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(Journal of Nutrition. 1999;129:1156-1160.)
© 1999 The American Society for Nutritional Sciences


Nutrient Metabolism

Nutritionally-Directed Compensatory Growth Enhances Mammary Development and Lactation Potential in Rats1

Yang S. Moon and Chung S. Park*,2

Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 and * Department of Animal/Range Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105

2To whom correspondence should be addressed.


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A nutritionally-regulated compensatory growth regimen imposed during a growing period from prepuberty to gestation can significantly affect mammary development and subsequent lactation performance. The objectives of this study were as follows: 1) to determine whether a compensatory nutrition regimen enhances lactation potential for the first and second lactation cycles and 2) to determine the extent to which a compensatory nutrition regimen modulates cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis and expression of genes in mammary tissues of female rats. Female Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 122, 35 d of age) were randomly assigned either to the control group, with free access to diet, or to a stair-step compensatory nutrition feeding regimen, with an alternating 2–2-3–3-wk schedule. The regimen began with an energy-restricted diet (40% restriction) for 2 wk, followed by the control diet for 2 wk; this step was then repeated at 3-wk intervals. Pups of dams from the compensatory nutrition regimen group gained more during mid-lactation than did control group pups. Mammary tissues were obtained from early (d 2) and late (d 19) lactating rats. Mammary tissue from the compensatory nutrition group exhibited increased cell proliferation and greater {gamma}-glutamyltranspeptidase and ornithine decarboxylase gene expressions than did tissue from the control group during early lactation of both cycles. Mammary tissue from the compensatory nutrition group also had fewer apoptotic cells than tissue from the control group during late lactation of the first lactation cycle. These results suggest that the compensatory nutrition regimen imposed during the peripubertal developmental phase stimulated mammary growth and enhanced lactation performance by affecting the expression of genes that regulate the cell cycle.


KEY WORDS: • compensatory growth • lactation • cell proliferation • apoptosis • rats


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Mammary growth is a major determinant of milk yield capacity and longevity of lactation (Knight and Peaker 1984Citation , Park and Jacobson 1993Citation ). In growing animals, either overfeeding or severely restricting total nutrient intake inhibits normal development of the mammary gland, especially the degree of proliferation of parenchymal cells. Proper nutritional status at the time of puberty and during pregnancy is critical to maximize mammary cell proliferation and to enhance performance during the first and subsequent lactations (Wilde et al. 1986Citation ).

In an effort to develop a better understanding of mammary development, differentiation and subsequent life-long lactation performance, our laboratory has studied a stair-step compensatory nutrition regimen for growing rats (Kim et al. 1998Citation , Park et al. 1994 and 1988Citation Citation ), gilts (Crenshaw et al. 1989a and 1989bCitation Citation ), and dairy and beef heifers (Park et al. 1989 and 1998Citation Citation ). This nutrition regimen is a combination of both energy restriction and realimentation that allows minimal development of mammary tissues during an energy restriction phase, whereas a compensatory growth phase immediately after energy restriction stimulates rapid and fuller development of the mammary gland. Our studies (reviewed in Park 1998Citation ) as well as those of others (Barash et al. 1994Citation , Choi et al. 1997 and 1998Citation Citation ) have shown that a well-controlled compensatory nutrition regimen imposed during hormone-sensitive growth stages before first parturition can significantly affect mammary development and lactation performance.

The cellular mechanisms responsible for the effects of nutritionally induced compensatory growth on development, differentiation and regression of the mammary gland are not well studied, despite the potentially beneficial role of a controlled nutrition regimen in improving lactation. A better understanding of how cell number is controlled may lead to strategies for prolonging lactation, not only by increasing peak yield, but also by reducing net loss of mammary cells. In a previous study using rats, we focused on the influence of a compensatory nutrition regimen on mammary development, ornithine decarboxylase gene expression and lactation potential during the first lactation cycle. This study was conducted with the following two goals: 1) to determine whether the enhancement of lactation potential by our stair-step compensatory nutrition regimen persists throughout the first and second lactation cycles and 2) to determine the extent to which a compensatory nutrition regimen permanently modulates cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis and expression of genes in mammary tissues of female rats.


