NAD(P)H-quinone reductase (2.6-fold at the dose of 8 microl/ml), and N-acetyl-transferase (1.4-fold at the dose of 8 microl/ml) in a dose-dependent manner while a maximal induction of UDP-glucuronosyl-transferase was obtained with a dose of 2 microl/ml (1.8-fold). These observations show that the three juices have different induction profiles: only water cress acted as a bifunctional inducer by enhancing both phase I and phase II enzymes. As a consequence, each juice may preferentially inhibit the genotoxicity of specific compounds.
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- 2004
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5. Effect of intestinal microfloras from vegetarians and meat eaters on the genotoxicity of 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline, a carcinogenic heterocyclic amine.
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Kassie F, Lhoste EF, Bruneau A, Zsivkovits M, Ferk F, Uhl M, Zidek T, and Knasmüller S
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- Animals, Male, Rats, Rats, Inbred F344, Carcinogens toxicity, Diet, Diet, Vegetarian, Intestines microbiology, Mutagens toxicity, Quinolines toxicity
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Aim of this study was to investigate the impact of intestinal microfloras from vegetarians and non-vegetarians on the DNA-damaging activity of 2-amino-3-methyl-3H-imidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (IQ), a carcinogenic heterocyclic amine that is found in fried meats. Floras from four vegetarians (Seventh Day Adventists) and from four individuals who consumed high amounts of meats were collected and inoculated into germfree F344 rats. The rats were kept on isocaloric diets that either contained animal derived protein and fat (meat consumers group) or proteins and fat of plant origin (vegetarian groups). IQ (90 mg/kg bw) was administered orally, after 4 h the extent of DNA-damage in colon and liver cells was determined in single cell gel electrophoresis assays. In all groups, the IQ induced DNA-migration was in the liver substantially higher than in the colon. In animals harbouring floras of vegetarians, the extent of damage was in both organs significantly (69.2% in the liver, P<0.016 and 64.7%, P<0.042 in the colon, respectively) lower than in the meat consumer groups. Our findings show that diet related differences in the microfloras have a strong impact on the genotoxic effects of IQ and suggest that heterocyclic amines are less genotoxic and carcinogenic in individuals that consume mainly plant derived foods.
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- 2004
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6. The human colonic microflora influences the alterations of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes by catechins in male F344 rats.
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Lhoste EF, Ouriet V, Bruel S, Flinois JP, Brézillon C, Magdalou J, Chèze C, and Nugon-Baudon L
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- Administration, Oral, Adult, Animals, Bacteria enzymology, Catechin administration & dosage, Diet, Feces microbiology, Female, Glucuronosyltransferase pharmacology, Humans, Liver enzymology, Liver pathology, Male, Rats, Rats, Inbred F344, Xenobiotics metabolism, Catechin pharmacology, Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System pharmacology, Digestive System microbiology, Germ-Free Life, Glutathione Transferase pharmacology
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As other xenobiotics, polyphenols are metabolized both by the endogenous detoxication system and the gut microflora. We hypothesized that the presence of a gut microflora may account for the effect of catechins on phase I and II xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes and that the human bacterial metabolites may be different from those of a rodent gut microflora. Therefore, the effects of 2% (+)-catechin or 2% (-)-epicatechin were studied in germ free (GF) rats and rats inoculated with the flora of a human volunteer (HFA). In addition, the catechins were administered in ethanol as a vehicle. In the liver, (+)-catechin or (-)-epicatechin decreased the total amount of CYP450 in both GF and HFA rats while the isoenzyme CYP2E1 decreased. In GF rats only, CYP2C11 increased when compared to the rats treated with the vehicle alone. (+)-catechin increased the specific activity of UGT-chloramphenicol in GF rats only and that of cytosolic glutathion-S-transferase (GST) in HFA rats only. In the intestine, (+)-catechin and (-)-epicatechin increased the specific activity of UGT-4-methylumbelliferone in both GF and HFA rats and that of UGT- chloramphenicol in HFA rats only. In conclusion, the presence of a human flora in rats is able to modify the inducing effect of catechins on the UGT and GST activities suggesting the involvement of bacterial metabolites. The alterations on CYP 450 are independent of the presence of a human gut flora.
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- 2003
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7. Diet modulates the genotoxicity of IQ (2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline) in rats associated with a human faecal flora.
