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Viol L, Hata S, Pastor-Peidro A, Neuner A, Murke F, Wuchter P, Ho AD, Giebel B, Pereira G. Nek2 kinase displaces distal appendages from the mother centriole prior to mitosis. J Cell Biol 2020; 219:e201907136. [PMID: 32211891 PMCID: PMC7055001 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201907136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2019] [Revised: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 01/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Distal appendages (DAs) of the mother centriole are essential for the initial steps of ciliogenesis in G1/G0 phase of the cell cycle. DAs are released from centrosomes in mitosis by an undefined mechanism. Here, we show that specific DAs lose their centrosomal localization at the G2/M transition in a manner that relies upon Nek2 kinase activity to ensure low DA levels at mitotic centrosomes. Overexpression of active Nek2A, but not kinase-dead Nek2A, prematurely displaced DAs from the interphase centrosomes of immortalized retina pigment epithelial (RPE1) cells. This dramatic impact was also observed in mammary epithelial cells with constitutively high levels of Nek2. Conversely, Nek2 knockout led to incomplete dissociation of DAs and cilia in mitosis. As a consequence, we observed the presence of a cilia remnant that promoted the asymmetric inheritance of ciliary signaling components and supported cilium reassembly after cell division. Together, our data establish Nek2 as an important kinase that regulates DAs before mitosis.
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- Linda Viol
- Centre for Organismal Studies, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- German Cancer Research Centre, German Cancer Research Centre-Centre for Cell and Molecular Biology Alliance, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre for Cell and Molecular Biology, German Cancer Research Centre-Centre for Cell and Molecular Biology Alliance, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre for Cell and Molecular Biology, German Cancer Research Centre-Centre for Cell and Molecular Biology Alliance, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre for Cell and Molecular Biology, German Cancer Research Centre-Centre for Cell and Molecular Biology Alliance, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Centre for Organismal Studies, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- German Cancer Research Centre, German Cancer Research Centre-Centre for Cell and Molecular Biology Alliance, Heidelberg, Germany
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Chen Z, Chu S, Wang X, Sun Y, Xu T, Mao Y, Loor JJ, Yang Z. MiR-16a Regulates Milk Fat Metabolism by Targeting Large Tumor Suppressor Kinase 1 ( LATS1) in Bovine Mammary Epithelial Cells. J Agric Food Chem 2019; 67:11167-11178. [PMID: 31542928 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b04883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Milk contains a number of beneficial fatty acids including short and medium chain and unsaturated conjugated and nonconjugated fatty acids. In this study, microRNA sequencing of mammary tissue collected in early-, peak-, mid-, and late-lactation periods was performed to determine the miRNA expression profiles. miR-16a was one of the differentially expressed miRNA and was selected for in-depth functional studies pertaining to fatty acid metabolism. The mimic of miR-16a impaired fat metabolism [triacylglycerol (TAG) and cholesterol] while knock-down of miR-16a promoted fat metabolism in vitro in bovine mammary epithelial cells (BMECs). In addition, the in vitro work with BMECs also revealed that miR-16a had a negative effect on the cellular concentration of cis 9-C18:1, total C18:1, C20:1, and C22:1 and long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Therefore, these data suggesting a negative effect on fatty acid metabolism extend the discovery of the key role of miR-16a in mediating adipocyte differentiation. Through a combination of bioinformatics analysis, target gene 3' UTR luciferase reporter assays, and western blotting, we identified large tumor suppressor kinase 1 (LATS1) as a target of miR-16a. Transfection of siRNA-LATS1 into BMECs led to increases in TAG, cholesterol, and cellular fatty acid concentrations, suggesting a positive role of LATS1 in mammary cell fatty acid metabolism. In summary, data suggest that miR-16a regulates biological processes associated with intracellular TAG, cholesterol, and unsaturated fatty acid synthesis through LATS1. These data provide a theoretical and experimental framework for further clarifying the regulation of lipid metabolism in mammary cells of dairy cows.
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- Zhi Chen
- College of Animal Science and Technology , Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009 , PR China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture & Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education , Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009 , China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology , Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009 , PR China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture & Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education , Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009 , China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology , Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009 , PR China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture & Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education , Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009 , China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology , Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009 , PR China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture & Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education , Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009 , China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology , Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009 , PR China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture & Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education , Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009 , China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology , Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009 , PR China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture & Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education , Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009 , China
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- Mammalian Nutrition Physiology Genomics, Department of Animal Sciences and Division of Nutritional Sciences , University of Illinois , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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- College of Animal Science and Technology , Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009 , PR China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture & Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education , Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009 , China
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Zhong H, Song Y, Wang P, Feng B, Zhang X, Che L, Lin Y, Xu S, Li J, Wu D, Fang Z. Mammary Protein Synthesis upon Long-Term Nutritional Restriction Was Attenuated by Oxidative-Stress-Induced Inhibition of Vacuolar H +-Adenosine Triphosphatase/Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 Signaling. J Agric Food Chem 2019; 67:8950-8957. [PMID: 31189310 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b02170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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To determine how nutritional restriction compromised milk synthesis, sows were fed 100% (control) or 76% (restricted) of the recommended feed allowance from postpartum day (PD)-1 to PD-28. In comparison to the control, more body reserves loss, increased plasma triglyceride and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, and decreased plasma methionine concentrations were observed in the restricted group at PD-21. The increased plasma malondialdehyde level, decreased plasma histidine and taurine concentrations, and decreased glutathione peroxidase activity were observed at PD-28 when backfat loss further increased in the restricted group. In mammary glands, vacuolar H+-adenosine triphosphatase (v-ATPase), as the upstream of the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling, showed decreased activity, while phosphorylation of mTOR, S6 kinase, and eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 and β-casein abundance all decreased following feed restriction. Altogether, long-term nutrition restriction could induce progressively aggravated oxidative stress and compromise mammary protein synthesis through repression of v-ATPase/mTORC1 signaling.
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- Heju Zhong
- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Resistance Nutrition of the Ministry of Education, Animal Nutrition Institute , Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu , Sichuan 611130 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Resistance Nutrition of the Ministry of Education, Animal Nutrition Institute , Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu , Sichuan 611130 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Resistance Nutrition of the Ministry of Education, Animal Nutrition Institute , Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu , Sichuan 611130 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Resistance Nutrition of the Ministry of Education, Animal Nutrition Institute , Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu , Sichuan 611130 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Resistance Nutrition of the Ministry of Education, Animal Nutrition Institute , Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu , Sichuan 611130 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Resistance Nutrition of the Ministry of Education, Animal Nutrition Institute , Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu , Sichuan 611130 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Resistance Nutrition of the Ministry of Education, Animal Nutrition Institute , Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu , Sichuan 611130 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Resistance Nutrition of the Ministry of Education, Animal Nutrition Institute , Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu , Sichuan 611130 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Resistance Nutrition of the Ministry of Education, Animal Nutrition Institute , Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu , Sichuan 611130 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Resistance Nutrition of the Ministry of Education, Animal Nutrition Institute , Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu , Sichuan 611130 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Resistance Nutrition of the Ministry of Education, Animal Nutrition Institute , Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu , Sichuan 611130 , People's Republic of China
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Guo Z, Cheng X, Feng X, Zhao K, Zhang M, Yao R, Chen Y, Wang Y, Hao H, Wang Z. The mTORC1/4EBP1/PPARγ Axis Mediates Insulin-Induced Lipogenesis by Regulating Lipogenic Gene Expression in Bovine Mammary Epithelial Cells. J Agric Food Chem 2019; 67:6007-6018. [PMID: 31060359 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b01411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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4EBP1 is a chief downstream factor of mTORC1, and PPARγ is a key lipogenesis-related transcription factor. mTORC1 and PPARγ are associated with lipid metabolism. However, it is unknown which effector protein connects mTORC1 and PPARγ. This study investigated the interaction between 4EBP1 with PPARγ as part of the underlying mechanism by which insulin-induced lipid synthesis and secretion are regulated by mTORC1 in primary bovine mammary epithelial cells (pBMECs). Rapamycin, a specific inhibitor of mTORC1, downregulated 4EBP1 phosphorylation and the expression of PPARγ and the following lipogenic genes: lipin 1, DGAT1, ACC, and FAS. Rapamycin also decreased the levels of intracellular triacylglycerol (TAG); 10 types of fatty acid; and the accumulation of TAG, palmitic acid (PA), and stearic acid (SA) in the cell culture medium. Inactivation of mTORC1 by shRaptor or shRheb attenuated the synthesis and secretion of TAG and PA. In contrast, activation of mTORC1 by Rheb overexpression promoted 4EBP1 phosphorylation and PPARγ expression and upregulated the mRNA and protein levels of lipin 1, DGAT1, ACC, and FAS, whereas the levels of intracellular and extracellular TAG, PA, and SA also rose. Further, 4EBP1 interacted directly with PPARγ. Inactivation of mTORC1 by shRaptor prevented the nuclear location of PPARγ. These results demonstrate that mTORC1 regulates lipid synthesis and secretion by inducing the expression of lipin 1, DGAT1, ACC, and FAS, which is likely mediated by the 4EBP1/PPARγ axis. This finding constitutes a novel mechanism by which lipid synthesis and secretion are regulated in pBMECs.
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- Zhixin Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Sciences , Inner Mongolia University , Hohhot 010021 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Sciences , Inner Mongolia University , Hohhot 010021 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Sciences , Inner Mongolia University , Hohhot 010021 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Sciences , Inner Mongolia University , Hohhot 010021 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Sciences , Inner Mongolia University , Hohhot 010021 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Sciences , Inner Mongolia University , Hohhot 010021 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Sciences , Inner Mongolia University , Hohhot 010021 , China
- School of Life Sciences , Jining Normal University , Jining 012000 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Sciences , Inner Mongolia University , Hohhot 010021 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Sciences , Inner Mongolia University , Hohhot 010021 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Sciences , Inner Mongolia University , Hohhot 010021 , China
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Zhang T, Li C, Huang L, Song N, Cao Y, Loor JJ, Luo J, Shi H. Regulation of Stearoyl-Coenzyme A Desaturase 1 by trans-10, cis-12 Conjugated Linoleic Acid via SREBP1 in Primary Goat Mammary Epithelial Cells. J Agric Food Chem 2019; 67:1463-1469. [PMID: 30644742 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b06358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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trans-10, cis-12 Conjugated linoleic acid (t10c12-CLA) is a biohydrogenation intermediate in the rumen that inhibits mammary fatty acid de novo synthesis in lactating dairy goats. However, the underlying molecular pathways in milk-lipid metabolism affected by t10c12-CLA are not completely understood. The present study investigated the lipid-regulation mechanisms in goat mammary epithelial cells (GMECs) in response to t10c12-CLA. Gene-expression analysis indicated sterol-regulatory-element-binding transcription factor1 ( SREBF1) and its putative target gene stearoyl-CoA desaturase ( SCD1) were down-regulated (fold changes of 0.33 ± 0.04, P < 0.05, and 0.19 ± 0.01, P < 0.01, respectively). Concentrations of cellular palmitoleic acid (C16:1) and oleic acid (C18:1) were decreased (1.12 ± 0.05 vs 1.69 ± 0.11% and 15.70 ± 0.44 vs 24.97 ± 0.82%, respectively, P < 0.01), whereas those of linoleic acid (C18:2) were increased (5.00 ± 0.14 vs 3.81 ± 0.25%, P < 0.05); the desaturation indices of C16 and C18 were decreased in response to t10c12-CLA treatment (6.90 ± 0.05 vs 8.00 ± 0.30% and 61.41 ± 0.65 vs 67.73 ± 1.33%, respectively, P < 0.05). A luciferase-activity assay indicated that deletion of the sterol-response-element (SRE) site and the nuclear-factor (NF-Y) site in the SCD1-promoter region (-511/+65 bp) suppressed the regulatory effect of t10c12-CLA. Overexpression of SREBF1 partly counteracted the inhibitory effect of t10c12-CLA on de novo fatty acid synthesis. Overall, t10c12-CLA causes an inhibition of fatty acid synthesis and desaturation and regulates SCD1 expression by affecting the binding of SREBP1 protein to the SRE and NF-Y sites.