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Animal and diets.

Female Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 122, Harlan Sprague Dawley, Indianapolis, IN), 4 wk of age, were housed individually in metal wire mesh–bottomed cages and isolated in a controlled environment of 25°C and 50% relative humidity with a 12-h light:dark cycle and free access to water. All experimental methods and procedures were approved by the University Animal Care and Use Committee.

During a 1-wk acclimation period, all rats had free access to the control diet (AIN-93, Reeves et al. 1993Citation ). At 5 wk of age, rats were randomly assigned to either control or stair-step compensatory nutrition regimen groups. The control group was offered free access to the control diet throughout the trial period. The compensatory nutrition group was subjected to an alternating 2–2-3–3-wk schedule beginning with an energy-restricted diet (40% energy restriction) for 2 wk followed by a control diet (free access to control diet) for 2 wk. This step was then repeated at 3-wk intervals. The treatment diet during the energy restriction period was formulated to provide an intake of protein, vitamins and minerals similar to that of the control group; only the energy content was less (Table 1Citation ). During the energy restriction phase, treatment rats were fed the energy-restricted diet at 60% of the average ad libitum intake of the control group, i.e., if the control group consumed 10 g/d, the amount of feed offered to the restricted group was 6 g/d. Feed intake was recorded twice each week and average daily intake was estimated. All rats were weighed weekly until parturition and every 3 d during the lactation period.


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Table 1. Ingredients and chemical composition of experimental diets for female rats

 
Rats were bred during wk 2 of the second realimentation period. Those failing to conceive during the 10-d mating period were deleted from the experiment. Upon completion of the nutrition regimen (~15 wk of age), all rats were offered free access to the control diet for the remaining experimental period until completion of the first lactation cycle. One week after weaning, all remaining dams were mated for a second breeding and fed the control diet throughout the entire second cycle of lactation. The day on which a litter was found was designated as d 1 of lactation. Litter size in both groups was adjusted to 8 pups per dam on d 3 of lactation. Weights of dams and litters were measured every 2 d from d 3 to 15 of lactation. Milk yield on d 15 of lactation was determined by the stepwise forward multiple regression equation as described previously (Kim et al. 1998Citation ).

Cell proliferation by immunohistochemistry.

Randomly selected early lactating rats (d 2) (8 rats for the first lactation; 5 rats for the second lactation) from each dietary treatment were injected intraperitoneally with bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU,3 a thymidine analog; 5 mg/kg body weight; Aldrich, Milwaukee, WI). At 1 h after the BrdU injection, the rats were killed using CO2. A small portion of mammary tissue from the fifth left mammary gland was collected, fixed in Carnoy's fixative for 4 h, transferred to 70% ethanol, embedded in paraffin, sectioned at 5 µm and mounted onto glass slides. Tissue sections were stained for BrdU by using a specific monoclonal antibody and indirect immunoperoxidase detection via the avidin:biotinylated peroxidase complex (ABC) method. The deparaffinized sections were treated with 2 mol/L HCI for 30 min to denature nuclear chromatin and subsequently treated with blocking buffer [PBS (0.01 mol/L sodium phosphate and 0.14 mol/L NaCI, pH 7.3) containing 1% v/v normal horse serum (Vector Laboratories, Burlingame, CA)] to block nonspecific binding with the antibody. Sections were incubated for 90 min at room temperature with mouse anti-BrdU monoclonal antibody (Boehringer Mannheim, Indianapolis, IN; 2 mg/L in blocking buffer). Control mammary tissue sections were incubated with mouse immunoglobulin G serum and ABC complex for 45 min each, and peroxidase substrate SG (Vector Laboratories) was used in the color development. Tissue sections were counterstained with Nuclear Fast Red to visualize labeled nuclei.