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Humblot C, Kassie F, Nugon-Baudon L, Knäsmuller K, and Lhoste EF
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- Animals, Brassica chemistry, Carcinogens administration & dosage, Carcinogens toxicity, Feces chemistry, Feces microbiology, Fermentation, Germ-Free Life, Glucosinolates pharmacology, Inulin pharmacology, Male, Milk, Mutagenicity Tests, Mutagens administration & dosage, Mutagens toxicity, Probiotics, Quinolines administration & dosage, Quinolines toxicity, Rats, Rats, Inbred F344, Carcinogens metabolism, Diet, Mutagens metabolism, Quinolines metabolism
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- 2002
8. Administration of two antagonists of the cholecystokinin(B)/gastrin receptor does not totally inhibit the pancreatic response to a meal in the pig.
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Lhoste EF, Fiszlewicz M, and Corring T
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- Animals, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Male, Models, Animal, Pancreas metabolism, Perfusion, Postprandial Period, Swine, Benzodiazepinones pharmacology, Dipeptides pharmacology, Eating, Pancreas drug effects, Phenylurea Compounds pharmacology, Receptors, Cholecystokinin antagonists & inhibitors
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Introduction and Aims: The role of the cholecystokinin B (CCK(B))/gastrin receptor in the pancreatic response to a standard meal was investigated in the pig., Methodology: Twenty-four pigs were prepared surgically for the collection of the pancreatic juice and an intravenous perfusion. On experimental days, the pigs were perfused with one of two CCK(B)antagonists (L-365,260 or PD 135156) or the vehicle for 2 hours. We offered them a standard meal 30 minutes after the beginning of the perfusion. The pancreatic secretion was collected for 4 hours starting 30 minutes before the perfusion. Its volume was recorded, and the protein concentrations were assayed., Results: Neither antagonist totally abolished the postprandial peak of the pancreatic protein., Conclusions: We suggest that the stimulation of pancreatic protein secretion by a meal is not mediated by CCK(B)/gastrin receptors. Because we previously showed that the CCK(A)receptor antagonist MK329 was no more able to abolish this response, CCK is probably not responsible for this response.
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- 2002
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9. Effect of bombesin at low doses on the secretion of the exocrine pancreas and on plasma gastrin concentration in the conscious pig.
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Lhoste EF, Levenez F, Chabanet C, Fiszlewicz M, and Corring T
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- Animals, Bombesin administration & dosage, Food, Male, Pancreas drug effects, Pancreatic Juice metabolism, Secretin pharmacology, Swine, Bombesin pharmacology, Gastrins blood, Pancreas metabolism
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We investigated the role of low-doses of bombesin in the regulation of exocrine secretion in the pancreas of the conscious pig. In ten growing castrated male Large White pigs, bombesin was infused intravenously for 1 h at doses of 0 to 500 pmol/kg/h under a stimulation of secretin (36 pmol/kg/h). In six pigs, bombesin (50 pmol/kg/h) was administered alone for 2 h and its effect on pancreatic secretion was compared to that of an infusion of secretin. The pancreatic juice and the blood were collected at 15-min intervals for use in assays of protein in the juice and gastrin in the plasma. When bombesin was infused alone or in combination with secretin, the volume secreted was not altered. The protein output was not altered by secretin, but was increased by the infusion of bombesin, in a dose-dependent manner, reaching a plateau at 250 pmol/kg/h. The plasma gastrin levels were increased by bombesin, starting with the 50 pmol/kg/h dose. This effect was maximal at a dose of 100 pmol/kg/h. The levels remained below those measured after a standard meal, demonstrating that the effect of bombesin on the studied parameters is of physiological significance.
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- 1998
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10. Physiological effects of a pea protein isolate in gnotobiotic rats: comparison with a soybean isolate and meat.
