期刊
ENDOCRINOLOGY
卷 164, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
ENDOCRINE SOC
DOI: 10.1210/endocr/bqac174
关键词
mammary cancer; breast cancer; GH; IGF-1; tamoxifen
资金
- National Cancer Institute
- [R21CA238105]
This study using genetic knockout mouse models found that breast tumors are dependent on growth hormone signaling, suggesting the importance of the GH/IGF-1 axis in established mammary tumors.
Female SV40 C3(1) T-antigen (C3(1)/TAg) transgenic mice develop mammary tumors that are molecularly similar to human basal-like breast cancers with 100% incidence at 16 weeks of age. To determine the requirement for growth hormone (GH) signaling in these tumors, genetic crosses were used to create cohorts of female mice that were homozygous for a floxed growth hormone receptor (Ghr) gene and carried one copy each of the Rosa-Cre-ERT2 transgene and the C3(1)/TAg transgene (Ghr(flox/flox); Rosa-Cre-ERT2; C3(1)/TAg+/0 mice). When the largest mammary tumor reached 200 mm(3), mice were treated with tamoxifen to delete Ghr or with vehicle as a control. An additional group of Ghr(flox/flox); C3(1)/TAg+/0 mice were also treated with tamoxifen when the largest mammary tumor reached 200 mm(3) as a control for the effects of tamoxifen. After 3 weeks, tumors in mice in which Ghr was deleted began to shrink while vehicle and tamoxifen treatment control mouse tumors continued to grow. Pathological analysis of tumors revealed similar growth patterns and varying levels of necrosis throughout all groups. A decrease in cancer cell proliferation in Ghr(-/-) tumors relative to controls was observed as measured by Ki67 immunohistochemistry labeling index. These data suggest that even established C3(1)/TAg mammary tumors are dependent on the GH/IGF-1 axis.
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