BrdU staining was observed with a Nikon Microphot-FX upright microscope (Melville, NY). A photomicrograph (400X) was taken of each of five randomly chosen fields (300–500 nuclei per field) per slide per animal. Labeled and unlabeled nuclei on the total area of each photomicrograph were counted. The labeling index was calculated as the percentage of BrdU-labeled nuclei relative to the total number of nuclei.

Apoptosis in situ by end-labeling.

Mammary tissues were collected from the fifth left mammary gland of seven (first lactation) to five (second lactation) rats per treatment during late lactation (d 19), fixed in 4% formalin fixative for 24 h, embedded in paraffin, sectioned at 5 µm and mounted onto glass slides. The terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT)-mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate (dUTP)-biotin nick end-labeling (TUNEL) method was performed according to the protocol described (Gavrieli et al. 1992Citation ). The deparaffinized sections were digested with 20 mg/L proteinase K at room temperature for 15 min and dipped in methanol containing 3% hydrogen peroxidase at room temperature for 15 min to inhibit endogenous peroxidase activity. The sections were soaked in buffer (30 mmol/L Tris-HCI, pH 7.2, 140 mmol/L sodium cacodylate, 1 mmol/L cobalt chloride and 1% gelatin; In Situ Apoptosis Detection Kit, Oncor, Gaithersburg, MD) containing TdT (0.3 units/µL) and 1 mmol/L biotinylated dUTP at 37°C for 1 h in a humidified chamber, followed by soaking in a buffer (0.3 mol/L sodium chloride and 0.03 mol/L sodium citrate) for 10 min to stop the reaction. After being rinsed in 0.01 mol/L PBS, pH 7.2, the sections were treated with ABC complex (Vectastain Elite ABC kit, Vector Laboratories) and incubated with the peroxidase substrate, SG (Vector Laboratories), for 5–10 min at room temperature. The nuclei were counterstained with Nuclear Fast Red. Rat intestine was used as the positive and negative control; the TdT was replaced with distilled water for the negative control.

Staining was observed with a Nikon Microphot-FX upright microscope. A photomicrograph (400X) was taken of each of five randomly chosen fields per slide per rat. Labeled and unlabeled nuclei on the total area of the photomicrograph were counted. The labeling index was defined as the percentage of positive nuclei relative to the total number of nuclei counted.

RNA extraction and dot and Northern blot analyses.

Total RNA was extracted from fresh mammary tissue of early (d 2) and late (d 19) lactating rats by the method of Chomczynski and Sacchi (1987)Citation . Briefly, the mammary tissues were pulverized in liquid nitrogen and homogenized in lysis buffer containing 4 mmol/L guanidine thiocyanate, 25 mmol/L sodium citrate, 0.5% sarcosyl, 0.1 mmol/L 2-mercaptoethanol. The homogenate was extracted with phenol and chloroform. Total RNA in the aqueous phase was precipitated with isopropanol and sodium acetate, pH 4.2, and dissolved in diethyl pyrocarbonate–treated distilled deionized H2O. For dot blotting, total RNA from individual mammary tissues was serially diluted by twofold and dotted directly onto nylon membranes. For Northern blotting, poly(A)+ RNA was isolated from pooled total RNA using oligo dT cellulose columns (5 Prime 3 Prime, Boulder, CO). Poly(A)+ RNA (6 µg per lane) was fractionated by electrophoresis on agarose gels (12 g/L) containing 2.2 mmol/L formaldehyde and transferred to nylon membranes.