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Lhoste EF, Mouzon B, Andrieux C, Gueugneau AM, Fiszlewicz M, Corring T, and Szylit O
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- Animals, Cecum metabolism, Cecum microbiology, Cohort Studies, Diet, Dietary Proteins administration & dosage, Feces microbiology, Humans, Intestinal Mucosa enzymology, Intestinal Mucosa growth & development, Male, Methanobacterium metabolism, Organ Size, Pancreas chemistry, Pancreas enzymology, Pancreas growth & development, Plant Proteins administration & dosage, Proteins analysis, Rats, Rats, Inbred F344, Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Dietary Proteins metabolism, Germ-Free Life physiology, Meat, Pisum sativum, Plant Proteins metabolism, Glycine max
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Pea proteins have been considered for the introduction into the human diet only recently. This protein source was tested on nutritional and digestive parameters in heteroxenic male Fischer rats inoculated with a human faecal microflora from a methane producer. Compared to soybean proteins, pea proteins have similar effects on the rat's endogenous and bacterial digestive patterns. Compared to the pea proteins, a diet containing a standard meat meal enhanced the pH and the production of ammonia, while a lyophilized beef meat enhanced that of urea. The diet containing the standard meat decreases short-chain fatty acids and modifies the ratio of caecal short-chain fatty acids. Both animal diets decreased the specific activities of pancreatic proteases such as chymotrypsin (EC 3.4.21.1), trypsin (EC 3.4.21.4), and carboxypeptidase A (EC 3.4.17.1) when compared to the diet containing the pea isolate. In conclusion, the whole composition of the diet, more than the origin of the dietary protein, influences the rat's digestive pattern.
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- 1998
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11. Pharmacological and biochemical evidence for the simultaneous expression of CCKB/gastrin and CCKA receptors in the pig pancreas.
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Philippe C, Lhoste EF, Dufresne M, Moroder L, Corring T, and Fourmy D
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- Affinity Labels, Animals, Cholecystokinin metabolism, In Vitro Techniques, Iodine Radioisotopes, Kinetics, Membrane Proteins metabolism, Membranes drug effects, Membranes metabolism, Pancreas drug effects, Protein Binding, Receptors, Cholecystokinin agonists, Receptors, Cholecystokinin antagonists & inhibitors, Swine, Cholecystokinin biosynthesis, Gastrins biosynthesis, Pancreas metabolism, Receptors, Cholecystokinin biosynthesis
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1. In the pig, the secretory response of the pancreas is not inhibited by the antagonist MK329 suggesting that cholecystokininA (CCKA) receptors are not involved. 2. Membranes were isolated from the pancreas of 6 Large White pigs to characterize their CCK receptors. 3. The binding of [125I]-BH-[Thr, Nle]CCK-9 was dependent on pH, maximal after a 90 min incubation period, saturable and reversible. Saturation analysis of the binding demonstrated a single class of high affinity sites (Kd = 0.22 +/- 0.02 nM) and a binding capacity, Bmax = 110.64 +/- 12.50 fmol mg-1 protein. 4. Competition binding by agonists and antagonists of CCKA and CCKB/gastrin receptors demonstrated the presence of two distinct binding components, sites presenting a high affinity for [Thr, Nle]CCK-9, gastrin, PD 135158, L-365, 260 and a low affinity for MK329, SR 27897, and sites presenting a high affinity for [Thr, Nle]CCK-9, MK329, SR 27897 and a low affinity for gastrin, PD 135158, L-365,260. 5. These pharmacological data demonstrate the presence of both CCKA and CCKB/gastrin receptors in the pig pancreas, the latter being predominant. 6. Two distinct membrane proteins (50 and 85-100 kDa, respectively) display pharmacological features of CCKB/gastrin and CCKA receptors. 7. In pigs, as in calves and humans, CCKB/gastrin receptors are predominant in the pancreas.
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- 1997
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12. Role of CCK in the regulation of secretion and adaptation in the pig pancreas.
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Lhoste EF, Gueugneau AM, Garofano A, Philippe C, Levenez F, and Corring T
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- Adaptation, Physiological, Animals, Cholecystokinin blood, Devazepide, Dietary Proteins administration & dosage, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Eating, Male, Pancreas drug effects, Pancreas enzymology, Secretin pharmacology, Sincalide administration & dosage, Sincalide pharmacology, Swine, Time Factors, Benzodiazepinones pharmacology, Cholecystokinin physiology, Pancreas metabolism, Receptors, Cholecystokinin physiology
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The effect of cholecystokinin (CCK) on the pancreas was investigated in the pig in two experiments. Fifteen pigs were fed a diet containing 17 or 48% protein with or without MK329 (4.5 mg per meal). MK329 enhanced the postprandial peak of plasma CCK during the first 30 min, but pancreas adaptation to high protein was not affected. Sixteen pigs were divided into two groups: 12 pigs were infused with CCK-8 + secretin for 1 h and four pigs received a standard meal. In both groups, pancreatic secretion tests were performed under infusion of the vehicle alone or with MK329. After CCK + secretin, MK329 (65-500 micrograms/kg/h) did not alter CCK plasma levels and reduced the early pancreatic protein response by about 30%. Enzyme outputs in pancreatic juice were modestly affected by MK329. After the meal, MK329 (500 micrograms/kg/h) doubled the postprandial peak of plasma CCK and lowered the pancreatic protein output by 35-40% for the first 30 min. We suggest that (a) pancreatic adaptation to high dietary protein is not mediated via CCK-A receptors and (b) the stimulation of pancreatic protein secretion by a meal or by exogenous CCK-8 is mediated partly by CCK-A receptors.
