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Vet Pathol 42:386-390 (2005)
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Gastritis-associated Adenocarcinoma and Intestinal Metaplasia in a Syrian Hamster Naturally Infected with Helicobacter Species

P. R. Nambiar, S. Kirchain and J. G. Fox

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate stomachs of 2-year-old Syrian hamsters that were naturally colonized by multiple Helicobacter species including Helicobacter aurati. A previous report on 7- to 12-month-old Syrian hamsters described chronic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia, a putative preneoplastic lesion in the stomach, without cancer. This report describes an invasive adenocarcinoma at the pyloric-duodenal junction in one of nine hamsters at a site of helicobacter-associated inflammation and marked intestinal metaplasia. Ceca of nine of nine animals were culture positive and polymerase chain reaction positive for Helicobacter spp. Furthermore, immunohistochemical analysis of the stomach using a H. pylori polyclonal antibody detected positive-staining bacteria within the pyloric region of three of nine hamsters including the neoplastic glands. However, argyrophilic bacteria were demonstrated only within the stomach of the hamster with gastric adenocarcinoma. This is a first report of gastric adenocarcinoma in helicobacter-infected hamsters. Syrian hamsters appear suitable as potential model for studying development of helicobacter-associated gastric adenocarcinomas.

Key words: Adenocarcinoma; gastritis; hamsters; Helicobacter; immunohistochemical; polymerase chain reaction; stomach.

Request reprints from Dr. P. R. Nambiar, Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 (USA). E-mail: nambiar{at}mit.edu




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