The membranes were baked for 1 h in a vacuum oven at 80°C and then hybridized with cDNA probes: rat {gamma}-glutamyltranspeptidase (donated by Dr. M. Haas, University of Wisconsin, Madison) and rat ornithine decarboxylase (donated by Dr. P. J. Blackshear, Duke University, Durham, NC). The denatured cDNA probes (specific activity, 2.5 x 107 dpm) were labeled with [32P] dATP by random priming method (Multiprime DNA Labeling Systems, Amersham Life Science, Arlington Height, IL). Prehybridization and hybridization solutions consisted of 50% formamide, 5X sodium chloride:sodium dihydrogen phosphate:ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium salt (SSPE), 5X Denhardt's solution, 0.5% SDS, and 100 mg/L denatured salmon sperm DNA. The membranes were prehybridized for 3 h at 42°C. Hybridization was performed for 18 h at 42°C. The membranes were washed twice at room temperature in a solution containing 5X SSPE and 0.5% SDS, followed by washing twice at 37°C in a solution containing 1X SSPE and 0.5% SDS. The membranes were exposed to X-ray film (Kodak Rochester, NY) with an intensifying screen at -70°C. The relative intensities of the autoradiograms were quantitated by laser densitometry (Personal Densitometer SI System, Molecular Dynamics, Sunnyvale, CA).

Statistical analysis.

Data were analyzed with the SAS statistical package (SAS/STAT Version 6.11, SAS Institute, Cary, NC). Comparison of means was by Student's unpaired t test. Results are presented as means ± SEM. Differences were considered significant at P < 0.05.


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Overall diet consumption of the compensatory nutrition regimen rats, averaged from all stair-step periods, was significantly (P < 0.05) less than that of the control rats (11.2 ± 0.37 vs. 13.7 ± 0.42 g/d). The theoretical energy intakes of the compensatory nutrition group were 60 and 100% for the energy restriction and realimentation phases, respectively, with an overall 20% reduction in energy intake compared with the control group. The actual energy intakes of the compensatory nutrition rats were 56.4% of the intake of the control rats during the energy restriction phases and 106.7% of the intake of the control rats during the realimentation periods. This corresponds to about an 18.4% reduction in intake, indicating that energy intakes were regulated as intended by design.

The daily energy allowance of the growing rat is a major determinant of the subsequent ability to express her inherited capacity for milk production (Park and Jacobson 1993Citation ). Overall lactation performance was improved in the compensatory nutrition regimen group across two lactation cycles (Table 2Citation). The daily pup gain determined on d 12 was greater in the compensatory nutrition regimen group than in the control group during the first (P < 0.05) and the second (P < 0.05) lactations. The estimated milk yield was also higher in the compensatory nutrition group than in the control group during both lactation cycles; dams in the compensatory nutrition regimen groups produced 8.5% (first lactation, P = 0.084) and 12.8% (second lactation, P < 0.05) more milk than did dams in the control group. These results are supported by our previous study (Kim et al. 1998Citation ) in which dams reared on the compensatory nutrition regimen produced 17% more milk than did dams fed the control diet during the first lactation cycle. It is important to note that the improved lactation performance during the first lactation stage was continued into the second lactation cycle. Therefore, we can postulate that a controlled compensatory nutrition regimen imposed during the hormone (e.g., insulin, glucagon, growth and thyroid hormones) sensitive growing period may have a permanent influence on mammary cell development and differentiation.


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Table 2. Daily pup gains and milk yields over two lactation cycles of rats fed a control diet or subjected to a compensatory nutrition regimen1

 
Mammary cell proliferation, determined by the extent of BrdU incorporation into DNA, was stimulated by the compensatory regimen for two lactation cycles (Table 3Citation). Cell proliferation was 1.3- and 0.5-fold greater in mammary tissues (d 2) from the compensatory group during the first (P < 0.05) and second (P = 0.088) lactation cycles, respectively, compared with those from the control group. Even though most secretory cell proliferation occurs by the end of pregnancy, additional mammary gland growth takes place during the early stages of lactation. A continuation of this growth occurs until the peak of lactation; little cellular proliferation takes place thereafter (Daniel and Silverstein 1987Citation ). During lactation, cell proliferation is due solely to alveolar epithelial cell proliferation; myoepithelial cells fail to divide after achieving functional maturity at the end of gestation (Traurig 1967Citation ). The proliferation of mammary ducts peaks by early gestation and remains low throughout lactation in rats (Joshi et al. 1986Citation ). Therefore, the cell proliferation occurring during early lactation probably reflects mainly epithelial cell proliferation.