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- Tianying Zhang
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology , Northwest A&F University , Yangling , Shaanxi 712100 , PR China
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Ischemic Cardiovascular Disease, Institute of Basic and Translational Medicine , Xi'an Medical University , Xi'an , Shannxi 710000 , PR China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology , Northwest A&F University , Yangling , Shaanxi 712100 , PR China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology , Northwest A&F University , Yangling , Shaanxi 712100 , PR China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology , Northwest A&F University , Yangling , Shaanxi 712100 , PR China
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- Guangxi Institute of Animal Science , Nanning , Guangxi 535001 , PR China
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- Mammalian NutriPhysioGenomics, Department of Animal Sciences and Division of Nutritional Sciences , University of Illinois , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology , Northwest A&F University , Yangling , Shaanxi 712100 , PR China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology , Northwest A&F University , Yangling , Shaanxi 712100 , PR China
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Tian H, Luo J, Zhang Z, Wu J, Zhang T, Busato S, Huang L, Song N, Bionaz M. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase 1 (SCD1) Deficiency Affects Fatty Acid Metabolism in Goat Mammary Epithelial Cells. J Agric Food Chem 2018; 66:10041-10052. [PMID: 30180552 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b03545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1) is a fatty acid desaturase catalyzing cis-double-bond formation in the Δ9 position to produce monounsaturated fatty acids essential for the synthesis of milk fat. Previous studies using RNAi methods have provided support for a role of SCD1 in goat mammary epithelial cells (GMEC); however, RNAi presents several limitations that might preclude a truthful understanding of the biological function of SCD1. To explore the function of SCD1 on fatty acid metabolism in GMEC, we used CRISPR-Cas9-mediated SCD1 knockout through non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) and homology-directed repair (HDR) pathways in GMEC. We successfully introduced nucleotide deletions and mutations in the SCD1 gene locus through the NHEJ pathway and disrupted its second exon via insertion of an EGFP-PuroR segment using the HDR pathway. In clones derived from the latter, gene- and protein-expression data indicated that we obtained a monoallelic SCD1 knockout. A T7EN1-mediated assay revealed no off-targets in the surveyed sites. The contents of triacylglycerol and cholesterol and the desaturase index were significantly decreased as a consequence of SCD1 knockout. The deletion of SCD1 decreased the expression of other genes involved in de novo fatty acid synthesis, including SREBF1 and FASN, as well the fatty acid transporters FABP3 and FABP4. The downregulation of these genes partly explains the decrease of intracellular triacylglycerols. Our results indicate a successful SCD1 knockout in goat mammary cells using CRISPR-Cas9. The demonstration of the successful use of CRISPR-Cas9 in GMEC is an important step to producing transgenic goats to study mammary biology in vivo.
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- Huibin Tian
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology , Northwest A&F University , Yangling 712100 , China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology , Northwest A&F University , Yangling 712100 , China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology , Northwest A&F University , Yangling 712100 , China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology , Northwest A&F University , Yangling 712100 , China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology , Northwest A&F University , Yangling 712100 , China
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- Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences , Oregon State University , Corvallis , Oregon 97331 , United States
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology , Northwest A&F University , Yangling 712100 , China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology , Northwest A&F University , Yangling 712100 , China
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- Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences , Oregon State University , Corvallis , Oregon 97331 , United States
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Ullah F, Bhattarai D, Cheng Z, Liang X, Deng T, Rehman ZU, Talpur HS, Worku T, Brohi RD, Safdar M, Ahmad MJ, Salim M, Khan M, Ahmad HI, Zhang S. Comparative Analysis of V-Akt Murine Thymoma Viral Oncogene Homolog 3 (AKT3) Gene between Cow and Buffalo Reveals Substantial Differences for Mastitis. Biomed Res Int 2018; 2018:1463732. [PMID: 29862252 PMCID: PMC5976927 DOI: 10.1155/2018/1463732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2017] [Revised: 12/31/2017] [Accepted: 01/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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AKT3 gene is a constituent of the serine/threonine protein kinase family and plays a crucial role in synthesis of milk fats and cholesterol by regulating activity of the sterol regulatory element binding protein (SREBP). AKT3 is highly conserved in mammals and its expression levels during the lactation periods of cattle are markedly increased. AKT3 is highly expressed in the intestine followed by mammary gland and it is also expressed in immune cells. It is involved in the TLR pathways as effectively as proinflammatory cytokines. The aims of this study were to investigate the sequences differences between buffalo and cow. Our results showed that there were substantial differences between buffalo and cow in some exons and noteworthy differences of the gene size in different regions. We also identified the important consensus sequence motifs, variation in 2000 upstream of ATG, substantial difference in the "3'UTR" region, and miRNA association in the buffalo sequences compared with the cow. In addition, genetic analyses, such as gene structure, phylogenetic tree, position of different motifs, and functional domains, were performed to establish their correlation with other species. This may indicate that a buffalo breed has potential resistance to disease, environment changes, and airborne microorganisms and some good production and reproductive traits.
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- Farman Ullah
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL9 7TA, UK
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- The Opening Project of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Buffalo Genetics, Reproduction and Breeding, Nanning, Guangxi 530000, China
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- The Opening Project of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Buffalo Genetics, Reproduction and Breeding, Nanning, Guangxi 530000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, The University of Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Livestock and Dairy Development, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Panarese S, Brunetti B, Sarli G. Evaluation of Telomerase in Canine Mammary Tissues by Immunohistochemical Analysis and a Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay. J Vet Diagn Invest 2016; 18:362-8. [PMID: 16921875 DOI: 10.1177/104063870601800407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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The enzyme telomerase is considered a potential marker for neoplastic tissue and is used as a diagnostic and prognostic tool in clinical medicine and therapeutics. For this reason, the possible role of telomerase activation in the process of malignant transformation is currently the subject of intense research efforts. The focus of the study reported here was to detect telomerase in 37 canine mammary samples, by comparing two methods: immunohistochemical (IHC) analysis for detecting the catalytic subunit of the enzyme, telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT), and the telomeric repeat amplification protocol–enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (TRAP-ELISA), a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based technique that uses a colorimetric detection method. Using the TRAP-ELISA, samples were considered positive when they yielded a difference of at least 0.2 absorbance units between the readings at 450 nm versus 690 nm wavelength. On the basis of this criterion, 18 negative and 19 positive cases were obtained. Specific immunohistochemical staining was observed mainly in the nucleoli, to a lesser extent in the nuclei, and rarely in the cytoplasm of epithelial cells. A sample was considered positive when at least 10% of the epithelial cells had specific staining. The Pearson correlation between the TRAP-ELISA and IHC results was significant only when IHC nucleolar ( r = 0.53, P < 0.01) or nuclear ( r = 0.36, P < 0.05) staining or their combination ( r = 0.58, P < 0.01) was considered. Thus, IHC staining of nucleoli and nuclei can be considered as an alternative method to the TRAP-ELISA. The detection of telomerase in normal mammary gland and fibrocystic mastopathy using both methods does not support the idea that telomerase may be used as a specific marker of mammary neoplasia in dogs.
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- Serena Panarese
- Department of Veterinary Public Health and Animal Pathology, Section of General Pathology and Pathologic Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bologna Via Tolara di Sopra, 50-40064, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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Mancini ML, Lien EC, Toker A. Oncogenic AKT1(E17K) mutation induces mammary hyperplasia but prevents HER2-driven tumorigenesis. Oncotarget 2016; 7:17301-13. [PMID: 27004402 PMCID: PMC4951213 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.8191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2015] [Accepted: 03/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
One of the most frequently deregulated signaling pathways in breast cancer is the PI 3-K/Akt cascade. Genetic lesions are commonly found in PIK3CA, PTEN, and AKT, which lead to excessive and constitutive activation of Akt and downstream signaling that results in uncontrolled proliferation and increased cellular survival. One such genetic lesion is the somatic AKT1(E17K) mutation, which has been identified in 4-8% of breast cancer patients. To determine how this mutation contributes to mammary tumorigenesis, we constructed a genetically engineered mouse model that conditionally expresses human AKT1(E17K) in the mammary epithelium. Although AKT1(E17K) is only weakly constitutively active and does not promote proliferation in vitro, it is capable of escaping negative feedback inhibition to exhibit sustained signaling dynamics in vitro. Consistently, both virgin and multiparous AKT1(E17K) mice develop mammary gland hyperplasia that do not progress to carcinoma. This hyperplasia is accompanied by increased estrogen receptor expression, although exposure of the mice to estrogen does not promote tumor development. Moreover, AKT1(E17K) prevents HER2-driven mammary tumor formation, in part through negative feedback inhibition of RTK signaling. Analysis of TCGA breast cancer data revealed that the mRNA expression, total protein levels, and phosphorylation of various RTKs are decreased in human tumors harboring AKT1(E17K).
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Breast Neoplasms/enzymology
- Breast Neoplasms/metabolism
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Carcinogenesis/genetics
- Carcinogenesis/metabolism
- Cell Line
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Class I Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Humans
- Hyperplasia
- Male
- Mammary Glands, Animal/enzymology
- Mammary Glands, Animal/metabolism
- Mammary Glands, Animal/pathology
- Mammary Glands, Human/enzymology
- Mammary Glands, Human/metabolism
- Mammary Glands, Human/pathology
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/enzymology
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/metabolism
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Mutation
- PTEN Phosphohydrolase/genetics
- PTEN Phosphohydrolase/metabolism
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/genetics
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism
- Receptor, ErbB-2/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
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Affiliation(s)
- Maria L. Mancini
- Department of Pathology and Cancer Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Champions Oncology, Science and Technology Park at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Cancer Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Cancer Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Saben JL, Bales ES, Jackman MR, Orlicky D, MacLean PS, McManaman JL. Maternal obesity reduces milk lipid production in lactating mice by inhibiting acetyl-CoA carboxylase and impairing fatty acid synthesis. PLoS One 2014; 9:e98066. [PMID: 24849657 PMCID: PMC4029960 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2013] [Accepted: 04/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Maternal metabolic and nutrient trafficking adaptations to lactation differ among lean and obese mice fed a high fat (HF) diet. Obesity is thought to impair milk lipid production, in part, by decreasing trafficking of dietary and de novo synthesized lipids to the mammary gland. Here, we report that de novo lipogenesis regulatory mechanisms are disrupted in mammary glands of lactating HF-fed obese (HF-Ob) mice. HF feeding decreased the total levels of acetyl-CoA carboxylase-1 (ACC), and this effect was exacerbated in obese mice. The relative levels of phosphorylated (inactive) ACC, were elevated in the epithelium, and decreased in the adipose stroma, of mammary tissue from HF-Ob mice compared to those of HF-fed lean (HF-Ln) mice. Mammary gland levels of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), which catalyzes formation of inactive ACC, were also selectively elevated in mammary glands of HF-Ob relative to HF-Ln dams or to low fat fed dams. These responses correlated with evidence of increased lipid retention in mammary adipose, and decreased lipid levels in mammary epithelial cells, of HF-Ob dams. Collectively, our data suggests that maternal obesity impairs milk lipid production, in part, by disrupting the balance of de novo lipid synthesis in the epithelial and adipose stromal compartments of mammary tissue through processes that appear to be related to increased mammary gland AMPK activity, ACC inhibition, and decreased fatty acid synthesis.
