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1: Jpn J Cancer Res. 1998 Feb;89(2):105-9. Links

Induction of squamous cell carcinomas
in the salivary glands of rats by potassium iodide.

Takegawa K, Mitsumori K, Onodera H, Yasuhara K, Kitaura K, Shimo T, Takahashi M.

Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo.

In a 2-year carcinogenicity study of potassium iodide (KI) in F344/DuCrj rats, squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) were observed in the salivary glands of 4/40 males and 3/40 females receiving 1000 ppm KI in the drinking water.

Ductular proliferation with lobular atrophy was observed at high incidence in the submandibular glands of the high-dose animals, and squamous metaplasia was frequently evident within the proliferative ductules and the larger interlobular ducts.

A transition from metaplasia to SCC was apparent.

The results suggest that squamous metaplasia in proliferative ductules, occurring secondarily to lobular impairment induced by KI, may develop into SCCs via a non-genotoxic, proliferation-dependent mechanism.

PMID: 9548435 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]