The progressive morphological changes in the liver during neoplastic transformation have been studied by histological, cytophotometric and morphometric methods in male Wistar rats treated with two carcinogens: N-nitrosomorpholine (NNM) and aflatoxin B1 (AFB1). Cytophotometric and morphometric analysis of hepatocyte nuclei using Feulgen-stained tissue sections were performed in morphologically normal hepatic parenchyma and in early preneoplastic foci composed of altered hepatocytes. Foci of clear cells, mixed cells and large basophilic cells possessed a ploidy distribution similar to the surrounding non-transformed parenchyma, while the small hyperbasophilic cell foci were predominantly diploid. These findings confirm that the foci composed of PAS-negative, small hyperbasophilic cells with an unique diploid content may represent one of the earliest stages in the neoplastic transformation.
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