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- Jessica L. Saben
- Division of Basic Reproductive Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Graduate Program in Reproductive Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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- Division of Basic Reproductive Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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- Center for Human Nutrition, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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- Center for Human Nutrition, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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- Division of Basic Reproductive Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Graduate Program in Reproductive Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Center for Human Nutrition, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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Suburu J, Shi L, Wu J, Wang S, Samuel M, Thomas MJ, Kock ND, Yang G, Kridel S, Chen YQ. Fatty acid synthase is required for mammary gland development and milk production during lactation. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2014; 306:E1132-43. [PMID: 24668799 PMCID: PMC4116404 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00514.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
The mammary gland is one of the few adult tissues that strongly induce de novo fatty acid synthesis upon physiological stimulation, suggesting that fatty acid is important for milk production during lactation. The committed enzyme to perform this function is fatty acid synthase (FASN). To determine whether de novo fatty acid synthesis is obligatory or dietary fat is sufficient for mammary gland development and function during lactation, Fasn was specifically knocked out in mouse mammary epithelial cells. We found that deletion of Fasn hindered the development and induced the premature involution of the lactating mammary gland and significantly decreased medium- and long-chain fatty acids and total fatty acid contents in the milk. Consequently, pups nursing from Fasn knockout mothers experienced growth retardation and preweanling death, which was rescued by cross-fostering pups to a lactating wild-type mother. These results demonstrate that FASN is essential for the development, functional competence, and maintenance of the lactating mammary gland.
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- Janel Suburu
- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Department of Pathology, Section on Comparative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and
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- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- The Synergistic Innovation Center for Food Safety and Nutrition, State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, and School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China; Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina;
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Vela Hinojosa C, León Galván MA, Tapia Rodríguez M, López Ortega G, Cerbón Cervantes MA, Rodríguez CAM, Cortés PP, Méndez LAM, Trejo FJJ. Differential expression of serotonin, tryptophan hydroxylase and monoamine oxidase A in the mammary gland of the Myotis velifer bat. PLoS One 2013; 8:e75062. [PMID: 24086437 PMCID: PMC3782485 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2013] [Accepted: 08/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The mammary gland has long drawn the attention of the scientific community due to the limited knowledge of some fundamental aspects involved in the control of its function. Myotis velifer, a microchiropteran species, provides an interesting model to study some of the regulatory factors involved in the control of the mammary gland cycle. Having an asynchronous, monoestrous reproductive pattern, female M. velifer bats undergo drastic morphological changes of the breast during the reproductive cycle. Current research on non-chiropteran mammals indicates that serotonin (5-HT) plays a major role in the intraluminal volume homeostasis of the mammary gland during lactation; however, an analysis of both the expression and localization of the main components of the serotonergic system in the bat mammary gland is lacking. Thus, the objectives of the present study were: to describe the gross and histological anatomy of the mammary gland of M. velifer to establish the lactation period for this species; to analyze the distribution and expression of the main serotonergic components in the mammary tissues of these bats under the physiological conditions of lactation, involution and the resting phase; and to provide information on the involvement of 5-HT in the regulation of the physiological function of this organ. To assess the expression and localization of serotonergic components, multiple immunofluorescence, Western blot and HPLC methods were used. 5-HT and the enzyme that catalyzes its synthesis (TPH) were located in both myoepithelial and luminal epithelial cells, while the enzyme responsible for the catabolism of this neurohormone (MAO A) was found in luminal epithelial cells as well as in secreted products. We also found an increased expression of serotonergic components during lactation, indicating that elements of the serotonergic system may play an important role in lactation in this species of bat in a way similar to that of other mammal species.
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- Microscopy and HPLC Units, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F., Mexico
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- Department of Biology, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, México D.F., Mexico
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- Microscopy and HPLC Units, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F., Mexico
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Dietz BM, Hagos GK, Eskra JN, Wijewickrama GT, Anderson JR, Nikolic D, Guo J, Wright B, Chen SN, Pauli GF, van Breemen RB, Bolton JL. Differential regulation of detoxification enzymes in hepatic and mammary tissue by hops (Humulus lupulus) in vitro and in vivo. Mol Nutr Food Res 2013; 57:1055-66. [PMID: 23512484 PMCID: PMC3864769 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201200534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2012] [Revised: 12/21/2012] [Accepted: 01/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
SCOPE Hops contain the phytoestrogen, 8-prenylnaringenin, and the cytoprotective compound, xanthohumol (XH). XH induces the detoxification enzyme, NAD(P)H-quinone oxidoreductase (NQO1) in vitro; however, the tissue distribution of XH and 8-prenylnaringenin and their tissue-specific activity have not been analyzed. METHODS AND RESULTS An orally administered hop extract and subcutaneously injected XH were administered to Sprague-Dawley rats over 4 days. LC-MS-MS analysis of plasma, liver, and mammary gland revealed that XH accumulated in liver and mammary glands. Compared with the low level in the original extract, 8-prenylnaringenin was enriched in the tissues. Hops and XH-induced NQO1 in the liver, while only hops reduced NQO1 activity in the mammary gland. Mechanistic studies revealed that hops modulated NQO1 through three mechanisms. In liver cells, (i) XH modified Kelch-like ECH-associated protein leading to nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 (Nrf2) translocation and antioxidant response element (ARE) activation; (ii) hop-mediated ARE induction was partially mediated through phosphorylation of Nrf2 by PKC; (iii) in breast cells, 8-prenylnaringenin reduced NQO1 likely through binding to estrogen receptorα, recruiting Nrf2, and downregulating ARE-regulated genes. CONCLUSION XH and 8-prenylnaringenin in dietary hops are bioavailable to the target tissues. While hops and XH might be cytoprotective in the liver, 8-prenylnaringenin seems responsible for hop-mediated NQO1 reduction in the mammary gland.
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- Birgit M Dietz
- UIC/NIH Center for Botanical Dietary Supplements Research, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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Accornero P, Miretti S, Bersani F, Quaglino E, Martignani E, Baratta M. Met receptor acts uniquely for survival and morphogenesis of EGFR-dependent normal mammary epithelial and cancer cells. PLoS One 2012; 7:e44982. [PMID: 23028720 PMCID: PMC3441651 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2012] [Accepted: 08/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Mammary gland development and breast cancer growth require multiple factors both of endocrine and paracrine origin. We analyzed the roles of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) and Hepatocyte Growth Factor Receptor (Met) in mammary epithelial cells and mammary tumor cells derived from a mutated-ErbB2 transgenic mice. By using highly specific tyrosine kinase inhibitors we found that MCF-10A and NMuMG mammary epithelial cell lines are totally dependent on EGFR activation for their growth and survival. Proliferation and 3D-morphogenesis assays showed that HGF had no role in maintaining mammary cell viability, but was the only cytokine able to rescue EGFR-inhibited mammary cells. Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I (IGF-I), basic-Fibroblast Growth Factor (b-FGF) and Neuregulin, which are well known mammary morphogenic factors, did not rescue proliferation or morphogenesis in these cell lines, following EGFR inhibition. Similarly, ErbB2-driven tumor cells are EGFR-dependent and also display HGF-mediated rescue. Western-blot analysis of the signaling pathways involved in rescue after EGFR inhibition indicated that concomitant ERK1/2 and AKT activation was exclusively driven by Met, but not by IGF-I or b-FGF. These results describe a unique role for EGFR and Met in mammary epithelial cells by showing that similar pathways can be used by tumorigenic cells to sustain growth and resist to EGFR-directed anti-tumorigenic drugs.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Breast Neoplasms/enzymology
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Proliferation/drug effects
- Cell Survival/drug effects
- Enzyme Activation/drug effects
- Epidermal Growth Factor/pharmacology
- Epithelial Cells/drug effects
- Epithelial Cells/enzymology
- Epithelial Cells/pathology
- ErbB Receptors/metabolism
- Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/metabolism
- Female
- Hepatocyte Growth Factor/pharmacology
- Humans
- Mammary Glands, Animal/drug effects
- Mammary Glands, Animal/enzymology
- Mammary Glands, Animal/growth & development
- Mammary Glands, Animal/pathology
- Mammary Glands, Human/drug effects
- Mammary Glands, Human/enzymology
- Mammary Glands, Human/growth & development
- Mammary Glands, Human/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Morphogenesis/drug effects
- Phosphorylation/drug effects
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met/metabolism
- Receptor, ErbB-2/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
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Affiliation(s)
- Paolo Accornero
- Department of Veterinary Science, University of Torino, Grugliasco (TO), Italy.
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Smart CE, Askarian Amiri ME, Wronski A, Dinger ME, Crawford J, Ovchinnikov DA, Vargas AC, Reid L, Simpson PT, Song S, Wiesner C, French JD, Dave RK, da Silva L, Purdon A, Andrew M, Mattick JS, Lakhani SR, Brown MA, Kellie S. Expression and function of the protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor J (PTPRJ) in normal mammary epithelial cells and breast tumors. PLoS One 2012; 7:e40742. [PMID: 22815804 PMCID: PMC3398958 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2012] [Accepted: 06/12/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
The protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor J, PTPRJ, is a tumor suppressor gene that has been implicated in a range of cancers, including breast cancer, yet little is known about its role in normal breast physiology or in mammary gland tumorigenesis. In this paper we show that PTPRJ mRNA is expressed in normal breast tissue and reduced in corresponding tumors. Meta-analysis revealed that the gene encoding PTPRJ is frequently lost in breast tumors and that low expression of the transcript associated with poorer overall survival at 20 years. Immunohistochemistry of PTPRJ protein in normal human breast tissue revealed a distinctive apical localisation in the luminal cells of alveoli and ducts. Qualitative analysis of a cohort of invasive ductal carcinomas revealed retention of normal apical PTPRJ localization where tubule formation was maintained but that tumors mostly exhibited diffuse cytoplasmic staining, indicating that dysregulation of localisation associated with loss of tissue architecture in tumorigenesis. The murine ortholog, Ptprj, exhibited a similar localisation in normal mammary gland, and was differentially regulated throughout lactational development, and in an in vitro model of mammary epithelial differentiation. Furthermore, ectopic expression of human PTPRJ in HC11 murine mammary epithelial cells inhibited dome formation. These data indicate that PTPRJ may regulate differentiation of normal mammary epithelia and that dysregulation of protein localisation may be associated with tumorigenesis.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Breast Neoplasms/enzymology
- Breast Neoplasms/genetics
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Down-Regulation/genetics
- Epithelial Cells/enzymology
- Epithelial Cells/pathology
- Epithelium/enzymology
- Epithelium/pathology
- Female
- Gene Dosage/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genetic Loci/genetics
- Humans
- Introns/genetics
- Mammary Glands, Animal/enzymology
- Mammary Glands, Animal/growth & development
- Mammary Glands, Animal/pathology
- Mammary Glands, Human/enzymology
- Mammary Glands, Human/pathology
- Mammary Neoplasms, Animal/enzymology
- Mammary Neoplasms, Animal/genetics
- Mammary Neoplasms, Animal/pathology
- Meta-Analysis as Topic
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Pregnancy
- RNA, Antisense/genetics
- RNA, Long Noncoding/genetics
- RNA, Long Noncoding/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 3/genetics
- Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 3/metabolism
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- Chanel E. Smart
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- University of Queensland, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Zhao H, Pearson EK, Brooks DC, Coon JS, Chen D, Demura M, Zhang M, Clevenger CV, Xu X, Veenstra TD, Chatterton RT, DeMayo FJ, Bulun SE. A humanized pattern of aromatase expression is associated with mammary hyperplasia in mice. Endocrinology 2012; 153:2701-13. [PMID: 22508516 PMCID: PMC3359608 DOI: 10.1210/en.2011-1761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Aromatase is essential for estrogen production and is the target of aromatase inhibitors, the most effective endocrine treatment for postmenopausal breast cancer. Peripheral tissues in women, including the breast, express aromatase via alternative promoters. Female mice lack the promoters that drive aromatase expression in peripheral tissues; thus, we generated a transgenic humanized aromatase (Arom(hum)) mouse line containing a single copy of the human aromatase gene to study the link between aromatase expression in mammary adipose tissue and breast pathology. Arom(hum) mice expressed human aromatase, driven by the proximal human promoters II and I.3 and the distal promoter I.4, in breast adipose fibroblasts and myoepithelial cells. Estrogen levels in the breast tissue of Arom(hum) mice were higher than in wild-type mice, whereas circulating levels were similar. Arom(hum) mice exhibited accelerated mammary duct elongation at puberty and an increased incidence of lobuloalveolar breast hyperplasia associated with increased signal transducer and activator of transcription-5 phosphorylation at 24 and 64 wk. Hyperplastic epithelial cells showed remarkably increased proliferative activity. Thus, we demonstrated that the human aromatase gene can be expressed via its native promoters in a wide variety of mouse tissues and in a distribution pattern nearly identical to that of humans. Locally increased tissue levels, but not circulating levels, of estrogen appeared to exert hyperplastic effects on the mammary gland. This novel mouse model will be valuable for developing tissue-specific aromatase inhibition strategies.