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Table 3. Labeling index of rat mammary cells exhibiting cell proliferation and apoptosis during early (d 2) and late (d 19) lactation, respectively, of two lactation cycles in rats fed a control diet or subjected to a compensatory nutrition regimen1

 
The size of the mammary gland and the number of cells increase with repeated cycles of lactation, but the rate of cell proliferation is higher in primiparous animals than in multiparous animals. Although the compensatory growth-mediated mammary cell proliferation was less during the second lactation, it tended to persist (Table 3)Citation . This consistent increase in cell proliferation in mammary tissues from the compensatory nutrition group throughout two lactations may explain the overall improvement in lactation performance.

Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) is a key regulating enzyme in the biosynthesis of polyamines in mammalian cells and appears to play an important role in the control of a variety of biological processes, including cellular metabolism, differentiation, proliferation and membrane function (Russell and McVicker 1972Citation ). Nutritional status is an important factor in the regulation of ODC synthesis and cell proliferation. Elevated activities of ODC are normally present in rapidly growing tissues. This is true of the mammary gland during the phase of rapid growth and differentiation around parturition (Russell and McVicker 1972Citation ). The expression of ODC in mammary tissues from the compensatory nutrition regimen group was 2.2- and 1.1-fold higher than that from the control group tissue for first and second lactations, respectively (Fig. 1Citation A and B). The increase in ODC gene expression observed in both lactation cycles may be an indication of the metabolic shift necessary for the increased cell proliferation and for the increased milk protein synthesis during the early phase of lactogenesis.



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Figure 1. The expression of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) mRNA in rat mammary tissue during early lactation of the first and second lactation cycles of rats fed a control diet or subjected to a compensatory nutrition regimen. (A) The pooled poly(A)+ RNA (6 µg per lane) was fractionated on a 1% agarose, 2.2 mol/L formaldehyde gel, transferred to a nylon membrane and hybridized with ODC cDNA. Lane 1 is control; lane 2 is compensatory nutrition group, which was subjected to an alternating energy-restricted and energy-realimentation nutrition regimen. Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) was used to adjust for differences in lane-to-lane loading and in transfer of the RNA to the membrane. (B) The relative mRNA expression of ODC was determined by dot blot analysis of total RNA from mammary tissues from individual rats. The signals on the autoradiograms were quantitated by laser densitometry. Values are arbitrary densitometric unit means ± SEM, n = 3, and the control was set to a value of one in all cases. An asterisk indicates difference between control and compensatory nutrition group means (P < 0.05).

 
Lactation is characterized by widespread changes in the metabolism of tissues to ensure a sufficient supply of substrates to the mammary gland for milk production. The membrane-bound enzyme, {gamma}-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT) has been found in most secretory tissues (Meister 1973Citation ), and it may play an important role in the regulation of the entry of amino acids into the cell. Along with the ODC gene, our compensatory nutrition regimen also modulated the gene expression of GGT in mammary tissues. In general, the mammary tissues from both early and late stages of lactation from the compensatory nutrition regimen group had higher levels of GGT transcripts compared with the control group for two lactation cycles (Fig. 2Citation A and B). This increase in the expression of GGT is directly related to the increased protein metabolism associated with the rate of cell proliferation as well as with the greater metabolic demand for amino acids for the synthesis and secretion of milk protein during the onset of lactation.



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Figure 2. The expression of {gamma}-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT) mRNA in mammary tissues during early and late lactation of the first and second lactation cycles in rats fed a control diet or subjected to a compensatory nutrition regimen. (A) The pooled poly(A)+ RNA (6 µg per lane) was fractionated on a 1% agarose, 2.2 mol/L formaldehyde gel, transferred to a nylon membrane, and hybridized with GGT cDNA. Lane 1 is control; lane 2 is compensatory nutrition group, which was subjected to an alternating energy-restricted and energy-realimentation nutrition regimen. EL is early lactation; LL is late lactation. Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) was used to adjust for differences in lane-to-lane loading and in transfer of the RNA to the membrane. (B) The relative mRNA expression of GGT was determined by dot blot analysis of total RNA from mammary tissues from individual rats. The signals on the autoradiograms were quantitated by laser densitometry. Values are arbitrary densitometric unit means ± SEM, n = 3, and the control was set to a value of one in all cases. An asterisk indicates difference between control and compensatory nutrition group means (P < 0.05).