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- 1995
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13. Early adaptation of pancreas to a protein-enriched diet: role of cholecystokinin and gastrin-releasing peptide.
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Lhoste EF, Fiszlewicz M, Gueugneau AM, Tranchant T, and Corring T
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- Animals, Benzodiazepinones pharmacology, Cholecystokinin antagonists & inhibitors, Devazepide, Gastrin-Releasing Peptide, Male, Rats, Rats, Inbred F344, Adaptation, Physiological, Cholecystokinin physiology, Dietary Proteins administration & dosage, Pancreas physiology, Peptides physiology
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Feeding rats a diet containing high levels of protein (as casein) increases the secretion and biosynthesis of pancreatic serine proteases. Cholecystokinin (CCK) presumably plays a role in this process although other GI peptides such as the gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) may be involved. In this article, we describe the kinetics of pancreatic adaptation to a diet containing 45% protein as soybean and fish. Then we report the effect of treatment with either a cholecystokinin-receptor antagonist (MK-329) or a gastrin-releasing peptide-receptor antagonist ([D-F5 Phe6, D-Ala11]-Bn(6-13)OMe, or BIM 26226) on pancreatic adaptation to this diet. Prior to experiments, adult male Fischer rats received a diet containing 22% protein for 1 week. In the first experiment, 48 rats were fed a diet containing 45% protein; they were killed after 0-7 days. In the second experiment, 53 rats were fed the 22- or 45%-protein diet and received three daily injections of either the vehicle alone, MK-329, or BIM 26226 for 7 days before they were killed. When the protein-rich diet was fed for 0-7 days, amylase, in vitro biosynthesis, and mRNA levels were gradually decreased while serine protease biosynthesis was increased, reflecting the general enhancement of chymotrypsinogen, trypsinogen, and elastase mRNA levels. For all these parameters, adaptation leveled off after a 5-day feeding. When the protein diets were fed for 7 days, MK-329 significantly inhibited the adaptation of trypsin (specific activity and mRNA) and elastase (mRNAs) to the 45%-protein diet. BIM 26226 had no effect on pancreatic adaptation to the protein-rich diet.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- 1994
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14. Effect of castration and hormone replacement on azaserine-induced pancreatic carcinogenesis in male and female Fischer rats.
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Lhoste EF, Roebuck BD, Brinck-Johnsen T, and Longnecker DS
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- Animals, Estradiol physiology, Female, Flutamide pharmacology, Male, Organ Size, Precancerous Conditions chemically induced, Rats, Rats, Inbred F344, Sex Factors, Tamoxifen pharmacology, Testosterone physiology, Azaserine toxicity, Castration, Estradiol pharmacology, Pancreatic Neoplasms chemically induced, Testosterone pharmacology
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Previous reports have shown that pancreatic cancer was induced preferentially in male versus female azaserine-treated rats. This study was designed to determine the importance of estrogen and testosterone in this phenomenon. Fischer (F344) rats received a single injection of azaserine (30 mg/kg) at 21 days of age. At 28 days of age, they were weaned and divided into 12 groups of 9-10 rats as shown below. Surgery (castration or sham operation) was performed at 4 weeks of age. All drugs (estradiol, the antiestrogen tamoxifen, testosterone propionate and/or the antiandrogen flutamide) were administered, starting at weaning, in 3-week timed-release pellets until autopsy. Rats were killed 4 months after the administration of azaserine. The pancreas was weighed and prepared for quantitative histologic analysis of atypical acinar cell nodules (AACNs) which are putative preneoplastic lesions. Both number and size of AACNs were analyzed. In intact female rats, AACN burden was smaller than in intact males (P less than 0.05). Ovariectomy increased the AACN burden (P less than 0.05), while estradiol or tamoxifen treatments to ovariectomized females resorted the burden to control levels (P less than 0.05). Testosterone with tamoxifen treatment to ovariectomized females led to a significant increase in AACN burden over control values. In intact male rats, orchiectomy decreased the AACN burden (P less than 0.05). In orchiectomized rats, testosterone treatment slightly increased the AACN burden, flutamide treatment alone increased this parameter (P less than 0.05) but flutamide with estradiol decreased the AACN burden (P less than 0.01). These data strongly support the hypothesis that sex steroids play a major role in the higher incidence of pancreatic cancer in male versus female rats.