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- Hong Zhao
- Division of Reproductive Biology Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
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Tikoo A, Roh V, Montgomery KG, Ivetac I, Waring P, Pelzer R, Hare L, Shackleton M, Humbert P, Phillips WA. Physiological levels of Pik3ca(H1047R) mutation in the mouse mammary gland results in ductal hyperplasia and formation of ERα-positive tumors. PLoS One 2012; 7:e36924. [PMID: 22666336 PMCID: PMC3364244 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2012] [Accepted: 04/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
PIK3CA, the gene coding for the p110α subunit of phosphoinositide 3-kinase, is frequently mutated in a variety of human tumors including breast cancers. To better understand the role of mutant PIK3CA in the initiation and/or progression of breast cancer, we have generated mice with a conditional knock-in of the common activating mutation, Pik3ca(H1047R), into one allele of the endogenous gene in the mammary gland. These mice developed a ductal anaplasia and hyperplasia by 6 weeks of age characterized by multi-layering of the epithelial lining of the mammary ducts and expansion of the luminal progenitor (Lin(-); CD29(lo); CD24(+); CD61(+)) cell population. The Pik3ca(H1047R) expressing mice eventually develop mammary tumors with 100% penetrance but with a long latency (>12 months). This is significantly longer than has been reported for transgenic models where expression of the mutant Pik3ca is driven by an exogenous promoter. Histological analysis of the tumors formed revealed predominantly ERα-positive fibroadenomas, carcinosarcomas and sarcomas. In vitro induction of Pik3ca(H1047R) in immortalized mammary epithelial cells also resulted in tumor formation when injected into the mammary fat pad of immunodeficient recipient mice. This novel model, which reproduces the scenario of a heterozygous somatic mutation occurring in the endogenous PIK3CA gene, will thus be a valuable tool for investigating the role of Pik3ca(H1047R) mutation in mammary tumorigenesis both in vivo and in vitro.
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MESH Headings
- Alleles
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Class I Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
- Estrogen Receptor alpha/metabolism
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Gene Knock-In Techniques
- Hyperplasia/enzymology
- Hyperplasia/genetics
- Mammary Glands, Animal/enzymology
- Mammary Glands, Animal/growth & development
- Mammary Glands, Animal/pathology
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/enzymology
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/genetics
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/metabolism
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/chemistry
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/genetics
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
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- Anjali Tikoo
- Surgical Oncology Research Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Surgical Oncology Research Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Surgical Oncology Research Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Surgical Oncology Research Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Surgical Oncology Research Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Surgical Oncology Research Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Melanoma Research Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Cell Cycle and Cancer Genetics Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Surgical Oncology Research Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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Xu K, Usary J, Kousis PC, Prat A, Wang DY, Adams JR, Wang W, Loch AJ, Deng T, Zhao W, Cardiff RD, Yoon K, Gaiano N, Ling V, Beyene J, Zacksenhaus E, Gridley T, Leong WL, Guidos CJ, Perou CM, Egan SE. Lunatic fringe deficiency cooperates with the Met/Caveolin gene amplicon to induce basal-like breast cancer. Cancer Cell 2012; 21:626-641. [PMID: 22624713 PMCID: PMC3603366 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2012.03.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2011] [Revised: 10/31/2011] [Accepted: 03/08/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Basal-like breast cancers (BLBC) express a luminal progenitor gene signature. Notch receptor signaling promotes luminal cell fate specification in the mammary gland, while suppressing stem cell self-renewal. Here we show that deletion of Lfng, a sugar transferase that prevents Notch activation by Jagged ligands, enhances stem/progenitor cell proliferation. Mammary-specific deletion of Lfng induces basal-like and claudin-low tumors with accumulation of Notch intracellular domain fragments, increased expression of proliferation-associated Notch targets, amplification of the Met/Caveolin locus, and elevated Met and Igf-1R signaling. Human BL breast tumors, commonly associated with JAGGED expression, elevated MET signaling, and CAVEOLIN accumulation, express low levels of LFNG. Thus, reduced LFNG expression facilitates JAG/NOTCH luminal progenitor signaling and cooperates with MET/CAVEOLIN basal-type signaling to promote BLBC.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Breast Neoplasms/enzymology
- Breast Neoplasms/genetics
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Calcium-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Caveolins/genetics
- Caveolins/metabolism
- Cell Proliferation
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/metabolism
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/pathology
- Cells, Cultured
- Claudins/metabolism
- Databases, Genetic
- Female
- Gene Expression Profiling/methods
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Glycosyltransferases/deficiency
- Glycosyltransferases/genetics
- Glycosyltransferases/metabolism
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism
- Jagged-1 Protein
- Mammary Glands, Animal/enzymology
- Mammary Glands, Animal/growth & development
- Mammary Glands, Animal/pathology
- Mammary Glands, Animal/transplantation
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/enzymology
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/genetics
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Middle Aged
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/enzymology
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/pathology
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/transplantation
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met/metabolism
- Receptor, IGF Type 1/metabolism
- Receptors, Notch/metabolism
- Serrate-Jagged Proteins
- Signal Transduction
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- Keli Xu
- Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canada
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Departments of Genetics and Pathology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canada
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Departments of Genetics and Pathology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- The Campbell Family Cancer Research Institute and Surgical Oncology Princess Margaret Hospital, and the Department of General Surgery, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada
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- Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canada; Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada
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- Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canada
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- Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canada
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- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Departments of Genetics and Pathology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canada; Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canada
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- Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canada
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- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada
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- Center for Molecular Medicine, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, 81 Research Drive, Scarborough, ME 04074, USA
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- The Campbell Family Cancer Research Institute and Surgical Oncology Princess Margaret Hospital, and the Department of General Surgery, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada
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- Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canada; Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Departments of Genetics and Pathology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canada; The Campbell Family Cancer Research Institute and Surgical Oncology Princess Margaret Hospital, and the Department of General Surgery, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada.
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Chen D, Zhao H, Coon V JS, Ono M, Pearson EK, Bulun SE. Weight gain increases human aromatase expression in mammary gland. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2012; 355:114-20. [PMID: 22342815 PMCID: PMC3312968 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2012.01.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2011] [Revised: 01/18/2012] [Accepted: 01/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Adulthood weight gain predicts estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. Because local estrogen excess in the breast likely contributes to cancer development, and aromatase is the key enzyme in estrogen biosynthesis, we investigated the role of local aromatase expression in weight gain-associated breast cancer risk in a humanized aromatase (Arom(hum)) mouse model containing the coding region and the 5'-regulatory region of the human aromatase gene. Compared with littermates on normal chow, female Arom(hum) mice on a high fat diet gained more weight, and had a larger mammary gland mass with elevated total human aromatase mRNA levels via promoters I.4 and II associated with increased levels of their regulators TNFα and C/EBPβ. There was no difference in total human aromatase mRNA levels in gonadal white adipose tissue. Our data suggest that diet-induced weight gain preferentially stimulates local aromatase expression in the breast, which may lead to local estrogen excess and breast cancer risk.
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MESH Headings
- Adipose Tissue/metabolism
- Animals
- Aromatase/genetics
- Aromatase/metabolism
- Breast Neoplasms/enzymology
- Breast Neoplasms/genetics
- CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta/biosynthesis
- Diet, High-Fat/adverse effects
- Disease Models, Animal
- Estrogens/biosynthesis
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects
- Gonads/metabolism
- Humans
- Mammary Glands, Animal/enzymology
- Mammary Glands, Animal/pathology
- Mammary Glands, Human/enzymology
- Mammary Glands, Human/pathology
- Mice
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- Risk Factors
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/biosynthesis
- Weight Gain/drug effects
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- Dong Chen
- Division of Reproductive Biology Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Reproductive Biology Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Reproductive Biology Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Reproductive Biology Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Reproductive Biology Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Reproductive Biology Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
- Correspondence and reprint requests should be addressed to: Division of Reproductive Biology Research Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 303 E. Superior Street Chicago, IL 60611 United States of America Tel: 001 312 503 0520 Fax: 001 312 503 0095
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Szaefer H, Krajka-Kuźniak V, Ignatowicz E, Adamska T, Baer-Dubowska W. Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) juice modulates 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene induced hepatic but not mammary gland phase I and II enzymes in female rats. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol 2011; 31:339-346. [PMID: 21787703 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2010.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2010] [Revised: 12/20/2010] [Accepted: 12/30/2010] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Chokeberry is a rich source of procyanidins known to have several types of biological activity including anticarcinogenic potential in experimental models. In this study we examined the effect of chokeberry juice on the hepatic and mammary gland carcinogen metabolizing enzyme expression altered by the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA). Sprague-Dawley rats were gavaged with chokeberry juice (8 ml/kg b.w.) for 28 consecutive days. DMBA was administered i.p. on the 27th and the 28th days. Pretreatment with chokeberry juice reduced the activity of CYP1A1 and increased that of CYP2B involved in metabolic activation/detoxication of DMBA in rat liver, as well as expression and activity of phase II enzymes. Chokeberry juice had no effect on these parameters in the mammary gland and DMBA induced DNA damage in rat blood cells. These results together with our earlier observations indicate that metabolic alterations induced by chokeberry feeding are tissue specific and depend on the class of carcinogen.
