Oncogenic signaling pathways activated in DMBA-induced mouse mammary tumors

Autor: Elizabeth G. Demicco, Zhi-Xiong Jim Xiao, Gail E. Sonenshein, Haoqiang Ying, Nicolas Currier, Sandra E. Solomon, Robert D. Cardiff, Isabel Dominguez, Marganit Farago, David H. Sherr, Donny L.F. Chang, David C. Seldin
Rok vydání: 2005
Předmět:
medicine.medical_specialty
040301 veterinary sciences
9
10-Dimethyl-1
2-benzanthracene

Mammary gland
Genes
myc

DMBA
Apoptosis
Toxicology
medicine.disease_cause
030226 pharmacology & pharmacy
Retinoblastoma Protein
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
0403 veterinary science
03 medical and health sciences
Mice
0302 clinical medicine
Cyclin D1
Internal medicine
medicine
Animals
RNA
Messenger

Casein Kinase II
Molecular Biology
Carcinogen
beta Catenin
biology
Retinoblastoma
Wnt signaling pathway
NF-kappa B
Mammary Neoplasms
Experimental

04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
Cell Biology
DNA
Oncogenes
Peptidylprolyl Isomerase
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor
medicine.disease
Genes
bcl-1

Gene Expression Regulation
Neoplastic

NIMA-Interacting Peptidylprolyl Isomerase
Wnt Proteins
medicine.anatomical_structure
Endocrinology
Receptors
Aryl Hydrocarbon

biology.protein
Carcinogens
Female
Carcinogenesis
Signal Transduction
Zdroj: Toxicologic pathology. 33(6)
ISSN: 0192-6233
Popis: Only about 5% of human breast cancers can be attributed to inheritance of breast cancer susceptibility genes, while the balance are considered to be sporadic in origin. Breast cancer incidence varies with diet and other environmental influences, including carcinogen exposure. However, the effects of environmental carcinogens on cell growth control pathways are poorly understood. Here we have examined oncogenic signaling pathways that are activated in mammary tumors in mice treated with the prototypical polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) 7,12-dimethylbenz[ a]anthracene (DMBA). In female FVB mice given 6 doses of 1 mg of DMBA by weekly gavage beginning at 5 weeks of age, all of the mice developed tumors by 34 weeks of age (median 20 weeks after beginning DMBA); 75% of the mice had mammary tumors. DMBA-induced mammary tumors exhibited elevated expression of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), c- myc, cyclin D1, and hyperphosphorylated retinoblastoma (Rb) protein. Because of this, the activation of upstream regulatory pathways was assessed, and elements of the Wnt signaling pathway, the NF-κB pathway, and the prolyl isomerase Pin-1 were found to be frequently up-regulated in the tumors when compared to normal mammary gland controls. These data suggest that environmental carcinogens can produce long-lasting alterations in growth and anti-apoptotic pathways, leading to mammary tumorigenesis.
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