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- 1987
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15. Effect of bombesin and caerulein on early stages of carcinogenesis induced by azaserine in the rat pancreas.
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Lhoste EF and Longnecker DS
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- Animals, Drug Interactions, Pancreas pathology, Pancreatic Neoplasms pathology, Rats, Rats, Inbred Strains, Azaserine pharmacology, Bombesin pharmacology, Ceruletide pharmacology, Pancreas drug effects, Pancreatic Neoplasms chemically induced
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This study was designed to analyze the effect of two pancreaticotrophic peptides on pancreatic carcinogenesis in the azaserine-rat model. The rats were treated with bombesin or caerulein for 16 weeks after initiation with azaserine. Two-week-old Lewis rats were given injections of a single dose of azaserine (30 mg/kg) and the control pups received an injection of saline. They were divided into ten groups for peptide treatment as follows: Group 1, azaserine-saline; Group 2, azaserine-bombesin, 10 micrograms/kg; Group 3, azaserine-bombesin, 30 micrograms/kg; Group 4, azaserine-caerulein, 5 micrograms/kg; Group 5, azaserine-caerulein, 15 micrograms/kg; Group 6, control-saline; Group 7, control-bombesin, 10 micrograms/kg; Group 8, control-bombesin, 30 micrograms/kg; Group 9, control-caerulein, 5 micrograms/kg; and Group 10, control-caerulein, 15 micrograms/kg. At 3 weeks of age, they were weaned. Peptides or saline were injected 3 consecutive days a week for 16 weeks. Rats were autopsied 4 months after the administration of azaserine. Pancreatic weight was increased by bombesin and decreased by caerulein treatment. Quantitative histological analysis of azaserine-induced atypical acinar cell nodules in the pancreas showed that the size and number of atypical acinar cell nodules were increased in both bombesin- and caerulein-treated groups. Thus, these peptides appear to stimulate the growth of preneoplastic acinar cell lesions.
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- 1987
16. Evidence for a direct trophic effect of bombesin on the mouse pancreas: in vivo and cell culture studies.
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Lhoste EF, Aprahamian M, Balboni G, and Damgé C
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- Amylases metabolism, Animals, Cell Division drug effects, Cells, Cultured, Chymotrypsin metabolism, DNA analysis, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Lipase metabolism, Male, Mice, Pancreas analysis, RNA analysis, Bombesin pharmacology, Pancreas drug effects
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The present work studied the effect of chronic bombesin on the mouse pancreas and analyzed whether or not this effect was direct. Bombesin administered s.c. 3 times daily for 4 days at various concentrations (0.1, 1, 10, 20 micrograms/kg b. wt.) induced pancreatic growth in a dose-dependent manner. This growth was characterized by an increase in pancreatic weight, its protein and RNA contents suggesting cellular hypertrophy. Pancreatic enzyme content was also increased, especially for amylase (14-fold) and at a lesser degree for chymotrypsin and lipase (2.5-fold). The DNA content of the gland increased significantly after a 1 microgram/kg bombesin treatment suggesting hyperplasia. [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA increased slightly from 24 h after the first bombesin injection and more obviously at 72 and 96 h indicating DNA synthesis. To determine the direct effect of bombesin on pancreatic acinar cell growth cells were cultured as monolayers on collagen gels in media lacking added hormones and containing 2.5% FBS with or without bombesin (1 microM-1 nM) or caerulein (10 nM). [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA was increased by caerulein (10 nM) and bombesin (100 nM and 1 microM). Therefore, it is concluded that bombesin is a pancreaticotrophic peptide in mice. Moreover, it is suggested that this effect occurs directly on pancreatic cells.