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- Hanna Szaefer
- University of Medical Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Święcickiego 4, 60-781 Poznań, Poland
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Nelson CD, Reinhardt TA, Beitz DC, Lippolis JD. In vivo activation of the intracrine vitamin D pathway in innate immune cells and mammary tissue during a bacterial infection. PLoS One 2010; 5:e15469. [PMID: 21124742 PMCID: PMC2993969 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2010] [Accepted: 09/23/2010] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Numerous in vitro studies have shown that toll-like receptor signaling induces 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 1α-hydroxylase (1α-OHase; CYP27B1) expression in macrophages from various species. 1α-OHase is the primary enzyme that converts 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3). Subsequently, synthesis of 1,25(OH)2D3 by 1α-OHase in macrophages has been shown to modulate innate immune responses of macrophages. Despite the numerous in vitro studies that have shown 1α-OHase expression is induced in macrophages, however, evidence that 1α-OHase expression is induced by pathogens in vivo is limited. The objective of this study was to evaluate 1α-OHase gene expression in macrophages and mammary tissue during an in vivo bacterial infection with Streptococcus uberis. In tissue and secreted cells from the infected mammary glands, 1α-OHase gene expression was significantly increased compared to expression in tissue and cells from the healthy mammary tissue. Separation of the cells by FACS9 revealed that 1α-OHase was predominantly expressed in the CD14+ cells isolated from the infected mammary tissue. The 24-hydroxylase gene, a gene that is highly upregulated by 1,25(OH)2D3, was significantly more expressed in tissue and cells from the infected mammary tissue than from the healthy uninfected mammary tissue thus indicating significant local 1,25(OH)2D3 production at the infection site. In conclusion, this study provides the first in vivo evidence that 1α-OHase expression is upregulated in macrophages in response to bacterial infection and that 1α-OHase at the site of infection provides 1,25(OH)2D3 for local regulation of vitamin D responsive genes.
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- Corwin D. Nelson
- Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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- Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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- Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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Cellurale C, Weston CR, Reilly J, Garlick DS, Jerry DJ, Sluss HK, Davis RJ. Role of JNK in a Trp53-dependent mouse model of breast cancer. PLoS One 2010; 5:e12469. [PMID: 20814571 PMCID: PMC2930003 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2010] [Accepted: 08/06/2010] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The cJun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) signal transduction pathway has been implicated in mammary carcinogenesis. To test the role of JNK, we examined the effect of ablation of the Jnk1 and Jnk2 genes in a Trp53-dependent model of breast cancer using BALB/c mice. We detected no defects in mammary gland development in virgin mice or during lactation and involution in control studies of Jnk1(-/-) and Jnk2(-/-) mice. In a Trp53(-/+) genetic background, mammary carcinomas were detected in 43% of control mice, 70% of Jnk1(-/-) mice, and 53% of Jnk2(-/-) mice. These data indicate that JNK1 and JNK2 are not essential for mammary carcinoma development in the Trp53(-/+) BALB/c model of breast cancer. In contrast, this analysis suggests that JNK may partially contribute to tumor suppression. This conclusion is consistent with the finding that tumor-free survival of JNK-deficient Trp53(-/+) mice was significantly reduced compared with control Trp53(-/+) mice. We conclude that JNK1 and JNK2 can act as suppressors of mammary tumor development.
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- Cristina Cellurale
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Veterinary & Animal Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Cherrington BD, Morency E, Struble AM, Coonrod SA, Wakshlag JJ. Potential role for peptidylarginine deiminase 2 (PAD2) in citrullination of canine mammary epithelial cell histones. PLoS One 2010; 5:e11768. [PMID: 20668670 PMCID: PMC2909897 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2010] [Accepted: 07/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Peptidylarginine Deiminases (PADs) convert arginine residues on substrate proteins to citrulline. Previous reports have documented that PAD2 expression and activity varies across the estrous cycle in the rodent uterus and pituitary gland, however, the expression and function of PAD2 in mammary tissue has not been previously reported. To gain more insight into potential reproductive roles for PAD2, in this study we evaluated PAD2 expression and localization throughout the estrous cycle in canine mammary tissue and then identified possible PAD2 enzymatic targets. Immunohistochemical and immunofluorescence analysis found PAD2 expression is low in anestrus, limited to a distinct, yet sparse, subset of epithelial cells within ductal alveoli during estrus/early diestrus, and encompasses the entire epithelium of the mammary duct in late diestrus. At the subcellular level, PAD2 is expressed in the cytoplasm, and to a lesser extent, the nucleus of these epithelial cells. Surprisingly, stimulation of canine mammary tumor cells (CMT25) shows that EGF, but not estrogen or progesterone, upregulates PAD2 transcription and translation suggesting EGF regulation of PAD2 and possibly citrullination in vivo. To identify potential PAD2 targets, anti-pan citrulline western blots were performed and results showed that citrullination activity is limited to diestrus with histones appearing to represent major enzymatic targets. Use of site-specific anti-citrullinated histone antibodies found that the N-terminus of histone H3, but not H4, appears to be the primary target of PAD activity in mammary epithelium. This observation supports the hypothesis that PAD2 may play a regulatory role in the expression of lactation related genes via histone citrullination during diestrus.
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- Brian D. Cherrington
- J.A. Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- J.A. Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- J.A. Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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Mori H, Gjorevski N, Inman JL, Bissell MJ, Nelson CM. Self-organization of engineered epithelial tubules by differential cellular motility. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:14890-5. [PMID: 19706461 PMCID: PMC2736456 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0901269106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2009] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Patterning of developing tissues arises from a number of mechanisms, including cell shape change, cell proliferation, and cell sorting from differential cohesion or tension. Here, we reveal that differences in cell motility can also lead to cell sorting within tissues. Using mosaic engineered mammary epithelial tubules, we found that cells sorted depending on their expression level of the membrane-anchored collagenase matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-14. These rearrangements were independent of the catalytic activity of MMP14 but absolutely required the hemopexin domain. We describe a signaling cascade downstream of MMP14 through Rho kinase that allows cells to sort within the model tissues. Cell speed and persistence time were enhanced by MMP14 expression, but only the latter motility parameter was required for sorting. These results indicate that differential directional persistence can give rise to patterns within model developing tissues.
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- Hidetoshi Mori
- Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720; and
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- Departments of Chemical Engineering and Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
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- Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720; and
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- Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720; and
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- Departments of Chemical Engineering and Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
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Cysteine cathepsins are proteolytic enzymes that reside in endolysosomal vesicles. Some are expressed constitutively while others are transcriptionally regulated. However, the expression and subcellular localization of cathepsins changes during cancer progression and cathepsins have been shown to be causally involved in various aspects of tumorigenesis including metastasis. The use of mouse models of breast cancer genetically ablated for cathepsin B has shown that both the growth of the primary tumor and the extend of lung metastasis is reduced by the loss of cathepsin B. The role of cathepsins in involution of the mammary gland has received little attention although it is clear that cathepsins are involved in tissue remodeling in the second phase of involution. We discuss here the roles of cathepsins and their endogenous inhibitors in breast tumorigenesis and post-lactational involution.
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Knight CH, Hillerton JE, Kerr MA, Teverson RM, Turvey A, Wilde CJ. Separate and additive stimulation of bovine milk yield by the local and systemic galactopoietic stimuli of frequent milking and growth hormone. J DAIRY RES 2009; 59:243-52. [PMID: 1357015 DOI: 10.1017/s0022029900030521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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SummaryLactating heifers were treated for 4 weeks with recombinant bovine growth hormone (bGH, n = 9) or were untreated (n = 9). In addition, two mammary glands of each heifer were milked four times daily rather than the normal twice daily for the same 4 weeks, and for the following 2 weeks. Over the 4 weeks, milk yield was increased 12·8% by bGH, 14·0% by frequent milking and 28·5% by the combined treatment. The effect of bGH as administered here was slower in onset than that of frequency, but eventually produced a higher peak yield. ANOVA revealed significant effects of each stimulus independently and an additive, but not synergic effect of the combined treatment. The effect of the combined treatment tended to persist beyond the end of treatment; most of this response was related to the milking frequency component rather than the bGH. Mammary differentiation was assessed in biopsies of mammary tissue obtained prior to and at the end of treatment. Mammary enzyme activities (expressed on a per cell basis) indicated minimal differentiative response to either treatment, but synthesis rates for lactose and casein determined in vitro were increased by bGH treatment. Histological examination revealed a stimulatory effect of milking frequency on epithelial cell size. The results indicate that these two galactopoietic stimuli operate through independent mechanisms, and neither stimulus alone is sufficient to maximize milk yield in dairy heifers.
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Zavlaris M, Angelopoulou K, Vlemmas I, Papaioannou N. Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) expression in canine mammary tissues: a specific marker for malignancy? Anticancer Res 2009; 29:319-325. [PMID: 19331168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT), the catalytic subunit of the enzyme telomerase, is expressed in virtually all human tumors. Telomerase activity has also been reported in the majority of canine tumors and dogTERT also correlates with the enzyme activity. MATERIALS AND METHODS DogTERT expression in normal and malignant mammary tissues was investigated by immunohistochemistry and RT-PCR. RESULTS Using a highly specific TERT antibody in canins for the first time, immunoreactivity was identified in 46/50 malignant tumors, 26/50 adjacent to the tumor mammary tissues and 0/4 healthy mammary tissues. Two patterns of immunostaining were observed: cytoplasmic and concomitant nuclear and cytoplasmic. DogTERT mRNA was detected in 48/50 malignant tissues, 44/50 adjacent mammary tissues and in 2/4 healthy mammary tissues. CONCLUSION The observation that normal canine mammary epithelium expresses TERT challenges the conventional view that this gene is repressed in somatic and activated in malignant cells and supports the notion that dogTERT may not be a useful marker for canine mammary cancer.
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- Michael Zavlaris
- Laboratory of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Scott LM, Durant P, Leone-Kabler S, Wood CE, Register TC, Townsend A, Cline JM. Effects of prior oral contraceptive use and soy isoflavonoids on estrogen-metabolizing cytochrome P450 enzymes. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2008; 112:179-85. [PMID: 18955142 PMCID: PMC2646417 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2008.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2008] [Revised: 09/26/2008] [Accepted: 10/02/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Estrogen exposure and metabolism may play an important role in the development of estrogen-sensitive cancers in postmenopausal women. In this study we investigated whether past oral contraceptive (OC) administration or current dietary isoflavonoids (IF) affected expression and/or activity of steroid hormone-metabolizing cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes using complementary primate and cell culture models. One-hundred-eighty-one female cynomolgus macaques were randomized to receive OC or nothing for 26 months premenopausally, then ovariectomized and randomized to one of three diets for 36 months: an IF-depleted soy protein isolate (Soy-) diet, a Soy diet with IF (Soy+), or a Soy- diet supplemented with conjugated equine estrogens (CEE). Prior OC-treatment significantly reduced CYP gene expression in the mammary gland (< or =60% of OC-). Dietary IFs had no effect on CYP expression, while CEE-treatment decreased CYP1A1 and increased CYP3A4 mRNA in a tissue-specific manner. For in vitro studies, we measured effects of the isoflavonoids genistein, daidzein and equol on CYP activity using intact V79 cells stably transfected to express CYP1A1, CYP1B1, or CYP3A4. All three IFs significantly altered CYP activity in a dose-dependent and isoform-specific manner (20-95% inhibition versus controls). These results suggest potential mechanisms for prior OC and dietary IF effects on cancer risk in estrogen-responsive tissues.
