The histogenesis of papillary and nonpapillary transitional cell carcinomas were studied morphologically and autoradiographically in 177 female Wistar rats after oral application of N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)-nitrosamine with varying exposure and induction times. By far the largest proportion of carcinomas developed by a malignant transformation of preexisting papillomas or their precursors, the papillary hyperplasias. The transition into a focally malignant growth did not take place abruptly, but occurred stepwise through different successive stages of transformation, each having its own distinct morphological character. The first stage consisted of a focal, sharpely defined cellular atypia. In a further stage carcinomata in situ developed out of the atypical foci and progressed finally in a last stage of transformation into a circumscript infiltrative growth. The successive development of each stage occurred independent of any further carcinogen application after transformation was initiated at the molecular level. The number of papillomas with transformation stages increased with a lengthening of the exposure and induction time. 74.4% of all the registered papillomas had been transformed. Consequently papillomas must be considered potentially highly malignant. The 3H-TdR index was 4.2 times higher in atypical urothelial areas (7.6%) and 7.5 times higher in carcinomata in situ (14.3%) than in the surrounding papillomatous structures which appeared light microscopically benign. The latter demonstrated a rather constant 3H-TdR index, whether they bordered on atypical foci (1.8%) or carcinomata in situ (1.9%). The length of exposure and induction time exercised no significant influence on the degree of proliferative activity. The development of transitional cell carcinomas from a primary carcinoma in situ (intraurothelial carcinoma) played a much less significant role.
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