 
The number of secretory cells and the secretory activity of the cells are major factors influencing peak milk yields (Forsyth 1996Citation ). After the peak of lactation, cell loss is largely responsible for the decline in milk yield, but activity per cell is maintained (Park and Jacobson 1993Citation ). Therefore, the number of secretory cells is one of the basic elements that limits milk production. For successful milk production through succeeding lactations, an animal should possess more mammary secretory cells. Mammary tissue from late lactation (d 19) from the compensatory nutrition group exhibited less cell death (35 and 27%) during the first (P < 0.05) and second (P = 0.087) lactation cycles, respectively (Table 3)Citation . It is possible that the decreased apoptosis in the compensatory group was a physiologic consequence of greatly increased endocrine and metabolic activities (Shetty 1990Citation ). In a study employing a single stair-step nutrition model, we found little decrease in the number of apoptotic mammary cells in the compensatory nutrition group (Kim et al. 1998Citation ). Therefore, we believe that a multistep compensatory nutrition regimen may be more effective in the suppression of apoptotic cell death in mammary tissues.

In conclusion, the compensatory nutrition regimen improved lactation performance and persistency by modulation of cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis for two lactation cycles. The permanent improvement in overall mammary growth and lactation potential observed from this study as well as from earlier works (Kim et al. 1998Citation , Park et al. 1988, 1989, 1994, and 1998Citation Citation Citation Citation ) have led us to hypothesize that compensatory nutrition-directed mammary hyperplasia and hypertrophy together with elevated metabolic activities are permanently maintained. Through modulation of endocrine status, energy restriction redirects energy flow to energy-conserving activities, mainly maintenance and repair functions, by down-regulating genes involved in cell proliferation. A realimentation phase after energy restriction is synchronous with one or more critical hormonal stages of development (puberty through late gestation); this phase induces compensatory allometric growth. The synergistic interaction of nutritionally induced compensatory growth with developmentally related allometric growth activates endocrine status which, in turn, may cause a cascade of up-regulation of various genes affecting cell proliferation. Increased cellular proliferation causes hyperplasia and hypertrophy for maximum parenchymal tissue growth in the mammary gland. Further, a physiologic consequence of the compensatory mammary hyperplasia may be the suppression of apoptotic cell death, thereby improving persistency of lactation. The elevated metabolic signals induced through compensatory growth enhance galactopoiesis (i.e., maintenance and/or enhancement of milk secretion) throughout the first and subsequent lactations.

After the peak of lactation, cell loss is largely responsible for the decline in milk yield. The declining rate of milk secretion that prevails for much of the lactation cycle in dairy animals has long been a source of dismay to the producer and a challenge to the research scientist. Manipulation of mammary function to prevent or reduce this decline, thereby increasing the persistency of lactation, would be a major advancement in improving production efficiency.


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We wish to thank Wanda Keller and Kim Kraft for their technical assistance. We also thank Julie Berg for secretarial assistance.


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1 Supported in part by a grant (DAMD 17–94-J-4392) from the U.S. Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Initiative. Back

3 Abbreviations used: ABC, avidin:biotinylated peroxidase complex; BrdU, bromodeoxyuridine; dUTP, deoxyuridine triphosphate; GGT, {gamma}-glutamyltranspeptidase; ODC, ornithine decarboxylase; SSPE, sodium chloride:sodium dihydrogen phosphate:ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium salt; TdT, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase; TUNEL, TdT-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end-labeling. Back

Manuscript received December 3, 1998. Initial review completed December 30, 1998. Revision accepted February 15, 1999.


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