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Chemically exacerbated chronic progressive nephropathy not associated with renal tubular tumor induction in rats: An evaluation based on 60 carcinogenicity studies by the national toxicology program

Toxicological Sciences, ISSN: 1096-6080, Vol: 128, Issue: 2, Page: 346-356
2012
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Chronic progressive nephropathy (CPN) is a common age-related degenerative-regenerative disease of the kidney that occurs in both sexes of most strains of rats. Recently, claims have been made that enhanced CPN is a mode of action for chemically induced kidney tumors in male rats and that renal tubular tumors (RTTs) induced by chemicals that concomitantly exacerbate CPN are not relevant for human cancer risk assessments. Although CPN is an observable histopathological lesion that may be modified by diet, the etiology of this disease and the mechanisms for its exacerbation by chemicals are unknown, and it fails to meet fundamental principles for defining carcinogenic modes of action and human relevance. Our comprehensive evaluation of possible relationships between exacerbated CPN and induction of RTTs in 58 carcinogenicity studies, conducted by the National Toxicology Program, in male and 11 studies in female F344 rats using 60 chemicals revealed widespread inconsistency in the claimed association. Because the proposed hypothesis lacks evidence of biological plausibility, and due to inconsistent relationships between exacerbated CPN and kidney tumor incidence in carcinogenicity studies in rats, dismissing the human relevance of kidney tumors induced by chemicals that also exacerbate CPN in rats would be wrong. © The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Toxicology. All rights reserved.

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