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Microsatellite instability is infrequent in azoxymethane-induced rat intestinal tumors: An assessment by capillary electrophoresis

  1. Author:
    Walchle, C.
    Diwan, B. A.
    Shiao, Y. H.
    Calvert, R. J.

  2. Author Address

    Walchle C NCI, Comparat Carcinogenesis Lab, Div Basic Sci, Frederick Canc Res & Dev Ctr Ft Detrick, MD 21702 USA NCI, Comparat Carcinogenesis Lab, Div Basic Sci, Frederick Canc Res & Dev Ctr Ft Detrick, MD 21702 USA NCI, Intramural Res Support Program, SAIC Frederick Ft Detrick, MD 21702 USA US FDA, Off Special Nutr, Ctr Food Safety & Appl Nutr Laurel, MD 20708 USA
    1. Year: 1999
  2. Journal: Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
    1. 157
    2. 1
    3. Pages: 9-15
  4. Type of Article: Article
  1. Abstract:

    A rat model of colon cancer in which tumors are induced by azoxymethane (AOM) is frequently used to study putative environmental agents that may modify the risk of human colon cancer development. In order to evaluate the usefulness of this model for human risk assessment, a comparison of the molecular changes associated with tumorigenesis in the rat model with those in human colon cancer is desirable. Microsatellite instability (MSI), an alteration in length of short repetitive DNA sequences associated with defective DNA mismatch repair, is an important molecular characteristic of many human colon tumors. Intestinal tumors were induced in male Fischer 344 rats injected with 15 mg/kg body wt AOM in four weekly doses. Thirteen intestinal tumors were examined for MSI at 10 different microsatellite loci, using a capillary electrophoresis (CE) method for accurate assessment of DNA length. This method was shown to have a resolution of 1 bp for a 140-bp PCR product and to be capable of detecting one mutant sequence within a background of 10 wild-type sequences. The CE method also readily distinguished a known MSI-positive human tumor sample from its matching control sample. Among the 13 rat intestinal tumors examined, only one had MSI, which was present at only a single locus. We conclude that, unlike sporadic human colon tumors in which 15-30% of tumors have MSI (usually at multiple loci), MSI is very rare in AOM-induced rat intestinal tumors. [References: 39]

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