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- L M Scott
- Department of Pathology, Section on Comparative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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Both the functional loss of p53 and the overexpression of aromatase are important for the progression of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. Here, we found that aromatase expression was up-regulated in primary cultures of mammary epithelial cells (p53(Delta)(5,6) MEC) isolated from mice with a defect in exons 5 and 6 of the p53 gene. Aromatase basal activity and expression levels were significantly increased in p53(Delta)(5,6) MEC when compared with wild-type MEC. Reporter gene activity in p53(Delta)(5,6) MEC transfected with the aromatase promoter or the cAMP-responsive element (CRE) minimal promoter was higher than wild-type MEC. p53 inactivation increased both Ser133-phosphorylated CRE-binding protein (CREB) and the nuclear accumulation of CREB. Inhibition of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) or Src tyrosine kinase blocked aromatase gene transactivation and CREB activation in the p53(Delta)(5,6) MEC. These results support the hypothesis that a genetic defect in the function of p53 enhances the expression of aromatase via ERK or Src activation in MEC, which suggests that aromatase expression is closely related to the p53 status in MEC.
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- Hoo Kyun Choi
- BK21 Project Team, College of Pharmacy, Chosun University, Gwangju, South Korea
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Cocolakis E, Dai M, Drevet L, Ho J, Haines E, Ali S, Lebrun JJ. Smad signaling antagonizes STAT5-mediated gene transcription and mammary epithelial cell differentiation. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:1293-1307. [PMID: 18024957 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m707492200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Both the transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta)/Smad and the prolactin/JAK/STAT pathway are critical to the proper development, maintenance, and function of the mammary epithelial tissue. Interestingly, opposing physiological effects between these two signaling pathways are prominent in the regulation of mammary gland development. However, the exact nature of the biological network existing between the Smad and STAT signal transduction pathways has remained elusive. We identified a novel regulatory cross-talk mechanism by which TGFbeta-induced Smad signaling acts to antagonize prolactin-mediated JAK/STAT signaling and expression of target genes. Furthermore, we found activin, another member of the TGFbeta family, to also efficiently block STAT5 signaling and beta-casein expression in mammary epithelial cells. Our results indicate that ligand-induced activation of Smad2, -3, and -4 by activin and TGFbeta leads to a direct inhibition of STAT5 transactivation and STAT5-mediated transcription of the downstream target genes, beta-casein and cyclin D1, thereby blocking vital processes for mammary gland growth and differentiation. Finally, we unveiled the mechanism by which these two signaling cascades antagonize their effects, and we found that activated Smads inhibit STAT5 association with its co-activator CREB-binding protein, thus blocking STAT5 transactivation of its target genes and leading to inhibition of mammary gland differentiation and lactation.
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- Eftihia Cocolakis
- Hormones and Cancer Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A1, Canada
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- Hormones and Cancer Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A1, Canada
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- Hormones and Cancer Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A1, Canada
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- Hormones and Cancer Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A1, Canada
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- Hormones and Cancer Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A1, Canada
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- Hormones and Cancer Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A1, Canada
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- Hormones and Cancer Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A1, Canada.
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Rao NM, Udupa EGP. Angiotensin converting enzyme from sheep mammary, lingual and other tissues. Indian J Exp Biol 2007; 45:1003-1006. [PMID: 18072547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Occurrence of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) in mammary gland and tongue taste epithelium was demonstrated for the first time. Six times higher ACE activity in lactating mammary gland, than non-lactating mammary gland, suggested pregnancy and lactation hormonal dependent expression of ACE in female mammals. ACE activity was highest in choroid plexus, less in spinal cord and moderate in cerebrum, medulla, cerebellum and pons. Distribution of ACE in different regions of skin, kidney and among other tissues was different. Presence of ACE in adrenal glands, pancreas, bone marrow and thyroid gland indicated functions other than blood pressure homeostasis for this enzyme.
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- N Mallikarjuna Rao
- Department of Biochemistry, Katuri Medical College, Guntur 522 019, India.
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Baldassarre H, Hockley DK, Doré M, Brochu E, Hakier B, Zhao X, Bordignon V. Lactation performance of transgenic goats expressing recombinant human butyryl-cholinesterase in the milk. Transgenic Res 2007; 17:73-84. [PMID: 17851771 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-007-9137-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2007] [Accepted: 08/16/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The production of recombinant proteins in the milk of transgenic animals has attracted significant interest in the last decade, as a valuable alternative for the production of recombinant proteins that cannot be or are inefficiently produced using conventional systems based on microorganisms or animal cells. Several recombinant proteins of pharmaceutical and biomedical interest have been successfully expressed in high quantities (g/l) in the milk of transgenic animals. However, this productivity may be associated with a compromised mammary physiology resulting, among other things, from the extraordinary demand placed on the mammary secretory cells. In this study we evaluated the lactation performance of a herd of 50 transgenic goats expressing recombinant human butyryl-cholinesterase (rBChE) in the milk. Our findings indicate that high expression levels of rBChE (range 1-5 g/l) are produced in these animals at the expense of an impaired lactation performance. The key features characterizing these transgenic performances were the decreased milk production, the reduced milk fat content which was associated with an apparent disruption in the lipid secretory mechanism at the mammary epithelium level, and a highly increased presence of leukocytes in milk which is not associated with mammary infection. Despite of having a compromised lactation performance, the amount of rBChE produced per transgenic goat represents several orders of magnitude more than the amount of rBChE present in the blood of hundreds of human donors, the only other available source of rBChE for pharmaceutical and biodefense applications. As a result, this development constitutes another successful example in the application of transgenic animal technology.
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Grossoni VC, Falbo KB, Kazanietz MG, de Kier Joffé EDB, Urtreger AJ. Protein kinase C delta enhances proliferation and survival of murine mammary cells. Mol Carcinog 2007; 46:381-90. [PMID: 17219421 DOI: 10.1002/mc.20287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Protein kinase C (PKC) delta, a member of the novel family of PKC serine-threonine kinases, has been implicated in negative regulation of proliferation and apoptosis in a large number of cell types, including breast cancer cell lines, and postulated as a tumor suppressor gene. In this study we show that in murine NMuMG mammary cells PKCdelta promotes a mitogenic response. Overexpression of PKCdelta in NMuMG cells leads to a significant increase in [3H]-tymidine incorporation and cell proliferation, as well as enhanced extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)-mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation. Activation of PKCdelta with a phorbol ester leads to elevated cyclin D1 expression and an hyperphosphorylated Rb state. Surprisingly, ectopic expression of PKCdelta conferred anchorage-independent growth capacity to NMuMG cells. PKCdelta overexpressors showed enhanced resistance to apoptotic stimuli, such as serum deprivation or doxorubicin treatment, an effect that correlates with hyperactivation of the Akt survival pathway. Our results provide evidence for a role of PKCdelta as a positive modulator of proliferative and survival signals in immortalized mammary cells. The fact that PKCdelta exerts differential responses depending on the cell context not only highlights the necessity to carefully understand the signaling events controlled by this PKC in each cell type but also suggests that we should be cautious in considering this kinase a target for cancer therapy.
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- Valeria C Grossoni
- Research Area, Institute of Oncology Angel H. Roffo, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Tribler L, Jensen LT, Jørgensen K, Brünner N, Gelb MH, Nielsen HJ, Jensen SS. Increased expression and activity of group IIA and X secretory phospholipase A2 in peritumoral versus central colon carcinoma tissue. Anticancer Res 2007; 27:3179-3185. [PMID: 17970059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Secretory phospholipase A2 (sPLA2) type IIA and X was analyzed in tumors from 22 patients with colon adenocarcinomas in order to determine the involvement and activity of sPLA2 in colon cancer. Evaluation of immunoreactive sPLA2 IIA by Western blotting showed a significantly higher level in the periphery of the tumors, compared to central tumor regions. Increased levels of sPLA2 IIA protein correlated with a two-fold increase in sPLA2 enzymatic activity in the peripheral regions compared to central regions. Nineteen out of 22 tumors showed high levels of sPLA2 IIA, whereas 7 out of the 22 tumors showed sPLA2 type X. These data demonstrate that both sPLA2 type IIA and X are present in human colon cancer and suggest a role for sPLA2 in colon cancer tumor immunology and tumorigenesis.
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- Line Tribler
- LiPlasome Pharma AIS, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
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Feng S, Salter AM, Parr T, Garnsworthy PC. Extraction and Quantitative Analysis of Stearoyl-Coenzyme A Desaturase mRNA from Dairy Cow Milk Somatic Cells. J Dairy Sci 2007; 90:4128-36. [PMID: 17699030 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Study of stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturase (SCD) gene expression in the bovine mammary gland is limited by restricted availability of mammary tissue samples from biopsy or postmortem sampling of cows during temporal experiments. A technique was developed to isolate total RNA from somatic cells in bovine milk and to analyze SCD mRNA expression by quantitative reverse-transcription PCR. Total RNA yield was lower than in a previous goat study and was related to numbers of viable somatic cells. To obtain sufficient total RNA, 1-L milk samples were taken and stored for up to 24 h at 4 degrees C. Complementary DNA prepared from somatic cells showed a 99% match with the published sequence for SCD mRNA in bovine adipose tissue. Stearoyl-CoA desaturase mRNA abundance relative to beta-actin mRNA for 12 cows sampled across 4 time points varied (mean +/- SE) from 0.88 +/- 0.17 to 4.40 +/- 0.50. Fifty-five percent of variation was due to individual cows and 42% was due to daily variation within cows. Relative abundance of SCD mRNA was not related to the number of viable somatic cells or total RNA extracted from samples, but it was related to mammary desaturase activity, as indicated by changes in milk C14 fatty acid concentrations. We concluded that somatic cells provide a noninvasive and repeatable alternative to mammary tissue samples obtained by biopsy or postmortem.
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- S Feng
- University of Nottingham School of Biosciences, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, United Kingdom
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Sakamoto K, Creamer BA, Triplett AA, Wagner KU. The Janus Kinase 2 Is Required for Expression and Nuclear Accumulation of Cyclin D1 in Proliferating Mammary Epithelial Cells. Mol Endocrinol 2007; 21:1877-92. [PMID: 17519353 DOI: 10.1210/me.2006-0316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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AbstractUsing a conditional knockout approach, we previously demonstrated that the Janus kinase 2 (Jak2) is crucial for prolactin (PRL) signaling and normal mammary gland development. PRL is suggested to synchronously activate multiple signaling cascades that emerge on the PRL receptor (PRLR). This study demonstrates that Jak2 is essential for the activation of the signal transducer and activator of transcription 5 (Stat5) and expression of Cish (cytokine-inducible SH2-containing protein), a Stat5-responsive negative regulator of Jak/Stat signaling. However, Jak2 is dispensable for the PRL-induced activation of c-Src, focal adhesion kinase, and the MAPK pathway. Despite activation of these kinases that are commonly associated with proliferative responses, the ablation of Jak2 reduces the multiplication of immortalized mammary epithelial cells (MECs). Our studies show that signaling through Jak2 controls not only the transcriptional activation of the Cyclin D1 gene, but, more importantly, it regulates the accumulation of the Cyclin D1 protein in the nucleus by altering the activity of signal transducers that mediate the phosphorylation and subsequent nuclear export of Cyclin D1. In particular, the levels of activated Akt (protein kinase B) and inactive glycogen synthase kinase-3β (i.e. a kinase that regulates the nuclear export and degradation of Cyclin D1) are reduced in MECs lacking Jak2. The proliferation of Jak2-deficient MECs can be rescued by expressing of a mutant form of Cyclin D1 that cannot be phosphorylated by glycogen synthase kinase-3β and therefore constitutively resides in the nucleus. Besides discriminating Jak2-dependent and Jak2-independent signaling events emerging from the PRLR, our observations provide a possible mechanism for phenotypic similarities between Cyclin D1 knockouts and females lacking individual members of the PRLR signaling cascade, in particular the PRLR, Jak2, and Stat5.
