TY - JOUR
T1 - Hematopoietic proliferative lesions in the spleen of rasH2 transgenic mice treated with MNU.
AU - Long, Gerald G.
AU - Goodman, Dawn G.
AU - Credille, Kelly M.
AU - Mann, Peter C.
AU - Wilson, Jonathan M.
AU - Cardy, Richard
PY - 2010/12/1
Y1 - 2010/12/1
N2 - In this study, rasH2-Tg mice treated with N-methyl-N-nitrosurea (MNU) developed exuberant hematoproliferative changes in the spleen that included dysplasia and features of neoplasia. Hematoproliferative change was characterized as exuberant proliferation of hematopoietic cells within the spleen that distorted but did not displace normal splenic morphologic features. The hematopoietic cells were of mixed lineage, but one type, often erythroid, predominated. Cellular atypia was present in all mice with hematoproliferative change, and dysplasia was present in five of eight examined. Hematoproliferative neoplasia was characterized by similar cytologic features but also resulted in displacement/disruption of normal splenic architecture and increased numbers of unidentified blast cells. One case was differentiated toward myeloid proliferation, suggesting granulocytic leukemia. Affected mice had other neoplasms, such as lymphoma and anemia. These proliferative and dysplastic lesions of the spleen in rasH2-Tg mice treated with MNU require additional characterization to definitively differentiate them from the reactive hematopoiesis that can occur in response to inflammatory, neoplastic, or hematopoietic insults in mice.
AB - In this study, rasH2-Tg mice treated with N-methyl-N-nitrosurea (MNU) developed exuberant hematoproliferative changes in the spleen that included dysplasia and features of neoplasia. Hematoproliferative change was characterized as exuberant proliferation of hematopoietic cells within the spleen that distorted but did not displace normal splenic morphologic features. The hematopoietic cells were of mixed lineage, but one type, often erythroid, predominated. Cellular atypia was present in all mice with hematoproliferative change, and dysplasia was present in five of eight examined. Hematoproliferative neoplasia was characterized by similar cytologic features but also resulted in displacement/disruption of normal splenic architecture and increased numbers of unidentified blast cells. One case was differentiated toward myeloid proliferation, suggesting granulocytic leukemia. Affected mice had other neoplasms, such as lymphoma and anemia. These proliferative and dysplastic lesions of the spleen in rasH2-Tg mice treated with MNU require additional characterization to definitively differentiate them from the reactive hematopoiesis that can occur in response to inflammatory, neoplastic, or hematopoietic insults in mice.
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U2 - 10.1177/0192623310382557
DO - 10.1177/0192623310382557
M3 - Article
C2 - 20884814
AN - SCOPUS:79955022215
VL - 38
SP - 1026
EP - 1036
JO - Toxicologic Pathology
JF - Toxicologic Pathology
SN - 0192-6233
IS - 7
ER -