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- 1989
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17. Effect of orchiectomy and testosterone on the early stages of azaserine-induced pancreatic carcinogenesis in the rat.
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Lhoste EF, Roebuck BD, Stern JE, and Longnecker DS
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- Animals, Azaserine, Body Weight drug effects, Carcinoma chemically induced, Carcinoma metabolism, Female, Male, Neoplasm Transplantation, Organ Size drug effects, Pancreas pathology, Pancreatic Neoplasms chemically induced, Pancreatic Neoplasms metabolism, Rats, Rats, Inbred Lew, Receptors, Androgen analysis, Receptors, Estrogen analysis, Carcinoma pathology, Orchiectomy, Pancreatic Neoplasms pathology, Testosterone pharmacology
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The incidence of carcinoma of the pancreas is higher among men than women. It is also higher among male than female carcinogen-treated rats. The role of testosterone in this preferential induction of pancreatic cancer was evaluated in a rat model of pancreatic carcinogenesis. Two-week-old Lewis rats were treated with a single injection of azaserine. At weaning (3 weeks), rats were divided into five groups as follows: females; intact males; sham-operated males; orchiectomized males; and orchiectomized males plus testosterone. Four months after administration of azaserine, quantitative histologic analysis of atypical acinar cell foci and nodules of the pancreas showed that in female and orchiectomized male rats, foci and nodules were smaller and less numerous than in intact males. Testosterone treatment partly reversed the effect of orchiectomy. This suggests that the susceptibility of male rats to induction of pancreatic carcinomas by azaserine is at least partially mediated by testosterone. Estrogen and testosterone receptors were assayed, but high-affinity receptors characteristic of gonadal tissues were not detected in normal pancreas or in a transplantable azaserine-induced acinar cell carcinoma. Thus, the effect of testosterone in the pancreas may depend on steroid-binding proteins of another type, or may be indirectly mediated.
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- 1987
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18. Nutritional regulation of pancreatic and biliary secretions.
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Corring T, Juste C, and Lhoste EF
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- 1989
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19. Stimulation of the growth of azaserine-induced nodules in the rat pancreas by dietary camostate (FOY-305).
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Lhoste EF, Roebuck BD, and Longnecker DS
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- Animals, Cell Division drug effects, Diet, Esters, Guanidines administration & dosage, Pancreas drug effects, Pancreatic Neoplasms pathology, Rats, Rats, Inbred F344, Rats, Inbred Lew, Azaserine toxicity, Carcinogens, Gabexate analogs & derivatives, Guanidines pharmacology, Pancreas pathology, Pancreatic Neoplasms chemically induced, Protease Inhibitors pharmacology
- Abstract
The effects of dietary camostate (FOY-305), a synthetic trypsin inhibitor, on the early stages of pancreatic carcinogenesis in the rat were studied because of earlier reports that feeding soy bean trypsin inhibitor stimulated growth and promoted carcinogenesis in the pancreas of rats. These effects are attributed to excess secretion of cholecystokinin, a trophic hormone for pancreatic acinar cells. Camostate has been shown to induce pancreatic enlargement in rats by the same mechanism. In preliminary experiments, pancreatic growth was studied in adult Fischer 344 (F344) and Lewis rats fed camostate mixed in the diet to define a level that induced pancreatic hypertrophy and hyperplasia. As little as 0.02% fed 3 days per week was effective. In a second experiment, F344 rats were injected with azaserine and thereafter were given camostate by gavage 5 days a week until autopsy 18 weeks later. In a third experiment, azaserine-treated Lewis rats were fed camostate in the diet 3 days a week for 8 or 16 weeks until autopsy. In the latter two experiments the number and size of atypical acinar cell foci and nodules (AACN) were measured in pancreas sections. Growth of acidophilic AACN was stimulated in camostate-fed groups; both the number and the size were increased in comparison with the control groups. The data suggest a promoting effect of dietary camostate on the growth of azaserine-induced preneoplastic lesions in the pancreas of both rat strains. The number of basophilic AACN was decreased in camostate-fed Lewis rats suggesting that the camostate diet also affected the phenotype of the carcinogen-induced AACN.
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- 1988
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