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- Kazuhito Sakamoto
- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 986805 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-6805, USA
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Taurine is the most abundant free amino acid in the body and is present at high concentrations during development and in the early milk. It is synthesized from cysteine via oxidation of cysteine to cysteinesulfinate by the enzyme cysteine dioxygenase (CDO), followed by the decarboxylation of cysteinesulfinate to hypotaurine, catalyzed by cysteine sulfinic acid decarboxylase (CSAD). To determine whether the taurine biosynthetic pathway is present in mammary gland and whether it is differentially expressed during pregnancy and lactation, and also to further explore the possible regulation of hepatic taurine synthesis during pregnancy and lactation, we measured mammary and hepatic CDO and CSAD mRNA and protein concentrations and tissue, plasma and milk taurine concentrations. CDO and CSAD mRNA and protein were expressed in mammary gland and liver regardless of physiological state. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated the expression of CDO in ductal cells of pregnant rats, but not in other mammary epithelial cells or in ductal cells of nonpregnant rats. CDO was also present in stromal adipocytes in mammary glands of both pregnant and nonpregnant rats. Our findings support an upregulation of taurine synthetic capacity in the mammary gland of pregnant rats, based on mammary taurine and hypotaurine concentrations and the intense immunohistochemical staining for CDO in ductal cells of pregnant rats. Hepatic taurine synthetic capacity, particularly CSAD, and taurine concentrations were highest in rats during the early stages of lactation, suggesting the liver may also play a role in the synthesis of taurine to support lactation or repletion of maternal reserves.
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- Iori Ueki
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Hanigan MD, Rius AG, Kolver ES, Palliser CC. A Redefinition of the Representation of Mammary Cells and Enzyme Activities in a Lactating Dairy Cow Model. J Dairy Sci 2007; 90:3816-30. [PMID: 17638992 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The Molly model predicts various aspects of digestion and metabolism in the cow, including nutrient partitioning between milk and body stores. It has been observed previously that the model underpredicts milk component yield responses to nutrition and consequently overpredicts body energy store responses. In Molly, mammary enzyme activity is represented as an aggregate of mammary cell numbers and activity per cell with minimal endocrine regulation. Work by others suggests that mammary cells can cycle between active and quiescent states in response to various stimuli. Simple models of milk production have demonstrated the utility of this representation when using the model to simulate variable milking and nutrient restriction. It was hypothesized that replacing the current representation of mammary cells and enzyme activity in Molly with a representation of active and quiescent cells and improving the representation of endocrine control of cell activity would improve predictions of milk component yield. The static representation of cell numbers was replaced with a representation of cell growth during gestation and early lactation periods and first-order cell death. Enzyme capacity for fat and protein synthesis was assumed to be proportional to cell numbers. Enzyme capacity for lactose synthesis was represented with the same equation form as for cell numbers. Data used for parameter estimation were collected as part of an extended lactation trial. Cows with North American or New Zealand genotypes were fed 0, 3, or 6 kg of concentrate dry matter daily during a 600-d lactation. The original model had root mean square prediction errors of 17.7, 22.3, and 19.8% for lactose, protein, and fat yield, respectively, as compared with values of 8.3, 9.4, and 11.7% for the revised model, respectively. The original model predicted body weight with an error of 19.7% vs. 5.7% for the revised model. Based on these observations, it was concluded that representing mammary synthetic capacity as a function of active cell numbers and revisions to endocrine control of cell activity was meritorious.
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- M D Hanigan
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061, USA.
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Fleming JM, Brandimarto JA, Cohick WS. The mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway tonically inhibits both basal and IGF-I-stimulated IGF-binding protein-5 production in mammary epithelial cells. J Endocrinol 2007; 194:349-59. [PMID: 17641284 DOI: 10.1677/joe-06-0121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The IGF system plays a key role in mammary gland growth and development. Our lab previously reported that IGF-I primarily regulates IGF-binding protein (BP)-3 in bovine mammary epithelial cells (MEC) and IGFBP-5 in mammary fibroblasts (MF). Presently, we examined the signaling pathways used by IGF-I to elicit this distinct, cell-type specific regulation. The phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase pathway was required for IGF-I to increase IGFBP-3 and -5 in MF and IGFBP-3 in MEC. Surprisingly, inhibiting the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway in MEC increased IGFBP-5 mRNA levels 2- to 4-fold under basal conditions and 8- to 12-fold in cells treated with IGF-I within 4 h. Similar patterns of IGFBP-3 and -5 regulation were observed in murine MEC. Cells treated with IGF-I in the presence of MAPK inhibitors secreted more IGFBP-5 protein into conditioned media relative to cells treated with IGF-I alone; however, IGFBP-5 protein was not detected in conditioned media of cells treated with only a MAPK inhibitor. The IGFBP-5 mRNA response to MAPK inhibitors was specific for MEC, as blocking MAPK activity decreased the ability of IGF-I to induce IGFBP-5 in MF. In addition, no other IGFBP was increased in either cell type when MAPK activity was inhibited. These increases in IGFBP-5 expression in response to inhibition of the MAPK pathway corresponded with the induction of apoptosis. In conclusion, we report the novel observation that the MAPK/extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK) pathway specifically represses IGFBP-5 expression in MEC. The corresponding changes in apoptosis and IGFBP-5 expression support a role for this specific IGFBP in mammary gland involution.
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- Jodie M Fleming
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 59 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520, USA
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Kinase suppressor of Ras 1 (KSR1) is a protein scaffold that facilitates ERK cascade activation at the plasma membrane, a critical step in the signal transduction process that allows cells to respond to survival, proliferative, and differentiative cues. Here, we report that KSR1 undergoes caspase-dependent cleavage in apoptotic cells and that cleavage destroys the scaffolding function of the full-length KSR1 protein and generates a stable C-terminal fragment that can inhibit ERK activation. KSR1 is cleaved in response to multiple apoptotic stimuli and occurs in vivo during the involution of mouse mammary tissues, a morphogenic process requiring cellular apoptosis. In addition, we find that in comparison with KSR1(-/-) mouse embryonic fibroblasts expressing wild type KSR1 (WT-KSR1), cells expressing a cleavage-resistant KSR1 protein (DEVA-KSR1) exhibit reduced apoptotic signaling in response to tumor necrosis factor-alpha/cycloheximide treatment. The effect of DEVA-KSR1 expression was found to correlate with increased levels of active phosphoERK and could be significantly reversed by treating cells with the MEK inhibitor U0126. In contrast, reduced phosphoERK levels and enhanced apoptotic signaling were observed in cells constitutively expressing the C-terminal KSR1 fragment (CTF-KSR1). Moreover, we find that cleavage of WT-KSR1 correlates with a dramatic reduction in active phosphoERK levels. These findings identify KSR1 as a caspase target and suggest that cleavage of the KSR1 scaffold represents another mechanism whereby caspases down-regulate ERK survival signaling to promote cellular apoptosis.
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- Melissa M McKay
- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Signaling, Center for Cancer Research, NCI-Frederick, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
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Failor KL, Desyatnikov Y, Finger LA, Firestone GL. Glucocorticoid-induced degradation of glycogen synthase kinase-3 protein is triggered by serum- and glucocorticoid-induced protein kinase and Akt signaling and controls beta-catenin dynamics and tight junction formation in mammary epithelial tumor cells. Mol Endocrinol 2007; 21:2403-15. [PMID: 17595317 DOI: 10.1210/me.2007-0143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Glucocorticoid hormones stimulate adherens junction and tight junction formation in Con8 mammary epithelial tumor cells and induce the production of a stable nonphosphorylated beta-catenin protein localized exclusively to the cell periphery. Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK3) phosphorylation of beta-catenin is known to trigger the degradation of this adherens junction protein, suggesting that steroid-activated cascades may be targeting this protein kinase. We now demonstrate that treatment with the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone induces the ubiquitin-26S proteasome-mediated degradation of GSK3 protein with no change in GSK3 transcript levels. In transfected cells, deletion of the N-terminal nine amino acids or mutation of the serine-9 phosphorylation site on GSK3-beta prevented its glucocorticoid-induced degradation. Expression of stabilized GSK3 mutant proteins ablated the glucocorticoid-induced tight junction sealing and resulted in production of a nonphosphorylated beta-catenin that localizes to both the nucleus and the cell periphery in steroid-treated cells. Serine-9 on GSK3 can be phosphorylated by Sgk (serum- and glucocorticoid-induced protein kinase) and by Akt. Expression of dominant-negative forms of either Sgk- or Akt-inhibited glucocorticoid induced GSK3 ubiquitination and degradation and disrupted the dexamethasone-induced effects on beta-catenin dynamics. Furthermore, the steroid-induced tight junction sealing is attenuated in cells expressing dominant-negative forms of either Sgk or Akt, although the effect of blunting Sgk signaling was significantly greater. Taken together, we have uncovered a new cellular cascade in which Sgk and Akt trigger the glucocorticoid-regulated phosphorylation, ubiquitination, and degradation of GSK3, which alters beta-catenin dynamics, leading to the formation of adherens junctions and tight junction sealing.
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- Kim L Failor
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-3200, USA
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Rabot A, Sinowatz F, Berisha B, Meyer HHD, Schams D. Expression and localization of extracellular matrix-degrading proteinases and their inhibitors in the bovine mammary gland during development, function, and involution. J Dairy Sci 2007; 90:740-8. [PMID: 17235151 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(07)71558-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In degrading the extracellular matrix, matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) and the plasminogen activator (PA) system may play a critical role in extensive remodeling that occurs in the bovine mammary gland during development, lactation, and involution. Therefore, the aim of our study was to investigate the mRNA expression of MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-14, MMP-19, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP)-1, TIMP-2, urokinase-type PA, tissue-type PA, urokinase-type PA receptor, and PA inhibitor-1 by quantitative PCR and to localize with immunohistochemistry MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-14, and TIMP-2 proteins in the bovine mammary gland during pubertal mammogenesis, lactogenesis, galactopoiesis, and involution. Expression of mRNA for each of the studied factors was relatively lower during galactopoiesis and early involution but was markedly increased during mammogenesis and late involution, 2 stages in which tissue remodeling is especially pronounced. The localization of proteins for MMP-1, MMP-14, and TIMP-2 showed a similar trend with strong staining intensity in cytoplasm of mammary duct and alveolar epithelial cells during pubertal mammogenesis and late involution. Interestingly, MMP-2 protein was localized only in the cytoplasm of endothelial cells during late involution. Our study demonstrated clearly that expression of extracellular matrix-degrading proteinases coincides with a concomitant expression of their inhibitors. High expression levels of MMP, TIMP, and PA family members seem to be a typical feature of the nonlactating mammary gland.
