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FASEB JOURNAL
卷 21, 期 14, 页码 3994-4004出版社
FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL
DOI: 10.1096/fj.07-8720com
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angiogenesis; lactation; alveologenesis; mammary gland differentiation
To investigate the role of the angiogenic cytokine vascular endothelial growth factor ( VEGF) during pregnancy and lactation, we used mice in which VEGF had been inactivated in mammary gland epithelial cells. Pups born to mutant mothers failed to thrive, displaying little milk in their stomachs. However, when they were transferred to control mothers they developed normally. Investigation of the mammary gland morphology revealed that lobulo- alveolar expansion into the fat pad was not complete in lactating mutant glands, and an accumulation of fat globules was evident in their secretory epithelium. In contrast to control glands, lactating mutant glands failed to up- regulate mRNAs for genes involved in milk secretion. Blood vessel density was comparable in pregnant mice of both groups but was only half that of controls in lactating mutant mice. FITC- labeled albumin injected intravenously (i.v.) into lactating mice extravasated rapidly and accumulated in the mammary gland epithelial cells in control animals, but was almost completely retained within the vessels in the mutants. Injection of recombinant VEGF i.v. reversed this effect. These findings demonstrate that mammary epithelium- derived VEGF is partially dispensable for angiogenesis during pregnancy and lactation, and by regulating vascular function during lactation, this factor is crucial to mammary gland differentiation and milk production.
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