Abstract
AIM: To duplicate a colitis-related colorectal cancer model that is cheap, simple and accessible.
METHODS: A total of 320 male ICR mice were randomly divided into 7 experimental groups (group A-G) and 1 control group. Groups A, B and C were given a single intraperitoneal injection of 1, 2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH) at the dose of 10, 15 and 20 mg/kg body weight, respectively. one week after injection, the animals in group A, B and C were treated with 20 g/L dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) in drinking water for consecutive 7 days. Group D, E and F were administered with DMH 10, 15 and 20 mg/kg body weight only, respectively. Group G was given 20 g/L DSS only. The weight and food intake of mice in each group were recorded every week. Several mice were killed to observed the progression to carcinoma of colitis in week 4, 9 and 13. All the mice were executed for observation in week 20.
RESULTS: After administered with DMH and DSS, the bloody stools appeared in 40% mice in week 4, 30% in week 9, and rectal prolapse was observed in 10% mice in week 13, 40% in week 20. Within 20 weeks, all the mice, which had been given DMH and DSS, developed colonic adenocarcinoma. The weights of spleen and colon were increased significantly, while the weight of thymus was decreased obviously in group A, B, C in comparison with those in the control group (spleen: 0.64 ± 0.03, 0.75 ± 0.03, 0.78 ± 0.01 g vs 0.16 ± 0.05 g, P < 0.01; colon: 0.93 ± 0.06, 0.96 ± 0.02, 0.01 ± 0.06 g vs 0.31 ± 0.06 g, P < 0.01; thymus: 0.027 ± 0.001 g vs 0.045 ± 0.004 g, P < 0.05; 0.026 ± 0.002 g vs 0.045 ± 0.004 g, P < 0.05; 0.016 ± 0.003 g vs 0.045 ± 0.004 g, P < 0.01).
CONCLUSION: DMH and DSS can effectively induce the formation of colonic cancer in ICR mice, which can well simulate the progression of colitis to carcinoma. The method used in this study is a cheap, simple and accessible.
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