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This study was designed to evaluate the effects of hypergastrinaemia induced via suppression of gastric acid by omeprazole on carcinogen-induced colon cancer in rats. The carcinogen methylazoxymethanol (MAM), 30 mg/kg, was administered intraperitoneally at 6-weekly intervals to Sprague-Dawley rats. Four weeks after the last MAM injection, the first daily dose of omeprazole, 40 mg/kg, was given by gastric gavage to one group of rats, and the rest were given buffered methylcellulose vehicle. After 10 weeks of daily omeprazole or vehicle, the rats were anaesthetized with ether, blood samples obtained, and animals sacrificed. Gastrin levels in serum from omeprazole-treated rats were elevated nearly six-fold. DNA and RNA levels in gastric mucosa were unchanged by omeprazole, but protein content was somewhat reduced. No biochemical or histological changes related to omeprazole treatment were observed in normal colon. The number of tumours, tumour volumes, and total tumour burden were not significantly different in colons of vehicle- or omeprazole-treated rats. Analysis by flow cytometry revealed that the S phase fraction was lower in tumour cells from omeprazole-treated animals; and that the frequency of DNA aneuploidy was also reduced. The results indicate that while omeprazole-induced suppression of stomach acid in rats elevates levels of gastrin in serum, it does not substantially alter the biochemical or cellular characteristics of carcinogen-induced colon tumours.
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