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- A Rabot
- Physiology Weihenstephan, Technical University Munich, Weihenstephaner Berg 3, D-85350 Freising, Germany
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Corsino P, Davis B, Law M, Chytil A, Forrester E, Nørgaard P, Teoh N, Law B. Tumors Initiated by Constitutive Cdk2 Activation Exhibit Transforming Growth Factor β Resistance and Acquire Paracrine Mitogenic Stimulation during Progression. Cancer Res 2007; 67:3135-44. [PMID: 17409420 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-06-3815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Cyclin D1/cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (Cdk2) complexes are present at high frequency in human breast cancer cell lines, but the significance of this observation is unknown. This report shows that expression of a cyclin D1-Cdk2 fusion protein under the control of the mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) promoter results in mammary gland hyperplasia and fibrosis, and mammary tumors. Cell lines isolated from MMTV-cyclin D1-Cdk2 (MMTV-D1K2) tumors exhibit Rb and p130 hyperphosphorylation and up-regulation of the protein products of E2F-dependent genes. These results suggest that cyclin D1/Cdk2 complexes may mediate some of the transforming effects that result from cyclin D1 overexpression in human breast cancers. MMTV-D1K2 cancer cells express the hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) receptor, c-Met. MMTV-D1K2 cancer cells also secrete transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta), but are relatively resistant to TGFbeta antiproliferative effects. Fibroblasts derived from MMTV-D1K2 tumors secrete factors that stimulate the proliferation of MMTV-D1K2 cancer cells, stimulate c-Met tyrosine phosphorylation, and stimulate the phosphorylation of the downstream signaling intermediates p70(s6k) and Akt on activating sites. Together, these results suggest that deregulation of the Cdk/Rb/E2F axis reprograms mammary epithelial cells to initiate a paracrine loop with tumor-associated fibroblasts involving TGFbeta and HGF, resulting in desmoplasia. The MMTV-D1K2 mice should provide a useful model system for the development of therapeutic approaches to block the stromal desmoplastic reaction that likely plays an important role in the progression of multiple types of human tumors.
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- Patrick Corsino
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics and the Shands Cancer Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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Mailleux AA, Overholtzer M, Schmelzle T, Bouillet P, Strasser A, Brugge JS. BIM regulates apoptosis during mammary ductal morphogenesis, and its absence reveals alternative cell death mechanisms. Dev Cell 2007; 12:221-34. [PMID: 17276340 PMCID: PMC2698712 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2006.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2006] [Revised: 11/21/2006] [Accepted: 12/13/2006] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The adult, virgin mammary gland is a highly organized tree-like structure formed by ducts with hollowed lumen. Although lumen formation during pubertal development appears to involve apoptosis, the molecular mechanisms that regulate this process are not known. Here, we demonstrate that disruption of the BH3-only proapoptotic factor Bim in mice prevents induction of apoptosis in and clearing of the lumen in terminal end buds during puberty. However, cells that fill the presumptive luminal space are eventually cleared from the adjacent ducts by a caspase-independent death process. Within the filled Bim(-/-) ducts, epithelial cells are deprived of matrix attachment and undergo squamous differentiation prior to clearing. Similarly, we also detect squamous differentiation in vitro when immortalized mammary epithelial cells are detached from the matrix. These data provide important mechanistic information on the processes involved in sculpting the mammary gland and demonstrate that BIM is a critical regulator of apoptosis in vivo.
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- Arnaud A. Mailleux
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria 3050, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria 3050, Australia
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Phone: (617) 432-3974 Fax: (617) 432-3969 E-mail:
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Cornblatt BS, Ye L, Dinkova-Kostova AT, Erb M, Fahey JW, Singh NK, Chen MSA, Stierer T, Garrett-Mayer E, Argani P, Davidson NE, Talalay P, Kensler TW, Visvanathan K. Preclinical and clinical evaluation of sulforaphane for chemoprevention in the breast. Carcinogenesis 2007; 28:1485-90. [PMID: 17347138 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgm049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 246] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Consumers of higher levels of Brassica vegetables, particularly those of the genus Brassica (broccoli, Brussels sprouts and cabbage), reduce their susceptibility to cancer at a variety of organ sites. Brassica vegetables contain high concentrations of glucosinolates that can be hydrolyzed by the plant enzyme, myrosinase, or intestinal microflora to isothiocyanates, potent inducers of cytoprotective enzymes and inhibitors of carcinogenesis. Oral administration of either the isothiocyanate, sulforaphane, or its glucosinolate precursor, glucoraphanin, inhibits mammary carcinogenesis in rats treated with 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene. In this study, we sought to determine whether sulforaphane exerts a direct chemopreventive action on animal and human mammary tissue. The pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of a single 150 mumol oral dose of sulforaphane were evaluated in the rat mammary gland. We detected sulforaphane metabolites at concentrations known to alter gene expression in cell culture. Elevated cytoprotective NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase (NQO1) and heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) gene transcripts were measured using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. An observed 3-fold increase in NQO1 enzymatic activity, as well as 4-fold elevated immunostaining of HO-1 in rat mammary epithelium, provides strong evidence of a pronounced pharmacodynamic action of sulforaphane. In a subsequent pilot study, eight healthy women undergoing reduction mammoplasty were given a single dose of a broccoli sprout preparation containing 200 mumol of sulforaphane. Following oral dosing, sulforaphane metabolites were readily measurable in human breast tissue enriched for epithelial cells. These findings provide a strong rationale for evaluating the protective effects of a broccoli sprout preparation in clinical trials of women at risk for breast cancer.
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- Brian S Cornblatt
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Xian W, Schwertfeger KL, Rosen JM. Distinct roles of fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 and 2 in regulating cell survival and epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Mol Endocrinol 2007; 21:987-1000. [PMID: 17284663 DOI: 10.1210/me.2006-0518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Two related receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs), fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 and 2 (FGFR1 and FGFR2), exert distinct effects during carcinogenesis. To examine FGFR1 and FGFR2 signaling in polarized epithelia, we have developed an in vitro three-dimensional HC11 mouse mammary epithelial cell culture model combined with a chemically inducible FGFR (iFGFR) dimerization system. Although activation of both RTKs led to reinitiation of cell proliferation and loss of cell polarity, only iFGFR1 activation induced cell survival and epithelial to mesenchymal transition. In contrast, iFGFR2 activation induced cell apoptosis even in the cells in direct contact with the extracellular matrix. Activation of iFGFR2, but not iFGFR1, led to rapid receptor down-regulation and transient activation of downstream signaling, which were partially rescued by Cbl small interfering RNA knockdown or the proteasome inhibitor lactacystin. Importantly, inhibition of proteasome activity in iFGFR2-activated structures led to epithelial to mesenchymal transition and invasive phenotypes resembling those observed after iFGFR1 activation. These studies demonstrate, for the first time, that the duration of downstream signaling determines the distinct phenotypes mediated by very homologous RTKs in three-dimensional cultures.
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MESH Headings
- Acetylcysteine/analogs & derivatives
- Acetylcysteine/pharmacology
- Animals
- Apoptosis
- Cell Culture Techniques
- Cell Survival
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Epithelium/pathology
- Mammary Glands, Animal/enzymology
- Mammary Glands, Animal/pathology
- Mammary Neoplasms, Animal/enzymology
- Mesoderm/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Phenotype
- Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/drug effects
- Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl/antagonists & inhibitors
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl/genetics
- RNA, Small Interfering/pharmacology
- Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1/agonists
- Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1/genetics
- Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1/physiology
- Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2/agonists
- Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2/genetics
- Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2/physiology
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- Wa Xian
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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To elucidate the possible role of selenoproteins for milk formation and mammary gland physiology, the activities of selenoprotein enzymes and the expression of selenoprotein genes were studied in the bovine mammary gland. Messenger RNA was demonstrated for selenoprotein P, thioredoxin reductase 1, and for glutathione peroxidase (GPx) 1, 3, and 4. Significant differences in mRNA expression between the cows were seen for GPx 1 and GPx 3. The enzyme activity of glutathione peroxidase varied approximately 16-fold among cows, and the activity of thioredoxin reductase and the concentration of soluble Se varied approximately 6-fold among cows. There were positive correlations between glutathione peroxidase activity, thioredoxin reductase activity, and soluble Se, the correlation between glutathione peroxidase activity and soluble Se being the strongest. Furthermore, selenoprotein P expression correlated with GPx 1 mRNA expression and with soluble Se. There was also a correlation between glutathione peroxidase activity and the mRNA expression of GPx 1. The general conclusion from the data was that the activity of glutathione peroxidase and thioredoxin reductase and the mRNA expression of selenoprotein P and GPx 1 and 3 were influenced by Se status, but the expression of GPx 4 and thioredoxin reductase 1 were not. These results indicate that the Se status in mammary tissue is an important regulator of selenoprotein activity and expression, but that other factors are also in operation.
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- K Bruzelius
- Biomedical Nutrition, Faculty of Engineering LTH, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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The aim of this study was to investigate immunohistochemically the expression of cyclooxygenase-1 (Cox-1) and cyclooxygenase-2 (Cox-2) in canine mammary tumours of different histological types. Cox-1 and Cox-2 enzyme expression was evaluated in 70 mammary samples (four normal, six hyperplastic, 60 neoplastic [21 benign and 39 malignant]). Cox-1 expression was identified in all the samples, and Cox-2 in all the mammary lesions except ductal hyperplasia. Two of the four normal mammary gland samples showed focal immunoreactivity for Cox-2. Cox-1 immunoexpression did not differ significantly between benign and malignant lesions (P=0.272). Cox-2 immunoexpression was higher in malignant tumours than in benign counterparts (P<0.001). Of the malignant tumours, carcinosarcomas and tubulopapillary and squamous cell carcinomas had the highest Cox-2 scores. The study showed that malignant tumours had the highest values of Cox-2 expression, and Cox-2 immunolabelling was particularly intense in histological types classically associated with high malignancy. This suggests that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), particularly Cox-2 inhibitors, may have a useful role to play in the treatment of canine malignant mammary tumours.
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- F L Queiroga
- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, 5000-911, Vila Real, Portugal.
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Maroulakou IG, Oemler W, Naber SP, Tsichlis PN. Akt1 ablation inhibits, whereas Akt2 ablation accelerates, the development of mammary adenocarcinomas in mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV)-ErbB2/neu and MMTV-polyoma middle T transgenic mice. Cancer Res 2007; 67:167-77. [PMID: 17210696 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-06-3782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ample evidence to date links the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-regulated protein kinase Akt with the induction and progression of human cancer, including breast cancer. However, there are three Akt isoforms with limited information about their specificity during oncogenesis. This study addresses the role of the three isoforms in polyoma middle T (PyMT) and ErbB2/Neu-driven mammary adenocarcinomas in mice. The effects of ablation of Akt1, Akt2, and Akt3 on the induction and the biology of these tumors were dramatically different, with ablation of Akt1 inhibiting, ablation of Akt2 accelerating, and ablation of Akt3 having a small, not statistically significant, inhibitory effect on tumor induction by both transgenes. Whereas PyMT-induced tumors are all invasive, Akt1(-/-)Neu-induced tumors are more invasive than Akt2(-/-)Neu-induced tumors. Invasiveness, however, does not always correlate with metastasis. Ablation of individual Akt isoforms does not affect the development of the mammary gland during puberty or the expression of the transgenes. Akt ablation, therefore, influences tumor induction by modulating transgene-induced oncogenic signaling. Immunostaining for Ki-67 and cyclin D1 and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling assays on tissue sections revealed that the delay of tumor induction in Akt1 knockout mice is due to the inhibitory effects of Akt1 ablation on cell proliferation and survival. Given that these animal models exhibit significant similarities to human breast cancer, the results of the present study may have significant translational implications because they may influence how Akt inhibitors will be used in the treatment of human cancer.
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MESH Headings
- Adenocarcinoma/enzymology
- Adenocarcinoma/genetics
- Adenocarcinoma/pathology
- Animals
- Apoptosis/physiology
- Cell Growth Processes/physiology
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/metabolism
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/pathology
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genes, erbB-2
- Mammary Glands, Animal/enzymology
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/enzymology
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/genetics
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology
- Mammary Tumor Virus, Mouse/genetics
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/deficiency
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/genetics
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- Ioanna G Maroulakou
- Molecular Oncology Research Institute and Department of Pathology, Tufts-New England Medical Center, 750 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
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